Hello everyone! Who’s ready to set their firefighter soul ablaze?
This is my first time organising a rewatch and I’m doing this on an absolute whim, so forgive me for any mistakes or omissions!
Anywho! Promare first released on 24th May 2019. With my quick maths, that puts it at being 5 years old this year. So with that as a perfect excuse, I’d like to host a rewatch for this awesome movie!
#SUMMARY!
Promare is an action-mecha film, with the plot centered on the conflict between a force of mutant-humans with pyromantic powers and the elite fire-fighting ^^^get ^^^the ^^^pun? forces who stop them. This conflict centers in on our two leads; Lio Fotia and Galo Thymos!
If you’re looking for a point of comparision, your closest bet is Gurren Lagann. If you like Gurren Lagann, my calculations estimate a 99.99% chance you’ll also like Promare (its a more condensed package of the same energy, in a way). There’s a lot of common staff in the production side (though I’m not super knowledgeable on the finer details of that) and it shows through.
You’ll also be a fan if you love Hiroyu Sawano soundtracks. He is responsible for the majority of the OST for this, and it *slaps*. All the drops you’ve come to know and love.
The kinetic energy, colour and pure sakuga is gorgeous in this film. Honestly when I first watched it, I thought it was a bit much, but now my heart is ablaze with love for this film.
Also a small note I’m throwing in there, though this may get me thrown to the wolves. This is one of the rare cases where I think the Dub is better than the Sub. Or rather, my preference is for the Dub. The impeccable Johnny Yong Bosch voices Lio, while Galo is voiced by the late Billy Kametz. While I’m not familiar with their other work, I think Billy did an amazing job on this. But please watch whichever you prefer. No judgement on my behalf!
#SCHEDULING!
**Friday 24th May** seems appropriate, given the anniversary. As for times, as this is a single 2 hour movie, there will just be the one post on the day. I’ll post that at **9:00PM GMT** unless there’s any objections or considerations. I’ll post reminders one week and one day before, at roughly the same time if I can help it.
#STREAMING!
Uhhh… yeah, unfortauntely the fires of awesomeness have been quenched by the lack of streaming options. It’s apparently on HBO Max of all things according to my cursorary Google search. You might be able to find a DVD or Blu-Ray copy, but if its your first time watching I’d understand avoiding that…. soooooo. You know.
Database Links:
|[MAL](https://myanimelist.net/anime/35848/Promare?q=promare&cat=anime) |[ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=21767)] | [AniDB](https://anidb.net/anime/13261)|[Anilist](https://anilist.co/anime/99425/Promare/)
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Let me know if you’d like to be tagged when I post the reminder and main thread, and if so – I’ll see you there! Let’s burn /r/anime to the ground! Spiritually, that is.
by MrManicMarty
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I’m absolutely game!
I wonder if I can stomach rewatching the dub this time… Billy Kametz’s passing still hurts so much. [](#akkotears)
Oh but Marty, would this include the two prequel shorts? I hope it does.
Oh heck yeah ! I love promare, its my favorite movie
Also i cosplay lio, so i should post something for the anniversary.
Sure been meaning to rewatch this.