Let's Not Think About It
As adults, our eyes might be overtly critical. But when we were children, super robot anime astonished us; they made us believe in the impossible. No, wrong. They made us believe that everything is possible, and I found myself, at 27, still dreaming of going to space.
Well, the rule here is just enjoy the show, don't think too much about strange things or discrepancies or whatever that might raise your eyebrows; but I'm writing some of them here anyway.
For instance, I could never understand why Macross was not designed and built better; every time Macross tried to change shape, the buildings inside got crashed or torn apart and they'd count the civilian casualties later. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching Macross transformation.
Talking about transformation. Getter Robo was the first series to portray super robots formed by combining three crafts together. They all look so cool, until you begin to wonder where the long legs of Getter-1 and Getter-2 are kept when they are not combining. The legs just seem to grow out of the lower parts of the individual crafts. Does this mean that the legs are some kind of folded pipes, and thus quite hollow?
Voltes V design is more conceivable - with the legs being a big, special craft ('volt machine') piloted by Gou Hiyoshi. (Watching Voltes V combining - 'volting in' - is one of the fun things I anticipate from every episode.) Why the need to make a super robot from a combination of smaller crafts or vehicles? With Voltes V being piloted by five people, and that the individual craft can mount their own attacks, this can still be accepted with a nod.
But one-man super robots that come in more than one piece - nah, that's a question. Why must Gaiking be formed from three different parts, two launched from the belly of Daiku Maryuu, one Daiku Maryuu's own head? Not only this leaves Daiku Maryuu headless for a while (although it will resume a defensive position), but it takes time for the three parts to combine, thus putting Gaiking and its pilot (Sanshiro) in danger.
And super robot anime characters are known for their tight outfits. Voltes V's outfits are great, in my opinion - no 'underwear' outside - and looking useful at the same time.
It's just that in one episode, in which Kenichi went to meet Kazarin in a church, and Cruiser was sent to him, he jumped from a cliff and ripped his clothes apart to reveal his pilot outfit below. What the hell? In another episode, Ippei was shown climbing into Bomber still with his daily clothes, because he didn't have the time to change into his pilot outfit. Yes, they have to change into their pilot outfits...
The question left is: So how tight actually their outfits are, that Kenichi could wear it underneath his clothes?
Poor teenage boys. It must be hard to control their teen hormones with such tight-fitting costumes.
I'm not going to talk about Daigo's also-tight clothes, or why the Mechacon provides their captain with a pink vest of all colours. When I re-watched the first episode of Toshi Gordian (that must be given credits for portraying robots that are more like armour (in armour) as each successive robot jumps into the bigger one, and presenting a convincing design of how the pilots move the arms and the legs of the robots), I couldn't help thinking that he reminded me a bit like Bang Haji. Cycling around recklessly on a motorbike... where did they get the money to buy the fuel, I wonder?
But the outfits of the Daiku Maryuu's crew are a bit suspicious. Hey, if the Professor can wear those trousers (despite tight), why should the younger ones wear stupidly looking bottom? Probably it's a bit of perverted taste of the Professor? *suddenly receives a gigantic punch from behind*
Well, the moral lesson is: Enjoy. Have fun. Indulge your imagination.
Well, the rule here is just enjoy the show, don't think too much about strange things or discrepancies or whatever that might raise your eyebrows; but I'm writing some of them here anyway.
For instance, I could never understand why Macross was not designed and built better; every time Macross tried to change shape, the buildings inside got crashed or torn apart and they'd count the civilian casualties later. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching Macross transformation.
Talking about transformation. Getter Robo was the first series to portray super robots formed by combining three crafts together. They all look so cool, until you begin to wonder where the long legs of Getter-1 and Getter-2 are kept when they are not combining. The legs just seem to grow out of the lower parts of the individual crafts. Does this mean that the legs are some kind of folded pipes, and thus quite hollow?
Voltes V design is more conceivable - with the legs being a big, special craft ('volt machine') piloted by Gou Hiyoshi. (Watching Voltes V combining - 'volting in' - is one of the fun things I anticipate from every episode.) Why the need to make a super robot from a combination of smaller crafts or vehicles? With Voltes V being piloted by five people, and that the individual craft can mount their own attacks, this can still be accepted with a nod.
But one-man super robots that come in more than one piece - nah, that's a question. Why must Gaiking be formed from three different parts, two launched from the belly of Daiku Maryuu, one Daiku Maryuu's own head? Not only this leaves Daiku Maryuu headless for a while (although it will resume a defensive position), but it takes time for the three parts to combine, thus putting Gaiking and its pilot (Sanshiro) in danger.
And super robot anime characters are known for their tight outfits. Voltes V's outfits are great, in my opinion - no 'underwear' outside - and looking useful at the same time.
It's just that in one episode, in which Kenichi went to meet Kazarin in a church, and Cruiser was sent to him, he jumped from a cliff and ripped his clothes apart to reveal his pilot outfit below. What the hell? In another episode, Ippei was shown climbing into Bomber still with his daily clothes, because he didn't have the time to change into his pilot outfit. Yes, they have to change into their pilot outfits...
The question left is: So how tight actually their outfits are, that Kenichi could wear it underneath his clothes?
Poor teenage boys. It must be hard to control their teen hormones with such tight-fitting costumes.
I'm not going to talk about Daigo's also-tight clothes, or why the Mechacon provides their captain with a pink vest of all colours. When I re-watched the first episode of Toshi Gordian (that must be given credits for portraying robots that are more like armour (in armour) as each successive robot jumps into the bigger one, and presenting a convincing design of how the pilots move the arms and the legs of the robots), I couldn't help thinking that he reminded me a bit like Bang Haji. Cycling around recklessly on a motorbike... where did they get the money to buy the fuel, I wonder?
But the outfits of the Daiku Maryuu's crew are a bit suspicious. Hey, if the Professor can wear those trousers (despite tight), why should the younger ones wear stupidly looking bottom? Probably it's a bit of perverted taste of the Professor? *suddenly receives a gigantic punch from behind*
Well, the moral lesson is: Enjoy. Have fun. Indulge your imagination.