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Political themes are fine as long as they align with my politics.
メカ るる boomdie
Submitted 17 hours ago by 
waltersf@bookwyr.me to animemes@ani.social
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Replace mecha with lemmy and it’s so relevant lol
- waltersf@bookwyr.me 5 hours ago
auster@thebrainbin.org@thebrainbin.org 17 hours ago The Big O would count?
zikzak025@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I think Big O was fairly political, the city government is basically a midcentury take on corpo-fascism. The corporation controlling the city is the primary antagonist and its leader has a god complex.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Yeah, incredibly political. Particularly if you enjoy the slapdash ending they had to adlib after their intended open, Chinatown style ending.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Only if you watch it the millennial childhood way. In the middle of the night, with the sound too low so your parents don’t catch you, and out of order.
subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
You should watch it, it’s very good.
- auster@thebrainbin.org@thebrainbin.org 16 hours ago
Already did, and would also recommend it. 👌
- waltersf@bookwyr.me 17 hours ago
rike yar yoks
ð entire ʃo can d wo/meka, & it’s still a political thriller.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 14 hours ago
I don’t remember there being any politics or gay stuff, so OP wants Gurren Lagann. Honestly not a bad choice.
thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
IIRC, the overarching themes of personal freedom and being yourself against authoritarian/puritan environment could be considered political.
Also Leeron. Just Leeron
Goodeye8@piefed.social 13 hours ago
IIRC, the overarching themes of personal freedom and being yourself against authoritarian/puritan environment could be considered political.
I would argue the main themes of the show are believing in yourself, doing what you believe is right even when others oppose you and the abstract progress vs stagnation (do you take the risk and go out and experience the world or stay home and not get hurt but also not experience nothing). Those things can be political but I don’t think the show presented those ideas through a political lens and instead presented them as ideological beliefs.
Also Leeron. Just Leeron
Fair enough, I forgot about Leeron.
nullspace@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I feel this in my bones. Even non-mecha shows like The West Wing were way better before they got all political.
sumsinj@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
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…
Unboxious@ani.social 14 hours ago
Some of my favorites:
- 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?
sumsinj@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Thank you! I won’t run out of anime so soon now :D
plaztek@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
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:
- 86 - The Republic fights against a mechanical empire using their own mechs which are totally autonomous and definitely not piloted by undesirables.
sumsinj@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I genuinely forgot about 86, but I only watched S1. Thank you for your recommendations!
joelfromaus@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
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.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 12 hours ago
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 opening
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, who embody Gaias revenge. 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
sumsinj@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Thanks for all the recommendations! Now I have the problem of analysis paralysis from the like 15 anime everyone recommended xD
Obviouslywrong@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Did vandread have an ending?
notthebees@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
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)
sumsinj@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
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
nightlily@leminal.space 11 hours ago
RahXephon. People who can’t think for themselves will tell you it’s a NGE ripoff but it owes far more to Raideen.
sumsinj@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Thanks, I will think for yourself and think its a raideen ripoff instead
Unboxious@ani.social 10 hours ago
Okay but maybe like 15 people watched Raideen.
scytale@piefed.zip 15 hours ago
Thought it was Code Geass for a second.
lunar17@lemmy.world 31 minutes ago
I personally really enjoyed Alnoah.Zero for the protagonist that thinks his way through fights instead of just yelling. It’s like the anti-Gurren Laggen.