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Srice posted:Let's get this thread off to a positive start, so I welcome everyone to tell me what things I missed and why they should be watched (I am ignoring how this is my own personal recommendation list here Gundam 0080, man! The best Gundam series, it's got great characters, great drama, great robots, and the best presentation of an anti-war message in all mecha anime. And it's only 6 episodes long. It's the perfect series for someone who wants to watch a mecha anime, a gundam anime, a anime, or a movie of any kind! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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drrockso20 posted:I'd suggest adding Mazinkaiser to the OP as it's fantastic and pretty short(the OVA that is, the movie is pretty abysmal), same with Mazinkaiser SKL From what I remember of Mazinkaiser SKL, it's only a really good introductory mecha anime if the person being introduced is a 14 year old boy. Wan't it just a lot of robot fight scenes with guns that are axes and then a volcano explodes?
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K. Flaps posted:Code Geass. Where are you going with this?
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Hbomberguy posted:Otaku No Video is certainly my go-to example for their autocriticism, but Gunbuster manages it too with its very specific approach to nudity. Characters consistently are just sort of naked and it's not a thing anyone points out, reacts to or notices. IIRC no-one is embarrassed by their body ever. This forces the viewer to question the reaction they are having to the content. It reflects a world where people's views regarding each other's bodies and their own have developed beyond ours in a fundamentally positive way. You see similar approaches in early paintings and sculptures - they indicate a society which had better ways of looking at certain things. I dunno dude, I think maybe they just liked tits
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I bet one of the reasons for the nudity in Gunbuster is to make the viewer used to tits in the show, so when Noriko tears her shirt at the end you can focus on how badass that is, instead of just going, "ooh, boob!"
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So what's the deal on Macross 2? Is it really that bad?
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But it stars Bryan Cranston
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Srice posted:No that's Plus. The klisting for the DVD on Amazon says he's in Maross 2 too.
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I've never really thought about why robots are cool before. I think maybe it's because it's like a superpower but not. Like, it's a military machine, not different from a tank or a jeep, but suddenly the character is fifty feet tall and can smash buildings But at the same time they aren't super heroes? so basically, it makes the character capable of incredible feats and a powerful, imposing presence, but without being silly? As ridiculous as it sounds to call giant robots not silly. Amuro can single handedly save the White Base and all the people on it, but at the same time remain the dumb weak kid.
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Srice posted:Also I am only human, and will admit that while seeing people driven mad when 2 Gundams were airing at the same time was kinda amusing, it did in some ways break my spirit. I emerged from that fire loving robot anime even more
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Reds posted:You know what's nigh-impossible to find? A mecha show where the mecha don't fly or get a flight upgrade halfway through. Gundam 0080 Gundam 08th MS Team VOTOMS Mellowlink Turn A Gundam (right? I think the Turn A technically could fly with it's radiator legs, but almost never did) Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy Flag Blue Gender Dougram uhhhh does it count if only one robot can fly and that's a specific power it has to differentiate it from the other robots? In that case, Gundam X
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Gyra_Solune posted:Argevollen, The Big O, M3, Nobunaga the Fool (iirc), Basquash, Gad Guard, Dai-Guard, Xabungle if you don't count some of the component vehicles being able to fly, Zoids if you don't count the obvious bird/pterodactyls, and Evangelion if you don't count Rebuild. Dai Guard got a upgrade towards the end that let it turn into three Getter style planes
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Reds posted:That's not really flight though since they aren't in humanoid form. in that case what about transforming stuff like Macross or Zeta Gundam?
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Srice posted:I'd really like to see a show that brings on talent that haven't been involved in mecha shows, it would be neat to see what happens. Iron Blooded Orphans starts in like, a week.
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Also, Gundam Origin and 0083. no flight or mid season flight upgrades.
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Reds posted:I tend to not include Gundam in the "no flight" category because they take place primarily in space which is effectively similar. Space is really boring for combat for the same reason as flight: there's no environmental interaction beyond a few random asteroids. When you're on the ground you have the restriction of what-goes-up-must-come-down and have to take the environment into account. Man you should read Gundam Thunderbolt. It's about robot combat in the remains of a wrecked space colony, and they interact the poo poo out of their environment
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Gyra_Solune posted:would I be remiss in assuming G-Reco was pretty much Overman King Gundam in terms of what to expect from Gainer nope, that's pretty much right. Tone wise, at least. OKG only really throws you into the deep end at the beginning tho, after the first couple episodes you don't have to be constantly paying attenntion to catch exposition and stuff like you do for G-Reco.
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Srice posted:Far as stuff from the last few years go, I enjoyed Majestic Prince, Liked Gundam Build Fighters, and loved Reconguista in G. Oh yeah, Reconguista in G was really really good.
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When i saw, months ago, that Goodsmile was selling a four-pack of four identical robots, I was like, what's the deal, why would anybody buy that? The 24th Battalion owns. How did it take the Federation 54 goddamn episodes t think, "hey, what if we sent good pilots to fight the Dougram?"
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StrixNebulosa posted:I didn't know which show those robots were from, so I googled the 24th Battalion and found a show called "Special Armored Battalion Dorvack." While I now realize that of course, duh, they're from the Dougram show - now I'm curious. Has anyone heard about this Dorvack show? Google isn't turning up much outside of a short wikipedia article and the requisite ANN article. It's got a good OP and some cool robots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gRtEfsEIiE   
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GorfZaplen posted:Yes, and not a particularly good one at that. Choro-Q, on the other hand, is mandatory viewing once you finish the series. There is a ton of stuff that could be cut, especially in the first half, but still. I can't even imagine how they'd get it all down to movie length.
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The Ironfoot is my favorite robot
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All J. Locke does is stand up in open-topped trucks and look inspiring also, the Deloyer flag looks really stupid
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After 50+ episodes, I'd gotten used to the robots in Dougram being able to jump five time their height from standing still. But I was still surprised when they were able to do it from standing still up to their waist in the ocean.
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I'm happy that the Dougram finally got to wear one of the helicopter hats
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GorfZaplen posted:The second best headline in the entire show. What's the first?
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GorfZaplen posted:There's an episode early on where Crinn is looking extremely buff at first and later, after suffering a defeat, looks weak and childish, and I thought it was a really cool directorial choice until I realized no, it's just early 80s animation. The same thing happened to me! After the first time Heckle demonstrated value I thought they started drawing him more muscular, but nope, he was just off-model for that scene.
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Gyra_Solune posted:macross zero was distinctly 'it's alright' for me, what exactly is it that incited you to hate it "Giraffes don't have long necks because they evolved to eat leaves on tall trees, they have long necks because they got infected with a virus that made their necks long"
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OK, the diving scene in episode 3 is pretty great. maybe because they actually bothered traditionally animating the animals
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Oh what the hell. Mao asks Shin if he likes Sara, and Shin gets all embarrassed and flustered. That's bullshit, there's been zero build-up to that. He saw her naked once, and all of a sudden he's in love?
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