[SPLIT LIP]

The contrast with the previous year's mecha is stark indeed. This thing may be a brick, but it's a nicely sculpted, detailed and fairly cool looking brick. What a piece of shit Zyuhoger's mecha was.

I think all five pilots are supposed to be visible, but either the LEDs or the camera are making the lights seem brighter, or they bleed over the pilots. You can see them when he inspects the orbs each time. Also, the way the two land mass patterns overlap to make the animals is brilliant.

I actually like the limbs swapped. Makes the whole thing seem more intentionally bulky and more brawler-like.