>>96261001
>We're not destroying anything, we're telling you that it's part of a grander tapestry and if you opened your eyes you'd find a bunch of other stuff that's a lot like it to enjoy. You are part of a genre and not separated from it.
Exactly, Okawara designed Dougram's Combat Armors and VOTOMS Armored Trooers, but he also designed THE Gundam and Brave series bots.
Kawamori is even broader, having done not only Macross, but also Gundam, a good deal of the toys that would become the Transformers, Armored Cores, the CGI Thunderbirds series, AND FASA HAD HIM REDESIGN BATTLEMECHS FOR THE JAPANESE BATTLETECH RELEASE!
Hell, here is a great quote of his I found double checking that last part;
“In the world of animation, there are often instances where there are vehicles that are impossible to take flight but are somehow still able to go airborne. However, as I was once someone who wanted to become a mechanical engineer, I always want to approach these things with a greater degree of realism. So that means that in terms of the mechanism, I actually want them to clearly exist within the design and not just for show. This is especially important when you then make toys of that design, as all the necessary parts from the anime are then present on the toy.”

>>96261160
>Why should I like all the tropes of mecha anime like transforming Robotech type mechs
Because the guy who created those designs put a hell of a lot more thought into them than you are!