>one of the oldest mecha manga/anime
>still has some of the best designs ever
How does this happen?
>>14222974
Nice bait.
>>14222977
Who's baiting Robo is sexy
>>14222974
Why didn't they clone Ginrei? She had one in her OVA didn't she?
>>14222974
yah that mustard bottle on the left dropping bombs is really fucking cool.
>>14222974
Yokoyama's designs are great, but that Giant Robo is NOT a Yokoyama design. The original is better looking anyway.
>>14223012
>not the toku version
>>14223015
You're right. Not the toku version.
>>14222974
I just wish some of those designs besides Uranus showed up to fight.
>>14223012
>that leg clipping through the "Skirt"
>>14222974
Giant Robo was made in a time before mecha had become anywhere near as toyetic as it would become down the road, and so Yokoyama probably designed his robots the way he did for either the sake of fitting in with the narrative in some way or for the sake of simple artistry. And so what we ended up with are unusual robots that do not have a strictly humanoid silhouette and are more subdued in their colours, as opposed to all the heroic reds, whites, blues and yellows we're used to. Additionally, Giant Robo has a bit of an unusual, almost retro-futuristic setting as well, and since very few mecha stories are set in this kind of world, you don't see too many similar designs (and if you did, you wouldn't think it was the best because it wouldn't be unique). Only other mecha anime I can think of that has this kind of style that isn't a Yokoyama work is The Big O.
>>14223109
Big O was definitely done in the style of a Yokoyama work. Big O just bleeds Yokoyama. Everything from the character designs to the mecha.
>>14222974
That barrel shaped bomb dropper will always be one of the coolest designs ever. Truly from a different era.
>>14223047
It's not.
>>14223109
Dumbass delusional Yokoyamafag spotted. You give him far and away too much credit.
>>14222974
I like how this guy showed up in Imagawa's Tetsujin 24.
>>14224139
I'm not giving him credit for anything. All I said is that he didn't design his robots to sell action figures and that he has very few imitators. These two things make him stand out.
>>14224170
Two false statements make him stand out? Alright then.
>>14224176
Please do tell me where the falsehood lies.
>>14224190
Talentless hacks like Nagai, Ishikawa, the entirety of Dynamic Productions are soulless imitators of his shit
>>14224210
Maybe they copied his format, but the closest the art styles got was in Cyborg 009 (which was Ishinomori to begin with). Mazinger, Getter and whatnot have their own look to them that was new at the time. Although yes, I know, Getter 1's design screams "Black Ox" and they're definitely closer than something like Gundam, for the most part, they're far enough removed to feel unique. They look less like something you'd see in Metropolis and more like something you'd see in a Silver Age comic book
>>14223015
Gross
>>14223138
Much as I feel Yokoyama needs more love, let's give the credit where it's due. He was likely an influence, but not the only one - the showrunners have credited Bruce Timm in interviews as a stylistic inspiration.
>>14224293
He gets more love than almost anybody talked about on this board or any anime/manga related board, fuck are you on about?
>>14224304
By which, I assume, you mean he doesn't get shitposted to the same degree as many of the other names /m/ sings the praises of?
Well no shit, that's what happens when 90% of the people who post don't actually bother with your work.
>>14224328
This place isn't the only place that exists, moron. He's far more well known and loved than many of the talentless hacks people around here like to praise. English only speaking people being plebs is nothing new.
>>14224304
Why isn't Tetsujin translated then?
>>14222974
is op smoking crack
>>14224342
and yet, the most of the western world, his name elicits a giant 'who?'
This is what happens when you don't define your goalposts as far as whether you mean just English speaking communities or the web in general.
>>14224356
English speakers are plebs
>>14224369
No, this is what happens when you're a mouthbreathing retard who makes baseless, nonsensical assumptions most likely due to being an Americuck.
>>14224376
>cuck
Whew. It's a good thing you slammed your fist down on THAT worn out button or I might feel this was an opinion actually worth being offended by.
>>14224384
>he says as he uses a bad meme himself
Is it just me, or has /m/ been a bunch of contrarian tryhard assholes lately?
More than usual I mean.
>inb4 hurr he want hugbox
No, I want discussion and discourse.
>>14224426
>post an obviously false statement to gain reaction
>get called out on it
>NO U TRYHARD
>>14224426
It's just you liking shit series that don't have anything of value to discuss, hence why there's none of your fancy hat " discussion and discourse".
>>14224169
He didn't? That was VL-2, a character from the original Tetsujin, not Midori no Mao.
>>14224986
Fuck off spic
>>14224426
It's just one idiot calling everyone Yokoyamafags. Ignore him.
>>14224986
Oh well.
I loved the modernized 60 pulp scifi aesthetic on these. I wish there were more mechas with the same design philosophy
>somebody makes super robot thread on /m/
>LOL U WANT 2 DISCCUSS (Insert super robot series here) HAHA WHAT A FAG FUCK OFF BACK TO UR LEDDIT HUGBOX (insert author's/studio's name here)FAG
think ill just take a break from /m/ for a while, since clearly any show that isn't Gundam 0079 or LotGH isn't allowed here
>>14223012
>The original is better looking anyway.
Haha! No it isn't.
>>14223109
Both Kazuyoshi Katayama (director) and Keiichi Sato (mecha design) worked as animation directors/supervisors for Giant Robo. If B:TAS gave Big O the Dark Deco aesthetic and Batfamily characters, Giant Robo gave it the iron-and-rivets mechs.
It's interesting that you mention post-Gundam mecha being more toy centered, as both Robo and Big O are designed with themes relating to their nature as toys.
>>14226441
Haha! Yes it is. Go suck Kobayashis garbage and uninfluential cock somewhere else, faggot.
>>14226381
There there anon
There there
Actually maybe you've got something there
>>14226475
Hell, I wouldn't even say it was Gundam that kicked off the trend of mecha merchandising. That began with Mazinger Z getting as big as it did, if you ask me. Stuff like Gundam and Transformers were just logical conclusions to a preexisting model.
And while I'm not sure about Giant Robo, as far as I can tell, Big O didn't get any toys until season 2, which aired nearly four years after season 1. I really doubt they had any merchandise in mind when designing it.
>>14226381
don't forget the
> suddenly shitposting about getter robo or anyone/anything of dynamic pro in general out of fucking nowhere in the discussion, even if the topic of the thread is not fucking related to the red fuck
part, the zeorymer thread has someone throwing shit to getter even if no one was talking about it before, this guy is like he's getting an aneurism any time he sees an old mecha, or anything that reminds him of getter robothe worse part even if we don't give him attention he will start sperging out anywaysomeone ban the fucker
Translation when
>>14227368
Oh hey, it's blind anon
I watch Johnny Socko on Comet TV. I can't be the only one...
>>14226381
Apparently at some point, /m/ became /v/.
>>14227452
Summer /m/ is a myth, they said!
Wow what crawled up some anon's ass this week?
Jesus fucking Christ this thread became shit.
>>14227429
Oh hey, it's spic
>>14227368
I keep telling you each time you bring this up, the OVA is straight-forward as FUCK. If you'd read the manga you'll have zero problems understanding what's happening throughout the two episodes.
>>14227556
I can watch plenty adaptions raw and understand what's happening, doesn't mean I want to watch it fucking raw, though.
>>14227457
I've been here for a decade now and I've never noticed any increase in idiocy during the summer.
Also apparently "summer" begins in April.
>>14226652
Original looks generic as fuck. Just like every other giant robot from that era, its only memorable design aspect is its head.
I realize not worshiping old stuff because it's old ruins my /m/ hipster cred, but I don't care. Life's too fucking short to lie about my tastes to make people think I'm cool on an anonymous imageboard.
>>14227731
>Just like every other giant robot from that era
Like?
>>14227626
Well, just watch it then. Why do you care if someone subs it or not? Once you've seen it, you can tell people to fuck off and read the manga.
>>14227731
>you only like it because it's old!
Fuck off
>>14227731
More memorable and interesting than bland as fuck and badly proportioned buff McSwole OVA design, but hey, if you want to be a hipster and contrarian for the sake of it while being wrong, then by all means go ahead.
>>14227548
Please go back to the getter thread mario.
>>14227731
>>14227949
Both are fantastic.
>>14226691
Giant robots have always been children's toys, but Gundam definitely started the current model of mecha content being a loss leader designed to sell model kits.
When I said that Robo and Big O, I mean that in the sense of how Katayama said he designed Big O's special attacks to be things he "thought would be cool gimmicks for a toy". I could totally see a kid playing with a Big O toy with spring-loaded Sudden Impact fists and light-up Chrome Buster action. The show references it in how Alex Rosewater thinks of Big Fau and the megadeuses.
>>14227957
Fuck off back to one of your circlejerk threads, Kobayashifag. Those designs are complete garbage, through and through.
>>14227957
NO FAGGOT PICK A SIDE
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>14229759
>I don't like it when people notice qualities that make something objectively better than something else and just meme instead
>>14226381
>lotgh
you are very optimistic
this is literally just gundam board now
>>14230699
As it should be
>>14227766
This desu
>>14222974
Have people on /m/ gone too far down the hispter path that they deluded themselves into sctually thinking shitty looking tube bots are masterpiece designs?
![[BBT-RMX] Giant Robo the Animation The Day the Earth Stood Still 7 [89B7AF1A].mkv_snapshot_07.05_[2016.04.28_21.56.42].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XZm67y4.jpg "[BBT-RMX] Giant Robo the Animation The Day the Earth Stood Still 7 [89B7AF1A].mkv_snapshot_07.05_[2016.04.28_21.56.42].jpg")
>>14227368
What's this? A sequel to the Giant Robo OAVs?
>>14227368
Where can this be found?
>>14224210
yokoyama/ishimoricuck strikes again
>>14234460
>>14234358
NicoNico
It's MARS
>>14235583
>>14227368
>more Alberto
I don't care if it's not translated, I'm watching this tonight
>>14235583
Do you have a limk,? I can't seem to find it.
>>14233933
>implying that wasn't always the case
Hey there newfag
>>14235980
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7598280
>>14235980
*link
>>14235599
Just read Mars instead
>>14229656
Well the problem with that line of thinking is that Big O has difficulty pulling off all of its gimmicks without replacing parts (the one figure that lets you replicate the O Thunder, for example, requires you to buy an option parts set for it). And as for Robo, does it even have anything that could be called a gimmick?
>>14236033
Upgrade that allows it to fly and swim more effectively
>>14236056
Don't forget the upgrade so that Daisaku can control it from a further distance.
![[2016.04.17_17.13.56].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7117fhC.jpg "[2016.04.17_17.13.56].jpg")
Don't mind me, just posting Best Track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK83z_aiYdg
>>14235599
I hope you know that Alberto was basically a mook back in Mars
>>14238066
Still better than nothing, I've been waiting patiently for a sequel to the Giant Robo OAV for years now.
The new manga they made was terrible by the way, at least the art was nice
