Mecha Fan Rollcall

[albinoMithos]

Nice tron didn't know you liked mechas.....

lol..just check his avatar and sig. you would have known instantly

Heh, I didn't even know he changed it! Yeah...I'm sad

[SignOfZeta]

I'm a huge fan of giant robots. Check the user name, after all.

I'm not sure what the last robot show was that I actually liked though. It wasn't recently. Big O? Maybe. Jeez, that things almost a decade old.

My favorites:

Macross (TV, DYRL, Seven, and Plus)
Gundam (original, Z, ZZ, CCA, 0080, 0083, 08th MS)
Mospeda
Giant Robo: The Animation (I can't say enough about how f*cking great this show is)
Gunbuster (see Giant Robo)
Transformers (original, Movie, 2010, Masterforce)

I do the models too:

[Tatsujin]

lol..no love for teh Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[termis]

I do love big-ass robots, but I'm totally old school.

Growing up going back & forth between Korea & the U.S., I became fans of bunch of mechs that were popular in that era, some in the West, some in the East, some on both sides of the pond --

Atom/Astroboy
Mazinger/Tranzor Z
Grandizer
Mechander Robo
Transformers
Voltron
Gobots, etc...

But above all, for us kids in Korea, we had the Robot Taekwon V (or more precisely for my generation, it was the sequel, Super Taekwon V) Yeah! 


As for Gundams, I loved the desings of the mechs as a kid, but I never saw a single episode of it at that time (saw it only through books & magazines).  I guess the story was for a bit more "mature" audience, so it never made it past the Korean censors in the 80s.  I tried getting in to it as an adult, but to be honest, story didn't pick up fast enough.  I just don't have time to be watching 500,000 episodes just for the sake of watching it.

The only one that really impressed me after becoming an adult was Giant Robo.  This one had the opposite effect of Gundam.  The design of the Robot wasn't particularly slick looking, but the presentation was just rad.  It's been awhile since I've seen it though... 10 years or so?

[Digi.k]

Does Patlabor count? I watched that years ago, I thought it was really boring.

I love patlabor!! but only the TV series and manga the two movies were just soooo long and slow..


I don't understand the fascination with Gundam I've always thought it slow and too political.. Macross now thats a mecha show!!! Also check out Detonator Organ but its quite an old show.. and Giant Robo and who can forget Gainax's Gunbuster! &  Neon Genesis Evangelion :O

[Tatsujin]

as a kid, i liked Thierry Grandizer V-Z 109 the most!

[SignOfZeta]

lol..no love for teh Neon Genesis Evangelion.

The success of that show is the reason there hasn't been a good anime show in a decade. The first ever Gainax thing I didn't love.

[SignOfZeta]

I do love big-ass robots, but I'm totally old school.

Growing up going back & forth between Korea & the U.S., I became fans of bunch of mechs that were popular in that era, some in the West, some in the East, some on both sides of the pond --

Atom/Astroboy
Mazinger/Tranzor Z
Grandizer
Mechander Robo
Transformers
Voltron
Gobots, etc...

I love Astro Boy, but Astro Boy is not "mecha"! He has the Atom Heart!

[guyjin]

lol..no love for teh Neon Genesis Evangelion.

technically, EVAs are not mecha. they're people.

[termis]

I love Astro Boy, but Astro Boy is not "mecha"! He has the Atom Heart!

Yeah, I didn't quite think he fit in the catergory as I typed that in, but meh.  (I do recall parts of the show where the whole story revolved around how human he could be, rather than a robot).

[nectarsis]

as a kid, i liked Thierry Grandizer V-Z 109 the most!

One of the classics I have sorely missed out on