Japan Completes Latest Killer Robot, Assures Our Doom

[dthvirus]

Come for the mecha, stay for the post-traumatic stress disorder!

 

[Fappy]

So while Japan is building awesome robot statues why aren't we getting super heroes in city parks and tourist locations? Who else wants a 20-foot tall monument of Captain America in front of the Lincoln Memorial?

 

[vrbtny]

Well if it's based on Neon Genesis, i will add this simple calculation.

Neon Genesis = Grand Unification Album = Fightstar = Awesome....

 

[Rarhnor]

This has been a very wierd week, regarding japan.

Still awesome, though.

 

[bubba145]

so when is the US going to build Big O or some mech assualt mechs.

 

[Evilsanta]

Awww...Why wont they do this in a country that is more close to Sweden?...Or in Sweden...Argh! Still it is FUCKING AWESOME!

 

[diasravenguard]

Damn it Japan, you just won't stop.

I can see their business meetings now.

Executive: So.
Executive Also: Indeed.
Executive: The robot has not achieved sentience. When offered a small child to rape and kill it instead proceeded to walk up and down a set of stairs for fourteen hours.
Executive Also: This is unacceptable!
*kills self with sword*
Executive: ...perhaps if we build it bigger.

I'm glad someone else said it lol

Still why not more pictures of the thing I'd love to see someone sitting in the entry plug!

 

[BobisOnlyBob]

The Devil Himself.

 

[Judgement101]

Well then, now they need to make a few hundred more

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Awesome!

...I figured you would say something like that.

I just wonder what, ABY_Z would do...He would maybe get a Nerdgasm.

 

[Littaly]

Might wanna be careful with the spoilers there, mild as they may be...

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Awesome!

...I figured you would say something like that.

I just wonder what, ABY_Z would do...He would maybe get a Nerdgasm.

He's going to start picking out all the flaws with the design.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Because cancer research isn't as important as a giant robot.

Because if you have money, it has to go to cancer research.

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Could anyone answer this question for me?

Is this an actual project, funded by the Japanese government, or is it just a private company building it?

Because if the former, don't they have better things to be spending their money on? I mean, don't get me wrong, this is fucking awesome, but they're currently going through one of the worst recessions ever, the Japanese economy is in meltdown and the entire country's basically collapsing.

However, if the latter, than bully for them!

Private company, almost assuredly.

They might have gotten some money from the local tourism board, but that would have been for the whole park and would barely dent the overall costs.

 

[jeejvebe]

Meh, we Swedes will be okay, we have our army of polar bears to protect us.

 

[Agayek]

Could anyone answer this question for me?

Is this an actual project, funded by the Japanese government, or is it just a private company building it?

Because if the former, don't they have better things to be spending their money on? I mean, don't get me wrong, this is fucking awesome, but they're currently going through one of the worst recessions ever, the Japanese economy is in meltdown and the entire country's basically collapsing.

However, if the latter, than bully for them!

It's most likely a private company, but even if it's not, it's not a terrible idea for such a project to take place in a recession. Projects like this create lots of jobs, for long periods. It's just the thing needed to bring the country out of recession. FDR did a number of similar things as part of the New Deal in the 30s (except it wasn't nearly as awesome, was more often things like digging ditches in the middle of nowhere that don't do anything or somesuch).

 

[interspark]

i cant believe im still stuck on this lousy continent with all the action going on over there! (i say this on all japan related threads by the way) the post didnt actually mantion HOW the robot head was dangerous, can it actually kill and maim people?

 

[Agayek]

America must make its own giant robots to retaliate! Then other nations will begin to build there own, and the world will be filled with giant robots! And lets face it people; as deadly as it would be, it would be TOTALY AWESOME!

We could totally build Megas XLR and... uh.... the mechs from MechWarrior.

Something tells me we wouldn't win though, because it definitely took me the better part of a minute to think of any after Megas.

Edit:

i cant believe im still stuck on this lousy continent with all the action going on over there! (i say this on all japan related threads by the way) the post didnt actually mantion HOW the robot head was dangerous, can it actually kill and maim people?

It's all references to the anime. In the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion Unit 01, which is the name of the robot the statue is of, is known for going berserk. What that means is that it basically goes completely out of control and starts ripping things apart. In the anime, while berserk, it clawed its way out of the belly of some trans-dimensional being that had swallowed it, ripped another one in half, and ate a third.

 

[interspark]

Could anyone answer this question for me?

Is this an actual project, funded by the Japanese government, or is it just a private company building it?

Because if the former, don't they have better things to be spending their money on? I mean, don't get me wrong, this is fucking awesome, but they're currently going through one of the worst recessions ever, the Japanese economy is in meltdown and the entire country's basically collapsing.

However, if the latter, than bully for them!

It's most likely a private company, but even if it's not, it's not a terrible idea for such a project to take place in a recession. Projects like this create lots of jobs, for long periods. It's just the thing needed to bring the country out of recession. FDR did a number of similar things as part of the New Deal in the 30s (except it wasn't nearly as awesome, was more often things like digging ditches in the middle of nowhere that don't do anything or somesuch).

you know, if theyve got the money to be making multi million dollar robot heads, then id guess the recession cant be hitting them that bad

 

[IxionIndustries]

Because cancer research isn't as important as a giant robot.

Yes.. But it's a giant robot who can KILL cancer. With lasers.

And it makes milkshakes.