The video below shows what a small team in a garage can do. This isn’t a DARPA funded project or a big corporation showing off their tech. Nevertheless, this real life mech looks to be remarkable. It looks like some of the key motion control aspects of the build challenge are well and truly solved. […]
LEGO fuses Evangelion and Gundam
This creation mixes Evangelion and Gundam styles together. I say that up front because I didn’t twig from the title “EVA Gundam”. I heard the music and though to myself – wait, no, that’s the wrong mecha. Then I doubted myself. Wait, no, maybe… It’s a mix. That’s why. It’s impressive but it’ll mess with […]
Eureka Seven Ao trailer
Eureka Seven Ao is the latest in the Eureka Seven line. It’s described as a “proper sequel” set sometime after the original series – thus avoiding the “alternative universe” sequel that some fans dislike. The anime follows two main characters; Ao Fukai is a child being raised by an old doctor called Toshio because both […]
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files movie review
Armored Trooper VOTOMS is an anime series with a long history; 52 TV episodes that started in 1983, plenty of movies and games. VOTOMS is a mecha fighting series – but unlike Gundam the mecha are not giant space robots, they’re suits about 4 metres tall, they’re about as “man size” as powered fighting suits […]
Enough footage of Another Century’s Episode: R that you can review the game yourself
Another Century’s Episode: R is an mecha game that evokes pretty much every single anime archetype. Perhaps it’s the same sense of thoroughness that perusaded the game makes to be so inclusive that also perusaded them to release so much in-game footage. The following two YouTube videos probably contain enough of Another Century’s Episode: R […]
