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    Genesis Climber Mospeada

Gotcha. If it's just the one, I'll see if I can't hunt that down at a local shop or something. The price for the box set on Amazon seems unreasonably high.

    Patlabor is from '89. Seriously influential on mecha design. FWIW, Bandai has re-released most of the model kits from Patlabor so my local hobby shop is drowning in them. And you're right. It's boring. Technically it's called "Slice of life anime" and I hate it.

True story? I like giant robot cartoons for the toys and Bandai has made some awesome shit through the years. Teenage me would have probably geeked at the idea of getting my hands on some Patlabor model kits. Have you seen the 16 Episode Series of Patlabor? Is it any better or do you think it's skippable?

    I'll also point out that you skimmed right the fuck over my big recommendations, which were Lain, Madoka Magica and Psycho Pass, all three of which we actually covered under #animeclub so wtf ever, bro, go sit there and watch Star Blazers and maintain "you were never much of a fan of anime" as if that were somehow anime's fault. ;-)

Can I be honest? I'm gonna be honest here. I will fully admit that I intentionally glossed over those particular titles. All three of those cartoons seem really and uncomfortably weird to me and I didn't want to hurt your feelings or feel like I was snubbing your suggestions. It's like someone telling me that I need to see Eraserhead or A Clockwork Orange because they're classic cinema, but I've seen bits and pieces of both and know enough of both that I'd be extremely uncomfortable watching them and wouldn't appreciate them. I feel the same is true for those three titles from what I read about them on Wikipedia. I'm sorry. :/