Super Robot Showcase: Three Servants from "Babel II" (OVA) / スパロボショーケース：「バビル2世」（OVA）の三つのしもべ

What if Koichi Yamano, Rodem, Ropross, and Poseidon from Babel 2 were in Super Robot Wars? An ability showcase.
Babel II was originally a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, one of several works of Yokoyama's works prominently featuring giant robots while predating the piloted robots of Mazinger Z. Babel II has been adapted in animated form multiple times; this four episode OVA is the second adaptation, featuring a combination of the manga content as well as content original to the OVA itself.
The story of Babel II follows Koichi Yamano, a boy who discovers his powerful psychic abilities and inherits the technology of the extraterrestrial Babel who had crash landed on Earth thousands of years ago. Headquartered at the ruins of the Tower of Babel, Koichi soon finds himself in conflict against Yomi, another powerful psychic who has assembled a paramilitary organization with its own advanced technology in pursuit of world conquest.
Besides his own psychic powers, Koichi is also aided by his three servants, part of the advanced technology inherited from Babel. While Rodem the shapeshifting panther is a living creature, the pterodactyl-like Ropross and humanoid Poseidon are giant robots.
For clarity, the subtitles here are not mine.
「バビル2世」（１９９２）の山野浩一とロデムとロプロスとポセイドンがスーパーロボット大戦シリーズに参戦したられば。全て武器と特殊能力。

[@kid7544]

超能力っていうか小宇宙を燃やしてるように見えますね笑

[@よとくべ]

ペガサス流星拳打てそうな顔してる

[@友永和弘]

キャラのヴィジュアルがところどころ『聖闘士★星矢』っぽい(ヨミを除いて)

[@鶴屋八兵衛]

ヨミが９０年代に世間を騒がした某教団の代表者にみえる(^-^;

[@onodensan]

全ては、我らのビッグ・ファイアの為に!!

[@マグちゃんねる]

聖闘士バビル2星

[@あいうえお-s8g7l]

確かにクオリティは上がるがこういうのってなぜか昔の古臭い方が良く見えたりするよね。
これの主題歌は知らないが初代のＯＰが神がかっていて、特にロデムの女性形態(金髪)が凄く魅力的に見えた。

[@帝国歌劇団事務局]

ファイナルフュージョンしないと………
ダイヤモンドダスト撃つバビル2世www
スーパーサイヤ人も入ってる…

[@鸚哥の下僕]

ロプロスがまさに怪鳥っか三つのしもべが化け物だ

[@bigboyanimation3799]

Babel face is similar to seiyar from saint seiya knights of the zodiac

[@アキンドン]

バビル2世って車田正美が原作でしたっけ？笑
みんな聖闘士星矢っぽいんだけどｗｗｗ

[@礼子-l8o]

確かにそう思いますｗｗｗ

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Shingo Araki’s Masterwork!

[@礼子-l8o]

ツッコミどころしかないｗｗｗｗｗ

[@山葵-j9d]

作画監督、荒木伸吾さんなのは変わらないんだけどね。

[@junko2204]

ロプロス？怖いんですけど😅

[@pawelnzuerastriguyn2640]

Look Of The Kid He Is Super Seiyan.

[@pawelnzuerastriguyn2640]

About Yu Gi Oh?

[@cheesepuffsthings]

Huh, just looking at these clip videos this one is clearly superior than the newer "beyond" version. At least in animation and character design, since I can't judge the story on fragments alone.
Like seriously, you'd normally expect a remake/re-imagining to be better looking if nothing else. But not only does Beyond seem stilted in comparison, the characters actually *look cool* here.

[@l_thammy]

Even for fairly straightforward adaptations, I think that the idea that new should be better just doesn't pan out against the reality of making animation. The technology would definitely be better, but animation is expensive in terms of both time and money and it also takes a lot of people to make, so there are a lot of areas where something can go wrong.
For an OVA like this version of Babel II, it was being sold direct to customers on the home video market instead of being broadcast on TV. That meant that it didn't have to push out an episode every week and could take as much time as it needed, but it also had to constantly justify itself since it wasn't guaranteed a run of however many episodes. If people stopped buying it, they might not have been able to continue.

[@cheesepuffsthings]

@@l_thammy Thank you for taking the time to answer. I really shouldn't have overlooked the lack of (OVA) in the Beyond Infinity title. It's really comparing apples to oranges, isn't it? I try to stay aware of these factors myself, but I was being too hasty in my judgement.
I think these differences are still worthy of noting though. Especially the design changes.

[@l_thammy]

Yeah, I don't think you said anything bad at all. We can only see the released work, we don't really get to directly see what lead to it being the way it is. But it's interesting to think about how it got there.

[@genten34]

よくよく考えると、バビルの血の力に覚醒したのって、ヨミの方が先だから、
ヨミが2世で、主人公は3世な気がするけど。。。
そうなると、某怪盗アニメの3人が、3つの僕に見えてしまう。

[@hummer0anvil]

ヨミは能力が足りなかったため正当な二世に選ばれなかった

[@alessandrodesouza6003]

Alessandro de Souza sujeira tá limpeza

[@huntermyers3551]

Extremely super awesome dude I always wanted psychokinetic powers like these

[@Sliferzero]

That Iconic Name/Title my friends. Thanks.

[@小林朝則-k6e]

ヨミの声ってTV版とOVA版、親子でやっているね？TV版は大塚周夫氏、OVA版は大塚明夫氏でしょう？ガンダム0083で敵味方に分かれているね？

[@鸚哥の下僕]

ロプロスとポセイドン旧作に比べてドデカ差に唖然です

[@友永和弘]

今見ると、こちらのロプロスってなんかデビルマンに出てきそうだな

[@小林朝則-k6e]

キャラクターデザインが、聖闘士星矢､風魔の小次郎の荒木伸吾氏だからかほとんど聖闘士星矢だね？

[@小林朝則-k6e]

ジャイアントロボの話ってバビル２世のバベルの塔を探す話なんでしょう？

[@小林朝則-k6e]

学ランを着てまるで風魔の小次郎の小次郎なんだけど？

[@辺見邦昌]

オーロラエクスキューション使った(笑)