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Postby Iblis 19th Angel » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:22 pm

Ok, we all love Eva, but do you like any other giant fightin' machines?

My personal favourites:

Gundam!

The first of the "Real" Robo & in many ways still the best. Notable for introducing many of the deeper story elements & complex backgrounds that have made mecha anime the great narative genre it is today. Also notable for the fact that there are probably more design variations of the Gundam than any other mecha anywhere & almost as many spiky, cycloptic, mostly green &/or red antagonist mechas. I have a hard time picking a specific Gundam, but I like the Zeta series, especially ZZ, Ex-S Deep Striker, Dendrobium Orchis & pretty much anything else with LOTS of guns, Heavyarms, Wing Zero Custom, DSHC, Epyon, Devil/Dark Gundam...and lots, lots more.

Mazinger

It was goofy, it was full of cliches & used enough stock footage to make the Power Rangers blush...but without it we wouldn't have Gundam, Eva or any of that other good stuff, so the big lug deserves a little respect. Plus he looks really dark & cool...even if his show isn't.

EX Gokin Getta Robo

I love the idea of a combiner who can combine into different robot modes, but the Gettas always bugged me because the transformations weren't really workable. Fortunately, they finally came out with one that actually looks realistic.

Brave Raideen

I just like the way his head looks, ok? And he was the first Super Robo to have a straight animal-to-robot transformation, oddly. You'd think they'd have come up with a simple thing like that before a cockamamie gimmick like Getta Robo, but Getta actually came first! I also love his God Voice attack. It's a great boss-killer in SRW.

Combattler V

The first 5-man(well, 4 men & a woman) combiner. I've always had a thing for 5 piece combiner robos. Interestingly, Combattler used the "Stacking" combine method that was later recycled in his "little brother" Voltez V & then largely forgotten. Voltez had a better storyline, but I think the robot itself was rather unattractive. His head looks like a seashell or something.

Psybuster

He's like a cross between Raideen & Nu Gundam, combining the best elements of both while remaining an original & beautiful machine. Plus his pilot is hillarious. I love how Masaki's always making wisecracks instead of angsting over every little thing like SOME pilots we know...

Escaflowne

Proving once again that there is nothing that cannot be improved by adding mecha. Who could resist a sword & sorcery/romance story with giant robots in it? Plus his dragon mode is nifty.

Dunbine

Another fantasy mecha story. Sleek, biomechanical & they look like giant bugs! How cool is that?!

Patlabor


Mecha with a badge! The most appealing thing about these guys is that they're just so down-to-Earth & believable. You can actually see someone building ones just like 'em. Who knows...maybe in a few years...

Jeez, that was long...& there are so many more, but I'll leave that for another day.

Anyone else have anything to add?
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Postby DatDude » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:24 pm

Tranzor Z

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Postby Iblis 19th Angel » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:30 pm

DatDude wrote:Tranzor Z

Gundam

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Evas don't count their mostly biological.


Isn't Tranzor Z Mazinger Z's english name?

They sure did love changing the mechas names back in the old days, didn't they?

Tetsujin 28 became Gigantor, Getta Robo became Starvenger, Grendizer became Goldrake...

I wonder what they would've called Gundam if he'd came out back then?
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Postby The Sandman » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:34 pm

I said it before and I said it again Gundam, Gundam, and Gundam. The real question is what favorite Gundam? For me it's Wing Gundam. Also Deathsycthe is definitely badass.

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Postby MongolSquad » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:37 pm

Big O. I love the retro style.

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Postby AchtungAffen » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:48 pm

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Wow, that was a bag of classics! Haven't seen most of them, although know something about this and that. One question, was it Voltez the one that kind of fueled Indonesian revolt against that dictator and his shoe-fetish wife?
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Postby Sventevith » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:27 am

Never been into another "mecha" except NGE, so that's the one... Those I've seen from Gundam and so are too cubic for me taste.
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Re: Favourite giant robots

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Postby the_seventh_child » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:47 am

Iblis 19th Angel wrote:Ok, we all love Eva, but do you like any other giant fightin' machines?

Nope!Evas are and will always be my favs!^_^
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Postby Ryo » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:15 am

Ohh... Many Gundam shows are really good. Altough I hate Gundam Wing with a passion, Deathschyte Hell and Heavyarms Custom made it worth watching.
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Postby Soluzar » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:30 am

The Sandman wrote:I said it before and I said it again Gundam, Gundam, and Gundam. The real question is what favorite Gundam? For me it's Wing Gundam. Also Deathsycthe is definitely badass.


I love the Deathsycthe, it's a great mech design, but I'm not so fond of Gundam Wing in general. If you had said "Zeta", then you'd have been talking my language. As far as I'm concerned, the actual Zeta Gundam itself is one fine-looking Robot.
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Postby Ryo » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:35 am

Seconded. Btw, is that a Blue Thunder I see before me?
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Postby Space Penis » Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:52 am

Full Metal Panic, because it's the only one I know of that has mechs with incredibly long and cool-looking silver ponytails.
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Postby Hyper Shinchan » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:56 pm

Vingt Sept
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Postby Jomei » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:25 pm

cain luppus wrote:Big O. I love the retro style.


Signed.

Plus MechaGodzilla. :o (Anyone remember Jet Jaguar besides me?)

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Postby blind51de » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:18 am

Are we talking real robots only? Or do super robots count?

Hmm... Gaogaigar.

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Postby Cogboy » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:37 am

Metal Gear REX for the win. 8)
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Postby SSGokuJr » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:58 pm

As you can tell from my Sig I love Gundam, Gundam Wing is my favorite anime of all time, and Wing Zero is the daddy of all giant robots it is just so freaking cool, I wanna see a mix between the one from the series, and Endless Waltz like have the body from EW, but get rid of the wings and put the old thrusters on and the shield and there you go, I've been watching SEED and SEED Destiny wich is pretty good. G Gundam (DBZ ripoff). SD Gundam...................................... MUST BURN IN HELL, Gundam 0080 boring as hell all they did was talk. I like Zoids, Big O was alright. I am in love with the Armored Core games I wish the Gundam games could contol and play a lot like AC and I think it would make for a much better game.

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Postby EVA-01X » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:20 pm

EX-S for best gundam

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Cybuster
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Postby Space Penis » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:03 am

Do the Tachikomas from GitS count? Sure, they aint giant robots, but they're so cute! And they pack quite a bit of firepower.
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