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Uncandescent One Brunch Man Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
One Brunch Man
#26: Jul 23rd 2015 at 2:01:56 PM

Name: Gurren Lagann

Work of Origin: Gurren Lagann

Appearance: Don’t believe in yourself. Believe in the me who believes in you 15~ Meters

Powers, Weapons and Abilities: Gurren Lagann is created by the unity of two disparate mechs, appropriately titled Gurren and Lagann. Gurren has no special powers beyond the strength associated with a robot of its size, in addition to a sword strapped to its front shaped like a snazzy pair of sunglasses.

Lagann is a much smaller mech activated by a drill-shaped key wrapped around Simon’s neck. It runs on a nebulous and extremely powerful energy source known as “Spiral Power” generated by human determination and fighting spirit. In addition to the ability to create a variety of drill constructs, Lagann can attach to other mechs as their “head” and take over their systems, greatly increasing the host mech’s physical abilities, and allowing the second mech’s pilot to pool their Spiral Energy.

Gurren Lagann is the end result of Lagann combining with Gurren. Gurren Lagann is protected by an invisible force field that makes it capable of taking more damage than its build or construction would suggest. In addition, when it is damaged, the parts can be temporarily mended by a higher-than-normal expenditure of will on the parts of the pilots. However, when Lagann detaches, all of the damage is reinstated, and must be fixed normally. Gurren Lagann’s primary ability is to generate drills of a variety of shapes, styles, and usages, limited only by the imagination of the pilots and their surplus of mental fortitude.

Personality: Gurren Lagann is kept in equilibrium by the competing yet symbiotic piloting styles of Simon, the timid but rational digger who operates Lagann, and Kamina, who approaches every situation with the guts and bravado that he approaches every other area of his life. The pilots themselves are best friends and self-proclaimed “blood brothers”, and Kamina does everything he can to make Simon believe in himself.

Backstory: Raised in an underground village, Simon and Kamina were told all of their lives that the surface was nothing but a myth. But when a giant robot broke through the ceiling of their village, the pair used a freshly-discovered Lagann to defeat the robot and join a group of freedom fighters looking to overthrow the regime conspiring to keep humanity constrained to underground villages. Eventually discovering the secret to creating Gurren Lagann, they blazed a path of rebellion and burning spirit across the countryside until they somehow ended up in a glamorous island metropolis…


Here he is. To be honest, I never noticed how tiny Gurren Lagann is compared to other series. I predict some spirited fast-ball specials in the future. tongue

edited 23rd Jul '15 2:36:19 PM by Uncandescent

If I had that kind of power, I'd have dropped a meteor on your house ages ago~
Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
#27: Jul 23rd 2015 at 2:14:20 PM

It's around the same size as the Iron Giant, if that's any consolation. The body-jacking should work out too, just so long as the "host" has a chance to mentally resist or have some way to impede the mental control.

edited 23rd Jul '15 2:16:06 PM by Locoman

Uncandescent One Brunch Man Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
One Brunch Man
#28: Jul 23rd 2015 at 2:25:39 PM

For sure. For allies, it'll be less like a hostile takeover and more like a friendly injection of drill-generating goodness.

If I had that kind of power, I'd have dropped a meteor on your house ages ago~
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#29: Jul 23rd 2015 at 3:13:04 PM

Gonna have some trouble against Amuro and his Psycframe Nu Gundam. It's not just for show.

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#30: Jul 23rd 2015 at 4:22:51 PM

Remember that the mechas are getting rescaled.

I hope someone signs up as one of the Evas from Evangelion because I would love to see the Lagann, who was basically conceived as a reaction to the pessimism the former brought to the Mecha genre, face against it! grin

Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#31: Jul 23rd 2015 at 4:36:38 PM

I'm actually considering signing up as Mari/Unit-08 tongue

edited 23rd Jul '15 4:36:54 PM by Gaunt88

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#32: Jul 23rd 2015 at 4:52:31 PM

This could get complicated. Hrm.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Uncandescent One Brunch Man Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
One Brunch Man
#33: Jul 23rd 2015 at 5:03:04 PM

I kind of like the size disparity. Kamina starts going off on one of his tangents, but because he only comes up to Unit 08's ankle, it ends up sounding like hot-blooded hamster squeaks. tongue

If I had that kind of power, I'd have dropped a meteor on your house ages ago~
Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
#34: Jul 23rd 2015 at 5:05:26 PM

Do whatever works for you, guys.

Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
The Wildest of Ronins
#35: Jul 23rd 2015 at 6:40:36 PM

I kind of want to join with a jaeger, but I don't want to shrink them down to meet the 50 meter cap. If only by virtue of the fact that jaegers don't really get any super robot abilities despite being super robot sized...

Alternatively, I might make an Armored Core 3 or Armored Core 2 Raven. (I have yet to get my hands on AC 4 or AC 5 due to not having any consoles more advanced then a Nintendo Wii. I am behind the times)

Alternatively Alternatively, G GUNDAM! THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! TAKE THIS! MY LOVE MY ANGER AND ALL OF MY SORROW! SHINING FINGER!

On a related note, I really need to go on a giant robot binge at some point. I really don't have enough knowledge about them in general. (My reference pools are too tiny, I must fix this!)

edited 23rd Jul '15 6:40:53 PM by Kosjurake

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Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#36: Jul 23rd 2015 at 6:48:59 PM

This is entirely Super Robot Wars in an RP format.

But I can get behind this.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#37: Jul 23rd 2015 at 7:30:33 PM

  • Name: Nu Gundam and Amuro Ray
  • Work of Origin: Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack
  • Appearance: Standing at a head height of 23 meters, It's not just for show! and his pilot the most powerful Newtype
  • Powers, Weapons and Abilities:
    • Nu-Gundam: Psycoframe, 60mm Head Vulcans, Beam Rifle with Grenade Launcher, Beam Sabers, 6 Fin Funnels, 280mm Bazooka mounted to Backpack, and Shield
    • Amuro: Newtype abilities, Ace Pilot.
  • Personality: Amuro was best described as a bit of a unpleasant fellow when he was 15 during the one year war. However time has changed him into a man of composure. He doesn't believe in being a superior breed, but rather someone who believes that he should do the right thing because no one else will.
  • Backstory: Amuro served as the pilot for the famous RGX-78 Mobile Suit AKA the Gundam during the one year war. He was a hotheaded uneasy pilot that didn't get along with others, but time he grew and changed, becoming the "White Devil" that scared Zeon so much. Most recently Amuro had to fight off his longtime rival Char Aznable and face him in a final duel, only to be faced with the loss of his life with the stopping of the Asteroid Axis. Now Amuro has no clue where he is, but wishes to discover why.

Any issues?

edited 23rd Jul '15 7:31:01 PM by EchoingSilence

Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#39: Jul 23rd 2015 at 7:44:37 PM

Hopefully Amuro'll spout lines like "I can pilot the Gundam better than anyone!"

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#40: Jul 23rd 2015 at 7:47:10 PM

Not entirely unjustified as it took a giant space rock filled with nukes to kill him.

And I was thinking of bringing in some other Gundam Pilots, at the very least Kira from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Shiro from 08th MS Team in the EZ 8 as support units.

Unlikely but Amuro here will do just fine.

Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#42: Jul 24th 2015 at 4:16:40 AM

  • Name: Mari Makinami and Evangelion Unit-08
  • Work of Origin: Rebuild Of Evangelion
  • Appearance: The girl, the robot. ~50 meters? It's a little hard to find a solid number.
  • Powers, Weapons and Abilities: Besides the general strength and durability that comes with its size and armour:
    • AT field: Unit 08 can generate a powerful forcefield that can reduce or negate a lot of damage.
    • Weaponry: A sniper rifle, pistol and a progressive knife, all scaled for use by Evas.
  • Personality: Mari generally maintains a playful, friendly attitude, even while while piloting, exchanging banter, taunts or encouragement with allies, enemies and her Eva alike. Fighting giant monsters is fun, after all. Maybe a little too much fun - while she usually plays the role of back-line sniper, when she does engage in hand-to-hand combat her fighting style tends to devolve into something more reckless, and not even gruesome damage seems to put a dent in her enjoyment.
  • Backstory:
    • A british-japanese girl, Mari was originally one of many potential Evangelion pilot candidates. To her disappointment, it looked like she would never get a chance to fight, until she was swept up as a pawn in a game of interdepartmental espionage between factions of the vast and confusing conspiracy that controlled the fight against the Angels. In her first sortie she destroyed the escaping 3rd Angel in a scrap-heap spare Evangelion, and soon after she was secretly sent into Tokyo-3, the center of the angel-human war. She didn't particularly care what part she played in the machinations of the people behind the scenes - she got to pilot an Eva, so she was happy.
    • After trying (and failing) to hold off the 10th Angel, she was once again swept up in events beyond her control. This time, it was Near-Third and Third Impact - the near-end of the world, an upheaval that saw huge swathes of humanity wiped out, apparently at the hands of NERV, the organisation she used to work for. Eventually, she found herself falling in the splinter group Wille, fighting to destroy NERV and its mass-produced Evas and prevent the beginning of a Fourth extinction event.

edited 24th Jul '15 4:17:04 AM by Gaunt88

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#43: Jul 24th 2015 at 4:18:10 AM

Looks like at least not everyone is using giant robots a la Mazinger.

I should be able to use a character from the Macross Frontier PSP games...

Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
#44: Jul 24th 2015 at 4:21:44 AM

It doesn't necessarily have to be a giant robot; you could go with some other giant character like a Gem fusion note  or something similar.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#45: Jul 24th 2015 at 4:44:50 AM

...OK, back to the drawing board I guess.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Vox Since: Dec, 2010
#46: Jul 24th 2015 at 6:31:49 AM

I'm curious, but I'm not sure if my choice is apropriate: you said this would be plot-driven, so would a character who is effectively a mindless animal work?

Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
#47: Jul 24th 2015 at 6:43:35 AM

Who are you considering?

I did throw in those small islands off the coast for this reason, so that characters that can't really hide or fit in with human society for prolonged periods have a place to hang out.

Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
#49: Jul 24th 2015 at 6:58:44 AM

Oh man, I remember that game!

Go for it.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#50: Jul 24th 2015 at 7:38:49 AM

Mine will have to wait until tomorrow. I'll use a Valkyrie from Macross as confirmed.


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