Grendizer U -- giving a number to a Super Robot

[Majin Gojira]

Grendizer U aired recently, a retelling of the series UFO Robot Grendizer, better known in francophone countries as Goldrake. In the sixth episode, the scientists at the photon research laboratory analyze Grendizer's power output and put it at 170 trillion joules (170 terajoules).

That's... that's a LOT. They compare it in series to the output of a star. And it kind of fits, as near as I can tell. The Vegan forces' capital ships have planet-busting capabilities, and both they and the Fleed consider Grendizer to be terrifying Black Box technology.

It's weird having a number like that for a super robot show when I'm so used to seeing that sort of thing in relatively harder sci-fi series. So, I thought I'd share it.

[Solauren]

Grendizer U aired recently, a retelling of the series UFO Robot Grendizer, better known in francophone countries as Goldrake. In the sixth episode, the scientists at the photon research laboratory analyze Grendizer's power output and put it at 170 trillion joules (170 terajoules).

That's... that's a LOT. They compare it in series to the output of a star. And it kind of fits, as near as I can tell. The Vegan forces' capital ships have planet-busting capabilities, and both they and the Fleed consider Grendizer to be terrifying Black Box technology.

It's weird having a number like that for a super robot show when I'm so used to seeing that sort of thing in relatively harder sci-fi series. So, I thought I'd share it.

It's an Anime.

If you're expecting logic or accuracy with the real world, you're expecting disappointment.

[Majin Gojira]

It's an Anime.

If you're expecting logic or accuracy with the real world, you're expecting disappointment.

Exactly! I went in expecting utter nonsense, and I got something that at least seemed somewhat accurate!

With a stupid number read out of all things!

[Batman]

Even assuming this is a german trillion (1E18 instead of the english 1E12), that's a minuscule fraction of the sun's output (which is on the order of several E26J/s. And as star's go the sun isn't very impressive.