#samurai robot

NXEdge Style Senjinmaru

- from Mashin Hero Wataru

- by Bandai Spirits

Quick Shot

Mashin Hero Wataru features half-chibi robots - essentially a giant head with arms and legs - and a fantasy sci-fi world. This style was a staple of 90s mecha anime, especially from Sunrise. But Wataru has always been the shining star.

You may also remember these characters from the American adaptation video game - Keith Courage in Alpha Zones for the TurboGrafx 16. Typical late 80s early 90s hack job localization.

The beauty of Wataru's design language means that a typically chibi-style toyline like NXEdge Style can double as a Robot Damashii figure.

Senjinmaru is the Mashin piloted by Shibaraku, the old-fashioned big goof that's looking for love in all the wrong places. Think half Mr. Satan, half Boss from Mazinger - but much nicer. And his robot follows that design sensibility.

If you haven't seen Mashin Hero Wataru, treat yourself to a few episodes. It's a comedy action series by Sunrise from the 90s - a little bit of Dragon Ball, a little bit of Brave Series, and a little bit of Urusei Yatsura. Funny and exciting, and incredibly imaginative. Bandai Spirits released a handful of episodes on their Youtube channel a few years ago.

This is Hitochi!

He is a foreign robot that was stolen and reprogrammed by villains (they just did a Dr Wily move).

Although Hitochi is reprogrammed and had 90% of his past memories wiped, they are still roaming around in his systems. Sometimes appearing as fragments when he's sleeping/charging. Just like most of the robots that are owned by ROGUE, Hitochi is tasked with killing Cyber. But he disobeys this order and in return, gets teased for being a "weak, Megazord-looking robot".

Despite being teased a lot, Hitochi is usually chill with this. His coolheaded behavior and polite mannerisms have actually earned him the respect of most humans, including the ones from the Valorous Force. The VF kids mostly see him as "a villain that unintentionally does good things" rather than an actual threat, like Kevlar.

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