After watching Gunbuster for the very first time last month (good God, that final scene...), I realized...maybe I should give the entire giant robot genre a second chance.
I just didn't feel the genre was for me. Though I did have my exceptions--for example, I adored Gurren Lagann, and it's still one of my five favorite anime of all time.
But I knew that show was meant to be a celebration of the genre, and to a lesser extent masculinity itself.
I really should get into Gundam.
After watching Gunbuster for the very first time last month (good God, that final scene...), I realized...maybe I should give the entire giant robot genre a second chance.
Mobile Suit Gundam (Gundam 0079) has aged well. Start there. The compilation movies are good if you don't feel like diving into the whole series.
That's exactly where I was going to start, the 1979 original.
Newer Series are meh but the core stuff is an intriguing bag of showing the corruption of large global government over time.
Why did you get filtered by the giant robot? Also asides gundam, I think you should dai guard next.
I just didn't feel the genre was for me. Though I did have my exceptions--for example, I adored Gurren Lagann, and it's still one of my five favorite anime of all time.
But I knew that show was meant to be a celebration of the genre, and to a lesser extent masculinity itself.
I want to recommend gridman/dynazenon then. Made by the same staff and is just as hopeful.
Watch Bravern from this season if you haven't yet, it's really good.
Has the homoeroticism toned down?
I will. I've heard a lot of fun things about it.
https://youtu.be/kfPpvzf54Og? Mobile Suit Gundam (0083) was my favorite growing up.