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The comment from one of the designers that Japanese mecha are "over-engineered crap" is a little funny considering how much influence Gerry Anderson shows have had on Japanese anime over the years...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY I suspect that for many on this forum his work will not need much introduction.

I suspect the Japanese would call it a "Gattai Mecha" (combining mecha). The Japanese are also very good at coming up with acronyms after the fact (General Usage Non-Discontinity Augmented Manoeuvring system for example; I never did find out if that was official but it apparently was devised by fans...

Not sure if it counts as a "theme" tune as such, but I've always liked the "Godzilla March":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDeU42u2s2Y(Note that this clip moves on to the "Self Defence Force March" - i.e. the poor guys in the plastic tanks who go out and get melted by the Big Gs nuclear fire-breath....

If you have access to BBCs iPlayer, you may still be able to access the Queen documentary "Days Of Our Lives" - about 15 minutes into the second episode, Brian May talks very briefly about the "Star Fleet Project" with a few seconds of footage from the show.

Link to BBC news story:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ox ... 845407When you sat down to watch a Gerry Anderson show, it was a cast iron guarantee that something was going to explode, probably within the next half hour. Farewell, Mr. Anderson, and thank you. Spectrum is... sad.

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

http://kotaku.com/5946503....1"Theme cafes" like this in Japan pop up from time to time. I recently visited the "Gundam Cafe" in Akihabara (Est. until UC0079"... ), but this one looks amazing!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098The very first question I can remember asking my parents was "Who was the first man on the Moon?". It has occasionally been observed by my family that I am a bit of a space cadet. Neil Armstrong was why.