A billionaire buys two convicts out of prison to pilot a giant robot because nobody else is qualified. The show knows this is absurd and never apologizes for it. Mu and Maya aren't heroes learning to be better, they're criminals doing the job because someone bet money on their reflexes. By 1984, mecha anime had already perfected earnestness; Galvion pivots hard into the operators themselves, treating a heist-adjacent premise with the speed and momentum of its title. The Ohata designs hit different when they're crewed by people the world threw away. Watch it if you want mecha that moves like it's running from something, not toward a message.

In the 23rd century, a hidden group known as Shadow is steadily seizing control of the world. To oppose it, the wealthy Rei Midoriyama founds a secret organization called Circus. Circus's main mecha is the Galvion, but Rei cannot find anyone qualified to pilot it. So she strikes a bargain with two convicts, Mu and Maya. They will spearhead the fight against Shadow and protect innocent people, and in return years will be taken off their lengthy prison terms. Galvion is a 1984 action mecha TV series that ran 22 episodes. Its run was cut short of the planned length, and the final episode closes with a brief narrated epilogue describing how the story was meant to conclude.