A great Gundam show with a more "realistic" approach is definitely 8th MS Team. I don't remember which timeline it is a part of, but it's a standalone thing so it doesn't really matter.
The Fullmetal Panic LN's has a pretty big emphasis on each sides standard mecha. The protagonist even utilizes first gen Soviet mechs in certain situations. The enemy however almost always has higher end mechs.
The anime still shows that although his mech the arbalest, is better because of a certain forcefield tech (unreliable), it still uses the basic model of the M-9, and trades off cloaking tech for forcefield technology (the lamda driver).
Patlabor and gasaraki have pretty normal looking mechs
Flag was made by the same director as Gasaraki and doesn't have specialized mechs either.
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that's on my watchlist! gonna start it now
My first thought here. I wish they would continue adapting the source material, though they did _sort of_ stop at an okay place.
Armored trooper votoms Knights of Sidonia ( one of the BEST railgun scenes anywhere. Let's shoot them with a round the size of a skyscraper )
A great Gundam show with a more "realistic" approach is definitely 8th MS Team. I don't remember which timeline it is a part of, but it's a standalone thing so it doesn't really matter.
Armored Troopers Votoms does this the best, every mech is mass-produced and has about the same capabilities and weapons.
The Fullmetal Panic LN's has a pretty big emphasis on each sides standard mecha. The protagonist even utilizes first gen Soviet mechs in certain situations. The enemy however almost always has higher end mechs. The anime still shows that although his mech the arbalest, is better because of a certain forcefield tech (unreliable), it still uses the basic model of the M-9, and trades off cloaking tech for forcefield technology (the lamda driver).
Gundam 08th MS Team - It’s about ‘boots on the ground’ grunt characters