Super Giant Robot Brothers is an animated adventure television series created by Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres for Netflix which was released on August 4, 2022.
Contents
Premise
In the future, two giant robot brothers must defend the Earth from an evil intergalactic empire that is sending kaijus to destroy the world.
Cast
Marisa Davila as Alexandra "Alex" Rose
Eva Ariel Binder as Baby Alex
Chris Diamantopoulos as Thunder
Delbert Hunt as Creed
Eric Lopez as Shiny
Tommy Bello Rivas as Overlord Master and Dr. Arcturo Rose
Ren Hanami as Magita Rose
Additional voices provided by Jared Ward, Gina Ravera, Anouar Smaine, Murphy Patrick Martin, David Errigo Jr., Jeanine Meyers, Delbert Hunt and Chris Jai Alex
Episodes
Production
The series was announced in June 2021. The show is notable for its use of virtual production techniques including motion capture and virtual camera for blocking of characters and actions inside Unreal Engine. This motion capture data was used as a reference for animators before final key frame animation was sent back to Unreal where the whole show was rendered in real-time, making the series one of the first to be rendered entirely in a real-time engine. Main animation services were provided by Reel FX's facilities in Montreal with additional animation carried out at the Mumbai-based studio Assemblage Entertainment.
Tributes to other media
The series makes tribute to other media.
In Episode 1, "Gone and Back Again", Alex Rose shouts "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" to another character, who is never referred to or seen again. This is a tribute to R.E.M.'s song "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
In Episode 5, "Inner Space", a random character is sneezed on and yells "This is supposed to be my day off" which is in tribute to Kevin Smith's film Clerks.