• Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Mechanime 1963-1980: Haha big robot fights monsters and EEEEEVIL mad scientists! (buy our toys, kids!)

    Mechanime 1980-1995: Imperialism and war fucking suck, we need to create a better society where it won’t happen anymore! (SUNRISE: buy our toys, kids!)

    Mechanime 1995-2006: Have you heard of a show named Neon Genesis Evangelion? (buy our skimpy-clothed figurines, otaku!)

    Mechanime 2006-Now: 50% chance it’s right wing nonsense and 50% chance it’s trying to recapture the golden age of Mechanime and is unlikely to have succeeded.

    • CriticalOtaku [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Mechanime 1980-1995: Imperialism and war fucking suck, we need to create a better society where it won’t happen anymore! (SUNRISE: buy our toys, kids!)

      This is how we got the unironic Zeon stans. Just pure wow-cool-robot because no one explained to the kids who bought Zaku’s why War is Bad.

      (Because we’re on Hexbear someone is going to link that red sails article about propaganda now lol)