Anime Mech Animes

[Darktigerpack17]

What is the best Mech series? Im not talking about Gundam, but mech shows like Dual, Blue Gender, Gene Shaft and what not.

My favorite is Blue Gender. If I had one of those mechs I would trick it out sooo Bad the government would cry.

[Dagger]

Meh... Blue Gender doesn't really leap out at me as being a "mecha anime," per se.

RahXephon is a series that (at least initially) obediently adheres to certain conventions seen in many earlier mecha shows. However, it takes only a few episodes to differentiate itself from its predecessors and ultimately manages to transcend the genre. RahXephon gets a lot of flak because it has superficial similarities to Evangelion; this has always pissed me off. I love Evangelion, and I think it's insulting to call RahXephon a clone--if people actually bothered to watch a significant portion of both anime, they might realize that each is a tremendous accomplishment [i]in its own right.[/i]

If I had to chose a favorite mecha anime, I'd probably automatically pick RahXephon. Big O--particularly the second season--would be the closest runner-up. I'm currently in the process of watching three recent and not-so-recent mecha centric series... Gad Guard is slickly made and overall really fun, Gasaraki offers a unique political/spiritual perspective, and Soukyuu no Fafner seems to be doing an admirable job of building on the foundation laid by Evangelion and RahXephon.

Oh, and Eva Platinum just plain rocks. ^_^

~Dagger~