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Someone once gave a presentation that touched on the spiritual traditions of East and West as one reason for the popularity of mecha in Japan and their relative rarity in the US. I'm oversimplifying to a dangerous degree here, but the thesis was that since in the Christian tradition god became a person and there are countless tales of punishment of people who tried to become as gods through their own efforts going back to Greece and Rome, Western super heroes tend to be people imbued with power. Conversely in Japan we see concepts like the kami, who most frequently take the form of elements of the land forces of nature, etc so it was much more in line with that spiritual tradition to have inanimate objects have super powers.
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skywalker6705 posted:Does anyone remember who it was that maintained the original Eureka Seven thread back when it was airing. Dude totally brought me around to seeing that show differently and I like it a lot more because of those conversations, but the thread is long dead and I haven't been on SA in like 10 years so I completely forgot. Thread (needs archives): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2101783 Was started by Zoolooman
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Mar 19, 2021 02:48
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mllaneza posted:First off, The Black is far, far, superior to the Godzilla anime. Don't let visual similarities put you off. Games Workshop leans way, way too far into lionizing their fascist xenophobic Empire of Man for me to recommend their products to anyone at this point. The people who remembered it was satire are long gone from the company.
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Mar 19, 2021 03:31
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Gripweed posted:It was never a satire. It was always just dumb. 40k is and always has been intentionally dumb and ridiculously over the top. The worshippers of the god of blood and skulls have giant robots called the Lord of Skulls that is full of blood and skulls, It has a cannon in the crotch that fires boiling blood and its right arm is a cannon that shoots giant skulls that explode into shrapnel and the shrapnel is flaming skulls. The first edition released back in 1987 that was more a RPG with miniatures rules than a miniatures game very much was satire, and even some of the stuff from 2e like the infamous character named after Margaret Thatcher fell into that though late 2e was starting to take itself too seriously and it just went downhill from there. I'm glad to hear GW is trying to get the Nazis out but as long as their hero empire is a bunch of racists with skulls out the rear end they're always going to be highly suspect.
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Mar 19, 2021 06:24
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Kingtheninja posted:I still think of the awesome video store clerk who didn't say anything to my dad when I wanted to rent bubblegum and Akira back when I was 7 or 8. Some of my first anime right there. Excellent start.
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Apr 10, 2021 01:14
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Arcsquad12 posted:So is Bandai's new mecha franchise supposed to be based on the 30MM Gunpla or is it an entirely new mecha series to then create a line of Gunpla for? That second one.
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Apr 16, 2021 23:58
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Tatsunoko also could have simply not signed another deal with Harmony Gold a couple of years ago, which would have been a much easier way to end the whole problem.
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Apr 23, 2021 04:58
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GimmickMan posted:I've been looking for a picture that I think is Patlabor official art. It's the AV-98 Ingram standing next to its weapons arsenal laid on the ground in front of the mech. Does anyone have that or at least remember seeing it so I know i'm not insane? This is a pretty common publicity photo for military aircraft and armored fighting vehicles in real life so you may also be conflating half-remembered images of Apaches and T-72s with mecha.
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May 13, 2021 07:47
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:it's more that there isn't a culture or reason around the reckless child endangerment. it's just this one perfectly normal boy that everyone has decided to use as the obvious glowing weak point for the hero robot squad. there were a lot of opportunities in the first few episodes to make the kid somehow irreplaceable to the entire process but instead it was always a deliberate choice to include him. at any point they could replace him with an adult or even leave the robots to act autonomously, but instead they let the bratty child arrest people. If you don't like watching the show don't watch the show. I loathe a lot of stuff that is generally popular and I like the stuff I like, some of which is also popular. It's a tent big enough for super robots and there's room for you under it, too.
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Jul 20, 2021 03:37
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drrockso20 posted:*deconstruction is one of those concepts that over the years I've learned to actively despise as it almost never has good results cause most people who try to do that are people who think they're way more clever than they actually are The only reason anyone talks about deconstruction in the context of anime is because ADV used the word on the back of the Evangelion VHS boxes 20 years ago.
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Aug 6, 2021 03:02
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Kanos posted:It's always really amusing when an anime has to invent a miraculous super technology resource that is *only* found in Japan to provide an excuse for why all of the villains desperately want to conquer/occupy Japan. Or just make it the only land left.
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Oct 12, 2021 23:02
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drrockso20 posted:In this case I think the problem must be on the Japanese side of things I'm going to guess some music licensing is all messed up, that seems to be a common sticking point.
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Nov 18, 2021 04:40
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i noticed that psybuster was on crunchyroll, so i was like "oh, i like that recurring srw character so i'll try watching it." i regret my hasty actions and will endeavor to do better in the future. It bad.
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Feb 16, 2022 08:08
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Full Metal Panic does for the grunts but the heroes are very definitely super powered.
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Mar 12, 2022 20:06
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I have to ask, why are you hatewatching this show when you could just pitch it and do something else with the time?
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May 31, 2022 04:25
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Fivemarks posted:Its the Genocides, and the generally good relations that Japan has with the United States- Even the japanese far right and those that want to get rid of Article 9 are still, broadly, of the opinion that having the US as an ally is a bonus and not a negative. I have some bad news about the post-WW2 alternate history genre of fiction.
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Jun 15, 2022 02:04
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That video is allegedly why the blue box Protoculture Collection DVD set was created.
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Jun 18, 2022 02:32
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Did Mellowlink ever get a Blu-ray release in the us?
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Jul 16, 2022 00:23
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Arc Hammer posted:It looks like it's a Japan only collection called the Perfect Soldier Box which includes everything Votoms for about $900. Which is lol, but I hope that it being Blu Ray means it'll get an international release eventually. Yeah okay that's what I thought, I picked up the VOTOMS Blu-ray release that didn't have it a while back and wasn't sure if it had come out a third time while I wasn't paying attention. Thanks!
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Jul 16, 2022 00:46
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Armored Core thread in retro games forum: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3901774
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Jul 20, 2022 03:35
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Gaius Marius posted:The way you watched it was better, that version is "upscaled" using ai. It's fraudulent and disgusting much like your posting
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Aug 11, 2022 04:41
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Expo70 posted:So some news: It is also available from Apple's store, and someone in the gunpla thread made a Psyco XLR several years ago.
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Aug 30, 2022 04:19
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Gripweed posted:new mecha game with designs by Ipperi Gyoubu. He has confirmed there will be a model kit Cool now don't make it suck like New Gundam Breaker did, Bamco.
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Sep 19, 2022 03:29
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https://youtu.be/UBr2d-rSbAo
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Jan 22, 2023 20:20
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OBSOLETE, maybe? They're more power suits than giant mecha.
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Feb 5, 2023 21:36
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Kanos posted:It's been airing constantly with almost no breaks for 19 years and combined has more episodes of animation than the respective episode counts of animated Dragon Ball(counting all of DB/DBZ/DBGT/DBS) or the Simpsons. 
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Feb 14, 2023 01:19
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This old one is better anyway: https://youtu.be/7CXNa_m52r0
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Mar 17, 2023 04:50
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Nessus posted:Dynazenon was not a direct sequel to Inferno Cop, and very few anime are. Yes, this article explains it better than I can: https://ww2days.com/japan-adopts-absolute-defense-perimeter-strategy.html
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Apr 9, 2023 00:03
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Magical girls as far as the eye can see.
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Apr 23, 2023 20:47
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Shazaminator posted:Is there a Macross general thread? Could’ve sworn there was at one point but a quick scan couldn’t find it. There was but it's probably 15 pages back and auto locked at this point.
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May 12, 2023 22:16
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Gripweed posted:Important note, the first season of Full Metal Panic is a little weak, you might want to just jump ahead to the second season, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu. Also important note, Fumoffu is entirely high school romcom and largely irrelevant to your interests if you want mecha.
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Sep 2, 2023 07:19
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The novels were recently translated and available in English, along with many of the side stories. Fumoffu is some of the high school stuff that was removed from the first three novels and a few of the high school side stories. The ps4 game goes to the end of the novels; it speeds through some plot points and character development to get there but it's a pretty good summary and better than slogging through ancient fanlations.
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Sep 2, 2023 07:32
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ManSedan posted:Full Metal Panic Invisible Victory (the IVth season, get it) was pretty great. It was good though it moved a little more quickly through the plot than I would like to have seen for a series that didn't finish off the story in one shot. I am hopeful that we see FMP! Vindication or whatever sometime in the next year or two that takes it to the end.
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Sep 3, 2023 20:35
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chiasaur11 posted:I mean, I've seen this ground before. From manga about the goofy antics of the small family company subcontracted to build the Zaku I to Special Vehicles Section 2 having to fight dinosaurs, the humor of giant robots in mundane situations is a good time, but this show doesn't do either half well enough to be enjoyable. If the show sucks stop watching it, this is two or three mecha series in a row that you've done detailed reviews of with your disdain just dripping off the screen. You mentioned an "I must bear witness" kink with your Kyoukai Senki Let's Watch last year but life is too short to watch hours of lovely cartoons. Unless you're getting paid $1/word for some viral marketing deal but you can't mention the payment, in which case holler holler get dinar, I guess.
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Nov 2, 2023 18:40
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If I remember right the break point is also frustrating, it ends with Simon and company approaching to attack Teppelin but stops before the battle begins.
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Dec 9, 2023 16:50
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Macross II is getting a 4K release as part of the kickstarter.
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The Go Nagai Wonderland museum reportedly burned down in the fires after the recent earthquake. https://go-wonderland.jp/en/ https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASS124R4TS12PPTB009.html?iref=pc_photo_gallery_bottom A number of his original art pieces were held there, and are probably gone now.
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