If there was one thing I never thought the evil tendrils of Moe could infect, it was Mecha. A genre filled with young pilots screaming out attacks like "Rocket Punch!" was of course far too manly to be infected by the dread spectre of Moe.
I was wrong.
Behold
Mecha Mususme, Moe versions of our beloved Mecha, complete with cat ears, huge eyes and.... Miniskirts.
Sky Girls, an example of Mecha Mususme. I've never seen this show, but the little girl wearing a thong is enough to tell me, I don't wanna!
According to Wiki (I really didn't want to Google this for fear of what might come up!)
"MS bishÅjo are girls drawn wearing helmets and armor designed to resemble various mobile suits, usually gundams or zakus"
It was this which made me realise, its all Gundam Wings fault. There was a time when Mecha were piloted by real manly men. Men who could destroy an army of mechanized dinosaurs without batting an eye! And when these men were told they would have to pilot a Giant Robot, their answer would inevitably be, "Hell Yeah!"
Then Gundam Wing came around with its Hippie/emo pilots, whining about why they hated their life and it led to this. Mecha Musume.
Eva can be blamed too.