My favorite part of that BBC tweet identifying a Gundam as a Transformer has been seeing the Japanese posting in response:
ID: Three screenshots of three different tweets with pictures.
1. A tweet by @Daitotetsugen (in all caps), originally in Japanese that says:
“このネタは散々見てきたけど、英語版を見た時は爆笑 した” and machine translated to English that says:
“I’ve seen this story a lot, but when I saw the English version I burst into laughter.”
The picture is titled “Giant robot identification chart” and it’s made up of four rows with four pictures each of mechas and robots of different media, almost all labeled incorrectly.
Robots labelled incorrectly as “Transformers”: Gundam Rx 78-2, Zeku 2, Mazinger Z, Getter 1, Eva Unit 01, Yf-19, Valsione R, Astro Delta Megazord, Daileon, Big O
Robots labelled incorrectly as “Evangelion”: RahXephon, Yuubrain, Tactical Surface Fighter, Nirvash Type Zero
Robots labelled incorrectly as “Megazord”: Optimus Prime
Labelled correctly: ATM-09-STTC Scopedog Turbo Custom The Last Red Shoulder Ver.
2. A tweet by @Seskou (in all caps), originally in Japanese that says:
“メガゾード!” and machine translated to English that says:
The picture attached to it is a drawing in color of the Gundam Rx 78-2 transformed as a trailer truck and engaging in a three step transformation sequence into his usual form.
There are two things written in Japanese in the picture:
戦え!超ロボット生命体 - Fight! Super robot lifeform (roughly translated)
エヴァンゲリオン - The title of Neon Genesis Evangelion
3. A tweet by @naototsushima, originally in Japanese that says:
“まあまあ間違えはよくある事さ仲良くやろうや ” and machine translated to English that says:
“It’s a common mistake, let’s get along”
The picture attached to it is a drawing in color of Optimus Prime and the Gundam Rx 78-2 shaking hands while looking at the viewer. They are seen from hips up and the background is green.
(Text ID courtesy of Accessible Maccadam’s)