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[Realmfighter]

Oh god Evengelion was weird.

[Vector]

Oh god Evengelion was weird.

I actually own the entire boxed set.  Loved the bejeezus out of that show >_>  Shouldn't have started watching it in middle school, though.  That was a bad idea.


Also, I don't know if Saikano counts as mech, but if it does then it's tied with Evangelion for first place.

[Fossaman]

I just finished watching Nadesico a couple days ago. Good stuff. The dubbing is pretty much awesome, if you can get into the cheesy, over the top swing of things.

I watched most of the original Evangelion. I think I gave up around the time the folding chair made its appearance. It definitely had its moments, though. That one bit where the Eva started eating the angel freaked me right the heck out.

[Solifuge]

Just discovered a promotional 20-min Chrono Trigger OVA this afternoon. Though it wasn't what I expected, it was neat, and they even got Akira Toriyama and his monsters in on it. There were a lot of referential gags that made me grin too... poor Gato/Gonzales.

I can't say I've ever watched a Giant Robot show that I particularly enjoyed, even as far back as the original Power Rangers (live-action or no, it still counts <.<). I caught a bit of Big O, but it felt like little more than Batman with robots. I only watched the first episode of Gurren Lagann: being entirely ridiculous and sci-fi should by all accounts have gotten me hooked, but the whole ditzy-fanservice-girl-with-a-gun thing turned me off. I've seen a few episodes of Evangelion and Escaflowne too, but they didn't really draw me in either, which might have been because I wasn't the right age for either when I first saw them. I've never even looked into the Gundam series, so no idea there.

I'm not trying to rip into these shows, since a lot of people swear by them as classics. Even so, I've yet to be inspired to watch giant robots punch/shoot/explode one another, while the physically and emotionally squishy meatbags get all melodramatic within them. I may just be stubborn about it now, and probably ought to give some of them a shot. I'm willing to take suggestions or listen to a good argument.

[Micro102]

Now I'm curious, what do you consider the best mech show you've ever seen?

And I'll have to look for that other show, its summary on TVtropes looks unintentionally hilarious.

Evangelion, of course >_>

Meh.  Gundam isn't my cup of tea, Zone of the Enders was kind of terrible, RahXephon didn't hold my attention, and Full Metal Panic was just banal.  Eureka Seven and TTGL... similarly, couldn't hold my attention.  Both TTGL and RahXephon looked like they were doing everything right, and the plot was good, but I just couldn't force myself to keep watching.

Nadesico was pretty good, though.

What? What? What? What? What? Best mech show is Evengalion? Dude....

Gurren Laggan

[ein]

In terms of just being a mecha show, Evangelion is not the best.
In terms of shows that have mecha, it totally is, man.
TTGL, as great as it is, does not hold top position for either category.
I'd say it's probably one of the most motivational shows, though.

Meanwhile, that scene near the beginning of FMA, where Ed is reading off the elements that make up the human body.

Spoiler: I can do that too now. (click to show/hide)

[ToonyMan]

Dammit, trying to catch up with One Piece takes forever.  I'm not even half way there and I've sunk more than over 70 hours in this.

[Enzo]

Dammit, trying to catch up with One Piece takes forever.  I'm not even half way there and I've sunk more than over 70 hours in this.

Yeah, I remember that feeling. It's frustrating because the series is SO HUEG, but it just keeps getting better so you can't stop. You should at least watch until Enies Lobby. That arc was just crazy amazing.

A word of advice - skip all the filler, except the ones with Foxy. It'll save you a bit of time, at least.

[ToonyMan]

Yeah, I've seen the millennium dragon filler arc and the time travel shenanigan filler arc so far, bleh.  I'm on skypia right now though so it's all good.

[Neonivek]

Goodness... Some characters sure do look better in the game then the Anime.. Also why Nuu one of the most powerful magical beings in Crono Trigger (unless that is an ordinary Nuu) running away from anyone?

Also, the Knights are people... Why are they also in the Monster Millenium Fare?

[Cecilff2]

Full Metal Panic was just banal.

Agree with you there, but the spinoff Fumoffu was great.

[Leafsnail]

I can do that too now.

Didn't work out very well for him, you may want to refrain.

On the other hand, can't alchemists just... turn one element into another anyway?

[dragnar]

Goodness... Some characters sure do look better in the game then the Anime.. Also why Nuu one of the most powerful magical beings in Crono Trigger (unless that is an ordinary Nuu) running away from anyone?

Also, the Knights are people... Why are they also in the Monster Millenium Fare?

...Huh? Chrono Trigger anime?!
Also, Nu are ridiculously powerful, but they are also lazy cowards.

[Vector]

What? What? What? What? What? Best mech show is Evengalion? Dude....

Gurren Laggan

Yeah, in terms of just mecha I'd probably go with... Gundam Wing?  Gundam Seed?  Not sure.  But I don't watch for mechs, and I don't watch for fanservice either.  When the only girls in the show are basically fanservice, it gets a bit annoying after a while.

Agree with you there, but the spinoff Fumoffu was great.

Yeah, I only saw one episode of Fumoffu, and it seemed quite hilarious.  Hot springs episode.

Is the rest as funny?

[Lord Shonus]

Now it gets worse. In the scene where the rebels secure the tunnel with a big gun in the hotel, they can kill knightmare with it. Wonderful. Sounds like conventional weapons can kill knightmares. No, wait, its just attached to an old knightmare... WTF? The gun doesn't move, doesn't aim, just fires some kind of frag bullet. Why would they have attached it to a modified knightmare?

IIRC, it's an electrically operated railgun that uses the KnightMare's sakuraite reactor for power.