Dai-Guard - To Serve and Defend, But Not To Spend (Vol. 2)
Most mecha teams fight just mechanical and alien enemies; for  Dai-Guard pilots Shunsuke, Aoyama, and Ibuki, contending with the monstrous  Heterodynes is the least of their problems. The Army is still quarreling with  21st Century Defense Security Corporation over who should control the giant  robot. There are endless forms to fill out after every battle and office  politics to deal with. And everyone complains about what it costs to maintain  Dai-Guard. Like the Angels inEvangelion, the Heterodynes take  different forms: the three pilots have to combat monsters that resemble  everything from mushrooms to Mylar balloons. They're aided by Domeki's  discovery of how the Heterodynes replicate and Shunsuke's efforts to humanize  the arch-disciplinarian, special agent Shirota, but these innovations can  be used only against the monsters. The off-beat mixture of comedy and sci-fi  adventure inDai-Guardwill pleaseotakuin search of laughs.  (Rated 12 and older: violence, alcohol use)--Charles Solomon