Comments on: Mecha-supes? http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Apple OS5 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-113662 Apple OS5 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:06:10 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-113662 Some actually nice stuff on this internet internet site , I love it. Some actually nice stuff on this internet internet site , I love it.

]]> By: Lynxara http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-39342 Lynxara Mon, 19 May 2008 18:33:22 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-39342 J-pop stylings, hell. That's an exact knockoff-- actually, this is kind of awesome, so I'll say "homage"-- of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Tetsujin 28 and Giant Robo, which both ran in dubbed form in the US. This said, the specific pose the boy is in recalls Yasuhiro Imagawa's later interpretation of Yokoyama's work, Giant Robo: The Animation, is an influence. The main difference is in the lines of the robot. While the color pattern is Superman's, the actual body styling is pretty clearly based on Go Nagai's "Dynamic World" robots, particularly the long cylindrical legs and use of round joints at shoulders. I imagine they're a lot easier to draw than Yokoyama's chunkier designs. :D I rather like the design as far as Dynamic World homages go, although I find the head strange. It's combining Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger's famous "face grills" with... what honestly just looks like a simplified Gundam head. It's very off for the aesthetic of things otherwise. Oh well, awesome find, thanks for sharing, etc. J-pop stylings, hell. That’s an exact knockoff– actually, this is kind of awesome, so I’ll say “homage”– of Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28 and Giant Robo, which both ran in dubbed form in the US. This said, the specific pose the boy is in recalls Yasuhiro Imagawa’s later interpretation of Yokoyama’s work, Giant Robo: The Animation, is an influence.

The main difference is in the lines of the robot. While the color pattern is Superman’s, the actual body styling is pretty clearly based on Go Nagai’s “Dynamic World” robots, particularly the long cylindrical legs and use of round joints at shoulders. I imagine they’re a lot easier to draw than Yokoyama’s chunkier designs. :D

I rather like the design as far as Dynamic World homages go, although I find the head strange. It’s combining Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger’s famous “face grills” with… what honestly just looks like a simplified Gundam head. It’s very off for the aesthetic of things otherwise.

Oh well, awesome find, thanks for sharing, etc.

]]> By: Skipper Pickle http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-39341 Skipper Pickle Mon, 19 May 2008 17:37:37 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-39341 Nitpicking: 10 years ago, not 10 years old, right? i dunno. Mebbe he's still a fresh-faced 20-year old.... Nitpicking: 10 years ago, not 10 years old, right?

i dunno. Mebbe he’s still a fresh-faced 20-year old….

]]> By: Ron http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-39340 Ron Mon, 19 May 2008 17:19:40 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/19/mecha-supes/#comment-39340 Yow! These are very cool! Yow! These are very cool!

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