| I havent been one for mecha since I was a child. I watched Gundam but never cared for it. And yet Id watch Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho amongst so many others and be star struck. For someone that doesnt care for mecha, what would you suggest? I want to open my horizons in a genre that I havent really ever given a chance to since I was a kid. And now that Im 28 I feel a bit bad about it. Thx for any and all recommendations <3 |
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| Eureka Seven is definitely one I would suggest. Maybe Darling in the Franxx too, but I haven't finished that one yet. Eureka Seven has a lot more to it than just robots figting so a lot of people who aren't really into mecha enjoy it, including myself. |
eamijJan 8, 2020 10:43 PM
| Imo Gundamn is pretty boring. Try Gurren Lagann. |
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| How about Magic Knight Rayearth? It's created by CLAMP of Cardcaptor Sakura fame and though some people don't classify it as a magical girl series, it certainly feels like something in the genre as it has magical transformations and was made sometime around the same time as Sailor Moon! Give it a try, the first OP's frickin awesome btw |
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| I won't tell you to delve into Gundam series because of its enormity. So go with these: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch For good laughter watch the following: Darling in the FranXX Kakumeiki Valvrave Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto And if you want to join the elitists: Neon Genesis Evangelion Also, Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex is more police than mecha but it's the exact sort of anime that you can label as a masterpiece and no one can say your are taking sh!t. |
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| Gurren lagann Escaflowne If you like Madoka maybe granbelm I personally recommend the 3 compilation gundam movies from the early 80s if you want to retry gundam. |
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| I'd have to say Gunbuster-it's one of a kind and a classic for preciously that reason. It's 100% soap opera and I mean that in a very good way. |
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Naah, NGE is too mainstream to be tagged as such. |
| Cross Ange, the mc is a girl and it's not that hard ecchi, the mecha fights are so so. |
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| try Star Driver and Promare since you might like those as an anime fangirl |
| not yet mentioned above: Soukou no Strain - intense drama in a space sci-fi setting. [some sexual fanservice?] female lead protag. 13 episodes. Studio Fantasia, 2006-2007. Stellvia of the Universe - school life, with elements of slice-of-life, comedy, and (particularly later on) drama, set on a space station in a space sci-fi setting. female lead protag. 26 episodes. Xebec, 2003. already mentioned above: Eureka Seven - romance, adventure. set in a sci-fi/fantasy setting. male lead protag. 50 episodes. Bones, 2005-2006. Neon Genesis Evangelion - intense character drama, set in an apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting, with eschatological lore. male lead protag. 26 episodes. Gainax, 1995-1996. Magic Knight Rayearth - magical girl fantasy adventure isekai story. female lead protags. 20 episodes (first season, then it continues onto another season with 29 episodes). Tokyo Movie Shinsha (though the series is better known for being the work of mangaka group CLAMP), 1994-1995. Heavy Object - macguyvering action in a modern-ish military setting. unusual mecha design -- they're giant orbs, rather than humanoid. [some sexual fanservice.] male lead protags. 24 episodes. J.C. Staff, 2015-2016. Cross Ange - action, in a sci-fi/fantasy setting, and probably one of the most gratifying revenge stories I've ever seen. [sexual content.] female lead protag. 25 episodes. Sunrise, 2014-2015. |
GlennMagusHarveyJan 7, 2020 11:47 PM
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| Code Geass Eureka Seven Those two are classics, they get their own skins in the game Daemon x Machina in Japan (while us occidental peasants get The Witcher... in a mecha world... yeah thanks guys, only japanese likes mechas) Ghost in the Shell (well yeah it's mecha, I mean you have robots... and Tachikoma) Full Metal Panic (serious series, and then the Full Metal Panic Fumoffu to laugh your ass off) Bokurano ?... More personnal and weird choices... The Appleseed movies Vandread (lol it was one of my first) |
| You said that you had watch gundam but your appreciation may depends on what you've started with (some series are tolerable like Gundam SEED but some are groundbreaking like Gundam UC). The Gundam franchise is really hard to get into, especially if you are not ready to commit and watch almost everything in the main timeline. |
Wallanimx said: I havent been one for mecha since I was a child. I watched Gundam but never cared for it. And yet Id watch Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho amongst so many others and be star struck. For someone that doesnt care for mecha, what would you suggest? I want to open my horizons in a genre that I havent really ever given a chance to since I was a kid. And now that Im 28 I feel a bit bad about it. Thx for any and all recommendations <3 Give a try to something from Macross universe, it's less mecha and more romance with a lot of cool songs. Most of the anime from that universe has different characters, so you can watch any of them (SDF, 7, Plus, Frontier, Delta) without watching the others. If you are a fan of something like Zombieland Saga, highly recommend to try Macross Delta, it's an anime about idol group with cute girls, music and epic fights. Also, you can watch 1982 Macross, a cult classic with a great storyline. |
| You cannot go wrong with Eureka Seven. It's a 50 episode coming of age, adventure, romance. There are not a lot of series like Eureka Seven that have that type of scale. The entire show really isn't 100 percent focused on mecha. Rather the mecha is sort of the "glue" to the main story. It was one of my first mecha anime I've watched and it still remains my favorite. If you're not committed to watching the main Gundam timeline, you can try out Gundam 00 and Iron blooded orphans. They both don't need prior knowledge to get into. You may also like Star Driver, Promare, and another personal favorite, Gurren Lagann. |
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Wallanimx said: I watched Gundam but never cared for it. A good starting point could be Gundam The Origin (no matter OVA or TV version) where a lot of things are explained. At least it's short. Or you can try some stand-alone title like Gundam 00. Other beginner friendly suggestions: the Appleseed movies: Appleseed (2004) + Appleseed Saga Ex Machina + Appleseed Alpha Choujikuu Seiki Orguss 02 - it's a stand-alone OVA. You can watch it without the original Orguss which is kind of trashy Macross Zero + Macross Frontier Fullmetal Panic! + Fullmetal Panic? Fumoffu + Fullmetal Panic! The Second Raid (the best of the series) + Fullmetal Panic! Invisible Victory Obsolete - at least it's short. Patlabor - actually police procedural. The first OVA (7 episodes) and 3 movies. You can skip the rest (which is in a different universe). Suisei no Gargantia Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Tiger & Bunny - it's kind of a mecha Zone Of The Enders 2167 Idolo + Zone Of The Enders Dolores,I EndlessMaria said: Imo Gundamn is pretty boring. Which Gundam tho? There are oceans of it and there are titles varying from shounen, to seinen, to almost shoujo, to kodomo. |
HorizonFox said: Come to think of it do mecha genre generally liked by viewers that are more into technical / machinery engineering stuffs? For me personally the mechanical porn part is a very important ingredient...in other sci-fi too. HorizonFox said: which mecha anime has the best combat scenes. Inside Gundam: Gundam Char's Counterattack, Gundam Stardust Memory, Gundam 00 (especially the movie), Gundam Unicorn, Gundam Reconguista in G and definitely Gundam Thunderbolt. Inside Macross: Macross Zero and Macross Frontier Inside Orguss: Orguss 02 OVA Inside Patlabor: movies 1 and 2 Inside Fullmetal Panic: Fullmetal Panic! The Second Raid Inside Votoms: Soukou Kihei Votoms: Genei-hen Inside Top wo Nerae: Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster - but no so much mecha action, more weird Gainax-ized action Inside Yuusha-Ou GaoGaiGar: Yuusha-Ou GaoGaiGar Final Overman King Gainer Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann |
alshuJan 8, 2020 2:37 AM
| As a person who hates mecha myself I will reccomend Gurren Lagann, Raeyarth, Code Geass and Full Metal Panic!. At least these are mechas I enjoy so you may enjoy it too. |
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| Code Geass and Gurren Lagann. Two highly rated mainstream mecha anime that are a lot easier to get into than Gundam. |
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| In spite of shoji kawamori's terrible writing, macross is still a great series with kickass pop songs that emphasizes more on character relationships than on mechs although you'll have to pirate most of it because the US distributor is evil. Another kawamori mecha series that focuses on character relationships is escaflowne which is an isekai with a fantasy setting and slightly steampunk looking mecha. One of the best mecha series is of course attack on titan which has fleshy organic mechs like evangelion. |
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It's from the same studio that makes Gundam so the mecha animations and battle chorography are kind of similar (to Stardust Memory or The 08th MS Team for example). HorizonFox said: Alot in your list are Gundam and Macross the 2 top anime i will have the most difficulty to catch up. No need of catching up for the stand-alone Gundam shows like Gundam 00 or Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (I don't like IBO tho) for example. Gundam The Origin is a prequel - also no need of catching up. In Macross - Macross Zero is a prequel and Macross Frontier is stand-alone-ish which has strong connections only with Zero. (Sadly Zero has some bad early 3D CGI here and there.) |
| Literally the most popular ones, Code Geass and Gurren Lagann. |
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Daniel_Naumov said: what is wrong with Tekketsu no Orphans? Nothing wrong on the technical side - like writing, visuals, VA acting or music. I just don't like it. Daniel_Naumov said: While I do not think it was Tomino's creation - It was written by Mari Okada. I don't like her original works, only when she is adapting stuff. - Tomino's writing is actually pretty weird. You need some time using to it. Like I dropped Reco G on my first watching but now I like it very much (still hate Zeta and Victory tho). Daniel_Naumov said: it does follow the overall themes of Gundam Only vaguely...but this is not automatically a good or a bad thing. Daniel_Naumov said: while twisting them a little towards reflection on modernity. Naaah. It was your standard Mari Okada teen melodrama (see M3 for something similar). It has zero deepness. Practically Code Geass but way way darker - with some poor war orphans instead of rich high schoolers. Daniel_Naumov said: It has everything Gundam. Only some Gundam mechs and two lame Char clones. |
alshuJan 8, 2020 7:16 AM
| +1 for Suisei no Gargantia it should fit you based on your profile description.. relative to other mecha its pretty short and slice of lifey, and i think the "portrays itself as one thing but becomes something else entirely" description fits to an extent Brigadoon: Marin to Melan also is like this and a very interesting series |
romagiaJan 8, 2020 7:19 AM
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Yes, those guys are rich (and they are antagonists) but lame. Daniel_Naumov said: that film about Maquia. The film's themes are certainly much needed to all the young women and men in Japan. Good for you but I still don't like her works. |
| I guess I agree with. - Neo Genesis Evangelion - Tenkuu no Escaflowne - Patlabor |
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Daniel_Naumov said: Well whether you like them or not we will not start a debate on objectively good and bad series here. This could be your first thought but instead you chose to press ahead with "reflection on modernity" and other fancy words that I couldn't associate with IBO. Also I called it "darker Code Geass"...this could be interpreted as praise (since I hate Code Geass)... |
Because it's better than that other thing that I hate. Daniel_Naumov said: I have not seen Code Geass and cannot evaluate it, It's a teen melodrama not written by Mari Okada...maybe you wouldn't like it. Daniel_Naumov said: a critique against many types of modern adults, due to whom children are forced to suffer You mean ancient children didn't suffer from ancient adults? Is this behaviour news to you? Daniel_Naumov said: which Okada does well Naaah, she is just using it to hookup teen audience, also it's an easy way to write some bad guys. I doubt she actually cares. Also she somehow misses the fact that there are enough horrible teens who are a menace to their peers too...major point in other animes which point at way more dangers also point at lack of internal organisation between the victims against those dangers... |
| Damn I'm late as hell to this thread so I'm gonna do a lot of +1'ing before getting into my recs +1 Eureka Seven +1 Magic Knight Rayearth +1 Granbelm +1 Heavy Object +1 Full Metal Panic franchise +1 Cross Ange +1 Gundam 00 +1 Macross franchise +1 Suisei no Gargantia Code Geass, Evangelion, and Gurren Lagann are fine as starting points I guess, but I personally have a bit of a thing against them since a lot of the fans watched those and just dismissed the rest of the genre as shit, even tho all three do a lot of things their predecessors did. They're not bad shows by any means, but certainly overhyped and not the best the genre has to offer. Anyway, onto my recs now: Flag - A gripping military drama with a unique method of presentation. Has a lot of focus on the effects of political turmoil in a conflict inspired by middle eastern conflicts. The story following war journalists gave it a different perspective that most military anime don't have. Mobile Fighter G Gundam - A standalone Gundam entry, G is the shonen battle formula but applied to giant robots. It's got all the tropes of the genre including yelling protagonists, super attacks, and a golden ultimate mode. Really fun all around. Infinite Ryvius - A sort of "Lord of the Flies in space" story, Ryvius follows a group of teenagers stranded on a spaceship while being hunted down by mysterious assailants. Heavy focus on character drama, and the kids' various attempts to maintain control and order onboard the ship. Rinne no Lagrange - Follows 3 girls from different planets who overcome their differences to become friends and protect the planet when an alien conflict makes it's way to Earth. The characters are fun, setting is really nice, and the mechanical designs are uniquely awesome. Robotics;Notes - Since you liked Steins;Gate, this is a must. Based on a VN by the same creators as S;G, R;N is a unique mecha anime as it focuses on a club building a giant robot , rather than being a military drama or giant robot superhero show. Ofc, there's mystery and intrigue beneath the surface. RideBack - Really enjoyable drama that focuses on the fallout and consequences the MC has to deal with after making a rash decision while indulging in a newfound hobby. Zegapain - A beautifully executed show with a plot that twists and turns with ease, masterfully handling it's numerous reveals. Also features one of the most believable romances I've seen in an anime. |
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Oh, I am painting her shortcomings... Nope, everything I have watched from her is that simple - all teens are good and noble, all adults are bad and corrupted. She definitely likes to please her audience. Hisomaso was kind of different tho, not sure how much she was involved beyond "series composition". Daniel_Naumov said: Heads above a lot of what we have to deal with today. Really? Only today? How about at least 2/3 of the World Masterpiece Theater anime series having the same theme - orphans (mainly girls) struggling with harsh life, poverty and some corrupted adults. It's in the title - classic. Maybe it's a bit better balanced than Okada Theater tho. |
| I recommend Gurren Lagann if you want over the top action and just an epic finale or I recommend my favorite anime of all time, Code Geass, if you want a very good story and possibly the best anime ending of all time and the action is pretty good too especially in season 2. However, I also want to recommend Gundam 00 which is a very solid anime with good character, plot is decent and the action is one of the best in the mecha genre. (sequel movie is okay tho) |
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HorizonFox said: Not meant to hijack the thread but i started to wonder which mecha anime has the best combat scenes. I'm not a great fan of mecha/giant robot anime but Kuromukuro and Knight's & Magic have decent mecha battles. |
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