#amaim

[toonabby]

Happy double birthdays to Madeline Dorroh (27) and Barrett Leddy (32)!

[tankirb]

I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. This all expanded from the rider kick thing but it got to a point where the rider kick just didn't fit any more.

[sethwindam]

Amaim is a 10/10 series and shion is a 20/10 character love the show love her!

[weirdunclegamer]

Don’t actually watch AMAIM, but dig the robot designs, and the kits are supposed to be real good too, so getting the MC’s bot for the SRW shelf seemed like a good idea!  And it was!  The kit is super solid, looks great, and the joint structures allow for lots of pose-ability.

More pics below the cut

Technically I guess this form of Kenbu doesn’t use the machine gun, since it has the arm mounted gun, but the kit has the machine gun left over from the re-used runners of the first Kenbu, so I stuck the gun on his back just cuz I could.

[newsintheshell]

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CONFERMATO UN NUOVO CAPITOLO DI AMAIM WARRIOR AT THE BORDERLINE!

Al posto di Nobuyoshi Habara (Sokyu no Fafner, Star Blazers 2202), stavolta la regia è affidata a Masami Obari (Gundam Breaker: Battlogue, Gravion), mentre la sceneggiatura rimane nelle mani di Noboru Kimura (Gundam Build Divers, Princess Principal).

La prima stagione della serie mecha è disponibile in streaming su Crunchyroll, sottotitolata.

[wanderersrest]

An Abbreviated History of Mecha Part 7: The Witching Hour Is Here!

Spoiler Warning: This post contains spoilers for one Brave Bang Bravern. I'd recommend watching at least the first episode of Bravern before continuing.

Welcome to the final installment of An Abbreviated History of Mecha! Last time, we had some technical difficulties due to the Lich screwing things up with its time shenanigans covered what many would consider to be mecha's "Dark Age." Now, we will see how the genre has recovered. It remains to be seen how this decade will go down in history, but so far mecha shows have had a minor bit of a rebound. Though that insipid line of thinking (you've probably heard it at one point: "mecha shows are about the robots, not the characters") is still doing a bit of harm to the general reception of mecha shows, the canon is doing better than before. Not well, like it was in the 90's, but it's not in dire straits.

Victory is never decided by mobile suit performance alone.

Nor by the skill of the pilot, alone.

The result itself is the only proof!

Kyoukai Senki/AMAIM: Warrior At the Borderline (2021)

Kicking off the decade, 2021 would give us a new franchise in the form of the former Xebec, now Sunrise Beyond series AMAIM: Warrior At the Borderline. Sporting smaller robots in a setting similar to Code Geass but Japan was split into three by three world superpowers like it was Post-World War II Germany, AMAIM would be one of the few new mecha shows to come out that would be animated entirely in 2D.

Megaton Musashi (2021)

Developed by Level-5 Studios, Megaton Musashi is a game series that pays homage to the mecha stories of old, particularly that of Getter Robo. The game itself would suffer in terms of marketing, as Level-5 would end up shuttering their US studio in this decade. Which is wild, because this series would also get an anime adaptation that's only started airing this year.

Also, Megaton Musashi has a lot of crossovers with older mecha shows like Getter Robo and Combattler V.

SSSS.Dynazenon (2021) & Gridman Universe (2023)

Returning in 2021 would be Studio Trigger with the follow-up to SSSS.Gridman, SSSS.Dynazenon. Based off of the Dyna Dragon from the original Gridman the Hyper Agent, SSSS.Dynazenon would carry on the energy from its predecessor in terms of energy and heart.

2023 would also see the worlds of SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon collide with the movie finale Gridman Universe, bringing the casts of both shows together for one last hurrah for Trigger's Gridman trilogy.

Back Arrow (2021)

While 2021 was a good year for mecha in general, one show that doesn't get talked about more is Goro Taniguchi's Back Arrow. Set in the walled world of Lingalind, Back Arrow would give us a story where the mecha are powered by a character's convictions.

That's right! Back Arrow is quite possibly the single greatest series in terms of highlighting what piloted giant robots are all about. These stories were never about the giant robot itself; the giant robots were living extensions of the pilots who controlled them. Hence why the breiheights of Back Arrow are based purely on a character's core beliefs.

Getter Robo Arc (2021)

2020 would also see the surprise announcement of an adaptation of the unfortunately unfinished Getter Robo Arc. With the goal of wrapping up the story as best as possible without the guiding hand of series creator Ken Ishikawa, Getter Robo Arc's anime adaptation would finally release in 2021. With this, the Getter Robo saga can finally come to an end.

If you've already watched his video on Getter Robo, Cheese GX also has a follow-up covering Getter Robo Arc specifically.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (2021) & Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)

And in case you didn't believe me when I said 2021 was a good year for mecha, let me remind you of something: Gundam was featured as part of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Gundam would see the creation of the now-disassembled RX-78-2 Gundam in Yokohama as part of the celebration of the games. The RX-0 Gundam Unicorn would also make a cameo in the background during the Olympic Rock Climbing event, as Gundam Front Tokyo was the venue.

Most important of all for us, is that 2021 would see the release of part one of a trilogy of movies based on the Hathaway's Flash novel. And as if that wasn't enough, 2022 would also see the release of a movie based on the infamous episode of the original series known as Cucuruz Doan's Island. And as a reminder: Gundam's not done yet. I haven't even gotten to the other big Gundam series yet. These were just the two major series released for the Universal Century in this decade.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (2022)

Where Gundam made really big news in this decade was with the release of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. Set in the Ad Stella timeline, G-Witch would bring awareness to the franchise that hadn't really been seen since it's heyday in the 90's. G-Witch would also differentiate itself from the rest of the Gundam series by presenting us with Gundam's first female main protagonist, the very tanuki-coded Suletta Mercury (and that depends, because if we're saying Gundam protagonist, then I'd argue technically War in the Pocket's Christina McKenzie has Suletta beat by a couple decades; this isn't even getting into Ecoile du Ciel). And not only is she the first female protagonist, Suletta is also Gundam's first queer protagonist!

Bullbuster (2023)

If there is any series that I wish I had caught while it was airing last year, it would definitely be Bullbuster. Cut from the same cloth as Patlabor and Dai-Guard, Bullbuster presents to us a construction robot is used to fight... aliens?

LEGO movie, is that you?

Okay, seriously though, I do think Bullbuster got drowned out due to being in a year that also included The Witch From Mercury.

Brave Bang Bravern (2024)

Man, if you thought The Witch From Mecury was gay...

2024 would open with Cygames Studio's Brave Bang Bravern. Directed by Masami Obari (a man who I have somehow failed to mention until now), Bravern would manage to capture the joy of the Brave franchise of old (and really mecha shows on the whole), all while making it very gay.

And I mean it. Bravern is quite possibly the single gayest show to come out in the 2020's. Maybe even of all time.

And that's really a wrap on pretty much everything that's come out, but there is one upcoming series set to come out next month...

Grendizer U (Airs July 2024)

Not seeming to want to be left out, the Mazinger saga would also get a surprise announcement in 2023 with a teaser for Grendizer U. Set to air in 2024, Grendizer U is going to be a reboot of the original UFO Robot Grendizer series, though some changes have been made (namely, Kouji has now brought along both Sayaka and Professor Yumi; more importantly, Kouji will now be piloting Mazinger Z instead of playing a support role like he did in the original Grendizer).

You can bet that I will be covering this series, especially if it's picked up by Crunchyroll this coming summer.

Looking Beyond Grendizer U & 2024: Live-action Gundam, Hathaway Parts 2 & 3, Gunbuster 3, and Patlabor EZY

Going beyond 2024, there are also other series that are set to be released some time in this decade. 2016 saw the release of the Patlabor Reboot promo, which is supposedly a test run for a new Patlabor series: Patlabor EZY. Supposedly set to air sometime in 2026 (at least last I saw), I'm as excited about this as Isao Ohta is about any type of gun that comes across his path.

Studio Gaina (again, not to be confused with the now-closed Gainax) also has plans to release Gunbuster 3, though that will probably be on the shelves for now until Grendizer U wraps up.

And of course, Gundam still has two more parts of the Hathaway movies to work on. There's also a live-action Gundam series that is also in the works at Legendary.

Conclusion

And that's a wrap, folks. Finally, after ten whole posts, I've covered an incomplete history of mecha! Yes that's right! Incomplete! Why did you think it was called abbreviated?

Jokes aside, I thought this would be a relatively simple project. Just cover a handful of mecha shows from the decades since their inception, say a thing or two about them, and move on. It turns out that, even when I cherry-picked the shows to talk about, there were still a lot of them.

Do I regret doing it, though? No. Well, maybe that bit about Valvrave specifically. Outside of that, I think it is important that this series of posts still exist. I tried my best to be as impartial as possible, and hopefully you, dear reader, have caught that. I really don't want this project to turn out to be identical in tone to Professor Otaku's Complete History of Mecha video series. Man literally cannot hide his disdain for shows he doesn't like very well, and I think it does a massive disservice to both his series and himself.

What I want you to take away from this series of posts is: every show I covered on here is someone's favorite. I've seen at least one person go to bat for every series I named here. I've done it for G Gundam and Patlabor, and I plan on doing it for a couple more series on here. The real important thing here is that this post helps in dismissing that wrong-headed claim of "mecha shows are just about the robots and not the characters." Which is a thing I will talk about soon.

But not right now. Now I want to rest. And by rest, I mean throwing my wrist out while playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

God Groose is such a great character.

[yanchamisc]

2022 Sunrise Bandai Namco Pictures clear bookmarks given out to shareholders.

Shiiba Amou/I-Les Gai (Amaim Warrior At The Borderline) Gallet (Battle Spirits Mirage) Towa Higurashi/Setsuna/Moroha (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Tiger & Bunny 2) Ayumu Uehara (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club) Eve/Aoi Amawashi (Birdie Wing Golf Girls' Story) Cucuruz Doan/Amura Ray/Haro (Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan's Island) Kanon Shibuya (Love Live! Superstar!!) Lelouch (Code Geass Lelouch Of The Rebellion) Ichigo Hoshimiya (Aikatsu!) Jiron Amoss (Blue Gale Xabungle) Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)

[robedruby]

HG Nyuren

[newtypezaku]

[chaselocalyanderefan]

Kinesis Kalamity 9/35

Sarah Von Sweetie, The Amaimancer Army-Woman

[filthyneverdie]

HG GHOST | KYOUKAI SENKI | WARRIOR AT THE BORDERLINE

[toonabby]

August-September anniversary/birthday posts

Here's a list of anniversaries of media (mainly cartoons) and birthdays of people (mainly voice actors) that I have missed out. The sources for some of the images will be linked in the image itself.

Happy 25th birthday, Jackie Lastra! (Birthdate: August 14, 1998)

Favorite roles: Xiangling from Genshin Impact, Nika Aoi from Beyblade Burst Turbo, and Kei from AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline.

Other known roles: Melty Q. Melromarc from The Rising of the Shield Hero, Io from Granblue Fantasy: The Animation and Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Fubuki Kitakaze from Maesetsu!

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Happy 30th anniversary, Power Rangers! (Premiere date: August 28, 1993)

The Power Rangers franchise has been a part of my childhood since I got exposed to it through Samurai, even though its source material, Super Sentai, is better in my opinion.

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Happy 5th anniversary, Total DramaRama! (Premiere date: September 1st, 2018)

Though this spin-off of the Total Drama franchise is very controversial, Its still one of my favorite shows in that series for its off-the-walls humor

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Happy 10th anniversary, Uncle Grandpa! (Premiere date: September 1st, 2013)

Despite its initial rocky reception, many have warmed up to the show for its comedy, absurdness, and its titular character being credited as the "survivor" of the HBO Max (now called Max) purge.

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Happy posthumous 50th birthday, Jason David Frank! (Birthdate: September 4th, 1973)

Though JDF is no longer with us, his legacy and likeliness will forever be a part of us. May he rest in peace.

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Happy 25th anniversary, Oggy and The Cockroaches! (Premiere date: September 6, 1998)

One of my favorite French cartoons when I was younger, having a formula akin to Tom and Jerry but with the title character winning most of the time. Truly a classic from Xilam.

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And finally, I present you 20th anniversary of Hoops & Yoyo!

(yes I know the actual release date for the cards is September 11th, but I really don't want to be insensitive during that day)

Initially starting as Hallmark greeting cards before becoming a web cartoon and eventually a franchise, Hoops & Yoyo has been a personal favorite to some due to its simplistic artstyle, the titular characters plus Piddles being adorable creatures with lovable personalities, and its vibrant setting. I have to admit, Bob Holt and Mike Adair really deserve the appreciation they got when creating this line of cards.

[tankirb]

Count your sins, Space-time shattering Gainax KICK!!!!

[sethwindam]

Shion model kit finished 👀

[miragemirrors]

GHOST FINISHED

[hobbystationerytagimi]

バンダイスピリッツ　HG 1/72 メイレス プロトゴウヨウ　境界戦機 極鋼ノ装鬼　再入荷しました。