Spotted on an ad poster for the campus anime club:

[shirenomad]

char* anime (char* g, char* c)
{
    if ( g == "mecha" )
    {
        if ( c == "bishounen" || c == "pretty boys" )
            return "Gundam Wing";
        else
            return "Mobile Suit Gundam";
    }
}


Actually, we're not even watching Gundam (of any type) at the moment. The only mecha anime we're viewing this quarter is Vandread, which I keep thinking of as "Voyager with mechs." (And babes. And babes in mechs.)

Comments

[capheine.livejournal.com]

Did you ever get a hold of B?

[shirenomad]

Still working on it. She's not on right now.

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

"Voyager with mechs"?

Elaborate.

[shirenomad]

Vandread is about the crews of two battling space carriers getting blasted about half a year away from their territories when an experimental T/S weapon malfunctions. The two crews must unite if they intend to make it home, need to fight through hostile space, etc. etc.

Not as bad as it sounds, because the battle sequences are really slick(they've got a bunch of Dread space fighters from one ship and a really bitchin' Vanguard mech from the other, all CG rendered). Fun little series so far, though a bit heavy on the sexual undertones.

"Your officer has a parasite growing inside her." "That's not it! I'm pregnant!" -- proof that you should never send in a doctor that's never seen your species before