Talk:Mecha Musume

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MS Girls?

Does Gundam MS Girl worth to mention here? I think it's one of, if not the, early generation of Mecha Girl but has no solid information. L-Zwei 13:20, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, As far as I can tell the Gundam Girls came first, I don't have any info on them though. --Theredstarswl 09:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barging in late here but since the Gundam Girls article was deleted at some point this is more or less the only place for them. Shame I didn't save the page since the article had information about Gundam Girls that should have been added here. But, perhaps some kind soul possesses a copy and is ready to edit the Gundam Girls paragraph? MechaDonna 11:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Gundam MS Girls were first created by mecha designer Akitaka Mika. His earliest examples I know of was published in one of the New Type 100% collections around 1987-1988, though his work became more popularized in the early nineties and inspired in turn his character designs for the Galaxy Fraulein Yuna PC Engine game series. However, before the MS Girls, there were Macross Valkyrie Girl fan-made garage kits and fan art in the early 80's, so I don't think Akitaka can take full credit for the mecha girl concept, only credit for further popularizing it as a professional mecha designer who had worked on some of the original mecha designs himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.84.40 (talk) 10:14, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's four years since I start this conversasion, and I gain some more knowledge since then. ^_^ According to Japanese article for MS Girl, Akitaka's first MS Girl appear in Gundam Ace Monthly Vol.36 (1982.8) though he use Lum from Urusei Yatsura instead of original character. The real thing start in Vol.55 （1984.3) when Kaiyodo made present kits based on Zaku Girl, Dom Girl and Gouf Girl. Then the things go commercial in Vol.57 （1984.5） (1500 yen per figure). That article cite 『超音速のMS少女』1994年7月大日本絵画 ISBN 978-4-499-22635-6 as source. So it's really Akitaka who invent this genre. L-Zwei (talk) 10:56, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mave-chan

I've never seen Sentou Yousei Shoujo Tasukete! Mave-chan (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4774), but from what I understand the main characters are female personifications of aircraft from Yukikaze so may be worth a mention. Shiroi Hane 12:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have, and yes, it is highly relevant. Your summary of the characteristics of the girls in Mave-chan is spot on. 90.184.88.227 13:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup/POV

There's a lot of opinions in this article, please try and clean it up. More headings and better organization would be nice as well.

Also, please cite your references. --Vashir 00:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sky Girls

I'm not convinced this qualifies - they're not anthropomorphisms.

-The same premise is used for the characters - girls in armor; the same artist designed the characters so it seems to be relevant. -Girls in armor, powered or otherwise, is a common concept, and unrelated to Mecha Musame. The only link is the character designer, so this should be moved to the correct page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.153.6 (talk) 20:46, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]