Talk:Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still

message: The article is mostly of high quality. It is very well referenced, and mostly well-written. The images all have fair use rationales and  support the article well. However, there are a few minor concerns:
*The article needs a skimming over, as some of the wording is incorrect (minor examples include "events takes place" and "any of supporting characters")
*You could do with a reference or two for some of the claims in the introduction, such as "Giant Robo is a homage to Yokoyama's career" and "The OVA is recognized for its "retro" style and operatic score"
These changes are rather minor, and should be simple to amend. Once these points are fixed, I'd happily pass the article - • The Giant Puffin • 11:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All done. I hope I got them all. About the lead... I thought that, since the lead is a summary of the article, references weren't necessary.--Nohansen 16:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well done, I'm happy to pass - • The Giant Puffin • 18:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GAC on hold 

message: Ask123 just tagged this article as having original research or unverified claims. I found this highly suspect, so I removed the tag. If there's any statement that needs a citation, please let me know and I'll provide it.--Nohansen (talk) 22:48, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research 

message: Critical reception has been largely positive. Three different reviewers from the AnimeOnDVD site gave Giant Robo an "A+".[23][37][38] John Huxley of Anime Boredom "highly recommends" the series and Anime Academy gives it a grade of 88%.[39]
Giant Robo is considered one of the true classics of anime,[23] an epic in the vein of Homer's Iliad and Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.[19] 
Really?
:Yeah, really. The show is that awesome. In fact, the only fault critics seem to find is that it wraps up as fast as it began. Check the reviews.--Nohansen (talk) 04:57, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pretentious writing 

message: What? Giant Robo isn't steampunk.
Fossil Fuels are mentioned and Nuclear Power is part of the plot.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.85.186.222 (talk) 22:04, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed this. If somebody wants to add a sourced quote from somebody describing it as steampunk that's one thing, but the bald assertion is something else. Chronodm (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh, I also agree it isn't Steampunk. There are no steam-powered engines and the overall setting is closer to Cyberpunk, if you really want to see any punk here. --89.166.250.240 (talk) 15:47, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steampunk 

message: "Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Burned" is a different animated production, so that the articles must not be merged. --87.15.197.117 (talk) 14:45, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Different shows

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message: "The modern notion of the giant robot genre can be traced back to the 1970s.[22] The works of Go Nagai (Mazinger, Getter Robo) created the genre and the debut of Yoshiyuki Tomino's Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979 solidified it. In this genre, the mecha is the focal point of the action. But for a genre anime, Giant Robo does not feature many giant robot battles;[23] instead, it is the human characters who do the fighting."
While informative, this OVA is an adaption of a 1967 property and as such the giant robots in it operate based on rules and tropes that existed before Nagai's 'Hero Robot you drive around like a car' concept. The robots (including Giant Robo) are just that: very large robots, that obey the commands of operators speaking voice commands or operating levers and switches on the outside of their body, rather than driving them from a cockpit like some kind of vehicle. 
I'm wondering if this line can be adjusted to still be succinct and informative but make clear that these robots behave more like those in Yokoyama's work rather than Nagai or Tomino's.
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thread_title:  "The Modern Notion of the Giant Robot Genre" in Influences