My social media buddy Bradford C. Walker passed this trailer along to me for a new mecha game called Super Robot Wars T, a crossover game featuring many giant robot and space battle series:
He also passed along info on more progress on the Gundam franchise in particular. (For those unfamiliar with Gundam, go here.)
And as icing on the cake, a number of classic mecha anime are coming West.
Add to this a small literary movement of mecha fiction with Brian Niemeier releasing Combat Frame Xseed, Brad releasing Reavers of the Void (the first book in his Star Knight Saga), and me releasing Shining Tomorrow next year (as well as a fellow named Brent Millis doing his Screaming Metal serial — thanks for the good writeup, by the way) and I can only conclude that 2019 will be the Year of Mecha.
Another internet buddy of mine, Alexandru Constantin, said on his now-deleted Twitter account that the pulp authors of old followed what was hot because they wanted to write what sold. A number of people disagreed with him, calling it trend-chasing. However, he is right in one aspect — a moment like this is a moment to take advantage of. With all the mech properties new and old that will roll out over the next year, giant robots will be on the minds of consumers, and myself, Brian, Brad, and a few others will be there to give them two cakes.
As the Megas XLR theme song notes, a wide variety of people love giant robots.
