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Grandma Panic! posted:Thanks for the Patlabor reccs, never expected to be into a mecha anime that is 90% procedural/bureaucracy. Sounds like some material for the lovely technology thread, I love that kind of poo poo.
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SolarFire2 posted:Here's the old Toonami promo for 08th MS Team, which I think does a pretty good job of selling it. This is the short one. Here's the full length one, which is one of my favorite things ever. You haven't lived until you've heard Optimus Prime say "march toward oblivion." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVC_d1tMLc Toonami Trailers are the loving best. They're seared into my mind for all time. While we're on this topic and also the topic of how important Gundam Wing on Toonami was, here's the legendary 2 minute trailer for that, which for a poo poo ton of Americans was probably the very first Gundam related thing they ever saw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVcCB4fze94
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Sanguinia posted:This is the short one. Here's the full length one, which is one of my favorite things ever. You haven't lived until you've heard Optimus Prime say "march toward oblivion." I admit, I picked the short one just because I love hearing Peter Cullen say, "Spacenoids against Earth-dwellers. Zeke against Feddie." But you are absolutely correct, all of the Golden Age toonami promos are outstanding and have a few lines that really stand out ni their delivery by Optimus. Some of my other favorites are "In war, everyone's a casualty." from War in the Pocket, also deserving of some love in this thread! And, "Hated and feared, he is known as Hitokiri Battousai; The Manslayer." from Ruroni Kenshin.
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Toonami promos are seriously top tier. They trick you into thinking you're about to watch an action packed show, even though all those scenes are spread out across about a hundred episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QLEK_Cg3hE
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Pretty sure this narration is the reason Gundam has a western fanbase. (Also yikes at not respecting the aspect ratio.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVcCB4fze94 Then they tried as hard as they could to copy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP9PASx3bgA
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twistedmentat posted:It's Mamarou Oshii which is pretty much a good sign no matter what. Its funny because the TV series is pretty silly, but the movies are serious as hell.
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wdarkk posted:Pretty sure this narration is the reason Gundam has a western fanbase. (Also yikes at not respecting the aspect ratio.) I think when its a thing you made yourself that you're copying and its like 3 decades later and its almost exactly the same, you have to call that an homage.
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Coeus posted:Toonami promos are seriously top tier. They trick you into thinking you're about to watch an action packed show, even though all those scenes are spread out across about a hundred episodes. holy poo poo Robotech looking better than ever
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Feb 8, 2021 08:13
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Gotta admit, including the shot where the main character executes a restrained captive is some bold advertising.
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Sanguinia posted:I think when its a thing you made yourself that you're copying and its like 3 decades later and its almost exactly the same, you have to call that an homage. I mean, it's not like it's in the slightest an alien concept to Western media that's full of fuckloads of remakes, reboots, ripoffs and revisions. As said elsewhere, Gundam Wing despite apparently being considered a weaker entry in the grand scheme of the franchise was a massive entry point for the Western fanbase who had never seen anything like it before, and who seemed to spread out into the various versions and generally found one that suits them best. Was said elsewhere that crossover fans apparently like to pair up the pacifist characters with the G Gundam ones, and I honestly can see that working; the ones for whom Gundam battles are a fun sport getting along well with the ones who really loving hate all the bloodshed and brutality.
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Midjack posted:Gotta admit, including the shot where the main character executes a restrained captive is some bold advertising. This is one of the reasons I loved that poo poo as a kid. Uh, not executing restrained captives, that is. More that Western cartoons were condescending and insulting in what they thought kids could handle. Saturday mornings in the 80s, I'd get up early to watch the big cartoon block and it would go from pabulum like Superfriends and Scooby Doo*, to something like Robotech or Star Blazers. Shows with character arcs, and good people who weren't perfect and made mistakes with consequences. And characters dying - which was unheard of in every other Western cartoon at the time**. All those other cartoons were enjoyable enough in their own right. But what was coming out of Japan was generations ahead of anything else. It was still simplified and designed for children, true. But it felt like it was being made by people who respected what children are capable of. * To be fair to Scooby Doo, it was also the only other kids show where you couldn't immediately guess the entire rest of the show from the first 30 seconds, even though every episode did follow along the same lines of of monster scares people > gang arrives > high jinks ensue > rich white man shown to be evil. ** Okay, apart from Bambi. EDIT: And Watership Down. But, gently caress that loving cartoon. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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Megillah Gorilla posted:This is one of the reasons I loved that poo poo as a kid. Uh, not executing restrained captives, that is. More that Western cartoons were condescending and insulting in what they thought kids could handle. What's really impressive about 60s-70s anime is how it held up when it was getting pushed alongside the best of the 80s and 90s in America, from Transformers to Gargoyles, and wasn't even completely eclipsed by its own successors despite those drawing much more cultural significance (see Dragonball vs Z). I guess that's how you know when something was actually ahead of its time: When its time gets here you can keep putting it on TV.
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Feb 17, 2021 05:05
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Watching Robotech and Starblazers as a kid primed me for Babylon 5 and now the Expanse. No matter what the future brings, Starblazers will always the coolest ships and Destroids are the coolest robots.
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Feb 17, 2021 06:35
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Destroid Monster. You can still find the metal model they put out on ebay occasionally. Yours for a lazy half a grand. EDIT: loving stairs 
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Feb 17, 2021 06:56
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smooth jazz posted:Watching Robotech and Starblazers as a kid primed me for Babylon 5 and now the Expanse. They remade the series Starblazers is based on, it seems pretty drat good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeOCJDqGhtg And if anyone tries to claim it's inappropriate for the Mecha thread to discuss it, Yamato 2199 appeared in Super Robot Wars V.
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smooth jazz posted:No matter what the future brings, Starblazers will always the coolest ships and Destroids are the coolest robots.
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Foxfire_ posted:Sorry, the way Mechwarrior 2 voice over guy says "STONE RHINO" on the mech select screen makes the Battletech version cooler than the Robotech one "AWESOME" smooth jazz fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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Feb 17, 2021 22:25
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wdarkk posted:They remade the series Starblazers is based on, it seems pretty drat good. Yup, seen it. It rules in every way, but towards the end of 2202, there's literally thousands of battleships flying around like fighters which was a bit much.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:All those other cartoons were enjoyable enough in their own right. But what was coming out of Japan was generations ahead of anything else. It was still simplified and designed for children, true. But it felt like it was being made by people who respected what children are capable of. I think this is in large part what propelled the success of Toonami, as well. There was a large market of teens and preteens which just hadn't been served up until then.
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wdarkk posted:They remade the series Starblazers is based on, it seems pretty drat good. 2199 would be a perfect remake if it weren't so goddamn horny.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Destroid Monster. I loved that bit in the final battle of Macross Frontier where the Monster goes flying in to attack the Battle Galaxy, gets winged and crashes on one of Battle Galaxy's arms, but still manages to prop itself up so it can use those four big guns to shoot four
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gundam wing is actually the best gundam au
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It does have the Geese what is Tall, a strong point in its favor
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Animal-Mother posted:My favorite thing to do in Mechwarrior 2 was to take the fastest mech available, rip everything out (including the heat sinks) and see how fast it could go before exploding. Jenner pilot spotted.
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Gundam Wing's mech designs were rad as hell but I think I prefer the standard versions. the Endless Waltz versions are too flashy
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Except the Serpent, which owned
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The Endless Waltz Deathscythe is hands down the coolest Gundam.
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PeterWeller posted:The Endless Waltz Deathscythe is hands down the coolest Gundam. Its the Nightengale. Although I guess that's technically not a gundam...
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Mar 15, 2021 19:39
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G Gundam is the best Gundam next question.
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Mar 15, 2021 19:53
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Who What Now posted:G Gundam is the best Gundam next question. It is known
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Who What Now posted:G Gundam is the best Gundam next question. Yes.
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None of your statements are valid unless they include images.
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Who What Now posted:G Gundam is the best Gundam next question. I don't follow, how was this a question at all?
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Was at the weeb shop and kinda wanted to get a Tallgeese model kit just because the design is rad.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Lancer_RPG/status/1371665983958622210
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Was at the weeb shop and kinda wanted to get a Tallgeese model kit just because the design is rad. Sanguinia posted:Its the Nightengale. Although I guess that's technically not a gundam... Who What Now posted:G Gundam is the best Gundam next question. I don't know poo poo about Gundam, so I googled these. None of them are a grim reaper robot with an articulated armored wing-cape.
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Inside Out features a squad piloting the mech, ergo better
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PeterWeller posted:I don't know poo poo about Gundam, so I googled these. None of them are a grim reaper robot with an articulated armored wing-cape. No, but one of them is a cactus-bandito 
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Was at the weeb shop and kinda wanted to get a Tallgeese model kit just because the design is rad. The MG and RG kits are great.
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PeterWeller posted:I don't know poo poo about Gundam, so I googled these. None of them are a grim reaper robot with an articulated armored wing-cape. excuse me, one of them has a flying robot horse, piloted by an actual horse g gundam absolutely does not give a gently caress about realism and i love it
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