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Re: Most Inspiring Anime/Manga Poll
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 05:16:19 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Nick Crocco writes:
> I was just wondering what anime/manga everyone here is most inspired by when
> making their own creations.
Robotech, man! :-, Then Go-Bots and Transformers (blech now), and Battletech
later, though since early Battletech stole mucho from Robotech (which in turn
stole mucho from Macross and Mospeda) I feel I can't really count that.
I also got a kick out of Voltron, esp. the one which assembled from 15 other
vehicles. But I never really drew any inspiration from that.
As a kid, I absolutely inhaled Star Blazers (i.e. Starship Yamoto) and Battle
of the Planets (?). Inspector Gadget fit somewhere in there too, but I'm
almost too ashamed to admit that. :-,
Today, I'm still drawing lots of inspiration from Macross and Ghost in the
Shell. A lot of Dark Horse comics -- e.g. almost anything in the Aliens
series -- have some really cool vehicles as well.
> Personally, Gundam first started me in the idea of
> making Lego Mecha
Personally, I can't see why Gundam is so popular. I haven't seen the show
(and I suspect that this accounts for a lot), but the all the mecha look
so...ornamented. Lotsa exciting curves and stuff, but otherwise kinda
vapid-looking. The mecha in Macross, OTOH, look more functional. But then
again, I've watched Macross, but not Gundam.
IMHO, Macross is *much* better in terms of story line and characterization
than Robotech. Even with subtitles, I found it to be much more entertaining.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) When I was a kid I'd build spaceships that would connect like Battle of the Planets/G-Force/I forget the other name of it. I saw an old episode of it on Cartoon Network last week where one of the member's sub/boat landed on shore and out (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Mecha wise my first big attraction was Robotech, but I had seen (and liked Starblazers years before). I also watched much Battle of the Planets and Voltron (liked the lion series better). (...) Well my understanding from the past is: Robotech (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| <ramble> The first anime based show I remember watching was Star Blazers/Battleship Yamato (Though I don't remember mecha, per se.) Later I discovered Robotech and devoured every episode. Then I found Battletech, which at the time I thought was just (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Most Inspiring Anime/Manga Poll
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| (...) You should check out some of the other Gundam mecha. It's true that many of them are heavily ornamental, but if you scour through some of the 20-odd different series, you can find more "military" looking mecha. Some of my favorites: Zeta (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| I was just wondering what anime/manga everyone here is most inspired by when making their own creations. Personally, Gundam first started me in the idea of making Lego Mecha, but Evengelion is also shifting my interests into making more sleek/agile (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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