CATDOLL: The author of "Full Metal Panic" complains: Today's young people don't like robots

The just concluded "Full Metal Panic", which was jokingly called the "once in a lifetime" series, is undoubtedly good news for mecha fans and fans of the series. However, the author of the work, Shoji Gato, recently expressed his disappointment that young people do not like robots.

Gato Shoji recalled that when he was in his teens, he encountered the explosive growth of robot works, that is, "a generation that directly witnessed the real robot craze." At that time, he really thought that such robots would exist, and he still retains this idea to this day.

However, young people nowadays would think "Robot works? I don't understand what this is." This made him feel a little lost. He could only look at the young man and say, "Hey!? But... aren't you a boy? Shouldn't boys like robot works!? Isn't that right!? Sorry, uncle, I don't understand... Really, sorry..." He believed that people older than him would probably have similar experiences.

In this regard, many Japanese netizens commented: "Yeah, it feels like I haven't seen interesting robot works for a long time. Now only Gundam and Macross can hold up the facade." "Didn't PA make robots in the new April animation? There is absolutely no discussion..." "It's really outdated."

Simply put, the only robot series that can hold up the show is the Gundam series. Since Gurren Lagann, original mecha war films have basically been weird, such as "Rondo of an Angel and a Dragon" and "Black Manifesto". In order to meet the current public tastes, the mecha war films have been greatly changed and have lost their original charm. It is no wonder that there have been few new games in the mecha war series in recent years, and the plot is not easy to integrate into the script. Therefore, the decline and decadence of mecha war films can be regarded as the end and portrayal of an era.