Any mecha recs for me? I am kinda at the limit of good stuff of other genres.
Code geass, og macross, ttgl, nge are like all the mechas I have seen and avoid them mainly because big long franchises and completionist personality which makes it impossible to just watch macross delta with cute girls, but I have to start with old ass macross, which was fine but you know…
Gurren Lagann - Some plucky youth rebel against the systems that have forced humanity underground. Very over-the-top
Brave Bang Bravern - Extremely comedic and extremely gay, this is the story of humanity fighting against an alien threat with the help of a Super Robot who appeared out of nowhere seemingly from an entirely different genre of anime
Eureka Seven - A boy joins a band of rebels to fight the world government in their hover-surfboard-riding mechs
Vision of Escaflowne - Of the two prominent 90s mech shoujo isekai, this one is by far my favorite. Who knew putting a cape on a mech would make it look so gallant?
Iron Blooded Orphans - Orphans employed by a PMC manage to seize control of the company and fight for themselves.
The Witch from Mercury - Country bumpkin goes to fancy space school where students gain standing and settle their grievances in mecha duels. Also yuri.
00 - A mysterious organization seeks to end all war on Earth by fighting with their fancy robots.
Note: While the Gundam IP is huge, the ones mentioned are spin-offs and can be watched separately of other Gundam series.
Other:
86 - The Republic fights against a mechanical empire using their own mechs which are totally autonomous and definitely not piloted by undesirables.
Turn A Gundam: Moon country bumpkin visits earth, gets adopted by the military-industrial complex, gets forcefemmed while fighting against a rogue moon military in an ancient robot
Bokurano: for those times you are just feeling too happy and want to get brought down a bit. Didn’t watch the anime,but read the manga and saw the OP, its great!
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet: more laid back, but serious back story. A pilot from a total militaristic dictatorship lands on a water world and learns normal life from the ship inhabitants.
Blue Gender: similar setup as Gargantua, but more serious and in the other direction. Normal person in deepfreeze gets awakened in a militaristic space station after earth got overrun by bugs. Now he must adapt to the new world and society he lives in. Similar to starship troopers in some ways. But no humour here.
VanDread: much more humorous: men from a society of only men meet female pirates from a planet of only women. Besides the echi premise, they surprisingly use the setup for more than only ranchy jokes but even explore a bit, what kind of societies could grow from such setups and how would they interact.
Knights of Sidonia: great lore, great visuals, interesting ideas, phenomenally boring main plot and main characters and their dynamics
I watched Macross delta first, tbh it doesn’t really need much of the beginning. They mention like 3 people from previous Macross, and the one fighter. Everything else is standalone.
I did delta first, then og, 7 , and then frontier (my fav)
I thought the 180 of macross from space odyssey to idol anime was funny. Anyways the biggest reason I watched it was because of earth wind and fire x macross mashups
Any mecha recs for me? I am kinda at the limit of good stuff of other genres. Code geass, og macross, ttgl, nge are like all the mechas I have seen and avoid them mainly because big long franchises and completionist personality which makes it impossible to just watch macross delta with cute girls, but I have to start with old ass macross, which was fine but you know…
The Big O
Some of my favorites:
Thank you! I won’t run out of anime so soon now :D
Mobile Suit Gundam:
Iron Blooded Orphans - Orphans employed by a PMC manage to seize control of the company and fight for themselves.
The Witch from Mercury - Country bumpkin goes to fancy space school where students gain standing and settle their grievances in mecha duels. Also yuri.
00 - A mysterious organization seeks to end all war on Earth by fighting with their fancy robots.
Note: While the Gundam IP is huge, the ones mentioned are spin-offs and can be watched separately of other Gundam series.
Other:
Turn A Gundam: Moon country bumpkin visits earth, gets adopted by the military-industrial complex, gets forcefemmed while fighting against a rogue moon military in an ancient robot
A favorite of mine in the Gundam world is in the Universal Century. Gundam War in the Pocket. It’s a mini series that tells a small scale human story.
I second 86. Had me in tears of sorrow once and (much more shocking) tears of joy at one point. It might be the only anime to have achieved that.
Edit: just went and watched the part I was talking about and holy smokes what a good show. Looks like it’s time for a rewatch.
I genuinely forgot about 86, but I only watched S1. Thank you for your recommendations!
Bokurano: for those times you are just feeling too happy and want to get brought down a bit. Didn’t watch the anime,but read the manga and saw the OP, its great!
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet: more laid back, but serious back story. A pilot from a total militaristic dictatorship lands on a water world and learns normal life from the ship inhabitants.
Blue Gender: similar setup as Gargantua, but more serious and in the other direction. Normal person in deepfreeze gets awakened in a militaristic space station after earth got overrun by bugs. Now he must adapt to the new world and society he lives in. Similar to starship troopers in some ways. But no humour here.
VanDread: much more humorous: men from a society of only men meet female pirates from a planet of only women. Besides the echi premise, they surprisingly use the setup for more than only ranchy jokes but even explore a bit, what kind of societies could grow from such setups and how would they interact.
Knights of Sidonia: great lore, great visuals, interesting ideas, phenomenally boring main plot and main characters and their dynamics
Thanks for all the recommendations! Now I have the problem of analysis paralysis from the like 15 anime everyone recommended xD
Did vandread have an ending?
The second season has, yes.
RahXephon. People who can’t think for themselves will tell you it’s a NGE ripoff but it owes far more to Raideen.
Thanks, I will think for yourself and think its a raideen ripoff instead
Okay but maybe like 15 people watched Raideen.
I watched Macross delta first, tbh it doesn’t really need much of the beginning. They mention like 3 people from previous Macross, and the one fighter. Everything else is standalone.
I did delta first, then og, 7 , and then frontier (my fav)
Edit: dammit now I want to watch delta again
I thought the 180 of macross from space odyssey to idol anime was funny. Anyways the biggest reason I watched it was because of earth wind and fire x macross mashups
It was always both. Also same.