Reviews for Cannon God Exaxxion Stage 5, Vol. 5

The average rating for Cannon God Exaxxion Stage 5, Vol. 5 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-10-28 00:00:00 Donald Walley I really liked this series. It's not just boy-meets-giant-robot-and-trounces-alien-invasion. The alien invasion has been subtle, going on for a decade or more. The aliens have integrated into human society and shared technology that is now pervasive. This last bit is the start of the undoing of the human race. When the real intent of the aliens is made known, the old guy who has been crying wolf all this time recruits his grandson to pilot the giant robot he built to defeat the aliens. Not all goes well and quite a few pages are spent on the actual consequences of having a giant robot saunter through a large metropolitan area (Tokyo and it's districts). The soul searching by our boy-pilot hero on what he's done, not only to the buildings and infrastructure, but also the cost of human and alien lives as he tries to do the right thing was very real and something I've not seen in manga to this degree. After being shown the atrocities brought down by the aliens, he reluctantly gets back in the cockpit to fight on. I loved Sonoda's "Gunsmith Cats" series, so I had high hopes for this series. Unfortunately, this is another series that Dark Horse began to translate, publish, collect, and then gave up on. (I can only assume for the lack of sales.) Five volumes seems to be all there will be in English. Even so, a recommended read even if you're not much of a fan of giant robots.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-21 00:00:00 Donald Hale I wasn't into it at first...and trust me, a fifth grader harping over a tenth grader is quite off-putting...but...the story picked up and besides a few odd moments...a lot of odd moments...the story was actually something I was looking forward to. I can't wait to read the next book--maybe we'll learn more about the rabbit people! How are they going to survive the foxes? Meeeh--I'm excited X)