Especially giant armored robosuits with human pilots. Seems like a psychological thing going on there. Feelings of inadequacy? Their loss to the 'giant' Americans in the war and the need to feel big and powerful? Or maybe nothimg, just a fad in anime. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the Japanese or their culture; all men are brothers. I was just reminded of this question, which has occured to me before, when watching 'Appleseed' on TV...
2006-12-23 04:09:52 · 7 answers · asked by AmigaJoe 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
I wonder if they aren't pandering to OUR obsession with "the bigger = the better".
2006-12-23 06:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Nosy Parker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a fad like you say, it's been one that's been around almost as long as anime itself. Mechs are the ultimate weapon. You may have noticed that not all mechs have Japanese pilots. Nine times out of ten the pilots are of European origins. So, I don't think your opinions of inadequacy are true at all. And as far as losing to America so many years ago, think of it like this; they lost the war, but they own us economically. Practically every type of electronic gadget that we can't get enough of has come from Japan.
Really, the mecha animes are fantastic stories. I'm sure everyone notices similarities in the stories to events that have transpired in real life, but that's to be expected. All too often mech animes are about the struggle between war and peace. Each side has it's own opinion of how the world should operate, and therein lies the conflict.
I don't think it's an obsession, and I don't think it has anything to do with America. I just think they're some of the best anime to come out of Japan.
2006-12-23 05:37:47 · answer #2 · answered by Stephanie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt that's inadequacy or anthing like that. Japan is a small united states of america (Land length) that has many themes appropriate now. one in each of them is an getting previous inhabitants. They veiw human robots as a answer: instead of bringing in people to paintings the low end jobs (like we in usa does) they choose for robots to take over a number of those positions. Robots have a place of their society and that they need they are going to help. After the robots take those place of helping the elderly and different jobs interior the domicile. that's organic to ask your self what takes place in the event that they get out of control or grow to be unfavorable. In Japan they're attempting to construct humanoid robots to be helper around the domicile.
2016-10-18 22:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should have been asked instead as 'what's the Japanese obsession with giant monsters?'
Monsters and robots seems to be par, and robots seems to be the modern version of monsters.
The root of these monsters seems to be the Kami, the Japanese gods, who are in many different kind forms, sizes, places, and so on.
If you notice it, early anime seems to treat the relationship between human and robot is like priest and Kami, tamer and beast. A talisman is also sometime used, for robots these talismans would be remote controls.
And that concept priest and Kami is still used in many current anime, with the priest sometimes reside in the Kami.
As for armored robosuits with human pilots.
It's a recent thing.
The current armored robosuits of Japan was inspired from Robert Anson Heinlein's Starship Troopers.
I wouldn't refer the first Gundam as an armored robosuit with a human pilot, it's more like a living thing with an entity inside controlling it. Though Gundam might introduce some of Starship Troopers' concepts.
Macross might have been the first popular anime to introduced armored robosuits with the Zentradi's powered armors, which seems to based Kazuta Miyatake's works on his own version of Starship Troopers' Powered Armors. Plus Macross has more in common with Starship Troopers than Gundam, including its own version of Juan 'Johnny' Rico (the average guy) and Carmencita Ibanez (the pretty popular girl).
Studio Nue who co-produced Macross also done their own version of Starship Troopers, with the improved design of Kazuta Miyatake's version of Starship Troopers' Powered Armors.
Powered Armors of course are nothing more but armors that give the wearer super human strength, and it was featured in many ancient stories.
2006-12-23 08:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly sure, but I do know the Japanese people won't be buying them. Japan is the richest third-world country. The government is rich because the people are poor. Japanese scientists are banking on robot technology for the future, but I believe it will not be as lucrative as they anticipate. Most Japanese homes/apartments are quite small, so I believe most Japanese won't be buying the big home robots out of practicality. Will there be a big enough demand from overseas for the exorbitant robots? Not likely.
2006-12-23 04:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by Tiberius 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
probably to let people know that the japanese's technelogy is big and powerful and better than anyone elses' i dont no i hate mecha and big robots!
2006-12-23 04:22:28 · answer #6 · answered by little_washu24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have and obsession, it's just you. Or maybe they are crazy. Maybe I'M crazy...
2006-12-23 05:04:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋