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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!
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I want to like it because of the mecha-design, but...
The characters look better when there are robots behind them!
Might as well call anyone from Hirai's show.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
But the robots are just as ugly.
Duckroll knows where it's at. I mean, sure character designs are very important, but good mecha and good writing can overcome almost anything.
You, my friend, are just wrong. For a Super Robot show, Majestic Prince's mecha look great.
The helmet of the mecha on the third picture reminds me of Wild Tiger from Tiger & Bunny...
strangedopamine
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The top picture looks like the winner to me.
That Majestic Prince can be fun, but I can assure you the writing not gonna stellar. Just look to the mangaka.
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Majestic Prince is an original anime written by Reiko Yoshida. The manga is a spinoff thing created to generate interest in the franchise in advance.
Dedication Through Light
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MJP + Valvrave > Gargantia.
Out of the three this spring, I expect the most from Majestic Prince. I want Valvrave to be good really bad, but Sunrise will inevitably disappoint. I have no expectation of Gargantia.
Fun writing is my definition of good writing in modern mecha. I've long given up on a well written mecha show being made anytime soon.
Ugh.. I thought its like Linebarrel, guess not.
Gyrozetter S2
Whichever one has hand-drawn mecha... oh.
Jex
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Well I don't know, all the main male characters in the movie are irrational and moody regardless of species. Souhei, Dad, Ame, and the old guy!
Regulus Tera
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Maybe the word ugly was wrong. What I meant to say is that the robot designs are generic. Soulless. Stuff we've seen plenty of times before. There's nothing about them that tells me "oh that's from Majestic Prince!"
Dedication Through Light
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Gyrozetter is continuing? If so, hopefully more burst core hi-ougi stuff and Eraser-01 developments
no idea but there's no definite episode count on MAL after nearly two full cours so I assume it's a 50-episode series.
Maybe Hosoda is just bad at making male characters. All his best characters are female.
It was announced as a 4-cour series. I'll get back to it when the nonsense filler tones down.
I find MP's mecha to be really over the top in a way we haven't seen from a Super Robot show in some time. Really good beam-spammy stuff. Should be good for a mecha comedy.
But, yeah, opinions will differ.
I can see where you came from, but its generic mecha school show.. those mecha deliver its purpose. And while we call it "generic", these show came like what.. once every 2 year? Its unique enough then.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Some people would argue that
having sex with a wolfman
I'm being intentionally obtuse, this is fake criticism!
Jex
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Sounds reasonable to me.
dakkumauji
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Sukitte Ii na yo SP 02-06
Well I guess I'll applaud them for trying out different things in these specials.
Well I guess I'll applaud them for trying out different things in these specials.
Even if you go back to Digimon, this is true. The best characters in that show were the girls. Hmmm, never noticed that.
Here's my vote.
They know my weakness.
I forgot to finish this show. Not worth going back and completing. :lol
Yes, it is.
This is an apt comparison.
Rider is everybody's favorite. you're doing it right. He is the Bossiest Boss that ever Bossed.
I´ve already seen it. Thanks anyway.
I´ve seen Angel Beats, but the other two are unknown to me. Thanks!
The only one i didn´t see is Tatamy Galaxy. I´ll check the PV in youtube.
Maybe 5 years without anime was exaggerated because i´ve seen all of them
Steins;Gate is amazing. watch that one. tuturu~
Because DTL.
Shit, so basically everyone else gets it right away then.
Well, that's about what I figured.
Arti, you are silly sometimes, but we love you.
I dunno. Those character designs are really, really awful.
I look forward to Gargantia. It looks really colorful and the settings are fantastic. Plus it gives me slight Rinne vibes because of all the color. It looks the most fun potentially.
What female character doing in OWG?
Wasn't they like.. in hawaii bathing in sunshine?
EDIT : bleh DP
Gargantia has the small, thin human-like proportion, big headed, code geass-esque mecha. This is my least favorite type of mecha design.
Wait, didn't he work on the whole series? If not, bleh, I'm an idiot. If so, Kairi is awesome.
Wait, didn't he work on the whole series? If not, bleh, I'm an idiot. If so, Kairi is awesome.
Honestly, if we go with "generic" I'll have to say the design for Valvrave takes the cake. It's a red/white themed robot with a really busy design all over but nothing particularly distinctive. Could be a support mech on any recent Gundam series, or an enemy mech in any countless mech action show.
Gargantia's mech is closer to the style of design used for humanoid-doll mechs often found in children shows, but the scale here is much larger and the coloring is fairly unique. Also it's voiced by Sugita so that's a huge plus.
Majestic Prince strikes me as the sort of design we used to see a bit more of but don't really encounter in anime anymore. They're more common in games these days, but even then mecha action games have become a lot less popular. I'm talking about the sleek and cool style of mechs which are a mix of really angular and really round parts, with a huge assortment of different weapon types all over. Stuff found in Zone of the Enders, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Xenoblade, or the OG units in Super Robot Wars. I'll hardly call that ugly or generic. In fact, it's what I've been wanting to see more of for a long time now.
Gargantia's mech is closer to the style of design used for humanoid-doll mechs often found in children shows, but the scale here is much larger and the coloring is fairly unique. Also it's voiced by Sugita so that's a huge plus.
Majestic Prince strikes me as the sort of design we used to see a bit more of but don't really encounter in anime anymore. They're more common in games these days, but even then mecha action games have become a lot less popular. I'm talking about the sleek and cool style of mechs which are a mix of really angular and really round parts, with a huge assortment of different weapon types all over. Stuff found in Zone of the Enders, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Xenoblade, or the OG units in Super Robot Wars. I'll hardly call that ugly or generic. In fact, it's what I've been wanting to see more of for a long time now.
Dedication Through Light
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Gargantia only has one mech? Or have I missed others?
Theonik
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Armoured Trouper VOTOMS 05
Next episode preview looks pretty damn cool. Sidenote RAGE
Proof chipmunks in anime are pretty old. kami wa shinda They really have a knack for torturing the guy too. She's definitely going to be the show's love interest if that wasn't already obvious. Obviously
This is your VOTOMS on drugs
we almost get some answers about what on earth is going on but the guy is killed.
I love the Evas, but they aren't my favorite. I'm going to commit major blasphemy to my mecha love of Gundam and say Eureka Seven (The original) probably has my favorite mecha designs.
http://www.gargantia.jp/#mechanic
Gargantia has several mech designs revealed so far. Most of them are worker mechs used by the people on the city fleet. The only combat mechs shown are Chamber (Red's mech), and Striker (a more advanced mech piloted by Red's superior officer).
DrForester
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I'm going with the top one.
I've never liked the look of Gargantia's impish little encephalitis mechs--even if the designs were rendered in 2D, they'd still be the weakest part of the show from an aesthetic standpoint. I don't just find them ugly, but also at odds with the overall "look" that the 2D design elements are trying to establish. The few snippets of combat we've seen are downright garish. Ultimately what I see just makes me wish that Gargantia wasn't a mecha and instead something totally different =/
Regulus Tera
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Pizaroll: But they are not mechs.
Ok, that extra confirms that I hate the mecha style of Gargantia. I'll still watch it because it's mecha, but yeah.
The winner is clear.
My current hopes are Gargantua > Majestic Prince > Valvrave
woah, what's with the hate for Gargantua's Mech designs? They look fantastic!
That's why they're the best.
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