# SSSS.DYNAZENON (2021)

> A first-year high school student teams up with a self-proclaimed kaiju user to pilot a giant robot against monsters attacking his city.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/81398

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, science fiction, action
- Network: MBS
- Cast: Daiki Hamano, Junya Enoki, Shion Wakayama, Yuuichirou Umehara, Chika Anzai, Kenichi Suzumura, Karin Takahashi, Hiroshi Kamiya
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11443824/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: earnest, high energy, adventurous, playful

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series mixed overall, with a strong first-season score offset by a modest number of votes.

## Synopsis

SSSS.DYNAZENON (2021) is a Japanese anime series produced by TRIGGER and Tsuburaya Productions and broadcast on MBS. It is a sequel to SSSS.Gridman and the third entry in the Gridman franchise. Yomogi Asanaka, a first-year student at Fujiyokidai High School, meets a boy named Gauma (voiced by Daiki Hamano) who claims to be a kaiju user. When a monster appears and a gigantic robot called Dynazenon arrives, the two are pulled into a desperate struggle against the kaiju threatening their town. The engine of the story is ordinary teenagers caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, forced to fight with machines and wits while their school life and friendships pull at them. Each episode builds around a new monster clash and the mounting mysteries behind the robot and its pilots. Told in a single twelve-episode season of twenty-four-minute installments, it combines the spectacle of tokusatsu kaiju battles with the energy of shonen action. The mood is earnest and high-energy, with moments of camaraderie and quiet unease. Fans of Gurren Lagann, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Pacific Rim will find resonance in its giant robot choreography and teen heroism.

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