Comments on: Those Magnificent Men In Their Fighting Machines

By: There is a Spectre Hanging Over Summer 2009 Anime Season « We Remember Love

There is a Spectre Hanging Over Summer 2009 Anime Season « We Remember Love — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:05:09 +0000

[...] superior articulation on why mecha anime is awesome (The Animanachronism [...]

By: Building a Realer Robot « FungaFuFu

Building a Realer Robot « FungaFuFu — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:35:47 +0000

[...] there are essentially two axes at work in any given mecha anime. As Iknight points out in some older posts, part of what makes mecha interesting to watch is that they are essentially anthropomorphic [...]

By: Gundam 00: Space Battlewagon « The Animanachronism

Gundam 00: Space Battlewagon « The Animanachronism — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:17:16 +0000

[...] concentrate power in their title Mobile Suits’ hands by virtue of their relationship to the Super Robot tree – 00 just takes it further than many of its [...]

By: [36] The Chicken or the Egg - the Scene or the Sound « “lelangiric”

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:52:22 +0000

[...] There are certain things that are perhaps ‘inherent within our humanity,’ and this also applies to music. Why do minor chords sound sad? Major chords happy? Why do [...]

By: “lelangiric” » [36] The Chicken or the Egg - the Scene or the Sound

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:01:44 +0000

[...] There are certain things that are perhaps ‘inherent within our humanity,’ and this also applies to music. Why do minor chords sound sad? Major chords happy? Why do [...]

By: THAT Animeblog - Kannazuki no Miko (redux): the Greatest Love Story Ever Told in Mecha

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:06:01 +0000

[...] I am sure that Kannazuki no Miko gave an impassioned confession for a love most pure atop the Tree of Mecha bringing Gao Gai Gar almost to tears and G made Gundam wish that it possessed such eloquence. Oh [...]

By: “lelangiric” » The Chicken or the Egg - the Scene or the Sound

“lelangiric” » The Chicken or the Egg - the Scene or the Sound — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:11:03 +0000

[...] There are certain things that are perhaps ‘inherent within our humanity,’ and this also applies to music. Why do minor chords sound sad? Major chords happy? Why do [...]

By: Otakuism » I’m Back from Hiatus, and Other Musings from the Break

Otakuism » I’m Back from Hiatus, and Other Musings from the Break — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:02:57 +0000

[...] and Macross Plus came in, so it already looks to be a good mecha week. (Or maybe I should call it tree planting week.) Filed under [...]

By: Of Mecha and Mechambivalence « Claiming Ground

Of Mecha and Mechambivalence « Claiming Ground — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:55:40 +0000

[...] It’s been argued that the root appeal of mecha shows must be understood by taking into account that the robot is primarliy a stylistic growth from a heroic root. The appeal of the story itself is in its structure – the robot is a stylistic element. Which covers why I can like these shows without loving the robot – but not why I like swordfights more than robot-on-robot action. What exactly do the flowers of the mecha tree smell of? [...]

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:23:00 +0000

Hmm. VFs are a tough call; I find transforming mecha inherently less convincing (I prefer talking of convincingness as opposed to actual realism), and you could accuse alien technology of being Applied Phlebotinum. On the other hand, there aren’t exactly many Super Special VFs in the same way that Gundam usually revolves around a prototype, extra-powerful unit. Anyhow, VFs look good to me.

I recall a discussion on /m/ about Don Quixote as a mecha pilot. Opinion on what he’d pilot was divided, but it was universally agreed that he’d mistake Nether Gundams for actual threats, and try to fight them.