They say “don’t explain the joke.” But what about examining and analyzing a joke from a mechanical design perspective? The titular mecha of Megas XLR is built out of a (surprisingly large) pile of mecha anime jokes and references. Do those elements come together to be a design with its own merit?
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If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Chicks Dig Giant Robots by Ragtime Revolutionaries from Megas XLR. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we’ve covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It’s right here.
Units discussed:
Megas XLR
Zanzor
Ultra-Cadet Galaxia
Ultra-Cadet Comet
Ultra-Cadet Pulsar
Ultra-Cadet Nova
Ender
Skalgar
Mecha-Megas
CMDR-KVA
