The LDP has announced it is considering a Gundam development program, with the presumed intent of defending Japan with an army of giant robots.
On a political talk-show broadcast on NicoNico Douga, LDP parliamentarians including the LDP’s vice president Tadamori Oshima and former party general secretary Bunmei Ibuki revealed the LDP was “seriously considering” a “Gundam development project.”
This policy would apparently incorporate both industrial promotion of the development of bipedal robots, and their military employment.
This is not the first time the fascination of Japanese with militarily ludicrous giant robots has reached into the official sphere – previously civil servants famously developed cost estimates for the construction of a Gundam unit.
Online the plan has attracted the expected ridicule (although the prospect of seeing a billion dollar titan toppled by a hundred dollar shell to the knee admittedly has a certain appeal), as well as some suspicion that it is part of a crude attempt by the censorship loving LDP to curry favour with the creepy right-wing otaku demographic – and, this being Japan, some actual support:
“This is how they are going to spend our newly raised consumption tax?”
“These are Japan’s politicians.”
“Why Gundam all of a sudden now? You start with Zaku, Zaku!”
“Patlabor, you mean.”
“Nice to see they have some dreams, at least.”
“You lot are always trolled by this stuff, like that nonsense about Aso being a Rozen Maiden fan.”
“Why not start by making some robots which can clean up after a nuclear accident, morons.”
“Forget about useless bipedal bots, make something more useful.”
“Humanoid development allows artificial limbs and other good stuff. It’s good for Japan to follow its own direction, compared to the US and China and company, who are all on the same track.”
“People ridiculing this are the same people who would have been ridiculing the car a century ago!”
“Encouraging robotic development is great, but there really is not likely to be any merit in pushing bipedal ones.”
“Gundams would be useless in a real war. If their intent is anything more than to curry favour with otaku they should start looking at what would be.”
“Well, Gundam is just a symbol. Any idiot can see they are useless. They must be talking about promoting the robotics industry.”
“They are just trying to get your votes, guys.”
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Not bad, though I wish I could ride the Gundam. Even if it is just a Zaku.
u know what they say...
be a real man and pick zaku!
Pick a Zaku and die! XD
Make it a soldier sized suit.
That will solve all problems. Everywhere.
Shut up, don't think, just do.
Fuck! we are screwed =)
Powered armor, as per Robert Heinlein's Mobile Infantry would be a great idea. Large giant robots? Those would be a very stupid idea because they're so easy to take out with simple weapons.
There are some power assist technologies being developed, mostly for the handicapped, but there are some that are being developed with an eye towards construction. The problem with the latter variety is that they need to be plugged in to generate enough power to move any heavy objects (like armor or large weapons). The key would be to either mount a generator on the thing (doable, but problematic) or hope for far higher capacity batteries, more efficient servos, etc.
test piloting gundams for the military, best career
Oh man! I'm getting excited just thinking about it!
It would be the best moment as a human being. Even Neil Amstrong's experience of journey to the moon is nothing to be compared
Realistically, you want to make your armor weapon as light, simple, small, and flat to the ground as possible. A giant standing target is really an eyesore.
Well, they aren't standing targets because they can FLY at supersonic speeds you know.
Something like Appleseed is more realistic because it is actually feasible and has immediate application.
Quoted for truth.
Probable .They gonna make Guntank first
Im hoping they will make Burning Gundam. You have no idea how long i've actaully wanted to say this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=6fUJ6LehQ3I&NR=1 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=6fUJ6LehQ3I&NR=1]
They just don't make anime as amazing as that anymore.
Burning Gundam?There is no such a thing.....
Ah,you must be one of this religious fanatics who only watches English dubs of anime...
Behold and cry for this is the one and only truth!
This Gundam is called GF13-017NJII GOD GUNDAM. He is the God of all Gundams,together with his older Brother, the GF13-017NJ SHINING GUNDAM one of the 2 coolest Gundams that were ever drawn (sorry to say it but most of the Gundam-designs just suck,especially those from Gundam wing and Gundam seed).
Dude how the hell do you think im a religious fanatic just because i called a gundam a different name? Im athiest dumbass.
They won't be exact Gundam. Urasawa already proved why that's impossible in 20th Century Boys.
want NEETs to come out and join the army? *this* would be the best bait you could come up with!
build them, and they would come
multiple times.
Patlabour sounds about right, those humanoid construction platforms. Although we'd see the Aliens loader first.
Yeah, robotics industry. We'll get Miku first and that will start a war with the idol bands heralding the end of their age. And from the blasted wasteland we will hold a concert for our robotic idols atop a yellow bulldozer.
You wa Shock!
Years back there was this company Paradox Press that published "Big Book of"---
Well, in the "Big Book of Bad" there was a chapter called "Militarism in Japan"...noting it destroyed any chance of making real peace with the outside world and led ultimately to Japan getting NUKED. Oh, and the "Rape of Nanking" for fun along the way...
Well this is right there with twice the STUPID...
>>>>(although the prospect of seeing a billion dollar titan toppled by a hundred dollar shell to the knee admittedly has a certain appeal)
At least that was pointed out.
There's a reason we don't have robot titans walking around the battlefield. (2) And the technology could have been made in the 70s with IC chips. As long as a human controls them the only thing the computers need to do is maintain the system.
The reason is this:
"Newton's laws of motion" of that F*M=A...
Force = Mass times Acceleration
Now real "Gundams" have this piece of "Bolognium" (1) called Gundamanium or some such metal... Perhaps degenerate matter, such as somehow stripped from a Neutron star...? In short it's a much denser metal than anything on the periodic table so it has a lot more tolerance for abuse. Also it's why it takes a nuclear generator in those things to move around when if they were mere metal diesel or gasoline could have them running for a day or so.
I'm sure the Japanese engineers could rig something human controlled up right out of whatever "Giant Robot" anime out there... BUT- to standard anti vehicle/armor weaponry they'd be giant, delicate tin cans...
1 - Larry Niven coined that term. For "High tech plot device" pointing out how little sci-fi authors really needed to know about science fiction and how little it had to do with any "Real" science/plausible technology.
2 - A reason also even an obscenely superior force such as America in Iraq/Afghanistan tends to have it's heavy equipment go as high and fast and overwhelming as possible. Because a single RPG shot costing $5 can take 'em down, even supposedly "Armored" helicopters or flying bricks like the Osprey.
1st the Osprey isn't heavily armored by any means. Hell, Hardly lightly armored. Its not built for that. Thats why it has 1 rear mounted M240b and has only seen one or two kills in one engagement.
Having been deployed with the Army multiple times as a Tanker and later as PsyOp I can say with VERY high certainty that the armor on our MRAP's, Strykers, Uparmored Humvees, and Abrams are VERY able to take multiple RPG hits. When I was Deployed to Iraq the first time around we lost a tank in a very bad ditch during a firefight. Later when we tried to recover the vehicle, we could not so we had to destroy it. We chose to fire at it with the main cannon from another M1. No penetration. Hit it with a AT4. No penetration. We had to call in EOD to destroy it with explosives. In Afghanistan we had an MRAP take 3 RPG hits and small arms fire with minimal damage and was able to drive safely back to the FOB.
While our old Humvees where not armored, our new Humvees, MRAP's and Stryker's are HIGHLY resistant vehicles. and the M1 Abrams has the best shit ever made. After seeing that its own main cannon can't penetrate its hull I have total confidence in it.
God damn that is a bad ass story. Now I have that much more faith in feasibility of Gundam.
You were probably doing it wrong. Although in places the M1 armour is strong enough, quite a few have been knocked out of action from friendly fire by other M1 tanks, as well as some extensive damage by other tanks and missiles. The only reason the official ‘destroyed by enemy fire’ count is zero is that we've recovered them and (because they're so expensive) refurbished them.
As for the Humvee, it's armour is a joke; I've seen one being torn apart by a low power explosive. It's a jeep trying to be a tank, and it fails at both roles; I can't even imagine what the higher ups were thinking when they commissioned that coffin-on-wheels.
I think you should consider that other tanks in comparison would not even stand that much of a chance to begin with.
They should develop Strike Witches instead.
No, Chobits is better to be developed.
they're already working on those
Indeed. And them make Japan rich by exporting sex robots to all kinds of sickfucks. Want a girl with tits bigger than you? Want a tentacle girl? Want a futanari loli furry? We can make one if you pay the price!
@ Anon 15:27 -
"Want a girl with tits bigger than you?"
No, thank you.
sizeof(head) >= sizeof(boob) ? accept() : reject();
"Want a tentacle girl?"
Maaaaybeeeee. I saw a pretty hot pic of Megurine Luka in tentacle mode.
"Want a futanari loli furry?"
That's a compound question.
X Futanari
X Loli
O Furry
shut up and take my money!
Sadly women will never allow it, since it would make them obsolete.
They don't have to allow, just sell them on the internet! And based on sancom news men aren't allowed near women anyway...
Would make men obsolete too, that's actually the best plan for robots to invade en destroy humanity without any conflicts.
What do you mean "Women would never allow it"? Lesbians would want the Steel Angel Saki model.
Aren't they already obsolete in Japan.
Actually in the manga there's a "male" version and a "female" version of a chobits so I'm sure women AND men would both enjoy them.
dutch wife have done the job
also they need to outlaw pants on cute girls.
Yuria type 100 and her sisters.
FUCK YOU LOLI PEDO SHIT! YOU WANT KIDS TU FLASH THEIR VAGINAS FOR YOU PEDO SHIT?
U mad
Who doesn't like lolis?
You retard?
obvious troll is too obvious. or fuckin stupid. either way, real obvious.
Another useless comment from the religious nuts, and once again I mention, why the hell you come to this site if you already know the theme to something with sex is always remembered?
I think giant robots at least in urbans areas would be useless.
And some with power of flight would be as heavy as a tank and engines with the capacity and consumption would be immense.
More useful to invest in robots and androids! Japan fictional in the future there is a coexistence as in ghost in the shell.
Once the extended life expectancy is no urgent need to increase the population.
Sex would be more entertaining, then why not with sexbots?
Actually, developing Gundams isn't as bad an idea as it seems.
As long as you can get those Otaku and Hikikomori to do something meaningful, why not?
Otaku and Hikkimori =/= engineers, mechanics, and programmers.
Gundam pilots =/= engineer, mechanics and programmers either, moron.
Enginners and mechanics maybe (but if you give them the right stimulus, the otakus can easily acquire that knowledge, since they have insane willpower), but programmers? C'mon, they stay their whole day shut in their home in front of a computer. Even if they didn't want, they'd have some base of programming...
gagaga estos demonios japoneses nunca podran hacer robos mas grandes como mazzzinyer z gagagagag malditos a quel hombre qu quiera hacer un robo grande para mataral propio hombre este es un asesino terminietor ojala Dios les tome a cuentas a esto politicos chinos que se creen que son dioses no podran hacerlo antes vendra el fin del mundo anticristos criminales les mando al infierno con robos grandes para que los torturen terminietos
I'd say sonic divers have higher chance than strike witches xD.
Did you mean "strike units"?
They'd go on strike.