# The Big O

The Big O (Japanese: THE ビッグオー Hepburn: Za Biggu Ō?) is a Japanese animated television series created by designer Keiichi Sato and director Kazuyoshi Katayama for Sunrise.

## General

    Big O Boot Sequence: Cast in the name of God, ye not guilty.
    Roger: "Big O! And... Action!"

## Season 1
### Dorothy Dorothy[1.2]

    Beck: Oh, man, my robot! He broke it!

### Electric City[1.3]

    Roger: Okay, now I get it. You're just mimicking us. That's why you seem so unnatural.
    Dorothy: It is not clear what you mean, could you be more specific?
    Roger: No matter how human your piano playing sounds, you're simply imitating us. That's why no matter what you play, it has no effect on anyone and becomes pointless.
    Dorothy: No one is ever happy to hear an alarm bell.
    Roger: That's...
    (The power goes out)

### Underground Terror[1.4]

    Roger: But if there's something that frightens you, there are those that turn their eyes away and there are those who try to see through the fear and conquer it.

### Bring Back My Ghost [1.5]

    Dastun: On the justice and honor of the Military Police

### Missing Cat[1.8]

    Roger Smith: This fallen angel's nothing but trouble.

### Beck Comes Back[1.9]

    Roger: Dorothy, I'm, I'm curious to know what that second question of yours is.
    Dorothy: If, neither of us had memories, and we met, so, then would you and I fall in love as well?
    Roger: That's, um, well.
    Dorothy: I warned you, it was a tough question.
    Dorothy: So then, Mr. Wise fell in love out of loneliness, right?
    Roger: Sorry, that question is too tough to answer. What was your second question?
    Dorothy: Forget it. If you thought the last question was tough, this one is worse.

### Enemy Is Another Big! [1.12]

    Schwarzwald: It can't be! It's happening again!
    Dastun: But that's impossible! No one's piloting it!
    Schwarzwald: You don't need a master, or do they choose their own master? Do we control them, or do they control us, Roger Smith?
    Schwarzwald: That Alex Rosewater is a real piece of work.

### R.D. [1.13]
## About The Big O

* The Big O is an anime that wears its inspiration on its sleeve: it’s a film noir
** Alex Costello, "Batman in a Gundam: Unpacking the Greatness of ‘The Big O’", Dot and Line, (Sep 6, 2017).
* The Big O is set in Gotham-esque Paradigm City; 40 years ago, the inhabitants lost their memories in a bizarre occurrence referred to as “the Event.” Since then, people have scrabbled out a living in the half-ruined metropolis. Dashing Roger Smith (voice by David Lucas in the first 13 episodes; Stephen Jay Blum in the second 13), who looks a bit like a young Pierce Bronson, is officially a Negociator who handles difficult situations, but he’s really a covert superhero.
* The first season ended in mid-story, with the fate of the characters unresolved. The belated second season brought back all the main characters and the stylish designs. Roger’s nightmares/flashbacks, collages of robot attacks, burning cities, etc. led to a resolution of sorts, but once again, visual flash takes the place of clear storytelling. In some sequences, the cool, grayed-down palate, saxophone riffs and tough guy dialogue suggest the filmmakers are trying capture the film noir tone that made Cowboy Bebop a hit. But the stories lack the strong plot and gritty characters needed to support the stylish graphics. Spike Spiegel projected the intensity of a wounded lion; Smith feels superficial. Director Kazuyoshi Katayama simply lacks the visual pancahe of Shinichiro Watanabe, one of the most interesting directors working in anime.
** Charles Solomon, "ANIME REVIEW: “The Big O”, Animation Scoop, (June 28th, 2017).