| Fallen and I are members of the Critics and Connoisseurs club and we often go in their IRC channel and chat it up. One night I was in there and claimed I was a big Mecha fan. I told everyone that my favorite mecha series was Mazinkaiser!!! Someone corrected me and told me there is a difference between Mecha and Giant Robot series! Which is better members of the REAL MAN CLUB!!! GIANT ROBOTS or MECHA ? for me Giant Robots. Getter Robo and Mazinkaiser made me a man. Then again I love mecha shows like Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team! Quote from Mazinkaiser, "You need to back WAY OFF *manly points*!!!" |
| Well in my opinion they're both about the same but if you want to be technical I shall quote the main page: GIANT FUCKING ROBOTS!!!!! |
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| If you want a lesson in anime manliness with giant robots, then watch the original Giant Robo. |
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| I don't understand the distinction they're making, The way I've always seen it, a mecha is a large walking machine controlled by a pilot. Whereas a giant robot would be a large walking machine controlled by programming, sensors or a remote device. Maybe they mean 'super robot' and 'real robot' shows? If you want a lesson in anime manliness with giant robots, then watch the original Giant Robo. Yeah, it takes a real badass to control his robot from the outside.  |
| @ Tromble It's not just the control of the robot that's badass in that show. You should see some of the mind numbing, testosterone fuelled, won't-back-down-even-if-you-kill-me type fights as well. We're talking real hero stuff here. |
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| I've seen it, loved it. Taisou, Tetsugyu, Alberto etc, they were all great. |
| I have not seen may giant robot shows but I have seen a lot of Gundam shows so Mecha is what I am going with lol |
| Stay thirsty, my friends. |
| I actually dropped Giant Robo and gave it it Fallen lol. |
| Giant Robo is simply put, the shit. Quite possibly the absolute manliest thing ever and quite surprising too because I thought it was going to suck and it's one of my favorite series ever now. So yeah, another reason why I stand beside my vote of GIANT FUCKING ROBOTS!!!!! One more thing to back my decision: Go Nagai. 'Nuff said. |
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| Nice to see another fan of the show. Now imagine how it felt to watch it when it was first released. The only thing I'd seen to match it was Top wo Nerae at that point. |
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| So true, so true. Great OVA series, it jsut blows all other Giant Robots shows away with its fantastic plot, plot twists, and characters. Totally freaking awesome. |
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| Giant Robo is so manly that even the women in the show kick serious ass. Youshi, for example, would rip any male anime character you'd care to name a new one, and even though Ginrei is a lot more feminine than many of the other femal characters, she still packs some serious wallop (especially at the end of the OVA). Oh, and I shouldn't neglect to mention Taisou's fight with Alberto. Giant Robo is, in my opinion, the epitome of testosterone fuelled manliness (as opposed to the other type which spends too much time on hair that barely reaches an inch, moisturises every day, and has a tendency to wear pink shirts in the hopes of attracting a mate - I believe you all know the type). I vote we make a banner for the club with Giant Robo on it (but don't ask me to make it as I'm useless at making them). |
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| Giant Robo<Mazinkaiser Sorry I could think of many other manlier shows than Giant Robo, but sincee most of you are cool wit that as the banner idea....by all means go for it. |
| Dude you are crazy. While Mazinkaiser is certainly funnier than Giant Robo, it is by no means a better anime series. (I know I've seen all of both of them.) While Giant Robo may have a slower start, when the plot gets going it's hard to stop. No other giant robot series I've ever seen has had as good plot or as many plot twists as Giant Robo. Hell, most anime series in general don't have as good of a plot as Giant Robo. |
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| You said it Fallen. I've not seen Mazinkaiser so tis not my place to judge that show, but I've heard rumblings from other people that it wasn't really "all that". As for Giant Robo - did you see the big twist at the end, cos I certainly didn't. For me it was one of those "Holy Shit! It all makes sense now" moments, as well as being a very tragic ending too (in a manly way) |
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| Well ... it wasn't quite a twist but it was certainly ... unexpected. A definate holy shit moment that needs to go in the holy shit hall of fame. I mean, if you want to look at it this way, the ending pretty much said that all the deaths, all the fighting, all the everything, was completely and utterly pointless. Kickass though, nonetheless. |
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| LMAO - when the unexpected happens it usually called a plot twist :P That was one of the points of the series though. It was trying to show that one simple misunderstanding could cause immense death, pain, suffering, etc. It also showed that a little knowledge was far more dangerous than complete ignorance. |
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| Yeah, it certainly got that across but it was totally amazing. I went into it expecting about a five or six and came out with everything but a masterpiece in my opinion. And it's teh only show I've ever seen that made a French guy look so badass!! At first I'm like, he's French and he wears pick ... ubergay, but he was one of my favorite characters. |
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| I have to go with mecha since I haven't seen much "Giant Robot" shows. : / |
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