Will Jakeman's Marvellous Mechanimals

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Manson's friend, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, served as an unofficial music consultant for the band. [8] After playing a few of the early songs for him, Corgan advised that "This is definitely the right direction" but to "go all the way with it. Don't hint at it." [8] Despite this, almost 20 years after the release of Mechanical Animals, keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy (who left the band in the intervening years) disputed "arrogant-yet-whiny ass" Corgan's involvement and claimed "the majority" of the album was "written long before Billy Corgan ever showed up." He went on to describe Corgan as pretentious and "thinks he's Brian Eno." [12] Sessions with Michael Beinhorn and Sean Beavan [ edit ]

My-HiME gives us the CHILDs, mechanical beasts that serve as summon creatures to protect their individual HiME. They are fueled by the love a HiME feels for her most important person, and their death equals the death of that person. The growth of that love also equals a growth in their power. Panzer World Galient: The titular Humongous Mecha is a Transforming Mecha. He has two modes: robot... and Falcon Flight Form, what is Exactly What It Says on the Tin (a falcon-shaped mecha). Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger has the Bakuryuu, descendants of the dinosaurs from an alternate Earth, all of whom are sentient, capable of speech, and treated as characters in their own right. Their American counterparts are cybernetic animals. In The Voyage of Alice, robots from Shelezyaka build robotic animals to make their planet look more natural. They give several of these to Alice and her father, and it's mentioned that the animals take a liking to Alice (her father sees her cuddling a mechanical cat). BattleTech and by extension, the MechWarrior series, occasionally have Animal Mecha. In most cases, it's simply a few design features on the mech being reminiscent of animals, such as the radar suite on the Wolfhound ◊ being contained in two ear-like antennas. The Clans have a habit of creating things to glory the clan and, as most are named after animals, this has led to quite a few 'totem' mechs going full-stop with the animal theme. The best known is probably the Mandrill ◊ being some robo-monkey thing. Because the series is known for its Real Robot Walking Tanks, designs like the Mandrill are not very popular - in-universe or in the fandom.In James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, mecha called Amplified Mobility Platforms (AMPs) are used as instruments of war.

a b c d e f Paul, Elliot (September 19, 1998). "The Man Who Fell To Earth". Kerrang!. No.717. pp.14–19. Offiziellecharts.de – Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 7, 2017. The GE Beetle, a mobile piloted manipulator for nuclear materials, which entered operation in 1961. In the 2001 film AI: Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg, the term mecha refers to an advanced humanoid robot species featured in the film. Power Bomberman: Metalooi is a robotic type of Louie, a fictional species that is half-kangaroo and half-rabbit. It is much more durable than your average Louie and goes a step further by being able to self-destruct at will.

Real-world piloted humanoid or non-humanoid robotic platforms, existing or planned, may also be called "mecha". In Japanese, "mecha" may refer to mobile machinery or vehicles (including aircraft) in general, piloted or otherwise. Sullivan, Caroline (September 18, 1998). "Marilyn Manson: Mechanical Animals (Interscope)". The Guardian.