Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars

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Super Robot Wars OG: Divine Wars
スーパーロボット大戦OG -ディバイン・ウオーズ
(Sūpā Robotto Taisen Ōjī Dibain Wōzu)
Genre Mecha
TV anime
Director Hiroyuki Kakudou
Licensor Flag of the United States Bandai Visual USA
Original run 4 October 2006 – 29 March 2007
Episodes 25 + 1 DVD only

Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (スーパーロボット大戦OG -ディバイン・ウォーズ- Sūpā Robotto Taisen Ōjī Dibain Wōzu?) is a Japanese anime series, that retells the events from the Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation game on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, a game featuring only original characters and mechs created by Banpresto for the Super Robot Wars franchise. While the original game allows the player to decide which of the two protagonists' stories they will follow, the animated series focuses on only one of their stories with all the characters introduced.

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[edit] Plot

It is two hundred years after the beginning of the Space Era, when human civilization on Earth began expanding into space. However, by the start of the 21st century, two meteors struck the planet, sending humanity into chaos. By the year 179 of the Space Era, secret technology, dubbed Extra-Over Technology, or EOT, was discovered by the Earth Federal Government within a third meteor that hit Earth in the Marquesas Islands of the South Pacific. Dr. Bian Zoldark, head of the EOTI Institute (Extra-Over Technological Investigative Institute), had evidence the creators of the EOT were heading to Earth, in order to reclaim it...or worse, invade the planet. In order to defend humanity from extraterrestrial threats, the government begins to research and develop humanoid mecha called Personal Troopers.

The alien race that created the EOT, the Aerogaters, attacked an Earth ship sent out to investigate their presence in the far reaches of the solar system. This skirmish ends in a defeat for the Aerogaters, prompting the Earth government to negotiate with them. Talks are arranged to take place at a secret facility in Antarctica, but the event is targeted by a rogue faction called the Divine Crusaders. The Divine Crusaders destroy the Aerogater delegation, then turn on the Earth forces. Bian Zoldark, the faction's leader, uses this opportunity to rebel against the Earth government, in hopes of establishing a viable defense for Earth from the Aerogaters and future invaders.

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[edit] Differences Between The Game And Divine Wars

Divine Wars takes liberties in modifying and changing the progression of the story, since Ryusei Date's experiences from the game is used in the anime. Some of the more notable changes include the following:

  • Tenzan Nakajima does not attend the Burning PT Tournament finals in the game (presumably because he had already been scouted by the Divine Crusaders), allowing Ryusei to easily win the championship. In Divine Wars, he wins the tournament, besting Ryusei, and isn't approached by the Divine Crusaders until the Aerogater attack at the tournament. Unlike in the game, when his Valsion Custom is shot down in Geneva, he was not rescued by the Aerogaters, thereby not subjected to their brainwashing, becoming one of their soldiers, and piloting an Ezekiel Atom.
  • Rio Mei Long goes back to being a bridge operator for the Hagane, just after Ryoto Hikawa is captured, and remained there until episode 24, finally piloting a Gespenst during Operation SRW. In the game, she was a pilot for the remainder of its storyline.
  • In the game, the Hagane and Hiryu Custom fight their final battles separately against the Divine Crusaders at Aiodenus Island and Maier V. Branstein and the United Colony Corps fleet, respectively. In Divine Wars, both ships rendezvous before heading into battle against both the Divine Crusaders and the United Colony Corps fleet.
  • Cobray Gordon, one of the main characters from Super Robot Wars Alpha 3, and together with his Dis Astranagant, engages Ingram Prisken and his Astranagant, during the opening sequence in Divine Wars. While Cobray, the Dis Astranagant and the Astranagant do not exist in the Original Generation timeline yet, they play notable roles in the TV series, mainly in the final episode, where the Astranagant merges with the crippled SRX in order to defeat Septuagint. Cobray states that he interfered on Ingram's behalf to ensure his own creation, promising that he will return. This hints that Cobray will eventually be created in the Original Generation timeline much like he did in the alpha timeline, and that he has access to his abilities as a Time Diver (One who patrols time to ensure cosmic balance).
  • Brooklyn Luckfield pilots a red Grungust, officially called the Grungust Lion Head-Type, as of episode 23 in Divine Wars. In the game, he piloted a Huckebein MK II, after switching out from his Gespenst, and would remain in the machine until he received a Grungust Type-3 in Original Generation 2.
  • Aside from brief flashbacks to the incident at Mao Industries, in which the Huckebein 008R's Black Hole Engine malfunctions and destroys most of the installation, the Huckebein series of mecha has been omitted from the series. Fans speculated that this omission was possibly due to a rumor that Bandai does not wish to market and promote the Huckebeins, due to their similarities to the iconic Gundams of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. Huckebeins, however, did make a brief appearance in Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation, in the form of the Huckebein MK II M. This rumor was widely considered to be baseless speculation, as Banpresto is owned by Bandai and were still advertising Huckebeins models as part of their Original Generations line. Huckebein model kits continued to be produced, further disproving this claim. The long delay of the official release date for Super Robot Wars Original Generations was thought to be related to this speculation, but nevertheless, all variations of the Huckebeins do appear in Super Robot Wars Original Generations. The actual reason for this omission is most likely a decision made to reduce ties to other existing television series, allowing Divine Wars to stand on its own as a unique work. The final direct-to-DVD episode features a brief Huckebein MK III cameo, in the form of on-screen blueprints, further showing that the Huckebein machines are acknowledged by the series as existing, and are simply not focused on.
  • In the game, Karl Schtleseman and Renji Isurugi are killed in Antarctica by Viletta Vadim, during an attempt to surrender to the Aerogaters, aboard a repaired Shirogane. In the series, the Shirogane is never repaired in time, and Schtleseman is killed in a plane by the Aerogaters, though it is heavily implied that Nibhal Mubhal was the one who ordered his demise. It should be noted that in the game, Nibhal is present at Karl and Renji's death, and comments that it happens "just like last time".
  • Due to the sheer number of differences, there is fan speculation that Divine Wars actually takes place in an alternate dimension, similar to how the home dimension of the Shadow-Mirror is akin to the original. This is primarily supported by the in-game text from the sequel, where Shadow-Mirror forces comment that due to the Vanishing Trooper Incident, the designers are jaded against creating anything resembling a Huckebein. However, in the Shadow-Mirror home dimension, Elzam V. Branstein was killed in the Elpis Incident, and Excellen Browning was killed in the shuttle crash early in her life and remade into Lemon Browning, thus eliminating the possibility that Divine Wars takes place in that dimension.

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