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72873 No. 72873
Gundam thread's auto-saging so-

>>MECHA GENERAL!

If you want a place to dicuss anything about any one of your giant robot animes well here it is.
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>> No. 72877
I really want to get into classic mecha stuff... unfortunately, last time I checked, the English dub of the original Mazinger Z anime (TRANZOR ZEEEEEE!!!) is a) stupidly long and b) only has about half the episodes uploaded anyway, the Go Nagai manga has been scanlated, but the last volume is a mess and wadng through about four different stories all uploaded out of synch was not fun.

Great Mazinger and Grendizer have both had half their content uploaded, which is kinda weird.

I tried Gaiking, but the only episodes to be found are of that weird "remake". That's unfair, I did find the first two episodes on youtube, but that's it.

There is always ioffer.com of course, but the shipping's rather steep for a UK resident like myself...
>> No. 72878
>>72877
Getter stuff is pretty widely available, so if you're looking to get into Uncle Go's stuff you can check that out too.
>> No. 72888
>>72873
DAT OP
Is just a fan made cover, right?
>> No. 72889
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>>72888
It can be real, in your heart...
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>>72878
I'm currently watching Getter Robo, and the Dinosaur Empire is more competent and devious than I thought. They always fall back on Mechasaurus shenanigans, but before that they always try to trick the humans into a bad position. In episode 20, they manage to blow up a city, with dozens of on-screen bystander deaths, before Getter Robo can even do anything. Not to mention successfully blowing up two satellites that Saotome wanted to send to space.

On a side note, Saotome is the manliest of the scientist-types.
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>>72891
Getter Queen... lol.

THIS EPISODE.
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>>Getter Queen
A useless feminine Getter, which has a cockpit so small it can only be piloted by a woman or child (actual words of mech's creator)
>> No. 72903
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Now a TRUE Lady Getter.
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>>72903
source: Getter Robo Daikessen

Getter Robo Daikessenyoutube thumb
>> No. 72905
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>>72904
Heh, and if you want to see the pilots...

Getter Robo Daikessen! - 05 - …youtube thumb
>> No. 72906
>>72902
The plans for it were stolen from Saotome's lab 5 years prior to the show, sooo... it's obsolete compared to Getter Robo. If it was meant for women pilots specificially, Prof. Saotome probably meant to make it for Michiru. Too bad the pilot didn't want to fight at all, so it didn't actually do anything. A little disappointing. That awesome tomahawk/lance would have been great animated.
>> No. 72907
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Lady bots have no luck in the old shows, they are either good and useless, piloted by the hero's girlfriend or something, or evil and get destroyed at the end of the episode they appear in.
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But my love for fair Minerva burns like a Breast Fire.
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>> No. 72910
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>>72907
They're so useless, sometimes the main characters literally throw them away so they won't get in the way during battle.

GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN.
>> No. 72913
>>72903
>>72904
>>72905
Man, I still have a (copied/pirated) disc of that game.
It was pretty cool, but hard as fuck.

>>72907
Well, they can't have worse luck than poor Musashi, the sacrificial lab of Getter Robo.
>> No. 72923
>>72913
At least Musashi get to be a pilot who does stuff, even if he's not as respected as his comardes, and when he dies its in a manly kamikaze attack that kills a bunch of enemies (Especially in Neo vs Shin)
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>>72907
>>72910
Actually I'm pretty sure the Boss Borot was more helpful in the fight against evil than all the ladybots combined.
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Mecha?
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Hah I finally did it, I found the fan animation trailer this concept art is related to, this is a blast from the past.

On that note I think I'll post some video links.

Ufo King Goldrake - il traileryoutube thumb
>> No. 72946
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And now a little animated thing that isn't fan-created, but is pretty awesome.

go nagai robots mazingerz gr…youtube thumb
>> No. 72947
>>72923
True there.
I think his only death that was not a sacrifice was on the Great Mazinger vs Getter Robo G ova.

>>72926
>>72945
Pretty much.
I think he even has a very powerful attack on SRW Z.
Super Robot Taisen Z - Boss Borot All Attacksyoutube thumb

>>72909
>>72908
Wait...
Why would a mecha could need high heels?
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>>72947
I think you know why...
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>>72946
I posted the image but I have to admit, I never have any idea what these less-exposed mazinger-styled mechs actually are in these pictures, or even which ones are official and which are fan created or otherwise unofficial.
>> No. 72956
>>72905
The professor in that vid looks kinda like Ashens.
>> No. 72957
>>72952
I'm not sure who the flying guy and the guy with a rifle are, but the stone dude is God Mazinger.
>> No. 72961
>>72957
The flyer is Mazinkaizer. Not sure about the rest though. They look kinda like they may just be fan redesigns of the originals.
>> No. 72962
>>72961
Err, I meant the weird-looking tubby flying UFO guy who is not Grendizer.
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>>72957
The flying guy in the picture is Mazinkaiser, the robot that has transformed into a giant plane in the video is Groizer X.
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>>72962
>>72963
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Have a picture of his actual robot form instead of a fan redesign
>> No. 72966
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>>72946
This looks like the one at the back.
>> No. 72969
>>72952
And here's rifle dude.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Armor_Govarian
>> No. 72983
>>72945
Does anyone have a link to the srw manga in-which Jiron from Xabungle pilots the Boss Borot and because of the similar controls managed to kick ass with it?
>> No. 72985
>>72983
Here ya go anon
http://www.mediafire.com/?vufrrlcuqnjltha
>> No. 72995
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Any news on the incoming Eva movie?
>> No. 72996
>>72995
I'd just like to know when, it's been fucking forever.
>> No. 72997
>>72995
>>72996
Next one is this fall, last one is some time next year.
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>>72946
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73148
The best way to shoot a gun.

This show so far (up to ep 19) is a bit different from other old giant robot shows. There's more emphasis on character interaction, and the giant robot battles seem almost like a second thought. Some episodes barely have Bryger swatting down one or two fighter jets to fill its giant robot fight quota.
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>>73148
I don't know if it's common enough to be considered a "mecha cliche", but I find it hilarious when Bryger busts through walls, peeping at people.
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>>73149
One more.
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73195
Are the Gunbuster blu rays simple upscales? They look amazing to my untrained eyes.

pic unrelated, new science lessons
>> No. 73207
>>73195
>Gunbuster
>BluRay
;_;
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73367
Anyone looking forward to the new SRWZ game?
>> No. 73385
>>73367
YES.

Only way I could look forward to it more would be if they added G Gundam so that the ULTIMATE HOT BLOOD TEAM could be assembled.
>> No. 73432
>>73367
Currently playing through Z2-1. Chirico is appropriately amazing.
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>> No. 75006
>>73432
Chirico is freakin awesome.
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75058
So I'm watching through Gundam Zeta for the first time and HOLY SHIT THESE TITAN GUYS ARE MAXIMUM DOUCHEBAGS! Just right out the gate! Goddamn they're like schoolyard bullies to Bright Noa for no goddamn reason. He's on your team, guys! What the fuck?

Also Char's outfit is so hilariously 80s I love it.
>> No. 75092
>>75058
Zeta gundam like all of tomino's shit was garbage. The only reason to watch it is Amuro and Char.
>> No. 75093
>>75092
>all of tomino's shit was garbage

Somebody's never read Crossbone Gundam
>> No. 75097
>>75093
Or watched King Gainer.
>> No. 75100
>>75092

Mobile Suit Gundam and Zeta seem fine so far. Far more entertaining than SEED at least (which was my only experience with the Gundam Universe proper before hand, as Wing and G Gundam were kind of their own things).
>> No. 75103
>>75100
what, SEED is its own thing too
>> No. 75104
>>75103
Yeah, Turn A was the last Gundam work Tomino directed.
>> No. 75105
>>75100
Yeah, like >>75103 said, SEED is its own universe. In a lot of ways it was sort of like a remake of the original though.
>> No. 75106
>>75103
>>75105

Oh... I apologize. I thought it was in the same universe due to the uniforms and some of the other visual similarities.
>> No. 75107
The Cosmic Era is horrible, thats all that needs to be said of it
>> No. 75108
The only good thing that came out of the Cosmic Era was Lowe and the Astray Red Frame. Beam spam is boring, ridiculous battleship-sized katana is not.
>> No. 75109
>>75097
Lol, don't fucking speak for me. King Gainer is just as shitty 0079 and Zeta.
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>>75108
Yeah, I haven't read much of Astray, but I've been told that it's was better than SEED and SEED Destiny.

And about both of those, SEED began good, but but after the first half of the series it went down right to mediocrity.
And SEED Destiny is one of the few series that I can say I HATE AND DESPISE WITH A BURNING RAGE.
>> No. 75116
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>>75109
I never said King Gainer sucks.
At contrary, is one of the best series Tomino has done, along with Xabungle other series I can't remember right now.
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75234
Man

There is a LOT of slapping in Zeta Gundam
>> No. 75264
>>75234
Gundam Zeta's subtitle should be "Kamille is a palm magnet"
>> No. 75707
I'm thinking of buying the 2006 DVD set of Votoms. Anyone have any experience with that?
>> No. 75709
>>75058
Yeah the Titans are huge asshole but that what makes it so much fun kicking their ass in Super Robot Wars.(and others)
Oh you think your the baddest boys around Titans? Well suck on my GETTER BEEEEEEEAM!
>> No. 75712
>>75709
That never gets old.
>> No. 75723
So how about that YUREKA SEVEN EYYY YO show guys?
Do you like it so far or not? Pretty fucking detached from the plot and feel of the first E7 if you ask me.
>> No. 75725
>>75723
I've only just watched episode one. Based on that, it's got a lot of the feel of Eureka Seven, but it definitely feels like a totally separate story. I'd even say it was an AU if it weren't so very hard to look at Ao without saying "That guy's Eureka and Renton's kid."
>> No. 75738
>>75723
I've only watched the first seven episodes so far, but I like it well enough. It's not as awesome as the original, but I like that it's doing it's own thing.
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>> No. 75872
>>75870
Mobile Suits are teeny tiny in comparison to skyscrapers...
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>>75872
They are meant to be at least somwhat semi-plausible afterall, if you squint and don't know any science.

Have a size chart
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>>75877
Infavt I might as well post ALL the size charts
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>>75878
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>>75879
Can't talk. Getting HUGE.
>> No. 75881
>>75879
What the fuck is that 500 meter tall one?
>> No. 75882
>>75881
Smalltime next to the SDF-1 Macross

Or more helpfully, Bokurano...its story kind of reminds me of Madoka in a slight fashion... but more dark and depressing.
>> No. 75889
>>75881
>>75882
The anime/manga is Bokurano, but the mech's name is actually Zearth.
>> No. 75890
FUCK YEAH SPECTREMAN
Spectreman Openingyoutube thumb
>> No. 75892
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>>75880
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>>75892
It's been done earlier than that.
>> No. 75910
>>75893
Yeah, but I didn't have a picture handy for that. That size chart does need to be updated to include extreme sizes though.
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>>75910
Sure, here you go
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>>73149
>>ZZ is watching you hump a chair
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Sentinel needs to get adapted into an anime, just so we can get more of this magnificent fucker.
>> No. 76618
I like how this intro of the Ghost in the Shell PS1 game Ghost In The Shell - Intro PSOneyoutube thumb
sums up what most pepole (like me) finds "cool" about anime.
TITS AND ROBOT! TO TECHNO MUSIC!
Its like a AMV before youtube.
I watch it on a demo disc back in the day. (and got a 2D "thing" out if it...)
>> No. 76727
>>75058
>Gundam Zeta
God, I regret watching that show.

They had such potential for something absolutely amazing what with the dynamic between Haman Khan, Scirocco and Char, but then they kept focusing the show on "Kamille does nothing and whines like a jackass a lot". The character who is supposed to be Kamille's primary antagonist keeps popping up only to be totally inconsequential, nobody on the entire White Base 2 knows what the hell they're doing at any point, the only remotely competent pilots are Char, possibly Emma some of the time, and Amuro (who manages to be both interesting and jaw-droppingly awesome for his fifteen minutes of screentime god why can't this show be about Amuro), the entire plot is just a Lensman Arms Race that goes pretty much fucking nowhere, NOTHING important is established or explained (the anti-beam coating on the Shiki, the design of the experimental NewType models, the thing Kamille installed to make Zeta work better), and they pointlessly recycled the Kamille Falls In Love With Four plot three fucking times in a row, always to the same completely unsatisfying conclusion.

And people call this THE BEST GUNDAM SERIES OF ALL. What.
>> No. 76728
>>76727

I am now to the part in the series where Four died and Camille threw a gimp Jerrid off a cliff.

It's definitely not as good as the original it follows. There are constant references to the original ("The AUG is like the White Base" and "Boy that Kamille reminds me of Amuro") that seem like it's riding its coat tails rather than fan service references. The plot meanders around, and Jerrid is a poor substitute for Char (particularly given that we have the ACTUAL Char running around in Sunglasses, but he does make for a hilarious Team Rocket style villain). I do find it interesting that you think Amuro was good in it, as he's been kind of a whiny bitch who makes Kamille look better since he joined up with the heroes. Still, despite being really flawed, I still look forward to seeing the next episode. It manages to keep my interest, and I do enjoy how 80s it is at times.
>> No. 76830
>>76728
Honestly, Zeta dropped the ball when the writing reluctantly stuck to following Kamille. Instead of just going straight to The Adventures of Char Aznable and his awesome 80s hair and coolshades and BRIGHT GOLD HYAKU SHIKI.

It says something when the final battle of the series is Char in a three-way v Haman and Scirocco, instead of focusing on the supposed protagonist. And it's possibly the most enjoyable episode.

Well...besides Kamille's introduction. "THAT kid looks like a BOY"
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>Katz
>Fucking Katz

Oh my god, kill this kid please

Kamile's "MUDERER! MURDERER! MURDERERRRR!" scene was pretty hilarious, though. I wish I had a gif of that.
>> No. 76972
>>76970
The scene I always remember from Zeta (and also a friend of mine who watched it with me) is in one of the later episodes, near the end, when Kamille meets Four v3.0 and she goes crazy in a colony full of gas. Kamille, Whatsherface and Fa walk into a store, and then Fa suddenly starts ranting at NotFour....while bouncing a yoyo up and down as a freaky clown dummy behind her extends its neck upwards in the most disturbingly hilarious manner. And then this is NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN.

I felt like...the first time I saw that, I felt as if David Lynch had just walked into the middle of the scene and punched me in the brain and left.
>> No. 76975
>>76970
Your wish is granted
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>>75877
>> No. 77003
>>76978
>>76978
Do you know what would be great? If there was a website that was nothing but a giant robot size chart, except all the robots were vectored so it's infinitely scalable, so you can zoom in and out as much as you want. And you can add robots as new anime are produced.
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Oh yeah, Marcross was a fun watch.
>> No. 77153
>>77149
Good lord, that show. The QUALITY animations. The entirety of the Milia/Max wedding episode.

I swear, the whole episode is "surely the art can't get worse than THAT?" I haven't laughed so hard in years.
>> No. 77159
>>76978
Okay, I know robots whether real or Super don't exactly care about physics, but these legs are getting ridiculously longer than the rest of the body. Like they would snap in half if they actually walked for extended lengths.
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