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damn, del toro gave james cameron alita battle angel, and james cameron gave del toro pacific rim
equivalent exchange...
also the crab mech suits that punch their claws together like fists finally make sense now
I don't quite see it, unless you count the Godzilla parody episode or the one where the cops beat down Totoro lol
im headcanoning that patlabor jumpstarted an interest in mecha
I have to believe he had some old head Latin American release of something before the English speaking audience got it (like Mobile Suit Gundam for the Italians and Voltes V for the Philipinos)
I didn't read the article until just now lmao guillermo just straight up says ts in it: (poorly translated into english)
"He showed me Patlabor which would later be one of the main inspirations for making Pacific Rim and I showed him Battle Angel, which later became a great movie we saw together,” added Del Toro.
I also didn't read the article lmao