Is the English dub of Giant Robo (aka Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot) worth watching?
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Is the English dub of Giant Robo (aka Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot) worth watching?
Is the English dub of Giant Robo (aka Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot) worth watching?
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It's fun and adds to the experience enough that you can see it as a different thing.
yeah, iirc it's the Ultraman / Speed Racer crew
I first saw it was a vhs set that flopped to the raw Japanese sporadically when there were cuts for time, but iirc the only _really_ noticeable change was when a particular character dies and the narrator explains how they're totally clearly not dead and will be back soon probably
it doesn't hurt to watch it before GR Giant Robo the tv anime, either
Yes. It’s a fun show. Also go watch Red Baron.
I also suggest Mach baron
Mach Baron is pretty entertaining. I know the /m/ wikia has info on the bots from both shows.
I’ve browsed there but I heard of murmurs it’s partly run by someone notorious around here, it should be balanced out by some other Anon’s involvement and maybe add a few pictures like say Mach baron
>I heard of murmurs it’s partly run by someone notorious around here
It really isn't, the information there is pretty reliable. Don't breathe into namegay drama, high chance it's astroturfed on a board this small.
Seconding, "notorious" around here typically translates to 3 or 4 people getting triggered over something small and always complaining.
He's kind of a douche but like basically all drama it's overblown.
Dunno if it's worth watching over the original (or if that's even available), but it was a fun enough experience.
>it should be balanced out by some other Anon’s involvement
That's the dilemma the board wiki has. Only one guy is willing to do any of the bullwork, anons whine it's from him alone, but don't contribute. They can make an account and make edits to articles and they don't. Someone recently added pictures on a few articles last month and that was it. Motivation to maintain information on this board went to hell in the last ten years.
Wonder why is that? I’m not exactly a tech guy but I could give off a few information of things I’ve watched that could be useful
If I had to guess- Actually I'll link the wiki so everyone knows what's going on.
https://mmecha.fandom.com/wiki//m/-mecha_Wikia
If I had to guess there would be several reasons:
1. The /m/ Wikia is, with some exceptions, meant to cover just the in-universe information like monsters of the week, terminology, fictional dimensions, and other random shit. It wasn't made to be anything like episode guides or plot synopses or fan reviews. It was originally made to store shit Wikipedia goes "fan cruft reeee!"
2. The kind of information posted there is usually original research aka someone watches the entire show/movie/ova, pauses, jots down notes, plays, and repeats. That is time consuming.
3. Most of what /m/ discusses already has other wikis (the big 3 toku, Gundam, Macross, Patlabor, Godzilla, etc.), most of what the /m/ one covers get barely talked about.
4. Cross referencing with Japanese wikipedia articles is a preference to help flesh things out.
5. This one does require a Fandom account to prevent IP address exposure, Fandom has gotten notorious because ads or something around here (I don't know).
6. The local troll that keeps dismissing it just because most of the work is done by his arch enemy, obviously sane people here want to steer clear of that drama.
7. Articles need focus and dedication until they are complete and people have responsibilities. It's easier to just beg the one guy to do all the work; that somewhat goes into the next point.
8. You can count all the stub articles with one hand.
>Articles need focus and dedication until they are complete and people have responsibilities.
This more than anything else. It's easier for someone to walk in, add a few sentences or a couple of pictures, and scram. Actually typing out the whole fricking page, especially something entirely from scratch, and you're exhausting energy.
The fact Yapool keeps working on it despite the local detractor shows that's some real dedication.
But at the same time this, his priorities are messed up.
>You can count all the stub articles with one hand.
And those articles are
>Tetsujin 28
FX episodes are hard to get a hold of and Grandpa Tetsujin has no subs/is 90+ episodes.
>Yamato
I don't blame anyone for not wanting to cover this, Yamato is a huge franchise.
>Vandread
Actually somewhat known around here.
>Webdiver
Yaps intends to have this done in the near future especially since it and the now done Blue Swat page were on the to do list.
>Majestic Prince
Yeah this one has no excuse, MJP is actually liked on this board and finding mecha info on this in English is not available.
>Yeah this one has no excuse, MJP is actually liked on this board and finding mecha info on this in English is not available.
The fact I can find mecha information on literally what forgotten relic like Stellvia, Le Deus, Gakusaver, Z-Mind, Geneshaft, Gad Guard, Steam Detectives, Machine Blaster, Mechander Robo, Galvion, Dorvack, Basquash, Laserion, Albegas, Gulkeeva, and Dairugger or lackluster seasonal stupidity like Sakugan, M3, Nobunaga The Fool, Stratos 4, Price of Smiles, fricking Otomege Sekai, RobiHachi, Strain, ID-0, and AMAIM before Majestic Prince absolutely fricking blows my mind. I can find shit on *fricking* Sasuraiger easier. What timeline is this?
Unsubbed stuff from Shotaro Ishinomori like Inazuman Flash or Guy Slugger gets mecha info over MJP.
>Motivation to maintain information
There's plenty of that, you only need to spend 5 minutes in the /m/useum thread (and its various older incarnations) to see that. The Wiki format is just god awful for information preservation. Partly because of the fact one determined autistic can completely dominate their particular fixation (a factor magnified in small Wikis like the /m/ one by virtue of the low overall userbase, meaning the lone autist's voice is relatively larger, and more niche topics are naturally going to have fewer people willing or knowledgable enough to invest time into fixing their page), partly because it becomes incredibly easy for old misinformation to linger on for years even after better sources have come up and been shared around just because nobody's taken the time to edit the page, and partly just because as soon as you get into any topic that's even mildly inflammatory the page immediately turns into a ground for dumb edit wars which are ultimately just won by whichever side is most pigheadedly persistent or has the backing of the moderators regardless of the facts of the matter
And don't mistake that as just being criticism of the /m/ wiki, or even Cinemaphile board wikis in general, they're universal problems. God knows the 'real' Wikipedia's rife with them too, the site's a mess and has only got worse over time. But the small size and nature of a Wiki just dedicated to /m/ is going to make all those problems way worse and you need only look at its 'Recent changes' page to see that. If you really want to maintain information, invest in hard drives and start archiving PDFs
>anons whine it's from him alone, but don't contribute
because a wiki is unnecessary and just a beacon to glorify your headcanons
You can say that for all fan sites.
Not all of them, but definitely this one
Ah yes, the /m/ Meta Bits page, I remember why this existed.
>Yapool please allow for trope talk
>This isn't TVTropes it's a wiki, no
>How can you be so selfish
>Fine here is a page shove all of it there
>proceeds to fill some terminology in to get the ball rolling
>and none of these backers made an edit
I've had half a mind to recycle it into a Betterman page for the better half of two years. If nobody wants to use that page in a week that is what I'll do, but no trope jargon will be allowed unless someone else makes a page and fleshes it out. Keeping it a hundred I was thinking of making an analysis on various planets and their thenes corresponding to /m/ shows, but most of that is just reduced to the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter and the first two already have that pseudo role as navboxes.
So yeah, one week that page is recycled or someone here uses it, I disown it as of this post.
Everyone knows that that's a lie and it's just a way of preserving your homosexual 1dCinemaphile, page that you spent years cultivating, after it finally got nuked
You're half right, it was designed for the 1dCinemaphile page and was removed, that said I did not have much material for a trope listing page. I had a list on terminology already and used it as I described. If you want to blank it I won't stop you.
>one week that page is recycled
And done https://mmecha.fandom.com/wiki/Mecha_and_Monsters_from_Betterman
>But so is "trope logic", whatever the frick that means.
Using terms like "plot device", "mcguffin", "the plot/writer said so", "bandai needs to sell a toy", "ran out of budget", "third act syndrome", or bringing up something like the hand in one frame of Govarian.
>It's a horrible idea, because it's a purely subjective category with no clear definition
If it has significant aspects likely inspired by Evangelion then it might count.
You need to rethink your wiki, because this makes no sense. A lot of the so-called Eva clones are called so because they share similar plot devices, usually a villain plan similar to the Human Instrumentality Project, but even using the term "plot device" is against the rules.
Not my wiki. Sharing and comparing elements is not the same as using trope terminology.
>Using terms like "plot device", "mcguffin", "the plot/writer said so", "bandai needs to sell a toy", "ran out of budget", "third act syndrome", or bringing up something like the hand in one frame of Govarian.
I guess it really has come to attacking words just to avoid critisism. When did people become so soft? Just tell people to frick off. There is no reason to throw phrases and terms like "plot device" into the trash just because you dont like for people to poopoo your favorite show on the internet.
some words are useful because they let you state something in one or two words instead of having to write a paragraph.
>I guess it really has come to attacking words just to avoid critisism.
Or people don't want sarcasm or snark when looking up something. Professionalism and neutrality are virtues.
Yapool, perhaps people would be more willing to contribute if you cleaned up your act and started behaving better.
The lack of activity on the /m/useum says otherwise. /m/ just isn't interested in maintaining stuff like we did in the 00s. And I'm almost certain this was on the edge of page 10 before your post.
Since the wiki is a thing that exists, Yapool might as well tackle its image problem by being a better person. Positivity is infectious just as much defeatism is.
>tackle its image problem by being a better person.
Adding images would be the solution, that lemonstri guy that added a few was proof of it.
Aside from desperate lack of pictures and the handful of stubs (4? 5?), what are some problems on the wiki itself beyond "adding article X"? Like, what info is missing or incorrect? Tackling an entire article is more daunting than just fleshing out some sections or inserting numbers.
At the moment it is 6 counting the Gigantic Formula page. Anyway, things I know are missing off the top of my head include:
-Heights and Weights for mechanical monsters and battle beasts (Mazinger Monsters)
-Heights for Ganbaruger monsters (if any exist for Gosaurer I've never seen them)
-Powers for Dangaioh monsters
-Powers for Zeravire (Gravion)
-Powers for the mechs from Godannar
-Heights, Weights, and Powers for nearly every Braves Mecha
-Heights and Weights for toku Giant Robo enemies
-Anything Getter Robo Go related
-Not sure if I got heights and weights for Orguss stuff if those even exist
-First episode appearances of every Xabungle mech
-First appearances for vehicles from Dougram
-First appearances of various Buff Clan ships (Ideon)
-Heights and Weights for various Votoms mechs
There's likely more but that's what comes to mind. Very low on the priority list. According to the analytics most of the visitors in the last two months are Filipino and looking up monsters for the live action Voltes V series which I'm not interested in for the time being. Can't share hard numbers, but the wikia does get an average of anywhere between 50 to 200 people a day pre-live action Voltes.
I'm talking about the public image of the wiki, as in its reputation. People will be reluctant to contribute when the site's image is tied to Yapool's spergouts. He should make a good faith effort to show he's matured as a person, in other words, no more necrospam, and no more attacking Cinemaphile's year-end collage. Being /m/'s most famous poster, he's making mecha fans look bad.
Most people don't know who he is or that we even have a wiki. The few people that know about the Cinemaphile collages don't know about the /m/ wikia.
>-Powers for the mechs from Godannar
Okay, most of those are whatever, this on the other hand is inexcusable. Fix this soon, Yapool.
Yes, but the people who know about the wiki and would be potential contributors certainly know about Yapool/Duel and his antics. They're the ones in need of convincing.
>Fix this soon, Yapool.
Alright I'll make that priority higher up. Side note, thoughts on Eva Clones? I thought there was enough mecha titles it'd warrant a navbox. Wanted to include Z-Mind and Big O, but figured "nah, bring it up and have a discussion first". I doubt Code Geass and Linebarrels counted as such and M3 didn't seem Eva influenced enough to count.
https://mmecha.fandom.com/wiki/Template:Evangelion_Clone_Articles
Forgot to include at the end:
Thoughts?
>Thoughts?
Yapool, can you promise you won't attack Cinemaphile's year-end collage this time? I will be screencapping this thread.
>thoughts on Eva Clones
I'd rather it stays an in-board meme rather than putting effort into an elaborate joke and confusing newbies more than they already are.
I've seen the term Eva clone on other anime websites, that's not a Cinemaphile only term.
Never said it was, but it's mostly a joke here.
Most of the problems I know of are just
>Shit taste
>Reposting unfunny memes
>encyclopedia type website
>full of subjective opinions
>Is the English dub of Giant Robo (aka Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot) worth watching?
it's actually surprisingly decent, surprisingly minimal on content edits and really the only major flaw I'd say it has is that sometimes they seem to try too hard to match up with the lip flaps so occasionally the dialogue comes off as sped up or sluggish or awkward word choices due to it
>thoughts on Eva Clones
It's a horrible idea, because it's a purely subjective category with no clear definition. But so is "trope logic", whatever the frick that means.
>Not my wiki.
Are you Yapool/Duel? If you're the admin, then it's your wiki.
>Sharing and comparing elements is not the same as using trope terminology.
That's literally what tvtropes does.
>then it's your wiki.
Being an admin and being the founder not inherently the same thing; a gardener for an abandoned house is not the same as the owner.
>That's literally what tvtropes does
TVTropes does it from a commentary and meta point of view, that is not compatible with in-universe information. Case in point articles on the Gundam Wiki:
https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/GX-9901-DX_Gundam_Double_X
This is clean of trope logic and terms. It gives you just the in-universe information someone would be looking for. Not personal commentary or emotional recreation or snark or "because x needed it to happen" mentality.
>Being an admin and being the founder not inherently the same thing; a gardener for an abandoned house is not the same as the owner.
If you make the rules, then it's your wiki currently.
>It gives you just the in-universe information someone would be looking for.
Ah, I see. You don't want anything extratextual. That makes sense. But then you can't really have a page for Eva clones, because comparing different works of fiction is intrinsically an extratextual exercise. It's troper territory.
>Ah, I see. You don't want anything extratextual. That makes sense. But then you can't really have a page for Eva clones, because comparing different works of fiction is intrinsically an extratextual exercise. It's troper territory.
Technically it's a navbox, but point taken. If nobody has any objections in the next 42-48 hours (Sunday afternoon) I'll recycle the navbox into something else. Not going to lie if that navbox was given the okay a Hirai sameface one would have followed, there are enough articles to justify one though that ain't happening now.
Why is this robot wearing an Egyptian nemes?
because he can