[HN Gopher] A Beginner's Guide to Mecha (2019)
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A Beginner's Guide to Mecha (2019)
Author : rustoo
Score : 22 points
Date : 2021-03-14 19:54 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| rtx wrote:
| Ninja Robots was the pinnacle.
| Animats wrote:
| Mecha have almost disappeared from anime. Now, anime seems to be
| all about high school. Or even middle school.
| bsanr2 wrote:
| There was a small boom this past decade that seems to be over
| atm. Nothing groundbreaking, but some decent entertainment (and
| also some I would never, ever recommend, either due to quality
| or objectionable content). Off the top of my head: _several_
| Gundam entries - including AGE, IBO, Reconguista, Unicorn,
| Thunderbolt, the OO movie, and the Build Fighters and Build
| Divers series - Rideback, Star Driver, Valvrave, Suisei no
| Gargantia, Majestic Prince, Cross Ange, Buddy Complex,
| Aldnoah.Zero, Darling in the Franxx, Heroman, SSSS Gridman, the
| Evangelion Rebuild series, several mecha musume series, Macross
| Delta, Muv-Luv Alternative, several Code Geass sequels... I 'm
| sure there are more. One might even consider Attack On Titan a
| sort of mecha series (it certainly has more in common with
| Gundam than, say, Godzilla). I think it's only been in the past
| year that we haven't seen multiple concurrent releases.
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| (I want to reiterate that these are not in any way
| recommendations or endorsements. I watched and enjoyed many of
| these shows, but also dropped or never began several because of
| the questionable nature of one or more of their aspects.)
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| Edit: Bubuki Buranki. Everyone always forgets Bubuki Buranki.
| wodenokoto wrote:
| > either due to quality or objectionable content
|
| You kinda piqued my interest here: Which one has what
| objectionable content?
| bsanr2 wrote:
| Depending on who you ask, pretty much everything but the
| Gundam Builds.
|
| I jest. But, to be specific: Valvrave and Cross Ange were
| criticized for their depictions of rape; several series
| feature racy imagery, sometimes of underage characters
| (including the otherwise fantastic Gargantia - skip the
| dance scene); AoT, IBO, and a few others skirt some
| politically-sensitive material. And, frankly, a good number
| of the shows mentioned end up being offensively mediocre,
| squandering some quite strong openings (Rideback and
| Aldnoah.Zero especially). Probably the most objectionable
| thing of all.
| Animats wrote:
| Hadn't thought of Rideback as mecha, but I suppose you
| could see it that way.
| mwkaufma wrote:
| Pet peeve: the primer includes Robotech/Harmony Gold (ip
| squatters) rather than Macross/Studio Nue (actual pioneers). The
| Macross Design Works series are much better artbooks, and
| actually contains production notes because they _actually
| produced Macross_.
| crooked-v wrote:
| Also, there has been a bunch of follow-on Macross media that
| shows gradual development of the same mecha model series in-
| universe, with changes to control schemes, production models of
| machines that were prototypes in previous series, weird
| offshoots as an explicit result of the complications of
| military vehicle development, and so on.
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