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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 07] (ani.social)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like the style of mecha in both, I like that the story featured mecha very heavily, but spent more or less equal time focusing on the lives of the pilots outside of the mecha. Both were incredibly well written, the soundtrack of both was great, etc.

With Macross, I found the style of mecha changed with later Macross titles and I just didn't like the designs. I also didnt like that the focus seemed to shift too much away from the mecha.

Regarding Gundam, I find the anime difficult to watch because it doesn't hold my interest, though I have a hard time explaining why. I also dislike the overly blocky mecha design. A very similar design to G1 Transformers, I just don't like that style.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I also dislike the overly blocky mecha design. A very similar design to G1 Transformers, I just don’t like that style.

Come to think of it, you might like Gundam GQuuuuuux. It's a collaboration between Studio Sunrise (Gundam) and Studio Khara (Evangelion). The mechas look like a blend of the two. If you look at the staff list you'll see some really amazing people there, including Hideaki Anno himself. It hasn't been released yet, but the compilation film of the first 4 episodes should air soon in the US and the rest of the series is supposed to stream online later this year.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, I saw an ad for it and have had my eye on it.