A kid's arcade high score becomes the only weapon that matters when his video game mecha materializes in reality to fight a lunar rebellion he never asked to join. The show commits completely to the absurdity: Takashi doesn't transform into a hero, his joystick does. This is 1984 earnestly asking what happens if your thumbs become the most important military asset on Earth.

A fan of fighting robot video games gets the shock of his life when his virtual machine becomes real. Takashi Katori and his American friend Olivia love playing computer games together, and their favorite is a robot battle game where Takashi's Laserion mecha never loses. Then a scientific experiment breaks the boundary between game and world, and the Laserion materializes in reality. In this far future, the Moon and Mars serve as dumping grounds for Earth's toxic waste and its criminals, and the convicts on the Moon have risen in armed revolt. With those criminals invading from space, Takashi must climb into the Laserion and defend Earth. The line between gaming and genuine warfare blurs as his skill at the controls turns into something terrifyingly consequential.