Here’s the thread to gush over Giant Robo, bitch about Tetsujin not being translated and hold a 60 message debate over whether Yokoyama really invented mecha.And top pretending that mecha with faces aren’t cool.
>>23917228Ancient Greek invented mecha
>>23917228Who are your personal best Yokoyama Star System characters?
>>23917228Gigantor is a better name than Ironman 28. Fight me
>>23917604I quite liked Sangetsu’s character design and overall vibe but he doesn’t even get a chance to show off his powers apart from jumping pretty high and running fast. If the SRW doujin is to be believed he can multiply himself too. I couldn’t figure out what manga he’s originally from either, maybe masked ninja Akakage?
>>23917228I'm still sad we won't ever get to see the Siege of Babel. It's probably better this way, the mystery of what comes before and after The Day the Earth Stood Still is part of the fun.
>>23917228>debate over whether Yokoyama really invented mechaDid he invent people commanding golems and robots? No. Did he invent giant robots? No. But he meaningfully codified the Japanese anime/manga subgenre of giant robots.
Manga editor Shin Aizawa (Super Robot Wars) had this to say today about Yokoyama souring on GR OVA and Godmars:>"I worked on the "Super Robot Wars" manga for many years, but the use of material from "Giant Robo" and "Six God Combination God Mars" was strictly forbidden. Why? I once visited the still-living great master Mitsuteru Yokoyama. The master's confession, tinged with anger: "I hate them. I hate that my own works were being treated like that." The tyranny of media mix."https://x.com/wingletter/status/2069385329292021821
>>23918415That's weird given that the claim behind Godmars is that Yokoyama himself told them to not to directly adapt his manga.
>>23918418Yeah, if this is true he must have felt distaste in his old age. Some people are wondering if Imagawa's T28 anime was the last straw for him.
>>23918446Ngl it explains why he gave up on sci fi manga after Babel II. I noticed that his 70s manga like Mars and Sono Na Wa 101 seem increasingly angry and needlessly violent, it was his way of asserting control over his own works. Then twenty years later he finds out that Giant Robo and Tetsujin 28 are bound in legal crap so you can’t make a straight OVA adaptation kek
>>23918446I thought T28 2004 was really great. Is that the incorrect opinion these days? I thought it was extremely entertaining and well done. Why would the original author be angry about it?
>>23918690Maybe Yokoyama was ahead of his time when it comes to getting pissed about endless remakes and adaptations.
>>23918690>Is that the incorrect opinionWhat the fuckAnyway, Imagawa's Tetsujin was good. A good open-ended question about the use of technology without beating you over the head with a moral lesson.
