Nyaight

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The year is After Colony 195. With high expectations, human beings leave Earth to begin a new life in space colonies. However, the United Earth Sphere Alliance gains great military powers, and soon seizes control of one colony after another in the name of Justice and Peace.

I am now the pilot of a Leo.

Nunnally from Code Geass came to mind… but then again you said realistic setting so she probably doesn’t qualify.

7 films

I can’t even. It’s been torture just waiting for the second Hathaway’s Flash movie. It’s like the old OVA format turned up to 11.

Haha, okay it’s not that old

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Part of the dated theming is the manga going back to the mid-80s, where suitcase scooters fitting into fast subcompacts were definitely a thing for a hot minute.

This is really veering off topic, but a few years ago a third-party transforming toys company made an unlicensed YUA homage out of a repaint of their unlicensed Skids figure, and it is glorious (if not particularly fun to transform).

old anime from the 90s

sighs in old middle-aged man

There’s no way I can pick just one.

Dive in the Sky (Planetes)

Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)

Macross (Super Dimensional Fortress Macross)