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Essay · 18 min read[ Original anime-style illustration ]
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Mecha pilots keep getting younger. We need to talk.

From '79 to now: tracking the pilot-age curve across forty mecha series and what it says about how we're letting kids fight our wars.

Soren MüllerMar 08, 2026 · 18 min read
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