Last week, American giant robot makers Megabot challenged Japanese giant robot makers Suidobashi Heavy Industry to a giant robot battle. The video, subtitled in Japanese and filled with waving American flags, coincidentally happened to come out right before a striking Women's World Cup championship match where the U.S. handily beat the Japanese national team. Yesterday, Suidobashi Heavy Industries posted their response:

In the video, Suidobashi CEO Kogoro Kurata takes the idea of an international robot battle and runs full steam ahead with it, appearing draped in the Japanese flag, and saying that while Megabot's robot is "interesting," he thinks they could have "ma[d]e it cooler." "Just building something huge and sticking guns on it...it's super American," he adds.

Giant robot duels are on! I like to think that this is about a spontaneous desire to see giant robots fighting, but it's entirely possible it's a coordinated media campaign for a new sport of human-piloted robot battles. That is awesome in-and-of itself.