Why don't we have slice-of-life mecha anime? No battles,

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>>15853227
I guess chobits is /m/ but not really mecha

like no one's piloting it

I guess I really meant giant robo shows

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>>15853211
You know Frame Arms Girl exists right?

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>>15853211
I got the show for you OP.

>>15853211
That's exactly what the original Patlabor OVA was OP.

>>15853254
>>15853263
>>15853301

Aha! You've fallen for my ruse to get recs.

Just kidding I didn't know about those.

But it's also occurring to me that with most of Western movies/shows being so pessimistic about technology (see: all of them), is Anime the only medium that's still (somewhat) optimistic about the future? Granted, anime has its share of DYSTOPIA FUTURE too, but at least there's some balance

>>15853333
How the fuck did you manage to post on /m/ before learning about Patlabor?

>>15853335

Heard it a bunch, never watched it.

My impression was that it was unconventional for some reason, but still involves battles.

>>15853340
The original OVA has maybe three minutes worth of actual battles in its entirety. It's more like Police Academy but with mechs.

>>15853333
Kuromukuro also has a heavy SOL focus.

>>15853333
Anime doesn't lend well to grimdark stories because of the colors they use. It could work but the colors they use can ruin the mood.

That said, its probably due to the japanese and their shinto as well. The belief that everything has a god or spirit in it helps to ease people into the thought of their everyday appliances having AIs.

>>15853340
It does have battles--there's one plot arc with the Griffon that has some awesome fight scenes, IMO--but for the most part the action consists of, say, disabling mecha driven by drunk guys or dealing with haywire mechs or stuff like that. It's the sort of thing you'd expect cops to do, though, so it's not like Patlabor is a military drama or space opera or anything.

>>15853333
Optimism about technology is a cancerous mindset.

>>15853649
>it's not like Patlabor is a military drama
As someone that served in a military base located in the outskirts of the city served by one shady mcdonalds, where there is a constant war over contraband, paranoia over spooky "legends" and just people losing their sanity over the isolation and mundane work, I can tell you that Patlabor is the most realistic military drama ever.

>>15853700
For real? That sounds like a trip. Did you ever have anything like the war over porno mags the Chief and Shiba had in that one episode?

>>15853710
Not really because there's internet and smart phones now.

>>15853664
That's not very /m/ of you.

>>15853211
>SoL
That's nu-otaku pandering /a/ shit.
The closest thing that's still respectable is Patlabor TV and the Tachikoma episodes of SAC.

>>15853868
>otaku pandering /a/ shit.
Because old mecha anime weren't pandering to the otaku of the day?

Fuck off with your contrarian bullshit, cancer.

Why would you want anime about giant robots not fighting one another?

>>15853882
>leaving off the nu- which explicitly implies the modern otaku culture that is cancer
No, you fuck off.

>>15853567
>Grimdark
Buzzword

>>15853772
It is actually

>>15853882
old otaku - create your own animations, lovingly craft massive garage kits and personalized models, form clubs and talk with other devoted fans, publish magazines, open your own shop and sell your creations that you took the time to sculpt and cast in resin.

new otaku - live in your parents' house watching child porn cartoons and jacking off all day. ocassionally purchase a prepainted model of a child in lewd clothing.

Not exactly the same thing, huh?