A GUIDE TO CHOOSING YOUR CHARACTER BY DECADE

The following is a guide by decade of some of the most amazing Mecha and Armour characters. If you wish, seek out your character according to your tastes and/or age - all shows have their own particular style, which means you will have to choose what one you prefer. Type the names below into Google Images and/or Youtube to get some great visuals:

1970's:

- Mazinger-Z

- Mobile Suit Gundam (Gundam 0079)

1980's

- Robotech

- Robotech is an American adaptation of three different different Mechas:

1. Super Dimension Fortress Macross

2. Southern Cross

3. Genises Climber Mospaeda

-Cyclone Mospaeda (a motorbike that transforms into armour for Robotech humans.

-Mobile Police Patlabor

1990's

-Neon Genesis Evangelion

-Vision of Escaflowne

-Gasaraki

-Turn-A Gundam (designed by Syd Meade, the futurist who designed vehicles for Blade Runner)

2000's

-Ramxephon

-Overman King Gainer

Armour Animé:

-Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac)

Mecha + Armour Conflated?:

-Five Star Stories

DESIGNERS: Type these names into Google Images to see some of the designs associated with them:

- Shoji Kawamori - designed Starscream G1 Transformer, as well as droids in Ghost in the Shell.

- Hojime Katoki - redesigned Gundam for later generations.

- Kunio Okawara - designed Votoms - can sometimes have a crazy and colourful style.

- Mamoru Nagano - an artistic designer, involved in Five Star Stories

- Yutaka Izubuchi

Podcasts:

-Gundamn!@MAHQ

Websites:

www.mahq.net

www.cosplay.com

www.gearsonline.net