Lions Led By Robots 19: Get In My German Entry Plug
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Neon Genesis Evangelion suddenly gets uncomfortable.
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Tay
2025-11-03 06:42:31 +0000 UTCFuck ICE
Alistair
2025-10-05 23:57:52 +0000 UTCGood robot show with characters as the main focus is gundam iron blood orphans
Logan Brown
2025-09-25 17:43:23 +0000 UTCGhost in the shell stand alone complex pls and thanks
Justin vanDyke
2025-09-20 14:18:38 +0000 UTCBig O. Big robots and slightly impenetrable philosophy.
Michael Retford
2025-09-20 00:34:46 +0000 UTCHaving only just started watching this and I’m on episode 3… I didn’t get the episode title reference at first and it frightened me big time…
mumbles march
2025-09-19 13:48:59 +0000 UTCI've only seen some ads and stuff but it looks really cool
OleKyShark
2025-09-18 10:54:35 +0000 UTCI'd like to mention the big O for a future series. The vibe is like if Bruce Wayne had a Gundam instead of his batman shit. It's a weird series but I loved it.
OleKyShark
2025-09-18 10:54:09 +0000 UTCThey are both 2 x 25 ep seasons but gundam 00 and iron blooded orphans are really interesting early then late war on terror commentary that I think you guys would dig.
Steven K
2025-09-17 21:51:36 +0000 UTCBlack Lagoon has no robots, it has military stuff and is a mirror of Evangelion
Charlie Lightning
2025-09-16 21:23:31 +0000 UTCCame here to say this, absolutely really, really interesting themes there, would be interesting to hear the crew talk about it. It honestly would pair well with Eva as a double feature, since it's also a robot show that ain't really about the robots, it's about the trauma.
Travis Sampiero
2025-09-15 22:15:23 +0000 UTCJoe’s insight on the plot development is so on point. I love this
Scrotong
2025-09-15 19:47:17 +0000 UTCI also watched Eva for the first time when I was like 13, so this is a great time for me as someone approaching 30. You guys should watch Gurren Laggan or Patlabor after this though. Origional Gundam is good but it’s long as fuck.
johnny bray
2025-09-15 16:45:14 +0000 UTCGoddamn sorry you got picked up by ICE fuck em dude
Steven Assarian
2025-09-15 02:02:16 +0000 UTCHey there is a second non-pedo option to choose, and it IS Ramiel.
Arueshalae Table Building Society
2025-09-15 01:55:02 +0000 UTCTRENCH CRUSADE MENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arueshalae Table Building Society
2025-09-15 01:33:58 +0000 UTCBrave Bang Bravern. I'll let Mother's Basement sell it, but it's gayer Top Gun in mechs: https://youtu.be/J_nUXKTbWto?si=io3sTXE2lMLxwzys
Jeff Erickson
2025-09-14 06:37:35 +0000 UTCYou should check out Buddy Complex, Aladnoah Zero, or Heavy Object for good non gundam mecha anime. Or you could do the BattleTech Animated Series, which is readily available on YouTube in glorious HD.
Zachary Eggebeen
2025-09-13 23:22:54 +0000 UTCI second this. Not only is it a GAINAX show. It's also directed by Hideaki Anno. Gunbusters is literally the prototype for NGE.
Jonathan Åkerblom
2025-09-13 17:21:31 +0000 UTCDo Blue Gender next :) While we’re watching very uncomfortable mecha.
Joseph Pementell
2025-09-13 11:32:07 +0000 UTCYou HAVE to watch Gurren Lagann after Evangelion. Preferably right after, because it's a post-deconstruction answer to Eva.
Rock_Punchgroin
2025-09-13 10:39:37 +0000 UTCSDF Macross
John Marshall
2025-09-13 09:19:57 +0000 UTCVotoms is great, but about twice as long. I think 08th MS Team would be really good! I'm also really fond of Mellowlink which is a short spin off from Votoms. You get to see a guy taking out robots with a big gun.
Centaur Fox
2025-09-13 06:19:01 +0000 UTCI understand the hesitation, but I do think you should just launch head first into the Rebuilds after EoE. That said, if you're still open to suggestions for the next show. Gundam: 8th MS Team.
Just a Fish
2025-09-13 00:51:22 +0000 UTCWTF!?! You got detained by ICE? Fuck those guys, all of them. I keep telling supporters of this nonsense that if they can do it to them, they can do it to you. How is proof of that.
Hunter Reese
2025-09-12 21:46:55 +0000 UTCBig O is really good
Omnivac
2025-09-12 20:59:32 +0000 UTCI am not sure if Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2042 counts as mecha, but it does give you multiple opportunities to scream "ugh, just talk to her, you useless lesbian."
Em Gravesong
2025-09-12 19:56:37 +0000 UTCSuper Dimension Fortress Macross Macross Plus Macross Frontier
Matthew Mercier
2025-09-12 14:05:20 +0000 UTCI have been looking for a reliable place to watch Blue Gender since seeing a trailer for it on a Buu Saga DBZ VHS I rented from Hollywood Video 2 decades ago.
Mutual Aid Miniatures
2025-09-12 13:58:33 +0000 UTCCowboy Bebop, just do it man
FreyaFez
2025-09-12 10:40:03 +0000 UTCJoe, you would LOVE Girls und Panzer.
Kyle Clark
2025-09-12 05:32:11 +0000 UTCHE HWHAT?!?!
Kyle Clark
2025-09-12 05:07:07 +0000 UTCOne small trivia bit that I found funny. The two battleships used to fight that Angel were the two Iowa class battleships that were cancelled at the end of WW2, Illinois and Kentucky; the names popped up on the tactical maps on the bridge.
Daniel Hood
2025-09-11 21:27:29 +0000 UTCEveryone is saying it, but want to reinforce. Gurren Lagann, great show that you guys should watch during the break before Eva Rebuilds!
Callum Laughlin
2025-09-11 18:59:36 +0000 UTCJoe, if you want robot movies, check out Patlabor and Appleseed. They're movies instead of whole series. And Patlabor has mecha revolvers.
Noblesse Oblahaj
2025-09-11 18:04:25 +0000 UTCIf you're looking for anime mecha shows, i gotta give a shoutout to "Heavy Object". The light novel is way better, since it has the space to really dig into the worldbuilding and the characters end up as much more fully fleshed, but the anime is fine enough.
Snooder87
2025-09-11 18:04:19 +0000 UTCI was gonna say the same thing. Plus it’s just more Gainax!
Nezvar1
2025-09-11 17:09:15 +0000 UTCJoe, check out the wargame Konflikt 47.
Dan
2025-09-11 15:46:52 +0000 UTCEveryone's saying the Obvious Answers here, but I'm gonna put forward some Less Obvious ones - Flag: mecha anime from an embedded photographers POV - VOTOMS: incredibly long but but a great look at grunts and lower powered combat - Yukikaze: less mecha, more planes, but a short (3/4 episode?) OVA about a classic Japanese scifi novel
howl's moving pictures by rush
2025-09-11 15:22:18 +0000 UTCI am campaigning for Gurren Lagann. It's not as deep as Evangelion, but it's lots of fun and the power scaling is insane.
Zachary Kaufman
2025-09-11 14:19:55 +0000 UTCkaji is the any major dude who tells you, from steely dan
Luke Simecek
2025-09-11 11:51:07 +0000 UTCGreat episode, Joe. It was the second best thing to drop on 9/10
Noblesse Oblahaj
2025-09-11 11:17:30 +0000 UTCJoe, was there a part of you that wanted to look at the pretend soldiers that detained you and say: "Sorry, you'll have to speak up. Army veteran, my hearing loss is service related."
Noblesse Oblahaj
2025-09-11 11:14:06 +0000 UTCIt's already been mentioned, but I will absolutely recommend Gurren Lagann. A lot of the same people worked on both Eva and GL (iirc), and I think it makes for an interesting comparison to the two very different kinds of mecha anime you've watched thus far. Namely, it's as good as Eva, but it's also about as stupid as G-Gundam, and I mean that as a compliment.
Bill McFarley
2025-09-11 04:33:40 +0000 UTCI'd love it if you watched Gunbusters. It was the GAINAX mech anime that made GAINAX, and it is nice and short. Patlabor the Movie and Patlabor 2 are some truly interesting pieces of mech media with some very realistic political drama. There's also a ton of great UC Gundam to watch. I really think you'll like 0080 War in the Pocket, 0083, and The 8th MS Team. Very diverse set of series which are very grounded - maybe a good comparison to G Gundam's gonzoness.
Jonathan Reiter
2025-09-11 04:06:11 +0000 UTCEnergy drink and pre workout. Joe you're built of stronger stuff than I am. It's a bad combo. Every time I do that I end up running to the shitter by the time I get to the gym.
Danilov Sto
2025-09-11 04:03:15 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/tJdgErAfiRQ?si=_J2F1_SzjYWostqw "Get in the gosh dang robot Bobby! That boy just ain't right"
Malcontent Battery Pack
2025-09-11 03:25:33 +0000 UTCMetropolis 2001 is a robot anime, but not mecha anime that I highly recommend.
Saint Muerte
2025-09-11 03:03:35 +0000 UTCAt least we now know the answer to the question "Are Armenians white?"
Austin Arminio
2025-09-11 02:05:05 +0000 UTCLLBR is my favorite. Look forward to it every month.
Bad_pun_here
2025-09-11 01:03:26 +0000 UTCDoes speed racer count as mecha? Because that show is absolutely insane
Inconspicuous old man and mime
2025-09-11 00:25:29 +0000 UTCFUCK ICE
Animal Crossing Sovereign Citizen
2025-09-11 00:05:04 +0000 UTCOh my God, that would be so fucking hype. Gurren Lagann is like if Eva was made by someone who wasn't depressed, it lines up so perfectly with the themes of this show. It's so fun.
NowhereMan661
2025-09-10 23:29:19 +0000 UTCThis series has given me something to look forward that I really care about every month. Thank you both.
NowhereMan661
2025-09-10 23:28:46 +0000 UTCHoly shit finding out joe played persona made my day. Everyday this podcast gets more and more incredible
Arkos
2025-09-10 23:25:20 +0000 UTCI really love hearing you guys going through a series you can really sink your teeth into! it's fun to hear both of you giving earnest art analysis. I feel like Gurren Lagen would be another great fit for the LLBR format
Paul Hansen
2025-09-10 23:23:43 +0000 UTCYou should watch The Irresponsible Captain Tylor. It's about the world's luckiest bastard running a space submarine. If you want to get serious, watch the Barefoot Gen movie.
Billy Suter
2025-09-10 23:23:16 +0000 UTCOh, Asuka absolutely intentionally went into Shinji's room. It will become clear as the series goes on that these two have feelings for each other, but due to their age, inexperience, and fears, neither is able to act on those feelings and open up about them in a straightforward or healthy way. Asuka is stubborn and prideful, and can't bring herself to actually tell Shinji directly, and expects him to pick up on the hints. Shinji meanwhile, is dense as a rock and incredibly awkward, and can't pick up on these hints, even if he also feels similarly. Asuka going to Shinji's room was an aggressive and blunt attempt to provoke him into doing something. Obviously this is weird and uncomfortable, but it makes sense that someone like Asuka would do something like that. She wants to be acknowledged and affirmed, but can't be open and honest about it, so she does weird things like this because she doesn't know how else to make Shinji make the first move. And Shinji for his part has no idea what she's doing, as he has no experience at all with girls or really other people at all. These are two incredibly immature children trying and failing to express their feelings without actually allowing themselves to be vulnerable and allow others in, which is kind of the whole point of the show. In my opinion, Shinji and Asuka's relationship is the heart and soul of Evangelion.
NowhereMan661
2025-09-10 23:13:59 +0000 UTCICE chasing Joe with the Soviet ethnicity chart.
Inconspicuous old man and mime
2025-09-10 23:06:12 +0000 UTCThe two episodes with Asuka are actually really clever in how they integrate her into the story. It's already been 7 episodes, and we as the audience feel like we're getting a hold of how the story works and feels, and then we are introduced to this new character who is completely different from everyone we've seen already, which normally would feel really janky, but instead by having her need to work directly and intimately with our protagonist Shinji, we and the characters are able to get to know and accept her much more naturally.
NowhereMan661
2025-09-10 22:56:16 +0000 UTCSomething to consider covering would be Giant Robo, the Day the Earth Stood Still. It was directed by the same guy as G Gundam.
Daniel Fantis
2025-09-10 22:50:19 +0000 UTCHe's right. But it is hard as balls. Like imagine Pokemon but for sadists.
Steven Rutland
2025-09-10 21:44:58 +0000 UTCAs someone who works in DC, Joe so sorry. Yeah we’ve been having “fun” the last month harassing and running interference with the Feds.
Austin Arminio
2025-09-10 21:11:03 +0000 UTCYeah, it's so fun. Perfect combination of historical nerd obsessions and Warhammer 40k Grimdark absurdity.
NowhereMan661
2025-09-10 20:48:29 +0000 UTCTom don't waste your time with persona *respectfully* SMT V rips and lets you skip the high school simulator
Zach Sampson
2025-09-10 19:59:28 +0000 UTCTrench Crusade is so incredibly based
Alex Varrus
2025-09-10 19:53:03 +0000 UTCI think Blue Gender would work for ya'll.
cory Fountain
2025-09-10 19:39:45 +0000 UTCI (Chicagoan) wore a Tigers beanie through most of my highschool and early college, it was my favorite hat.
Jsuman
2025-09-10 19:08:59 +0000 UTCGod I hope no teens are listening, they don’t need to know what White Monster addiction sounds like
Joseph
2025-09-10 18:55:40 +0000 UTCThe greatest character of all time has arrived. When I watched this series for the first time and Asuka appeared, my first thoughts were "why is she such a bitch?" But as the show went on and we learn more about her, she became my absolute favorite character.
NowhereMan661
2025-09-10 18:28:17 +0000 UTCThey knew you were American. No one would've lied about being from Detroit
Arkos
2025-09-10 18:25:40 +0000 UTCLEGGO LLBR!
ChainsawSnuggling
2025-09-10 18:06:26 +0000 UTC
