Iโ€™ve seen evangelion so it definitely counts for me! :p

It is a bit of an expensive hobby, there is no shame in buying knockoffs from temu or Aliexpress though! Quality isnโ€™t too much worse and itโ€™s a fraction of the price. I try to buy originals when I can but I have bought some knockoffs before.

Japan is a whole anoter world for that stuff. Not only are there so many huge stores selling kits and figures, Japan has a massive resell market with stores like Mandarake that you can find retired stuff very often for cheap secondhand prices. I really hope youโ€™ll get to see it someday too!

My roommateโ€™s very into models (I lean a bit more into Lego) so we get cargo from Japan so often. I think his dad has some deal with a company, we have boxes upen boxes.

Pacific Rim is like a loveletter from the west to mech anime. Iโ€™m sure youโ€™ll love it. It is standalone, but know that it has an atrocious sequel that really doesnโ€™t deserve that title. It still scratches that mecha itch a bit but not as good as the first.