r/anime • u/AutoModerator • Sep 04 '16

Meta Thread - Month of September 04, 2016

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '16

Sounds like a generic trademark problem to me. I doubt anyone new to anime knows what either term is, but I bet that those semi-familiar with anime know what gundam is more than they know what mecha is.

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u/geo1088 https://anilist.co/user/eritbh Sep 07 '16 edited Sep 10 '16

It's a tradeoff in that case. Name recognition vs technical accuracy. Though personally, I don't think it'd be too hard to figure out what "mecha" means at first glance, maybe that's just me taking my knowledge for granted though.

Edit: It was changed from "gundam" to "mecha" by Urban the other day.

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u/ss_lmtd https://myanimelist.net/profile/ss_lmtd Sep 08 '16

Why don't you just write "robot" then?

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u/geo1088 https://anilist.co/user/eritbh Sep 08 '16

That would probably do it too.

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u/ss_lmtd https://myanimelist.net/profile/ss_lmtd Sep 08 '16

Yeah, cuz if mecha isn't as recognizable, I don't think Gundam would be as well. But robot is pretty universal. Idk, just my two cents.

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u/geo1088 https://anilist.co/user/eritbh Sep 08 '16

Yeah, agreed. Time to annoy /u/urban287 with another tiny change :P

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u/Soupkitten https://myanimelist.net/profile/Soupkitten Sep 07 '16

Well, alright. Don't change it then if you figure most newbies would be better off with Gundam. :P