Why do some people hate mecha?

IndigoBangarang said:
I dont even think mecha is the most hated thing on MAL, I feel like Ecchi/Harem and school settings get waaay more hate.

I personally don't really hate mecha,its just something that doesnt appeal to me. Most mechas do have a similar kind of story(weak boy gets the best mecha and then has to fight in some war),that isnt too interesting imo. But I am actually fine with mecha,when a show has more than action in it. Like Robotics;Notes or Suisei no Gargantia.

IndigoBangarang said:
I dont even think mecha is the most hated thing on MAL, I feel like Ecchi/Harem and school settings get waaay more hate.

I personally don't really hate mecha,its just something that doesnt appeal to me. Most mechas do have a similar kind of story(weak boy gets the best mecha and then has to fight in some war),that isnt too interesting imo. But I am actually fine with mecha,when a show has more than action in it. Like Robotics;Notes or Suisei no Gargantia.

FlatEight said:
I really don't know why, but mecha just bores the shit out of me. I do like Gurren Lagan and Bokurano though. Probably because they're so different.

Clebardman said:


CG, TTGL and the first Rebuild. I didn't notice any other mecha but it's not like I know them all, I might have missed something.

Demi_V said:
Seeing a fight among robots just seem boring to me. I watch mecha, but I'm practically forcing myself to watch it. Of course, I had to see Neon Genesis.

Nymphias said:
Because it's the polar opposite of moe. THE polar opposite. A lot of people value that here, myself included. Mecha doesn't interest me, but I don't necessarily think that all shows that use mechas as a central aspect are inherently 'bad' as a result of it; it's just doesn't suit my tastes.

-Cracker- said:
Robots fighting robots just doesn't appeal to me. Code Geass is my only exception since it felt like a Chess game.

refael9190 said:
I'm looking forward to watching Eureka 7 and Full Metal Panic because i've heard so many good things about them.

You said:
It's because Mechs is more about coarse fight and lacks of elegance
I love elegance.
And basically this is just like why peeps like curved line but hate straight line.
There's some good mechs too, like Code Geass or Eva, but we can't deny that there's a bad mech (MD Geist anyone?), but if I have to choose between a good supernatural action vs a good mech action, I'll just choose the former.

Flevalt said:
They are mostly just used for action scenes.
In EVA or Code Geass, I can overlook them, but otherwise I would always prefer not to see these ridiculous things.

It's kind of dumb to see the characters sit around in a cockpit (usually even able to eject at any given time), taking a piss while fighting in their giant suits.
It makes the action scenes less engaging to me.

There are probably some pros, like the characters being able to rip each other's parts off without crippling the characters for the rest of the story, for more dramatic "oh no, he's got me!" moments during the fights. But I don't think I want to see any of these kinds of battles.

layfonkun said:
Code Geass mecha designs, those seem to be liked even by a lot non mecha fans. Knightmare frames were gorgeous, especially that Lancelot. I wouldn't call those toys or even simple giant robots. Even the 00 Raiser (which was stupidly OP broken btw) looked sleek and nearly flawless.

Waifu_Strangler said:
What pisses me off is how people generalize mecha anime as if they're all the same.

Duatizer said:
Huh, since when, do people hate mecha? I totally love it! ;)
Only my real-life friends think it's ok, but they don't hate it either, luckily!!

Flevalt said:


I can only speak for myself, but:

Mecha anime are mostly in the action category. I know of some very few ones who try to take a little more of the sci-fi realistic approach of how mechas could potentially work out but typically they're just used as oversized toys fighting each other.

Code Geass and Evangelion use mechas in them as an ingredient of the recipe that is supposed to make the setting seem authentic (and to keep the viewers from falling asleep). I would say they use the mecha scenes sparingly, as a means to an end.
You don't watch these series for the cool mecha fights (at least I don't), you watch them for the story and the, at times, very ridiculous and funny scenes.
Code Geass had some good tear jerkers and over-the-top drama that made me laugh hard.
And Eva is just brimmed with ridiculousness where you can't stop laughing.
It's not the kind of "ridiculous" where you turn off because it's so dumb that it's unbearable to watch.
More the sort of perfectly well-executed exaggeration that is both fitting and just horribly wrong at the same time.
You are not getting disengaged through such scenes, because they turn something into a farce similar as to how things are getting turned into a joke in real life to a point where you wonder whether you should laugh or cry because of it's surrealness.

Take this one for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCrZZAZr5S8&index=5&list=FLo3dflL_eXhEftAUuMDBkHw

It's so dumb, yet so beautifully done, that I could rewatch it over and over and still laugh at it.

Aside from that, their stories were meaningful and they executed the delivery of what they tried to convey quite well. Although Eva is a special case. It's gone off of any tracks of limitation as to how a story is supposed to be told. You can consider it as either cheap or original for doing that. I personally don't care about whether it was either. I enjoyed watching it. I was kind of disappointed with the straightforward ending though (after getting told that it's supposed to be a mindfuck).

Clebardman said:
Talking about mecha design, I took a look at a lot of famous mecha franchises and...

Eva-01 >>>>> every other pleb robot.

Flevalt said:


I tried watching Code Geass once before and I think I dropped it after watching a few episodes. It does contain some cringeworthy elements that throw me off quite a bit.
I only rewatched and completed it recently.
I was pleasantly surprised with the direction the story took.

You disliked the story, right? What did you dislike about the story specifically?

jc9622 said:
Mechas makes the war look like a childish game or something. I hate it. The way they fly also makes me cringe...to the max. A 1000 tonne robot packed with jetpacks, thrusthers and weapons absolutely CANNOT fly in 3 dimensions. It defies fucking physics. Even if there are 5 or 6 thrusters in the back, it's still impossible due to the weight of that robot. Tanks, jets and navy ships, now that's what you call an actual weapon of war. This is why the mecha genre is a fucking joke. Except Code Geass, of course.

Waifu_Strangler said:


Why do so many mecha haters seem to be fine with Code Geass and NGE? What makes these two shows so special?

Flevalt said:


I can relate to the characters being unlikable. Especially the female ones, one of every hair color.
The most retarded thing in Code Geass imo is how all of the British royalties somehow just happen to go to the Japanese colony and pick their waifus from the school.
The school setting itself doesn't fit into any anime that tries to be serious.

I just autoskip those parts. Like when an annoying woman talks you full with gibberish and you turn to autopilot. Just that in anime you have an actual fast forward button.

Klassical said:


Explaining why Code Geass is good to a brainless and close minded hater like you is just a waste of time .

Milk_is_Special said:
Mecha is just giant robots doing stuff, that's literally all it is. There is no real character development needed for piloting a mecha, at least as I'm concerned. It's just pressing buttons, and stuff...

Z4k said:

What does character development even have to do with piloting a mech?

layfonkun said:


Code Geass has its flaws but the attempt was respectable. I've always maintained that the problem was never the story, it was the journey to the destination and all of the sideshow antics on the way there. It tried to do so much, it kept forgetting where it was heading.