Bought the whole set of Blu-rays for that mecha anime everyone raves about and regretted it after 3 episodes

Dropped $120 on the collector's edition of some highly rated mecha show from the early 2000s after seeing posts about it for months, and the pacing was so slow I couldn't even finish disc 2 anyone else get burned by hype trains like that?

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sean_walker4528d ago

Man, that's rough but I kinda get it. A lot of those "classic" mecha shows from back then really suffered from pacing issues because they were originally made for TV where you had to stretch out 26 episodes. I remember picking up Gasaraki on DVD after hearing how it was this deep political mecha drama and I fell asleep during the third episode because nothing happened except some guys talking in a boardroom. The hype train tends to focus on the big moments from the last few episodes but forgets you gotta sit through six hours of setup first. Sometimes I think people just remember the good parts and forget how boring the middle was.

hayden_rivera28d ago

Tbh the setup IS the show in a lot of those older mecha series. Gasaraki is a bad example because the political boardroom talk is literally the point, not just filler. The slow burn builds the tension so when the mecha finally do fight, every punch lands way harder because you understand all the stakes. People who skip to the last three episodes miss half the story, it's like reading only the final chapter of a mystery novel.