Patlabor, but it's about trash collection labors or construction labors or something.

It's a good series but the copaganda does grate.

I do appreciate how little respect the series has for the military, tho

@CactuarJoe I should watch that

I do appreciate how little respect the series has for the military, tho

Also I want mech series where there are no military mechs and the people trying to develop them are seen as slightly bonkers.

Like, you are trying to build a tank with balance issues, *why*

@CactuarJoe FARMING MECHS
CONSTRUCTION ROBOTS
SPACE ROBOTS THAT DON'T FIGHT AND ARE STILL INEXPLICABLY HUMAN SHAPED
YOUR BUS IS A MECHA HOLDING A BUS

yeah me too

@xerozohar Series about construction worker mechs that's like an extended version of the dock worker union episode of B5

or BUST

@CactuarJoe and we shall call it...

Bo and Mech

@CactuarJoe (see because Bo's a human piloting the sentient construction Mech and both are from Brooklyn)

@xerozohar I like it, six seasons and a movie

Also I want mech series where there are no military mechs and the people trying to develop them are seen as slightly bonkers.

Like, you are trying to build a tank with balance issues, *why*

Learning about Patlabor's continuity is starting to hurt my head. The second movie takes place AFTER the third. The first movie and the prequel series were both on in 1989. The first actual series doesn't end until about the middle of the SECOND series, which has episodes that slot into continuity in various places in the FIRST series.

Jesus christ, gentlemen.

Also there's a new series coming out next year that they've been working on since 2016, which is... I mean, that's a whole decade, man. O_o;

I'm enjoying the Patlabor series a lot more than the OVA. The tone's like a total 180 from the serious tone of the movies, but frankly, so was the OVA. The series at least has the excuse of being in a different continuity.