I would think Macross should be high on transformers fan lists of anime to check out. Kawamori did a good amount of the designs in both Transformers and Macross. The toy for Jetfire was a recolored VF-1S with fastpacks from Macross as well. It’s not the same type of fast action pacing as Transformers since it’s more of a drama based around human characters rather than talking robots, but if you’re ok with that then the action scenes are awesome with the Vf-1 being a transforming fighter plane and even a gigantic transforming ship with a city inside. The Macross movie Do You Remember Love has some of the most beautiful 2d animation that pretty much blows away anything else, even though the movie just turned 40 this year. It’s truly an animated masterpiece even if the story is a little rushed
@@ThirteenPrimesI wish I had the cash for a lot of the dx line. The YF21 looks pretty neat, but on my budget I opted to preorder the little hg kit instead
Macross is so human-centric though. The bots aren't even in every episode. I like Macross, but for me it was more cause I was looking for something to watch after Mobile Suit Gundam and Armored Trooper Votoms. If I was wanting something closer to Transformers, I'd definitely watch the Braves series before I watched Macross. Or even Machine Robo.
@@JaceyMitchellit’s definitely a different kind of story, but the design aspect is so close with the transforming and when there is a battle, it’s pretty epic. I had never seen so many missiles in anything until Macross. I think it’s more for the transformers fans that have started to grow up a little and maybe want a bit more than a weekly situation.
The original Gundam series has remarkably similar animation to G1 Transformers, even though the tones of the story are wildly different. I even joke how Amuro Ray looks like Daniel Witwicky lol
@@IronMysterian That's cool. I would also say Voltron is a good pick. If I recall, Peter Cullen was the English dub Narrator for classic Voltron. That alone would entice Transformers fans.
@@ToyotaTacomaOfficial Absolutely, but there is a warning I must issue: buying Transformers figures *and* Gunpla is a slippery slope that could easily put a hole in your wallet. Like when I bought my MG Barbatos lol
I remember seeing G1 transformers on toy shelves, BEFORE they were known as Transformers. ( It WAS called Daikion/Diaclone) labelled in english. But the line up was ( from what I saw) only different color version of the non humanoid looking robots ( the ones that went from cars/vans to different bay settups. I bought one. And had a really good DOUGRAM steel/plastic mech. That thing cost me a whopping $40 of my christmas money. ( Which also shown up as a Robotech Defenders model as well) This was before any american heard what a nintendo was btw. :D The influx of unlicensed/poorly marketed toy robots on Toys R Us, was a great time, in the early 80s!
Kageyama is a big name in general. He's sung for so many series that he has nicknames from the fans of each series such as Mr. Dragonball. In relation to M.D. Geist, I remember reading somewhere (maybe tvtropes) that he doesn't even remember that he sang songs for it. Actually, if you really wan to know more about Kageyama, you can check out his entry in tvtropes.
Great List. I've seen all of these, including the rest of the Brave series, and Machine Robo Battle Hackers ( which is just nuts 😂). Gold Lightan is on my list. I still love the game Tatsunoko vs Capcom for Wii which actually had Lightan as playable character 😂.
I got TvC as a gift back in high school and had no clue who so many of those Tatsunoko characters were! Then my dad saw me playing it one day and was like “is that the guy from G-Force?” That was the start of a very long rabbit hole for me, and I’m so glad to see somebody else mention that fantastic game!
I personally still think J-decker is the best recommendation out of the brave series because the robots actually have a personality, where most Brave series, the robots don't really have any
@IronMysterian true, but J decker still manages to give all their characters personalities which is why I think it's the best to recommend, like in exkaiser, none of the hero robots have any personality, hell, three of them are literally called Sky max, turbo max and drill max
Yeah brave series had pretty generic names for combiner team members. Their first name is literally what they turn into, followed by the name of their respective team.
I think it's easier for fans of newer TF installments to get into J-Decker because of how much emphasis they put on the Braves' personalities - whereas in most other titles some if not all mecha are put on the sidelines when it comes to character development or showing personality because many other Brave shows focus more on the human cast which can be off-putting for some fans who came for the sentient robots. If someone likes older TF entries, I recommend checking out Exkaiser and Fighbird first and if they like it, they can (but don't have to) watch the rest in chronological order. Goldran is also a good pick for people who are more interested in the Braves and I can't recommend starting with Dagwon because it's like the outlier of the series. Might Gaine and Gaogaigar also stray a bit from the core of the previous shows but they are good in their own way. Da Garn may be my personal favorite but I wouldn't recommend it as a starter either for different reasons. (That's just my opinion, don't take it at face value and I don't mean to disrespect any of these shows - each one is great in its own way)
Fun reccs man, I've been meaning to get to watching Macross and Brave for a while now myself; am just still binging through the TF anime in the meanwhile, haha.
I can highly recommend The King of Braves GaoGaiGar. The 50ish episode TV series is pretty good, but the 8 episode FINAL OVA series is absolutely incredible and should be experienced by any fans of animated mecha action.
Nevermind that I have the Gundam itself and yes, many combinations from Lion form to all combined. There's a train, a spy jet and driller too and they're all detachable.
Adding Choujuu Kishin Dancouga to the list of anime recommendations for Transformers fans, considering the individual mechs can transform into different mechanical animals, and can combine to form a bad-ass mecha with laser cannons and a wicked sword that can slice the heavens.
That basically was the whole movie, some artists just put their personal style in some scenes that exaggerated things a bit more (which is usual for anime at the time too).
My first Transformers were the Robotech Jetfire, Shockwave, Hoffer,which to my incredible sadness I was ungrateful and told my mom that she got the wrong one. I asked for Optimus and thought Huffer was a Go-bot...😢 looking back and realizing how hard my mom worked to give me pretty awesome stuff. She was around 21 years old and I was around 5. Kids PLLLEEASSE be kind to your mother figures whomever it is. Grandma, uncle, your Dad's life partner/husband, big brother or sister etc. Please show them that you see what they do for you and you are around grateful. ( hadn't heard of Robotech and had some knock down drag out arguments that looking back..ohh I am FEELING THE CRINGE 😢 Few things worse than a person who CLEARLY hasn't got some of the chapters insisting LOUDLY that his understanding of the story is THE understanding of the story 😢
As transformers fan gone general mecha fan I can drop a few more recs: from the big rival franchise Gundam: Movie adaptation of original series, to get a proper context for awesome trio of OVAs - 08th MS Team, War in the Pocket and Stardust Memory - those all four are part of Gundam universal Century timeline, Gundams G1 if you will. From the same - Zeta Gundam, where transforming mecha became somewhat widespread. And for something very different - G Gundam - martial arts drama with giant robots and awesomely on point cheesiest English dub;Gundam Wing for all the yaoi fangirl bait and Gundam X for Fallout with giant robots. Armored Trooper VOTOMS franchise - if you liked 08th MS Team but still want even more gritty realistic approach to mecha that is for you. No transforming mecha here, and you'll have to watch the original TV series with it's dated looks, as it serves as a core around which plots of most OVAs and sidestories is built. For introduction into classic Super Robot franchises there is a bunch of OVAs made by Dynamic Production, that would introduce as short and visually pleasing introductions to the heroes and concepts - Mazinkaiser OVA+movie, New Getter Robo and Getter Robo Armageddon, Kotetsushin Jeeg, Getter robo is notable for being first transforming and combining mecha in particular. And finally, crossing a bit with Brave franchise and Machine Robo recomendations - anything mecha with Masami Obari attached to it's animation.
Interesting piece of trivia regarding MD Geist. He’s actually the mascot for the US licensing company US manga Corp. And another piece of anime trivia, the mascot that Toei anime studio, well that cat mascot it’s from a Puss and boots Japanese film that they produced. Which I believe was one of their early animated works.
Surprisingly what got me into Transformers was actually the Shogun Warriors toy line from Mattel that came out in 1979. Just like GI I think they were taken from different anime.
Interesting video but I feel mobile suit gundam was what really changed mecha anime as a whole and alot of shows that came after it like transformers (my first love) wouldn't be here if it wasn't for what gundam dared to try
Transformers was only a game changer for the USA. It was huge in Japan at the time, and it was influential for its target audience, but it certainly didn't change the genre. Gundam was the game changer and that was an evolution of the direction mecha was heading with Getter Robo and Zambot 3. Gundam was popular with older audiences, as kids were growing less interested in diecast toys before Transformers, while Gunpla helped solidify Tominos older audience.
What Gundam helped with, because Macross came out at about the same time and is also considered to have helped usher in Real Robot as a genre, was expand what Mecha as a genre could be, rather than necessarily evolve the genre as a whole. Meanwhile the Brave series, as mentioned on this list, helped keep the Super Robot genre alive, and GaoGaiGar even helped to revitalize it for a short time(reportedly the creation Getter Robo OVAs were inspired by GaoGaiGar doing well) after Evangelion deconstructed it and spawned many attempted copycats.
@@aliesterus1.023I often see western mecha fans say GGG reconstructed mecha after NGE deconstructed it and I have to disagree because they were just running on the rails set by their predecessors (previous Yuusha series for GGG, and Zambot/Gundam/Ideon/Ultraman for NGE).
@@IronMysterian The thing is, GaoGaiGar was wildly more successful than what came before, and still gets random references in completely unrelated anime here and there. It kind of kicked off something of a Super Robot renaissance. On top of that, GaoGaiGar actually took the effort to try to inject a bit of realism here and there, as if to say "Super Robots could still be cool even if we were to make some of it realistic". And then there's the fact that every single piece of tech from GaoGaiGar that GGG has used has some sort of theoretical physics backing it. Even some phenomena have theoretical physics, like the Klein's Space being the shape of a Klein's Bottle. There's also some direct contrasts between GaoGaiGar and Evangelion that people have taken note on. On top of all of this, I keep seeing mentions of an interview speaking about how Evangelion had influenced the development process.
@@IronMysterian It's not completely impossible the reason some of us can't find the source is because it's in Japanese... Or the site is dead. It certainly wouldn't be the first time I've seen a claim with no source, then accidentally find a confirmation years down the line scrawling through some random Japanese site looking for something else entirely on Google Translate.
This was nice. I also recommend the anime gyrozetter it's about some kids using cars that they drive and control and can turn into robot mechs, and another anime called turning mecard, which is about kids using these little cars that can turn into different robotic creatures.
Nice list. MD Geist was on a lot of lists back in the day and I never watched it. I'll check this out for the robot designs alone if nothing else. Ive been trying to think of what halonix maximus ( Giganticus) from G1 would transform into and someone said it was based on diaclone the great, but when I look at the toy commercials, I couldnt see it. Looking at the sketch you showed I completely see it now. I wish some of these had made it to US shores rather than the shonen jump stuff.
Exkaiser in particular reminded me a lot of Car Robots (better known as RiD) which I saw episodes of as a kid. And even more striking is that it predates the latter by 10 years on the dot.
The only thing i can thank these shows for is reminding me that transforming robots aren't an original idea. I'd also like to add on to this with Dancouga, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Mighty Orbots, Shinkalion and Tobots. Maybe even Denkou Choujin Gridman and Genesis Climber Mospeda to some extent. Anyways, I myself have my own idea for a transforming robot series with the only differences is that they're not aliens, not full sized vehicles, and it'll have a little more of a superhero aspect to it
I remember Macross but not from tv. There was a game on NES I think? (It was Pegasus where I live, a bootleg clone console) it was a side view space shoot em up. When I saw that jet transform in the video, it instantly reminded me about that game :D
My favorite part of the aesthetic from transformers & adjacent anime isn't the robots - it's the consoles! My favorite episodes from g1 were almost always the ones set on cybertron or featuring lots of computers. Macross definitely helped fill that need but im alwayd looking for more.
Please keep making videos, you have become one of my favorite channels. Maybe some deep dives on Brave/diaclone/microman series? Thanks for the great videos.
Fun fact: Gold Lightan actually descended from a design by Popy's Katsushi Murakami that he originally did for fun, because he was a heavy smoker and had a collection of novelty lighters.
thank you for the list, it's a shame no one is dubbing these old shows as they are rather then the few getting the cra-p edited out of them. I'm a slow reader so it takes anywhere from 34 to 45 minutes depending on the amount of talking, for me to watch a dub, pausing every time there's text to read and so on hehe. toke me months to watch Naruto and one piece sub's.
M.D. Geist is the cat's pajamas. This is the first video I've seen that mentions this hidden gem. I highly recommend watching it as it's among the best in the genre.
I grew up watching Gold Lightan in 1987, I always find it having a bit more "creepy" atmosphere or storyline. There was one episode that basically scared the shit out of me when the MC went to a small village just to search for his favorite teacher as he been away for a long while. While he found him in the village, something was not right with him, all the villagers try to kill the kid and Lightan. Turns out the whole village was androids being replaced by the real humans. Machine Robo made the Go Bots look cool by "Animufy" them. There was an anime that I forgot the name, but it has three transforming robots being controlled by human characters. There is a Battle Tank that is blue, controlled by a blonde guy. Then there is a Brown Military Jeep car controlled by the obligatory Japanese protagonist and finally a military helicopter controlled by a female pilot. Forgot the name of this anime but it sort of set in a militaristic planet
You're thinking of Special Armored Battalion Dorvack. Both the helicopter and "jeep" you're thinking of became Whirl and Roadbuster in the Transformers!
As a 50y man who grew up on really anime like Macross/Robotech, Gundam, Speed Racer, Gatchaman/G-Force, I was pulled into the Transformers universe. because i an such a huge anime fan. That's why [ to me] G1 is the real and only Transformers line o matters to me
Pretty much anything from the Brave series by Sunrise from the 90's, created by Takara which included: Brave ExKaiser The Brave Fighter Sun Fighbird The Brave Fighter Legend of Dai-Garn Brave Express Might Gaine Brave Police J-Decker The Brave of Gold Goldran Brave Command Dagwon The King of Braves GaoGaiGar And its spinoff: Betterman. The Brave franchise was created by Takara to serve as a replacement for Transformers when Transformers started to not do so well in Japan I'ma the early 90s. Incidentally, there were three crossover strategy based video games primarily based on the Brave series. they were:😢⁷ Brave Saga 1 & 2 for PS1 Shinseiki Yuusha Taisen for PS2 (New Century Brave Wars) Outside of those, also: Mighty Orbots Six God Combination GodMars Gold Lightan Video Warrior Laserion Shippuu! Iron Leaguer
Kidou Senshi Gundam, Chou Jikuu Yosai Macross, Tetsujin, and Tatake Chou Seimeitai Robot Transformer fan. Most of these animations were from japan. Very recommended of Gold Lightan, UFO Grendeizer, Top wo Nerae Gunbuster, Seisenshi Dunbine, Juusenki L-Gaim for depth great story and characters.
Thanks for the recommendations. Love Macross, and the animation on DYRL (and the eps that weren't farmed out) is, to me, my fav style. I like how the M.R series looks too. Its amazing how far anime has come in the states. Back in the early 90s it was expensive VHS tapes out of a photocopied catalog from Books Nippon.
Hmm I didn't think about it but now I do I have seen transformers fans particularly mentioning J-Decker, as someone who's seen both Exkaiser and J-Decker I do see why but Exkaiser to me as someone who doesn't consider themself a transformers fan, a more pure encapsulation of early transformers with how silly episode plots can get.
My anime recommendations for TF fans are pretty simple: Transformers the Headmasters Transformers Super-God Masterforce Transformers Victory Transformers Zone Beast Wars II Beast Wars Neo Transformers Go Might as well indulge in the anime the franchise has already given us 🤷
@@IronMysterian well with gundam there isn’t much else, I would never tell someone to start a franchise with its cameo in Ready Player One just because they’re American. With transformers, I just feel it’s logical to inform American fans about the Japanese shows. I’m sorry if I came across as just flatly stating the obvious, I have nothing against Gundam or Brave or the like.
Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos took my attention because of robot-girl, to be honest. And for some reason (probably because of robo designs) it reminded me Mega Man instead of Transformers. But still looks good.
If you don't mind watching subtitles, Robots in Disguise was animated, but only partially translated. It's important to realize the designs, while no official force will confirm it, led to the Energon Trilogy.
Transformers got lots of OVAs and anime back then. They were by the same studio, Toei and were part of the Japanese G1 continuity no different from the first cartoon, with a new entry/sequel every year done with the same drawing style. See Scramble City, Headmasters, Super God Masterforce, Victory, and Zone. But dark and edgy they were not.
With age my opinion of Transformers Energon has more or less come into line with how most fans see the show, but the rare moments when the animation for the bots switches to hand drawn animation. Let's just say, we were robbed of something special there.
If your putting MD Guist on the list, then we should put Bubblegum Crises on the list also. It's more "Iron Man VS The Terminator" than the Transformers, but... Also, kicking music. Kono Wa Hurricane. Nuff said.
My problem with Exkaiser as a recommendation is that you're making an assumption that a large majority of the transformers fanbase are primarily G1 fans, which kust isnt the case. As somebody who has watched _all_ of Exkaiser, I cannot in good faith recommend it as an introduction series to Brave as a whole, not without you already being a huge kecha fan(and even then that can be a huge ask), or without an episode guide on what to skip. One big problem with Exkaiser, I've found, is that among the Brave robots, character differences are... Barely there. Instead most of the characterization seems to have gone to the humans and the Geisters instead, with Kouta and Exkaiser receiving all of the character development. This is a huge problem for anyone who cares about characterization, of which there will be in the Transformers community. It's also impossible to take the Geisters seriously if you were to watch every episode, which will be a problem for the TF fans who care about story or setting. They steal the most random things. For example, why in the world would an advanced alien species capable of interstellar travel buy the fastest car Earth can produce? I imagine that there's much better out there. And then, even if it's episodic in nature, the Geisters are kinda just... All a bunch of idiots of varying degrees(even Ptera Geist, for all their self-proclaimed genius) who keep getting in each other's way. The only one ever came across as a credible threat was Dino Geist, who the showrunners did not make efficient use of(something they learned how to do better with Draias in Fighbird, who, whenever they do lose while on screen, it never quite feels like it's Draias' fault), and eventually doesn't feel quite enough to carry the show. This is a big problem for people who care about having a good villain or antagonist. Altogether, Exkaiser feels very dated in comparison to all Brave shows that came after it, which is especially incredible when you consider that Fighbird, which came immediately after it, feels like it has similar or equal quality to the later installment. The only reason I could ever tell a person to watch Exkaiser first is because it carries many of the prototypes of many character types that come in later shows, and that it appears all later installments have at least one Exkaiser easter egg, but only after telling them all of these negatives beforehand sp they know exactly what they're getting into. The better thing to do is to point to Brave as a franchise, then pick out about three to five shows to serve as an introduction point, and point out their pros and cons based on a viewer's potential preferences.
Obviously, every fan is going to like different shows for different reasons, and I wanted this to be an easy introductory video for people to watch without intimidating them by being overly technical. If I did then this would have been easily dominated by just Yuusha shows, which isn't the video topic. I said in the intro that I don't think all of these shows are exceptional, and I picked Exkaiser simply because it's premise is the most similar and has the most obvious connections to it's predecessor. I didn't say it was the best of its franchise. I'm *very* well aware that Transformers isn't just G1, I'm just speaking to a wide audience with very broad criteria in the hopes they become more interested in a niche hobby.
@@IronMysterian Fair enough I, I just feel like Exkaiser as a starter has potential to backfire as an introduction considering how many cons it can have, and felt the need to speak about them
@@aliesterus1.023A lot of transformers fans are already familiar with victory and the format of the japanese series so if they can stomach that then I feel exkaiser is a safe start.
I watched FIghbird in Korean dub yes some of brave series were korean dubbed except exkaiser wasn't some of the characters name in brave series had to be changed for Korean markets
Robotech/Macross is an excellent choice. I've been trying for a few years now to get my friends who are fans for Transformers to watch RoboTech, Gasaraki, and Fang of the Sun Dougram. But for American/Canadian Mechas BattleTech Animated Series and Mega XLR are great as well. As for games i'd def say RoboTech: Battlecry, the Mechwarrior and Mechassault series, and the Heavy Gear series. For Ova's Dragon's Heaven is another great one.
@@TornaitSuperBirdi mean of course Armored core, but i feel like that's a given especially with the new release that's gotta be fresh in everyones heads. For AC i'd def say AC3 and 4Answer. And if someone's in the mood for turn based; Front Mission 4
I LOVE me some Heavy Gear II PC action. Still got the disks/program installed. Too bad nobody else to play online with. I really enjoyed the first Armored core. maybe the second. Anything after that I disliked. ( I don't like mechs that can fly.) Give the "Obsolete" anime a look. First episode puts you right into the action, the rest of the episodes shows the evolution of how a simple mech is used for work, then eventually becomes weaponized for skirmish guerilla,, then complete high tech systems. No "hero" robots, just humans inside military equipment.
@@animationcycles7109 Hell yeah, i'll have to give it a look. Also idk i kinda like mechs that can fly. LAMs(Land Air Mechs) are some my favorite to use in the tabletop game for BattleTech. I've got a few LAM wasps, stingers, and phoenix hawks
@@decapitateMilk I've been trying to get into tabletop gaming. Something else I can do with my son. He's starting to get into it, just not sure what he likes yet. Something about DP9 HEAVY GEAR really REALLY appeals to me though.( But other than the two PC games, I haven't any books yet..I should get some)I didn't like the cartoon, it was more (no pun intended) geared for kids. "Obsolete"....would be more of a modern, and mature substitute, (mech wise/tactics/dialog (except the last episode that is in it's own category. :P Btw, all 12...15?episodes are on CZcams.
I am glad you mentioned Exkaizer. I was born and raised in Japan and know that show very well. Rather than robots disguised, the Kaizers and Geisters are actually alien lifeforms taking on an energy plasma like shape. Kind of like a spirit form alien that has the ability possess inanimate things like vehicles and transform into robots. This concept is similar to one of Japan's ghostly or demonic entities Yokai. Where the Japanese used to believe spirits possess old things like umbrella or shoes and become Yokai. But the whole energy lifeform is definitely inspired by Transformer's Sparx thinggie (I think). Plus I am glad you didn't introduce GaoGaiGer as The Yuusha series representing that franchise 😊
well IronMysterian tell me did the Mysterians have an Iron Mysterian?? *grins* that's right I do know of them never watched the show and only in a tertiary way just hearing of them and the show but I know of the Mysterians this was a very good video,I am just wondering how any transformer fan doesn't know about or of Robotech it's the reason Jetfire/Skyfire was put back in the ice at the end of the episode.
You criminally missed all the following history of Takara and Sunrise teaming up to create the sequel of the Transformers series called "the Brave" series which are : Brave Exkaiser (Japanese: 勇者エクスカイザー, Hepburn: Yūsha Ekusukaizā) had 48 episodes The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (Japanese: 太陽の勇者ファイバード, Hepburn: Taiyō no Yūsha Faibādo) had 48 episodes The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (Japanese: 伝説の勇者ダ・ガーン, Hepburn: Densetsu no Yūsha Da Gān) had 46 episodes The Brave Express Might Gaine (Japanese: 勇者特急マイトガイン, Hepburn: Yūsha Toukyū Maitogain) had 47 episodes Brave Police J-Decker (Japanese: 勇者警察ジェイデッカー, Hepburn: Yūsha Keisatsu Jeidekkā) had 48 episodes The Brave of Gold Goldran (Japanese: 黄金勇者ゴルドラン, Hepburn: Ōgon Yūsha Gorudoran) had 48 episodes Brave Command Dagwon (Japanese: 勇者指令ダグオン, Hepburn: Yūsha Shirei Daguon) had 48 episodes plus 2 OVAs The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (Japanese: 勇者王ガオガイガー, Hepburn: Yūsha Ō GaoGaiGā) had 49 episodes Betterman (Japanese: ベターマン, Hepburn: Betāman) was a spin-off of GaoGaiGar with 26 episodes The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (Japanese: 勇者王ガオガイガー FINAL, Hepburn: Yūshaō Gaogaigā Fainaru) (OVA series) had 8 episodes The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final Grand Glorious Gathering had 12 episodes King of Kings: GaoGaiGar VS Betterman (Japanese: 覇界王～ガオガイガー対ベターマン～, Hepburn: Hakaiō ~Gaogaigā tai Betāman ~) (Novel series) had 33 chapters
Man, I don't wanna watch anime like Transformers because then I'm probably gonna get into it and buy their toys too. And I already have bad spending habits with TFs...
G1 is anime. Transformers Headmasters is anime. Transformers V is anime. Transformers SGM is anime. Beast Wars II is anime. Beast Wars Neo is anime. Transformers Robots in Disguise is anime. Transformers armada is anime. Start there.
I actually didn't like Exkaiser, but I disliked it largely for the same reasons as Transformers Victory. In fact, I think the reasons I disliked Victory are even more pronounced in Exkaiser, but pretty much entirely absent in Fighbird, which is funny considering how similar those two shows are otherwise.
I would think Macross should be high on transformers fan lists of anime to check out. Kawamori did a good amount of the designs in both Transformers and Macross. The toy for Jetfire was a recolored VF-1S with fastpacks from Macross as well. It’s not the same type of fast action pacing as Transformers since it’s more of a drama based around human characters rather than talking robots, but if you’re ok with that then the action scenes are awesome with the Vf-1 being a transforming fighter plane and even a gigantic transforming ship with a city inside. The Macross movie Do You Remember Love has some of the most beautiful 2d animation that pretty much blows away anything else, even though the movie just turned 40 this year. It’s truly an animated masterpiece even if the story is a little rushed
my WWM vf 25 was a great addition to my figure case with my masterpieces
@@ThirteenPrimesI wish I had the cash for a lot of the dx line. The YF21 looks pretty neat, but on my budget I opted to preorder the little hg kit instead
Macross is so human-centric though. The bots aren't even in every episode. I like Macross, but for me it was more cause I was looking for something to watch after Mobile Suit Gundam and Armored Trooper Votoms.
If I was wanting something closer to Transformers, I'd definitely watch the Braves series before I watched Macross. Or even Machine Robo.
@@JaceyMitchellit’s definitely a different kind of story, but the design aspect is so close with the transforming and when there is a battle, it’s pretty epic. I had never seen so many missiles in anything until Macross. I think it’s more for the transformers fans that have started to grow up a little and maybe want a bit more than a weekly situation.
@@seanswader7425 Oh it's a great series for sure. I'd never dispute that. I love it.
The original Gundam series has remarkably similar animation to G1 Transformers, even though the tones of the story are wildly different. I even joke how Amuro Ray looks like Daniel Witwicky lol
Many shared animators, Bebow staff from Sunrise worked on the movie.
@@IronMysterian That's cool.
I would also say Voltron is a good pick. If I recall, Peter Cullen was the English dub Narrator for classic Voltron. That alone would entice Transformers fans.
Or Gundam Wing
@@ToyotaTacomaOfficial Absolutely, but there is a warning I must issue: buying Transformers figures *and* Gunpla is a slippery slope that could easily put a hole in your wallet.
Like when I bought my MG Barbatos lol
@@taqresu5865 Yeah they can get pretty expensive
I remember seeing G1 transformers on toy shelves, BEFORE they were known as Transformers. ( It WAS called Daikion/Diaclone) labelled in english. But the line up was ( from what I saw) only different color version of the non humanoid looking robots ( the ones that went from cars/vans to different bay settups. I bought one. And had a really good DOUGRAM steel/plastic mech. That thing cost me a whopping $40 of my christmas money. ( Which also shown up as a Robotech Defenders model as well)
This was before any american heard what a nintendo was btw. :D
The influx of unlicensed/poorly marketed toy robots on Toys R Us, was a great time, in the early 80s!
I love JAM Project's music, thanks for educating me on Hironobu Kageyama's past.
Kageyama is a big name in general. He's sung for so many series that he has nicknames from the fans of each series such as Mr. Dragonball. In relation to M.D. Geist, I remember reading somewhere (maybe tvtropes) that he doesn't even remember that he sang songs for it. Actually, if you really wan to know more about Kageyama, you can check out his entry in tvtropes.
@@nicodalusong149 Thank you! It seems I have much to learn. Happy New Year!!
All of jam project were big names prior to coming together
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer Yes, that's right.
I've always been a fan of his singing since he did Super Sentai and DBZ. He is amazing on JAM Project now
I'm so glad you included Exkaiser! Its honestly my favorite among the brave series next to Might Gaine.
Personally I also like Exkaizer the best along with Dagaarn
Great List. I've seen all of these, including the rest of the Brave series, and Machine Robo Battle Hackers ( which is just nuts 😂). Gold Lightan is on my list. I still love the game Tatsunoko vs Capcom for Wii which actually had Lightan as playable character 😂.
I got TvC as a gift back in high school and had no clue who so many of those Tatsunoko characters were! Then my dad saw me playing it one day and was like “is that the guy from G-Force?” That was the start of a very long rabbit hole for me, and I’m so glad to see somebody else mention that fantastic game!
I personally still think J-decker is the best recommendation out of the brave series because the robots actually have a personality, where most Brave series, the robots don't really have any
In other shows, usually the humans and the villain robots have more personality than the hero robots.
@IronMysterian true, but J decker still manages to give all their characters personalities which is why I think it's the best to recommend, like in exkaiser, none of the hero robots have any personality, hell, three of them are literally called Sky max, turbo max and drill max
Yeah brave series had pretty generic names for combiner team members. Their first name is literally what they turn into, followed by the name of their respective team.
I think it's easier for fans of newer TF installments to get into J-Decker because of how much emphasis they put on the Braves' personalities - whereas in most other titles some if not all mecha are put on the sidelines when it comes to character development or showing personality because many other Brave shows focus more on the human cast which can be off-putting for some fans who came for the sentient robots. If someone likes older TF entries, I recommend checking out Exkaiser and Fighbird first and if they like it, they can (but don't have to) watch the rest in chronological order.
Goldran is also a good pick for people who are more interested in the Braves and I can't recommend starting with Dagwon because it's like the outlier of the series. Might Gaine and Gaogaigar also stray a bit from the core of the previous shows but they are good in their own way. Da Garn may be my personal favorite but I wouldn't recommend it as a starter either for different reasons. (That's just my opinion, don't take it at face value and I don't mean to disrespect any of these shows - each one is great in its own way)
Fun reccs man, I've been meaning to get to watching Macross and Brave for a while now myself; am just still binging through the TF anime in the meanwhile, haha.
I can highly recommend The King of Braves GaoGaiGar. The 50ish episode TV series is pretty good, but the 8 episode FINAL OVA series is absolutely incredible and should be experienced by any fans of animated mecha action.
I'm glad I found it
Rather than Gaogaigar, I also highly highly recommend the first three brave series (Exkaizer, Fighbird, Dagaan) especially Dagaan or Dagaarn伝説の勇者ダガーン
Nevermind that I have the Gundam itself and yes, many combinations from Lion form to all combined. There's a train, a spy jet and driller too and they're all detachable.
@@TheSheikhtareqOfficial romanization is Da-Garn so you don’t have to come up with anything else :p
FINAL is kind of overrated. It's just eight episodes of the heroes getting the snot beaten out of them and it's not fun to watch.
Adding Choujuu Kishin Dancouga to the list of anime recommendations for Transformers fans, considering the individual mechs can transform into different mechanical animals, and can combine to form a bad-ass mecha with laser cannons and a wicked sword that can slice the heavens.
During the movie, those few scenes that were more anime in style were amazing. As a kid, I wished all of it were drawn that way
That basically was the whole movie, some artists just put their personal style in some scenes that exaggerated things a bit more (which is usual for anime at the time too).
My first Transformers were the Robotech Jetfire, Shockwave, Hoffer,which to my incredible sadness I was ungrateful and told my mom that she got the wrong one. I asked for Optimus and thought Huffer was a Go-bot...😢 looking back and realizing how hard my mom worked to give me pretty awesome stuff. She was around 21 years old and I was around 5. Kids PLLLEEASSE be kind to your mother figures whomever it is. Grandma, uncle, your Dad's life partner/husband, big brother or sister etc. Please show them that you see what they do for you and you are around grateful.
( hadn't heard of Robotech and had some knock down drag out arguments that looking back..ohh I am FEELING THE CRINGE 😢
Few things worse than a person who CLEARLY hasn't got some of the chapters insisting LOUDLY that his understanding of the story is THE understanding of the story 😢
This is actually very embarrassing, I feel so bad.
I have always respected hard working women.
I hope you are well.
As transformers fan gone general mecha fan I can drop a few more recs:
from the big rival franchise Gundam: Movie adaptation of original series, to get a proper context for awesome trio of OVAs - 08th MS Team, War in the Pocket and Stardust Memory - those all four are part of Gundam universal Century timeline, Gundams G1 if you will. From the same - Zeta Gundam, where transforming mecha became somewhat widespread. And for something very different - G Gundam - martial arts drama with giant robots and awesomely on point cheesiest English dub;Gundam Wing for all the yaoi fangirl bait and Gundam X for Fallout with giant robots.
Armored Trooper VOTOMS franchise - if you liked 08th MS Team but still want even more gritty realistic approach to mecha that is for you. No transforming mecha here, and you'll have to watch the original TV series with it's dated looks, as it serves as a core around which plots of most OVAs and sidestories is built.
For introduction into classic Super Robot franchises there is a bunch of OVAs made by Dynamic Production, that would introduce as short and visually pleasing introductions to the heroes and concepts - Mazinkaiser OVA+movie, New Getter Robo and Getter Robo Armageddon, Kotetsushin Jeeg, Getter robo is notable for being first transforming and combining mecha in particular.
And finally, crossing a bit with Brave franchise and Machine Robo recomendations - anything mecha with Masami Obari attached to it's animation.
Love that first description, applies to me too lol
I really enjoyed this and I greatly appreciate the massive commitment and time which this OBVIOUSLY took.
Interesting piece of trivia regarding MD Geist. He’s actually the mascot for the US licensing company US manga Corp. And another piece of anime trivia, the mascot that Toei anime studio, well that cat mascot it’s from a Puss and boots Japanese film that they produced. Which I believe was one of their early animated works.
WAS the mascot of US Manga Corp, since they went bankrupt in 2009.
@@AmartharDrakestone yes, they did sadly
Surprisingly what got me into Transformers was actually the Shogun Warriors toy line from Mattel that came out in 1979. Just like GI I think they were taken from different anime.
These video essays with footage and a voice over with nostalgic "pokemon esque" music in the background
Very nice
Thank you!
Really interesting content. Thanks for putting this together. I'll go look for Geist now!
Interesting video but I feel mobile suit gundam was what really changed mecha anime as a whole and alot of shows that came after it like transformers (my first love) wouldn't be here if it wasn't for what gundam dared to try
Transformers was only a game changer for the USA. It was huge in Japan at the time, and it was influential for its target audience, but it certainly didn't change the genre. Gundam was the game changer and that was an evolution of the direction mecha was heading with Getter Robo and Zambot 3. Gundam was popular with older audiences, as kids were growing less interested in diecast toys before Transformers, while Gunpla helped solidify Tominos older audience.
What Gundam helped with, because Macross came out at about the same time and is also considered to have helped usher in Real Robot as a genre, was expand what Mecha as a genre could be, rather than necessarily evolve the genre as a whole.
Meanwhile the Brave series, as mentioned on this list, helped keep the Super Robot genre alive, and GaoGaiGar even helped to revitalize it for a short time(reportedly the creation Getter Robo OVAs were inspired by GaoGaiGar doing well) after Evangelion deconstructed it and spawned many attempted copycats.
@@aliesterus1.023I often see western mecha fans say GGG reconstructed mecha after NGE deconstructed it and I have to disagree because they were just running on the rails set by their predecessors (previous Yuusha series for GGG, and Zambot/Gundam/Ideon/Ultraman for NGE).
@@IronMysterian The thing is, GaoGaiGar was wildly more successful than what came before, and still gets random references in completely unrelated anime here and there. It kind of kicked off something of a Super Robot renaissance.
On top of that, GaoGaiGar actually took the effort to try to inject a bit of realism here and there, as if to say "Super Robots could still be cool even if we were to make some of it realistic".
And then there's the fact that every single piece of tech from GaoGaiGar that GGG has used has some sort of theoretical physics backing it. Even some phenomena have theoretical physics, like the Klein's Space being the shape of a Klein's Bottle.
There's also some direct contrasts between GaoGaiGar and Evangelion that people have taken note on. On top of all of this, I keep seeing mentions of an interview speaking about how Evangelion had influenced the development process.
@@IronMysterian It's not completely impossible the reason some of us can't find the source is because it's in Japanese... Or the site is dead.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time I've seen a claim with no source, then accidentally find a confirmation years down the line scrawling through some random Japanese site looking for something else entirely on Google Translate.
Great video! I can also reccomend Dancouga because of the similar mechanical designs to Victory Leo and all the individual mecha are triple changers.
I would love to own all the Yuusha series on DVD or Blu-ray. I already own Gao Gai Gar now.
This was nice. I also recommend the anime gyrozetter it's about some kids using cars that they drive and control and can turn into robot mechs, and another anime called turning mecard, which is about kids using these little cars that can turn into different robotic creatures.
I remember that there was a Japanese Manga about the transformers crossing over with Mazinger Z. It also has some pretty Infamous cover arts
This was very informative, thanks for posting, looking forward to more!😊
Fantastic G1 related history. Please keep it going
Nice list. MD Geist was on a lot of lists back in the day and I never watched it. I'll check this out for the robot designs alone if nothing else. Ive been trying to think of what halonix maximus ( Giganticus) from G1 would transform into and someone said it was based on diaclone the great, but when I look at the toy commercials, I couldnt see it. Looking at the sketch you showed I completely see it now. I wish some of these had made it to US shores rather than the shonen jump stuff.
Being a former Transformers fan. SDF Macross & DYRL, Macross Plus, M2, Frontier, Machine Robo and Brave series are worthy check.
very insightful list. i didn't know about most of these
Exkaiser in particular reminded me a lot of Car Robots (better known as RiD) which I saw episodes of as a kid.
And even more striking is that it predates the latter by 10 years on the dot.
Actually that Unused Grimlock looks alot like Michael Bayverse Grimlock from Age of Extinction. The colors as well lol.
The only thing i can thank these shows for is reminding me that transforming robots aren't an original idea.
I'd also like to add on to this with Dancouga, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Mighty Orbots, Shinkalion and Tobots. Maybe even Denkou Choujin Gridman and Genesis Climber Mospeda to some extent.
Anyways, I myself have my own idea for a transforming robot series with the only differences is that they're not aliens, not full sized vehicles, and it'll have a little more of a superhero aspect to it
I remember Macross but not from tv. There was a game on NES I think? (It was Pegasus where I live, a bootleg clone console) it was a side view space shoot em up. When I saw that jet transform in the video, it instantly reminded me about that game :D
Another informative video! Thats great, now I have stuff to watch this Christmas, Thank you!
Thank you!
Ah, good old MD Geist, the mascot for old Central Park Media / US Manga Corp...
Nice video and solid list.
Unicron Trilogy was awesome for me, and some friends to with Energon and the introduction of Wing Saber as a pre Victory Saber from the 90's
Kinda expected Macross but it always makes me happy when people talk about my favorite anime
J Decker was my introduction to the Brave series. So far I like Brave Express Might gaine the most. Going to have to check out MD Geist.
Bro i just found you but holy shit this is a great list!
My favorite part of the aesthetic from transformers & adjacent anime isn't the robots - it's the consoles! My favorite episodes from g1 were almost always the ones set on cybertron or featuring lots of computers. Macross definitely helped fill that need but im alwayd looking for more.
Please keep making videos, you have become one of my favorite channels. Maybe some deep dives on Brave/diaclone/microman series? Thanks for the great videos.
Thank you!
Fun fact: Gold Lightan actually descended from a design by Popy's Katsushi Murakami that he originally did for fun, because he was a heavy smoker and had a collection of novelty lighters.
As a diehard TF fan, I’d say that The Macross/Robotech was the BEST!
Another banger video 🎉
thank you for the list, it's a shame no one is dubbing these old shows as they are rather then the few getting the cra-p edited out of them.
I'm a slow reader so it takes anywhere from 34 to 45 minutes depending on the amount of talking, for me to watch a dub, pausing every time there's text to read and so on hehe. toke me months to watch Naruto and one piece sub's.
M.D. Geist is the cat's pajamas. This is the first video I've seen that mentions this hidden gem. I highly recommend watching it as it's among the best in the genre.
I haven't started watching the video yet, but I'm sure there must be a word about Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos!
there's also the 3rd Machine Robo anime in 2003 done by Sunrise that is Machine Robo Rescue, for sheer irony feels like a Brave series.
I grew up watching Gold Lightan in 1987, I always find it having a bit more "creepy" atmosphere or storyline. There was one episode that basically scared the shit out of me when the MC went to a small village just to search for his favorite teacher as he been away for a long while. While he found him in the village, something was not right with him, all the villagers try to kill the kid and Lightan. Turns out the whole village was androids being replaced by the real humans.
Machine Robo made the Go Bots look cool by "Animufy" them.
There was an anime that I forgot the name, but it has three transforming robots being controlled by human characters. There is a Battle Tank that is blue, controlled by a blonde guy. Then there is a Brown Military Jeep car controlled by the obligatory Japanese protagonist and finally a military helicopter controlled by a female pilot. Forgot the name of this anime but it sort of set in a militaristic planet
You're thinking of Special Armored Battalion Dorvack. Both the helicopter and "jeep" you're thinking of became Whirl and Roadbuster in the Transformers!
@@IronMysterian Oh yes!! I remember. They eventually end up in Transformers too
As a 50y man who grew up on really anime like Macross/Robotech, Gundam, Speed Racer, Gatchaman/G-Force, I was pulled into the Transformers universe. because i an such a huge anime fan. That's why [ to me] G1 is the real and only Transformers line o matters to me
Great recommendations!
Glad you think so!
Pretty much anything from the Brave series by Sunrise from the 90's, created by Takara which included:
Brave ExKaiser
The Brave Fighter Sun Fighbird
The Brave Fighter Legend of Dai-Garn Brave Express Might Gaine
Brave Police J-Decker
The Brave of Gold Goldran
Brave Command Dagwon
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
And its spinoff: Betterman.
The Brave franchise was created by Takara to serve as a replacement for Transformers when Transformers started to not do so well in Japan I'ma the early 90s.
Incidentally, there were three crossover strategy based video games primarily based on the Brave series.
they were:😢⁷
Brave Saga 1 & 2 for PS1
Shinseiki Yuusha Taisen for PS2
(New Century Brave Wars)
Outside of those, also:
Mighty Orbots
Six God Combination GodMars
Gold Lightan
Video Warrior Laserion
Shippuu! Iron Leaguer
great video
Machine Robo. The show that should have replaced Go-bots to compete with Transformers. Though it is lightly graphic but excels in animation.
Saber rider and the star sheriff's was shown dat tine
Kidou Senshi Gundam, Chou Jikuu Yosai Macross, Tetsujin, and Tatake Chou Seimeitai Robot Transformer fan. Most of these animations were from japan.
Very recommended of Gold Lightan, UFO Grendeizer, Top wo Nerae Gunbuster, Seisenshi Dunbine, Juusenki L-Gaim for depth great story and characters.
Thanks for the recommendations. Love Macross, and the animation on DYRL (and the eps that weren't farmed out) is, to me, my fav style. I like how the M.R series looks too.
Its amazing how far anime has come in the states. Back in the early 90s it was expensive VHS tapes out of a photocopied catalog from Books Nippon.
And now everything I mentioned can be streamed immediately from your phone. Or refrigerator.
@IronMysterian I know right!
Hmm I didn't think about it but now I do I have seen transformers fans particularly mentioning J-Decker, as someone who's seen both Exkaiser and J-Decker I do see why but Exkaiser to me as someone who doesn't consider themself a transformers fan, a more pure encapsulation of early transformers with how silly episode plots can get.
Nice list, I appreciate the amount of knowledge you put into this and I will definitely be checking a few of these out! Thanks dude!
Thanks!
My anime recommendations for TF fans are pretty simple:
Transformers the Headmasters
Transformers Super-God Masterforce
Transformers Victory
Transformers Zone
Beast Wars II
Beast Wars Neo
Transformers Go
Might as well indulge in the anime the franchise has already given us 🤷
My anime recommendations for Gundam fans:
Gundam
@@IronMysterian well with gundam there isn’t much else, I would never tell someone to start a franchise with its cameo in Ready Player One just because they’re American. With transformers, I just feel it’s logical to inform American fans about the Japanese shows. I’m sorry if I came across as just flatly stating the obvious, I have nothing against Gundam or Brave or the like.
I thought Gold Lightan looked like Megatron. Machine Robo looks cool. It makes me wish I had bought the DVDs when they were in stores.
M.D Geist is brutal!
Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos took my attention because of robot-girl, to be honest. And for some reason (probably because of robo designs) it reminded me Mega Man instead of Transformers. But still looks good.
Ashi Productions animated both the original Mega Man OVAs and the Ruby Spears cartoon if that explains anything.
@@IronMysterian I didn't know that actually, my bad. But thanks for the info!
If you don't mind watching subtitles, Robots in Disguise was animated, but only partially translated. It's important to realize the designs, while no official force will confirm it, led to the Energon Trilogy.
Man, imagine if TF had gotten OVAs back then and members of the team that worked on Genocyber and M.D. Geist made them.
Transformers got lots of OVAs and anime back then. They were by the same studio, Toei and were part of the Japanese G1 continuity no different from the first cartoon, with a new entry/sequel every year done with the same drawing style. See Scramble City, Headmasters, Super God Masterforce, Victory, and Zone. But dark and edgy they were not.
God Mars still my favourite though.
Cool
With age my opinion of Transformers Energon has more or less come into line with how most fans see the show, but the rare moments when the animation for the bots switches to hand drawn animation. Let's just say, we were robbed of something special there.
If your putting MD Guist on the list, then we should put Bubblegum Crises on the list also. It's more "Iron Man VS The Terminator" than the Transformers, but...
Also, kicking music. Kono Wa Hurricane. Nuff said.
All the aldrams series , like figh sunbird , till gao gaigar
My problem with Exkaiser as a recommendation is that you're making an assumption that a large majority of the transformers fanbase are primarily G1 fans, which kust isnt the case.
As somebody who has watched _all_ of Exkaiser, I cannot in good faith recommend it as an introduction series to Brave as a whole, not without you already being a huge kecha fan(and even then that can be a huge ask), or without an episode guide on what to skip.
One big problem with Exkaiser, I've found, is that among the Brave robots, character differences are... Barely there. Instead most of the characterization seems to have gone to the humans and the Geisters instead, with Kouta and Exkaiser receiving all of the character development. This is a huge problem for anyone who cares about characterization, of which there will be in the Transformers community.
It's also impossible to take the Geisters seriously if you were to watch every episode, which will be a problem for the TF fans who care about story or setting. They steal the most random things. For example, why in the world would an advanced alien species capable of interstellar travel buy the fastest car Earth can produce? I imagine that there's much better out there.
And then, even if it's episodic in nature, the Geisters are kinda just... All a bunch of idiots of varying degrees(even Ptera Geist, for all their self-proclaimed genius) who keep getting in each other's way. The only one ever came across as a credible threat was Dino Geist, who the showrunners did not make efficient use of(something they learned how to do better with Draias in Fighbird, who, whenever they do lose while on screen, it never quite feels like it's Draias' fault), and eventually doesn't feel quite enough to carry the show. This is a big problem for people who care about having a good villain or antagonist.
Altogether, Exkaiser feels very dated in comparison to all Brave shows that came after it, which is especially incredible when you consider that Fighbird, which came immediately after it, feels like it has similar or equal quality to the later installment. The only reason I could ever tell a person to watch Exkaiser first is because it carries many of the prototypes of many character types that come in later shows, and that it appears all later installments have at least one Exkaiser easter egg, but only after telling them all of these negatives beforehand sp they know exactly what they're getting into.
The better thing to do is to point to Brave as a franchise, then pick out about three to five shows to serve as an introduction point, and point out their pros and cons based on a viewer's potential preferences.
Obviously, every fan is going to like different shows for different reasons, and I wanted this to be an easy introductory video for people to watch without intimidating them by being overly technical. If I did then this would have been easily dominated by just Yuusha shows, which isn't the video topic. I said in the intro that I don't think all of these shows are exceptional, and I picked Exkaiser simply because it's premise is the most similar and has the most obvious connections to it's predecessor. I didn't say it was the best of its franchise. I'm *very* well aware that Transformers isn't just G1, I'm just speaking to a wide audience with very broad criteria in the hopes they become more interested in a niche hobby.
@@IronMysterian Fair enough I, I just feel like Exkaiser as a starter has potential to backfire as an introduction considering how many cons it can have, and felt the need to speak about them
@@aliesterus1.023A lot of transformers fans are already familiar with victory and the format of the japanese series so if they can stomach that then I feel exkaiser is a safe start.
All the brave series are favs
I watched FIghbird in Korean dub yes some of brave series were korean dubbed except exkaiser wasn't
some of the characters name in brave series had to be changed for Korean markets
Robotech/Macross is an excellent choice. I've been trying for a few years now to get my friends who are fans for Transformers to watch RoboTech, Gasaraki, and Fang of the Sun Dougram. But for American/Canadian Mechas BattleTech Animated Series and Mega XLR are great as well. As for games i'd def say RoboTech: Battlecry, the Mechwarrior and Mechassault series, and the Heavy Gear series. For Ova's Dragon's Heaven is another great one.
No Armored Core? The more modern games the series (4Answer, Verdict Day, and Fires of Rubicon) are great games for general mecha lovers.
@@TornaitSuperBirdi mean of course Armored core, but i feel like that's a given especially with the new release that's gotta be fresh in everyones heads. For AC i'd def say AC3 and 4Answer. And if someone's in the mood for turn based; Front Mission 4
I LOVE me some Heavy Gear II PC action. Still got the disks/program installed. Too bad nobody else to play online with.
I really enjoyed the first Armored core. maybe the second. Anything after that I disliked. ( I don't like mechs that can fly.)
Give the "Obsolete" anime a look. First episode puts you right into the action, the rest of the episodes shows the evolution of how a simple mech is used for work, then eventually becomes weaponized for skirmish guerilla,, then complete high tech systems. No "hero" robots, just humans inside military equipment.
@@animationcycles7109 Hell yeah, i'll have to give it a look. Also idk i kinda like mechs that can fly. LAMs(Land Air Mechs) are some my favorite to use in the tabletop game for BattleTech. I've got a few LAM wasps, stingers, and phoenix hawks
@@decapitateMilk I've been trying to get into tabletop gaming. Something else I can do with my son. He's starting to get into it, just not sure what he likes yet. Something about DP9 HEAVY GEAR really REALLY appeals to me though.( But other than the two PC games, I haven't any books yet..I should get some)I didn't like the cartoon, it was more (no pun intended) geared for kids. "Obsolete"....would be more of a modern, and mature substitute, (mech wise/tactics/dialog (except the last episode that is in it's own category. :P
Btw, all 12...15?episodes are on CZcams.
My recommendation is the anime called Go Gai Gar king of brave and it’s sequel OVA Go Gai Gar king of brave final.
I am glad you mentioned Exkaizer. I was born and raised in Japan and know that show very well. Rather than robots disguised, the Kaizers and Geisters are actually alien lifeforms taking on an energy plasma like shape. Kind of like a spirit form alien that has the ability possess inanimate things like vehicles and transform into robots. This concept is similar to one of Japan's ghostly or demonic entities Yokai. Where the Japanese used to believe spirits possess old things like umbrella or shoes and become Yokai. But the whole energy lifeform is definitely inspired by Transformer's Sparx thinggie (I think). Plus I am glad you didn't introduce GaoGaiGer as The Yuusha series representing that franchise 😊
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Transformers armada is the best early 2000s anime and too me it’s anime.
Im very surprised you didnt add in GAOGAIGAR?!!!
Exkaiser has way more in common with Transformers
well IronMysterian tell me did the Mysterians have an Iron Mysterian?? *grins* that's right I do know of them never watched the show and only in a tertiary way just hearing of them and the show but I know of the Mysterians this was a very good video,I am just wondering how any transformer fan doesn't know about or of Robotech it's the reason Jetfire/Skyfire was put back in the ice at the end of the episode.
I'm reaally surprise that Ninja Robots didnt make the list, Tobikage was the GOAT in mechs.
I haven't actually finished the whole series yet :P
We will never get something like the last episodes of Armada again. Say what you want about the story, but the animation was beautiful.
Never underestimate the value of "space money".
You criminally missed all the following history of Takara and Sunrise teaming up to create the sequel of the Transformers series called "the Brave" series which are :
Brave Exkaiser (Japanese: 勇者エクスカイザー, Hepburn: Yūsha Ekusukaizā) had 48 episodes
The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (Japanese: 太陽の勇者ファイバード, Hepburn: Taiyō no Yūsha Faibādo) had 48 episodes
The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (Japanese: 伝説の勇者ダ・ガーン, Hepburn: Densetsu no Yūsha Da Gān) had 46 episodes
The Brave Express Might Gaine (Japanese: 勇者特急マイトガイン, Hepburn: Yūsha Toukyū Maitogain) had 47 episodes
Brave Police J-Decker (Japanese: 勇者警察ジェイデッカー, Hepburn: Yūsha Keisatsu Jeidekkā) had 48 episodes
The Brave of Gold Goldran (Japanese: 黄金勇者ゴルドラン, Hepburn: Ōgon Yūsha Gorudoran) had 48 episodes
Brave Command Dagwon (Japanese: 勇者指令ダグオン, Hepburn: Yūsha Shirei Daguon) had 48 episodes plus 2 OVAs
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (Japanese: 勇者王ガオガイガー, Hepburn: Yūsha Ō GaoGaiGā) had 49 episodes
Betterman (Japanese: ベターマン, Hepburn: Betāman) was a spin-off of GaoGaiGar with 26 episodes
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (Japanese: 勇者王ガオガイガー FINAL, Hepburn: Yūshaō Gaogaigā Fainaru) (OVA series) had 8 episodes
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final Grand Glorious Gathering had 12 episodes
King of Kings: GaoGaiGar VS Betterman (Japanese: 覇界王～ガオガイガー対ベターマン～, Hepburn: Hakaiō ~Gaogaigā tai Betāman ~) (Novel series) had 33 chapters
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Idk if you said it before or in this video. The brave series
Tekkaman Blade for sure!
Man, I don't wanna watch anime like Transformers because then I'm probably gonna get into it and buy their toys too. And I already have bad spending habits with TFs...
I recommend one anime series king of brave gaogiagar
Bro you sound like markscaper/road rustle😂
Fun fact about the Brave series is that it's Tranformer's cousin.
Basically: WATCH MECHA ANIME BOI.
No mention of Zillion? Had transformable bikes and was made by Tatsunoko Productions.
Zeta gundam should of been up there
G1 is anime. Transformers Headmasters is anime. Transformers V is anime.
Transformers SGM is anime.
Beast Wars II is anime.
Beast Wars Neo is anime.
Transformers Robots in Disguise is anime. Transformers armada is anime. Start there.
I said "shows other than the dozens of actual Transformers anime fans know about and seen already."
@11:50 i'm sold
Do you know anywhere that someone can actually watch Gold Lightan? I have a friend who wants to but can't actually find any episodes.
It used to be on HiDive, but now you might need to seek other means *wink wink*
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The Brave Series. Just the Brave Series. They in fact evolved out of the Diaclone/Transformers stuff in Japan.
I actually didn't like Exkaiser, but I disliked it largely for the same reasons as Transformers Victory. In fact, I think the reasons I disliked Victory are even more pronounced in Exkaiser, but pretty much entirely absent in Fighbird, which is funny considering how similar those two shows are otherwise.
watch the brave series