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Said word means sole or alive or something like that (Random Latin trivia FTW)
Poll: Do We Dig Giant Robots?
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Said word means sole or alive or something like that (Random Latin trivia FTW)
Yes, yes we do. I prefer western types though, robot Nixon from Futurama and Titans from 40K. Maybe it's just the shows they appear in but I just don't like the Japanese ones as much.
No, I don't.
I think I'll be leaving now, before the horde of mecha fanboys lynch me.
*runs away as fast as he can*
I think I'll be leaving now, before the horde of mecha fanboys lynch me.
*runs away as fast as he can*
I love mecha anime.
I love every genre of mecha anime, including ones that actually stars the robots themselves, or ones that only uses the robots to drive the main plot.
Mecha anime tends to be the most diverse meta-genre. It's probably because the idea of a robot itself encompasses so many themes, from honor (Gundam), humanity (Ghost in the Shell), which expands into religion and reality (Evangelion and the likes), or even sheer parody of it all (Gurren Lagan). And also, it tends to shift the focus away from series of events driving the plot and concentrate it onto a personification of sort. I think it's arguably one of the deepest and thought-provoking genre as far as anime goes. If you are able to get past the robots and explosions themselves, that is.
By the way--does anyone know if battletech splintered out of Macross, or the other way 'round?
Also, has anyone ever seen a very old anime featuring a guy who crossed into a different dimension, where the natives have this weird tentacle thing coming off of their neck? It also has the macross robot in it, so I think it is related to Macross somehow.
The good thing about living in Thailand is that we sometimes get to see these hidden gem that are spin offs from really great series. For example, there is a version of the El Hazard--I don't remember the real name of the anime--that I have seen, but it's not even listed on anime encyclopedia.
I love every genre of mecha anime, including ones that actually stars the robots themselves, or ones that only uses the robots to drive the main plot.
Mecha anime tends to be the most diverse meta-genre. It's probably because the idea of a robot itself encompasses so many themes, from honor (Gundam), humanity (Ghost in the Shell), which expands into religion and reality (Evangelion and the likes), or even sheer parody of it all (Gurren Lagan). And also, it tends to shift the focus away from series of events driving the plot and concentrate it onto a personification of sort. I think it's arguably one of the deepest and thought-provoking genre as far as anime goes. If you are able to get past the robots and explosions themselves, that is.
You think Nadesico is a parody show? I suppose it does have a lot of aspect that is not very serious, but I don't see what it is parodying. The Martians are a bit of a parody of the genre as a whole, but most of the story really doesn't seem like one.dantheman931 said:
By the way--does anyone know if battletech splintered out of Macross, or the other way 'round?
Also, has anyone ever seen a very old anime featuring a guy who crossed into a different dimension, where the natives have this weird tentacle thing coming off of their neck? It also has the macross robot in it, so I think it is related to Macross somehow.
The good thing about living in Thailand is that we sometimes get to see these hidden gem that are spin offs from really great series. For example, there is a version of the El Hazard--I don't remember the real name of the anime--that I have seen, but it's not even listed on anime encyclopedia.
Liberty Prime yes. Gundams no. i like robots that are realistic. i dont think that we will need robots that walk like men and can swordfight. i mean. the mechs from mechwarrior were about as far as i would go, walking is far more mobile than rolling, but we will stick with tanks
Give Gundam00 season 1 a try. You will love it. It's about as "real" as a giant robot series will ever get. For once, each MS do have an actual limitation of what they can and cannot do. And the emphasis is shifted to strategic planning and machine performance much more than crazy fights.brodie21 said:
To me it's all about MEGAS XLR !Mechanical Cat Fish said:
why ?
because it's got everything we want form giant robots and aliens and space fighting
In gundam i thought there was a lack of action
in MEGAS XLR there was nothing but things getting blown up
plus there many referances to video games
But the story was what made Gundam (Or at least Gundam Wing) good, it had awesome robot fights but it also had a deep story which gave the impression not of heroes and villains but of people simply caught up in a war bigger than themselves, which is pretty impressive in a genre previously populated with the likes of Marzinger Z. Also, for the record, I love Megas XLR.UNKNOWNINCOGNITO said:To me it's all about MEGAS XLR !
why ?
because it's got everything we want form giant robots and aliens and space fighting
In gundam i thought there was a lack of action
in MEGAS XLR there was nothing but things getting blown up
plus there many referances to video games
Megas XLR was the only Giant Robot cartoon/anime I ever watched. Besides a few gundam episodes, but I had no idea what was going on in those.
