Why do non-mecha fans care if mecha is "dead"?

mecha is still very much alive and well in Japan and always will be

no matter who says its "dead"....anime like gundam will always be the back bone & have legendary status in the medium no matter what some sweaty moe/cgdct beta cuck-tard soy-drinker noob says lol ..zoomers have such shit taste its almost a parody and joke at this point, let them watch their dog shit dandadan & k-on or frieren or whatever


mecha will never die its the roots of anime..same with combat shonan........ a true anime fan would know that

Probably because most of the mecha classics are from a different era in all mediums except for video games where Fromsoft recently had a success with Armored Core 6. You still get the occasional struggling mecha anime or a VN or manga made with pure passion for the genre but aside from that the genre is sadly dead compared to other ones who deserved the spotlight less

I don't know if I can ever trust a non-popular mecha adaptation or an original mecha anime again after how badly Muv-Luv was treated

@NS2D I've only heard stories about Muv-Luv. They aren't good stories by any means, but what I can say is that Bravern was an original anime story, so there's that. Grendizer U looks cool, but uh... I feel like it lacks the "spirit" of other versions of the story.

never understood the appeal of mechas. its like the brainrot Power Ranger stuff but japanese.

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@WaterMage

gen z tourists

It's not about being a mecha fan or not, it's about how much you know about the current era of anime.

I don't care much about mecha, but I know that new mecha anime keep coming out every year; I just don't expect that the average anime fan would know about the existence of lesser known recent mecha like Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern or Back Arrow. For most people the last relevant new IP of mecha anime was Darling in the Franxx (86 is technically mecha, but it doesn't have your typical humanoid mechas).

@Nirinbo those shows sucked dick with ugly cgi lol

I was there for Geass and ttgl being new.

Shit fucking sucks

mecha is still very much alive and well in Japan and always will be

no matter who says its "dead"....anime like gundam will always be the back bone & have legendary status in the medium no matter what some sweaty moe/cgdct beta cuck-tard soy-drinker noob says lol ..zoomers have such shit taste its almost a parody and joke at this point, let them watch their dog shit dandadan & k-on or frieren or whatever


mecha will never die its the roots of anime..same with combat shonan........ a true anime fan would know that

never understood the appeal of mechas. its like the brainrot Power Ranger stuff but japanese.

Mecha clearly isn't in the spotlight like it used to be and people who were never into it to begin with use that as an excuse to dismiss the genre. There are still new mecha shows coming out so it's not dead in the sense that it's only a thing of the past, just in the sense that it's not as prevalent as it used to be. To active fans of the genre they won't view it as dead because they're aware of the ones coming out.

mecha is still very much alive and well in Japan and always will be

no matter who says its "dead"....anime like gundam will always be the back bone & have legendary status in the medium no matter what some sweaty moe/cgdct beta cuck-tard soy-drinker noob says lol ..zoomers have such shit taste its almost a parody and joke at this point, let them watch their dog shit dandadan & k-on or frieren or whatever


mecha will never die its the roots of anime..same with combat shonan........ a true anime fan would know that

The alt-right are the ones that's most likely to watch ecchi and CGDCT shows...

The amount of mecha that interests me, that comes out on average is incredibly tiny, I wouldn't say the genre is healthy personally. Sci Fi in general is in a pretty bad place, and has been for quite awhile. We could use an actual "revival". In the previous decades, mecha were some of the best shows coming out, it dominated the industry, and that just isn't the case right now. Most mecha fans I have talked to tend to be pretty pessimistic on modern anime.

It has good war dramas, fun space operas, or hits on a variety of other genres from yeah super hero esque stuff to buddy cop comedies. Anime fans who deprive themselves of that genre, are cutting out probably one of the more consistently good genres in this medium, in my opinion. Maybe you should actually watch some. If not well your loss. Frankly how anime fans have neglected sci fi and genres like mecha, is one of the reasons why I have pulled away from the medium in the past. My interests, don't reflect the interests of your average fan and I know that, and i am just going to go to where that is being catered.

Hathaway's Flash was good, even if it's not as good as the crisp 80s animation, i didn't mind Votoms CGI. I thought 86 was acceptable as well. It's preferable to no mecha.

Probably for the audience there. The reality is sci fi in general went down the drain, it's not even just entirely restricted to anime, though healthier elsewhere. I think we will see a revival eventually, social conditions and current events will motivate it, even for escapism.

There are still a lot of people in the country before depopulation does hit them hard, which yeah I mean it's going to hurt, and we don't know the extent of the damage population decline, can do to modern societies, or if tech can offset it. For creative industries, it won't be great. Still the industry is already relying a lot on foreign talent, and in desperation I could see them reaching out and trying to train more to sustain it. That or global industries will just come and buy things up for brand recognition, which who knows how that will go.

@LuxuriousHeart they are also misguided noobs fresh off the boat

the alt-right is bs there is no alt right ...its only an imaginary boogie man that the libs, woke lefties cooked up in their dream bubble & its so 2010s

but kudos to u for making it political

@NS2D I've only heard stories about Muv-Luv. They aren't good stories by any means, but what I can say is that Bravern was an original anime story, so there's that. Grendizer U looks cool, but uh... I feel like it lacks the "spirit" of other versions of the story.

You're the one that made it political. You know exactly what it meant when you used those worlds.

And people on the opposite side of liberals tend to like the shows you just insulted. A lot of liberals prefer mainstream Shounen and Seinen, and a decent amount of them also like Shoujo.

Magic Knight Rayearth is getting a remake. Though honestly, they could adapt some old series or remake some. Imagine if they remake and finish:
- Please Save My Earth
- Children of the Whales
- Karneval
- 7 Seeds
- etc

And adapt:
- 20th Century Boys (I'm surprised they haven't)
- Otherworld Barbara
- Clover
- etc

@LuxuriousHeart no ...i think u are just surface level generalizing

plus u need to work on your gaslighting skills

@LuxuriousHeart I haven't actually looked the staff. Remakes can be great however, it's rare for them to be better than the original. That is something hard to get excited for.

I am not saying again you get nothing, I am just saying what you get is very small. Like think about what your average battle shonen, rom com or isekai fan gets. For me, I have to be content, that Gundam is kinda consistent and maybe something else that is new every few years. It's just not where it used to be. I mean I know why that is (mecha is hard to make, and the audience isn't there); however, that is kinda unfortunate.

mecha is still very much alive and well in Japan and always will be

no matter who says its "dead"....anime like gundam will always be the back bone & have legendary status in the medium no matter what some sweaty moe/cgdct beta cuck-tard soy-drinker noob says lol ..zoomers have such shit taste its almost a parody and joke at this point, let them watch their dog shit dandadan & k-on or frieren or whatever


mecha will never die its the roots of anime..same with combat shonan........ a true anime fan would know that

@BilboBaggins365 I know it's not there. I was just suggesting that they could remake or actually adapt some sci-fi series. I'd give examples of mecha, but I'm not very familiar with mecha that hasn't been adapted. I only know of some sci-fi that hasn't been adapted or fully adapted. One that I really liked was Please Save My Earth.