Holy Macaroni Batman!

Watch this clip from an anime called "Dangaioh":



Watch as the bot lands at 0:35.
At 1:01: "Crap, busted my eyes!" but watch as how the bot pulls back and stops gracefully. Beautiful. The swirls of smoke, and the explosions.

Can you believe this was an anime from the 80's? Can you, huh, can you? I hardly watch anime or any cartoons, but I think the animation is very slick and smooth, it's definitely way ahead of it's time in terms of design and performance (is this the correct term? my brain feels like it's watching TV while drinking beer and eating nachos to me, AKA not responding properly). Alright, so the effects are pretty primitive, give them a break, this is the 80's, when computers were giants, back then they had to rely on trusty ol' cell shading. I've seen the trailer for the newest version of Dangaioh, and it's not even half as good as this.

Also, I really like the song they use in this clip too, it's weird, granted, but interesting. Although it does sound like an advertisement for Mydin and Malaysia (till my friend pointed out it was "Mighty" not "Mydin") Wonder what the song title is.

Oh! Oh! There's also another MV featuring, well, basically missiles and explosions (hmm, I know a friend who might like this, giving his love for explosions, although I think the explosions are probably not impactful enough to receive his seal of approval), it has a song that sounds like it's by the same artist:

I'd take a stab and download the whole album by the artist just to get that song, but with my internet's abysmal performance, it'll take a couple o' centuries to finish.