Poll: Japanese or Western Mecha?
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Huh. I see what you mean. Well, they look really different to me, anyway. Proportions of the leg-to-body, height and mass distribution, these make the difference for me. But I can understand how you would see otherwise.Xom said:
This picture is pretty awesome. Just wanted to say that...Xom said:I will spare you no cruelty. MEGAS + TTGL + WH40k
Same here.CantFaketheFunk said:
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The only Western mecha show I really liked was Megas XLR. Good times...
I really want to say both but I've not been exposed to that many Eastern mecha, pretty much Gundam (and then only 8th MS Team, which I love to death and G Gundam, which was alright) and the first Armored Core. What seals the deal for me is Mechwarrior/Mechassault. I remember playing a Battletech arcade game my 18th birthday, it was a pod that you entered and I had alot of fun even if all I really could do was just run my Thor right into my brothers Atlas, right at level with his autocannon. Yeah, great tactic.
I remember that show. I saw like, the pilot episode, or something close to it. Basicly, the hero went up against an antagonist equipped in what I thought was the the most brilliant and vicious looking (read; "Cool") mecha design. It was also my first exposure too. But sadly the modern improvements to animation and voice acting have outpaced Tekkaman Blade.Ragsnstitches said:My First encounter with japanese mecha was Techno Man... i doubt thats its original title. I went mecha mad afterwards... gundam wing was after that.
Edit: just read the name on the poster of "tehno man"... it's actually Tekkaman Blade, so much better dont you think.
I tried watching an episode, to see the badass baddie (His name was... Kain? Cyan? I'm not sure. It's been a while), and all that nostalgia was destroyed by the shoddy... everything. Ah well.
I voted Western, cause practicality + good design = Sweetness. Most cool looking japanese mechs are just to look cool, and are a little absurd at the same time.
To me, the question's not about where a particular mecha design originated, but rather how they are styled. So to me this is a question of preference between the Japanese stylized, maneuverable mecha (Gundam, Votom, Armored Core), and the Western deliberate, heavily armored mecha (MechWarrior, Warhammer, Star Wars 5 & 6). Perhaps notably, walking is not the primary mode of transport in (my interpretation of) the "Japanese" style. Put another way, Westerns look built to withstand, whereas Japanese' are intended to evade.
My choice would be Japanese, specifically Armored Core - above, you've got the NEXT "White Glint" in the foreground, more or less a "standard" sized mecha (and some cannon-fodder MTs in the near background), and the monstrous Arms Fort "Spirit of Motherwill" in the background. Forget walking castles, here you've got a walking city, introducing a sort of mecha version of Shadow of the Colossus. With dash-based / aerial combat and (arguably more-than-) ample customization, this is the most entertaining mecha game I've played, almost approaching a Gundam style. MechWarrior & ilk are generally more plodding. They can do awe, but not so much "art of combat."
My choice would be Japanese, specifically Armored Core - above, you've got the NEXT "White Glint" in the foreground, more or less a "standard" sized mecha (and some cannon-fodder MTs in the near background), and the monstrous Arms Fort "Spirit of Motherwill" in the background. Forget walking castles, here you've got a walking city, introducing a sort of mecha version of Shadow of the Colossus. With dash-based / aerial combat and (arguably more-than-) ample customization, this is the most entertaining mecha game I've played, almost approaching a Gundam style. MechWarrior & ilk are generally more plodding. They can do awe, but not so much "art of combat."
Well, first rule of modern anime: "It has to look cool, fuck everything else."Firia said:
That's why I keep bashing everyone that picks Japanese mecha just for Gurren Laggan. It's all flash, no substance. Hell, it stopped being a real robot at the point it began to grow drills at will, just a tool to project their wills kinda like Green Lantern's ring.
I'm a huge Armored Core fanboy, but other I think stuff like Gundam and crap where it's just anime full of lasers in space and mechs with giant swords and absolutely nothing else whatsoever is just stupid. You need more than different colored lasers and stupid helmet designs to be an awesome mech.
Western Mechs FTW
Western Mechs FTW