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Bumperino
Bumping from the next decade
Could it be Unbreakable Machine Doll ?
Not quite, it was more steampunk with a bit less risk in the storytelling and art design. If I remember correctly, there was an event of personal growth where the train they were using was stopped by some enemy automaton and they had to retreat. After hitting up their senpais and getting a heaping helping of literally no good advice, they became strong enough to completely nuke it and continue on their journey. For humanoid art style, it was more along the lines of 7 Deadly Sins and seasonal slice of lifes than stylized/unique shows.
The robot designs were unique, with the robot helper on the train being akin to one of the helper bots of Nier Automata or similar orbital, but with extreme steampunk elements. This applied to enemy robots as well, of course, with the roadblocker having a full factory’s worth of pipes and cogs shoved into his body.
Edited by Fallout223
If anyone remembers a certain anime from around 2015 which had clockwork automatons fighting the MC and co, could you send me in the right direction? To my memory, the setting had the MC and heroine on board a train for a majority of it, although they also ventured back to their HQ to meet more characters to develop the story. I believe the plot revolved around some criminals creating the automatons and the organization which the MC was a part of was dedicated to destroying them. A mansion, sewer, high-tech base, and dark factory are some set pieces that I’m pretty sure were used during the battles between good vs evil. I think there were androids made as advanced versions of the robots as well, but I’m not positive.
Oh yeah and the good guys had a perverted robot on the train, who was on a personal quest for premium coochie.