User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Wiki in the Anime vol. 1: Fall 2015/@comment-7418318-20160102095239/@comment-4829046-20160102171537

Not the first time a mecha franchise has done that and certainly won't be the last time. Hence why a good chunk of people stay the hell away from anything mecha regardless of how great some can be from time to time.