/lit/ - Literature

>>20407245
Firstly I'm not absolutely saying your wrong, but I don't believe you. Starship troopers was 1959. There was exactly one known case of an internally piloted robot mech in Japanese literature predating that and it was an octopus tank not really a humanoid robot suit. There were other giant robots but nothing internally piloted.

Secondly the creators of early mecha have stated in interviews that they were inspired by the suits in starship troopers. I think we can accept the assertions of the authors as valid.