/m/, /k/fag here, what is in your opinions the best military mecha series, i.e an all-arms war with mecha as a key component that accurately shows the action both on and off the battlefield with mentions of logistics, supply etc
>>14044545
It does not exist. The closest you will get is probably FLAG.
>>14044545
The first things that come to mind are Patlabor and Dai-Guard, but they're not actually war stories (they're about police work and disaster relief, respectively).
>>14044545
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
>>14044545
>mecha
>accurately reflects war/logistics/supply.
you've come to the wrong neighborhood, fag. if you wanted a realistic mecha anime, they just be driving tanks instead.
>>14044637
What about tank sized mechas?
Gasaraki
>>14044646
Votoms
>>14044545
>i.e an all-arms war with mecha as a key component that accurately shows the action both on and off the battlefield with mentions of logistics, supply etc
Nothing like this exists nor will ever exist. /k/fags and realismfags make me laugh. it's like trying to find polar bears in the antarctic.
>>14044650
Half of Gasaraki. The half without magical Shinto deities being aliens in disguise.
>>14044706
But that's the best half.
>>14044545
Muv Luv
>>14044680
Yep. There is no "realisitic" military anime, or military media in general for a reason. Same reason SF shows don't portray Asteroid fields as huge boring things with miles between each asteroid with no danger of ever running into them. It's boring and doesn't make for compelling fiction.
Granted there are stories that try to make /k/ shit work, and I haven't really gotten into them. But who wants to watch hours and hours of bored soldiers following regulations, and dicking about about for 23 episodes, for something to finally actually to happen for five minutes in the last episode. Who wants to watch whole episodes of bunk inspections, and rifle cleanings? (And just watch, somebody is going to show up and say, 'I want to.")
You might as well make a TV show about people talking about pi.
>>14044765
Generation Kill was pretty successful.
>>14044545
Gundam Thunderbolt is pretty good for what it is. It's still Gundam, granted, but one of the most grounded in a while.
>>14044765
>>14044829
GenKill is amazing.
Legitimately I am down for that weird slice of life experience that is stressed out and/or bored to tears military guys and their daily lives doing absolutely nothing 99% of the time.
>>14044765
StarShip Troopers is basically that
Actually OP go watch the StarShip Troopers ova
>>14044545
I guess LoGH is sort of like this? it's not mecha so much as it is spaceships and a lot of the tactics are "i have the better semicircle" but it does focus on the importance of competent middle-tier leaders, logistics, and so forth
>>14044915
>IT'S OVER REINHARD, MY SEMI CIRCLE HAS THE HIGH GROUND
>>14044949
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW IT IS DEMOCRACY THAT HAS FAILED.
>>14044829
>>14044897
I stand corrected.
>>14044969
Also M.A.S.H.
>>14044982
M.A.S.H. was a sitcom that had action in the form of surgery and whatnot every episode.
>>14044982
I'd watch M.A.S.H. The Animation. Too bad the Japs don't have a real-world war that's somewhat relevant and recent to base it off of. Part of me thinks they'll never live down WWII.
>>14044993
Not combat action.
>sitcom
How would this affect anything.
>>14045002
I'm not the same anon but I'd consider M.A.S.H. different from what you're describing because it's about a bunch of army medics, not soldiers. So them having surgery every episode IS their version of combat.
>>14044982
>>14044993
Anyone know a good place to watch M*A*S*H* that's not Netflix?
They're saying they're gonna take it down next week and I don't think I have the time to squeeze 6 more seasons without seriously affecting my life.
>>14044958
MY ALLEIGANCE IS TO THE GOLDENBAUMS, TO GENETIC ARISTOCRACY
No one has said Dougram?
what the fuck is wrong with you faggots
>>14045013
Buy the boxset
Torrent it
Hit your local library
>>14045022
Dougram combat is the wrasslin of mecha
>>14045022
Dougram has godly tiered combat with loads of infantry and support vehicles and shit, but the mecha combat is basically 0079 style moon jumping mechs.
>>14044545
>>14044637
>>14044646
Try Front Mission and Patlabor's backstory, but set it in a planetary colony, a moon or the asteroid belt. Basically, weaponized construction equipment that becomes the norm due to a conflict between two sides. And, this is not odd considering humanoid robotics and powered armor are viable technologies in the construction and rescue fields. You just have to create a realistic enough niche to justify why they would stay in combat doctrine, like tanks, which have people have criticized their continued use in modern combat.
>>14044545
Not mecha series but check out the universe of Heavy Gear and Jovian Chronicles.
>>14044897
Yeah, Gen Kill was great, Jarhead is good to, though obviously more fictionalized.
>>14044545
Votoms
>>14044545
You might enjoy 08th MS team, it has a much more realistic approach than many other Gundam series and isn't a huge time investment.
>>14048084
I didn't get to see all of Jarhead but I liked how it had a juxtaposition of absurdity you could only laugh at followed by some really downer shit that makes you feel bad for being amused by what amounts to workplace dickery on the battlefield.
>>14044545
>with mentions of logistics, supply etc
https://youtu.be/JYgxyUIWFug
>>14044545
Instead of making another thread ,what /m/ thinks about this?
https://web.archive.org/web/20110831182631/http://www.major-arcana.net/zanaikin/2010/08/the-military-mecha-isnt-just-a-fantasy/
>>14048112
>08th is realistic/more realistic than other gundams meme
it's funny how easy it is to trick you autistic faggots into thinking something is realistic
>>14048112
adding PT boats to a gundum isn't making it more "realistic".
>>14051555
I think the author is a fucking retard who doesn't know a single damn thing about the military, and its acquisition priorites.
>>14044572
As someone who served in a military base in the outskirts of the city, I can say that those lunch acquisition episodes in Patlabor are fairly realistic.IT IS ALWAYS CHINESE. THERE'S ONLY CHINESE. CHAOFUN OR NOFUN
>>14044765
First of all, I want to.
Secondly, hi.
>>14051813
Even the one where the entire maintenance team fell ill?
>>14044545
Fang of the sun dougram : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWXdz0aoLA
>>14044765
Basically,So Ra No Wo To?
>>14044765
>>14044829
So a Patlabor spinoff about the JGSDF labor unit, then?
![[CTSS] Shirogane no Ishi - Argevollen - 10 [H264 AAC 1280x720][10bit][8C389A81].mkv_snapshot_05.19_[2015.11.06_06.28.15].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1qNVzve.jpg "[CTSS] Shirogane no Ishi - Argevollen - 10 [H264 AAC 1280x720][10bit][8C389A81].mkv_snapshot_05.19_[2015.11.06_06.28.15].jpg")
>>14044545
>nobody mentoined argevollen
Engineers hate super prototypes, they're a pain in the ass to maintain and they need special parts.
Combined arms, focusing on the full unit, and plenty of other stuff, Argevollen is Front Mission: the anime. Please don't just the protagonist based on the first three episode, he grows out of generic protagonist actions very quickly.
>>14052259
*don't judge
I think the pilots besides the protagonist got way less focus than the guys on the ground in hindsight, other than the new girl who arrived halfway through.
>>14052259
Second this. Surprisingly good series, just be ready to accept that no one uses planes for a reason that is never explained but is assumed to have something to do with the sky being fucked up.
>>14052259
>>14052267
The mecha besides the Argevollen are pretty cool, and are surprisingly not as much of a pushover as you'd expect towards the protagonist mecha.
Like that one time Tokimune nearly lost a nife fight to a guy in a shit-tier grunt mecha.
>>14052274
>>14052274
I need to rewatch this sometime, I really enjoyed it.
Cayenne did nothing wrong.
>>14051555
>Battlefield conditions are everchanging, and whenever the balance of power sways, or when new weapons/tactics are introduced, soldiers must respond asap, and they need the right equipment for the job. Any RTS gamers knows the basics: when the enemy focuses on air, or heavy armor, or massed light formations, you better switch your production to meet the threat with anti-air, armor-piercing, or AOE armaments. Real wars aren’t so different, except that the turnover time from your weapon factory to the battlefield takes far longer — that time is costly, paid with the lives of soldiers.
Top kek. As if war is that much clear cut like a fucking video game
>>14052277
>stab machine
>it dies
what
>>14052345
Cockpit stab.
>>14052267
>Surprisingly good
Nice lie.
>>14052345
Beauty of CG.
>>14052277
>bullets do nothing
Unfair :(
>>14052362
> opinions are lies
Fuck you, I liked it and so did the other 5 /m/en in the Arge threads.
>>14052377
They can be, and you being butthurt doesn't make that any less true.
>>14052377
I liked it until it ended on a whimper
And said whimper wasn't the "point", it was a sequel hook that never proceeded
>>14052380
Suck a cock shitheel. What do you recommend then? Or did you just come shit on a two year old show that a dozen people watched?
>>14052389
All the good recommendations have already been posted, so I'm just making sure nobody gets the wrong impression of the quality of one mentioned.
>>14044545
>/k/fag
ugh
>>14044572
yeah, like the 2nd(?) Patlabor movie shows one of the mc's past military service for the UN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMDaNhTTi8
>>14052380
>>14052402
>unironically encouraging hiveminds
>>14052220
WHERE IS MY FUCKING MODEL, BANDAI?
