What are some /m/ designs that both east and west seem to share love for?I think the Metal Gears are a good example. It scratches the itch of the Biped walking A-10 warthog that Westerners gravitate towards but also seem to have finese and sleekness of Easterners tend to favor making them liked by both.
If you're doing this kid of thread we may as well knock out the most obvious one
Maybe the Starship Trooper mechas? They almost feel like an stylistic in-between to me
imbassuming stuff like votoms looks cool to them>>22582433oh yeah. halo basically ripped it off
>>22582434Everyone did. It kinda invented power armor...
>>22582446never heard that one before
Everything in Dougram, unironically. It is basically foundational to the Western mecha pantheon, though it does not seem to often be acknowledged as such by many save for /m/en of course.
>>22582433>>22582434tbf it's not super consistent how the ST power armor is supposed to look which is why there's so many different designs to it.
>>22582647As long as it looks reasonably like a hydrocephalic gorilla, it's ok.
>>22582647for me its always this
>>22582452Starship Troopers has had a massive influence on the "piloted mecha" concept in general. The name "Mobile Suit" comes from the concept taking inspiration from the powered suits worn by the mobile infantry in the book.
>>22582654I don't see how.power armor and mecha is a completely different thing
>>22582659You have the autism.
I don't understand this thread, you are in a board made for westerners to appreciate eastern designs, is that not enough?
>>22582671This board usually shits on western designs or takes on mecha dingbat
>>22582662don't see what that has to do with anything
>>22582659Power armor is person sizedMecha is tank sizedSuper robo is building size and largerExplain any tangible difference is between these other than the scale
>>22582929tone
>>22582929power armor is a suit of armor, its poweres armored clothes. its not mecha, its not a vehicle.mecha is a vehicle you pilot, regardless of the size. real robot, is a machine with strict rueles of reality that apply to it, realistic mecha.super robot is a non realistic, exaggerated mecha. with fantastical elements and fluid rules.
>>22583402Both a mecha and power armor possess armor and some kind of power supply or engine to provide them with locomotion. I do not understand the means of arbitration you are using to differentiate between a vehicle and clothes. Clothes are given locomotion by the power of the operator.
>>22583402Nah, your autism is terminal, the people making this sort of media don't give a shit about your so-called definitions. Also learn how to type properly.
>>22583859a plane possesses armor and power supply, that don't make it a mecha.power armor is provided control of locomotion through natural movement of the operators limbs. like clothes.mecha is provided control through leveras and buttons and pdals. like a vehicle.>>22583860heil grammar.
>>22582769So?
>>22583402Iron Man’s armor has been termed a “Somatic Combat Vehicle”.
>>22582929Spoiler: it's all mecha.
>>22583402Japanese mecha designers will tell you their illustration of future armour is mecha.
>>22582425Second most obvious
>>22584054ok
>>22584133
>>22584145>a jpeg of a gif for use on tumblr 10 years ago
>>22584170glad you enjoy
>>22582659>power armor and mecha is a completely different thingWhat is a man if not a fleshy glob of brain matter piloting a pint-sized bio-mech?
>>22584221A miserable pile of lies.
>>22584221an overgrown hydrogen molecule.
Theres something about mechs with face armor that captivates both western and eastern audiences
>>22584051So read the OP you deductive esl retard
>>22584034I believe all 3 of these are vehicles based just on that they are self propelled contraptions for carrying a person or payload. Also based on your criteria of the control surfaces, wouldn't G Gundam's Shining Gundam or Star Driver's Tauburn, among many others, be a power armor unit since the pilot controls the mobile suit almost entirely through free movement within the cockpit with no analog levers or buttons?What then of an autonomous AI controlling the mecha or the power armor? Would it necessarily be one or the other if it had one installed?
>>22582647I love the nukepunk look.
>>22585440>nukepunk
>>22585373g gundam is one reception to the criteria, because the control suit is completely detached from anything and is still just in a cockpit,doesn't even have to be inside the mecha really.escaflowne would be more apt, but its still controlling a big machine instead of suit of armor around you. the biggest thing for me. power armor being just that, armor. it needs to be smaller.even if mecha is small, its still mecha, but power armor needs to be smaller to be power armor.ai controlling just makes it a robot.
Older Japanese men loved the Jaegers from Pacific Rim but younger Japanese men did not, from the ones I've met and talked mecha with. I'm not sure what to make of that.
>>22582397the original metal gear model wasnt sleek
>>22585679goddamn it i forgot the image
>>22585682Nobody gives af about the OG metal gear game
>>22585687fuck you, i care
>>22585682This is just an upgraded Walker Gear, right?
>>22585716its supposed to be the first model made by some rusian (forgot the name) unless there is an older model in one of the prequels, i've only played up to solid 2 so i dont know
>>22585719man...
>>22585801The retcons of later games/prequels were fucking retarded, absolute trash.
>>22582652>>22582647>>22582651This is apparently how it's supposed to look according to the book's description, more or less (some would say it should be more gorilla-like). Which yeah, I'd rather take the look of the OVA or the CG movies
>>22585801>>22585805What isn't shown is that that silly little tiny Metal Gear has better armor than any of them that came before, and the fact that it's small means it can actually serve its goddamn purpose, to sneakily deploy a nuke without people being aware of its location. It's meant to be a submarine on land, not a battle tank. Something later games forgot.
>>22582397Nobody really talks about the glory that is lego Exo-Force. Being based on anime and eastern designs it feels like the only good western real robot thing out there.Lego ninjago also has mechs, but they are fucking do shit and are a perfect example of why western mechs suck Exo-force understands the coolness of eastern mechs and rolls with it. Ninjago is a sad attempt at what a westerner thinks an eastern styled mech is
>>22582397
>>22585831>or the CG moviesThat's just Spartan armor, but grittier.
>>22585831looks like shit>>22585935looks even worse
>>22585831Yeah it looks shitty, but having read the book myself I can totally see this as what Heinlein was envisioning
>>22584222words as empty as your soul
>>22587761They look fine in motionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fulH4tF293s
>>22585660Sagara Sousuke's AS isn't a mecha then?
>>22588794post it
>>22589009He can only reach his maximum combat capability with his human pilot, but he is capable of autonomous movement and navigation. To say a mecha isn't a mecha when it has the ability to seek you out and get you to get mount it like a kind of loyal warhorse is ridiculous. Robot does not necessarily mean an automoton.
>>22589415yeah that's like titanfall 2 stuff its like hybrid kind of thing. I like it a lot because of symbiosis and connection between pilot and robot.
>>22582397>both east and west seem to share love for?It's universally acknowledged that the Orz are the best faction in SCII and they pilot mecha https://youtu.be/zyhWnRAXCBQ?si=4oOqYn0v-BlzDTT7&t=270
>>22582397Speaking of Metal Gear I feel like everyone loves robot skeletons/terminators. Maybe Robocop too.
>>22589455>you'll never have your own mech that tells you how happy they are you are back in a cute girls voice Why live?
>>22589594>tfw my pilot was always a similacrum because I used stims so I myself was also a robot piloting a bigger robot
>>22589594>cute girls voicefucking weak, pilot.
>>22582769No it doesn't
I don't know if it counts but the Japanese seem to love Grievous as much as western Star Wars fanboys do.
>>22582425Is it because of nostalgia or because Americans like cars
>>22589455I truly wonder how great an inspiration Full Metal Panic was to Titanfall. Al is, in my opinion, the most memorable cockpit AI ever and all of my mecha fantasies involved a talking cheeky robot buddy in the cockpit ever since I watched it way back in the day.
>>22591040full metal panic has that?I always though it was some quirky school parody with big bioba and guns or something
>>22591221It's several things.
>>22591221The story is mostly about terrorism, paramilitaries, world governments, and modern warfare, kinda like MGS. And there are indeed high school romcom hijinks to filter the normalfags.Truly a perfect anime.
>>22592132normalfags watch only for that, so if anything its only to rope them in
>>22591221That's Fumoffu, the comedy series that takes place between the first 2 seasons and focuses entirely on the high school hijinks.Fumoffu is genuinely a really good show though, I recommend it.
>>22585877gotta give the saban guys credit. Daijujin was the sexyest robot sentai had ever made up to that point. perfect place to kick off marketing-wise.
>>22593582who said mofumofu
