Kotetsu Jeeg is the first mecha #anime I watched on Italian television:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN1dZz-GoE
I loved this sequence where Miwa takes off on a weird jet plane called Big Shooter while Hiroshi jumps off a cliff with a winged motorbike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzBCFlf9KTQ
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All of Go Nagai mechas had unnecessarily complicated launch sequences. Ufo Robot Grandizer had multiple route options:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTuEhMXV1ZI
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Trider G7 came out in the middle of the decadent age of mecha anime, characterized by toy robots piloted by children.
I thought it was silly even when I was the same age of the protagonist!
For being a #mecha #anime designed to promote a transformable toy, Daitarn 3 had pretty good humor. Plus, the Meganoid commanders were all caricatures of human flaws: narcissism, greed, lust, ambition...
This one for instance wanted to direct the greatest martial arts movie of all times 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsQU5-X7Yio
The Meganoids also had their own transformation sequences: they used a special machine with four energy emitters to grow and shapeshift their bodies into a Megaborg before the final duel with the Daitarn 3.
There are cues that becoming a Megaborg is irreversible and a difficult step for some Meganoid commanders who are still attached to their original human form.
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This one was huge in France. There it is called "Goldorak".
Probably due to the numerous anime broadcasted in the 80s/90s, France became the 2nd largest market for manga (still 17 less than Japan I think), and half of the comics there are manga (and there is a big tradition of franco-belgian comics)
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Maybe it looks complicated because they have a process similar to trains where the staff use hand gestures and describe actions to be sure that none is missed.
@Fabimaru In the Italian dub, it was called Goldrake, and all the characters got English-sounding names:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Robot_Goldrake#Edizione_italiana
@codewiz and the only mecha of that time with his own facial expression
The pilot of the Great Mazinger also took a long detour on a jet plane, then return to the Fortress of Science to get into the damn robot 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GN6wBVTrvw
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