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Dennou Boukenki Webdiver for 2?
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Yep, that's number 2 alright. I thought the art style would be better because of my childhood memories, but the sparse description on the Tropes page matches the rest of my memories. Thanks, jormis29!
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any chance of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion or Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z?
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Nope, too new. Both of the ones I asked about are from the same foggy period of childhood. Also, I don't remember if the train mechs even had pilots.
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The Brave Express Might Gaine?
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Probably not, no.
Edit: When they aren't being trained, the mecha-things have these chibi forms where their faces are train-like and take up most of their body. The front window of their train-shaped body/face are their eyes.
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I remember two different Train Mecha anime that I don't know the name of.
The first one is about a bunch of living train robot-things (they look like modern trains, not steam trains) that can turn into full trains that have passengers but mostly walk around in human-sized forms instead. The only thing about it that I remember is that a one of the Villains (either the main one or the Dragon) is a black and red train mech with a split personality. One personality is nice and silly, while the other is dangerous. He switches between personalities whenever he sees a Kappa. I think he has two other giant robot pets who are also evil?
The other train mech show is about a kid who has a Train Toy in a Sci-Fi world with a Virtual Reality / Cyberspace thing. An Evil AI or Alien is basically using the Cyberspace to cause mayhem in the real world, and the kid has to use his Train to upload into Cyberspace and pilot a Giant Robot to stop it. I remember one of the later villains being a giant robot so massive that the protagonists can run around in it (like, a Unicron expy or something), and that the AI Alien Villain eventually creates a Bishie human avatar for some reason. Also, that the Train Mech combines with a different mech to get wings called V-mode or something.
Thanks to anyone who can help.