23rd Animation Division Jury Selections
SSSS.GRIDMAN
Animated TV series
AMEMIYA Akira [Japan]
Outline
A reworking of special-effects program Denko Super Gridman, first aired in 1993, with a new worldview that skillfully combines hand-drawing and 3DCG. High school student HIBIKI Yuta lost his memory when he fell at classmate TAKARADA Rikka’s house. Yuta combines with Gridman, who is summoned from an old PC at Rikka’s house, and destroys a monster who appears in the town. Also, classmate SHINJO Akane holds the key to the monster’s appearance.