Mecha-ude (TV) Episode 1 Discussion

Reading these comments makes me feel like I have to give this anime a fair shot and support it for all the dreamers that wanted to make something like the stuff that inspired them. Plus it's directed by a lady and Kekkai Sensen was also made by a lady director. Also that ice anime about gay lovers that a lot of people love.

I got burned last time when I tried to support Cannon Busters, and that anime clearly got a bigger budget than than this one did. Also, the story and animation feel like a lazy sketch of Trigger anime and mecha fantasy anime from the 90s. Just without the delusional MC who has been waiting his whole life to kick ass using robots.

To me, originality is something you can feel. Even when it's a Jojo homage, like Migi to Dali, or a subversion/example of shonen tropes, like Ragna Crimson, it's obvious when a storyteller is trying to be unique and do something different even when inspired by others.

This anime gives off none of that. At all. It also commits a cardinal sin in mecha anime by making an uncompelling MC. Why should we care about this kid? All he's doing is following in the footsteps of much better written characters who were ALREADY compelling before a mysterious badass upended their life.

I will give props to a girl in a sailor outfit jumping around without a bunch of panty shots. The music is ok sometimes too. Hopefully, 2 episodes from now the characters have more depth than the obvious stereotypes they are meant to fit into.

If nothing else, I could go give Parasyte: The Maxim a rewatch if I want to see the best way for a kid to be infested by an alien.