I think its already common knowledge that in almost every Mecha anime, The Main Chara who pilots the Main mecha is always between 13-17 years old.. And some anime goes to the extend where the entire crew,squad,platoon and hell even the whole ships are young teens.

Long already UN has gotten near every country in the world to agree that No one below 18 is allowed to join the armed forces.

I know that some anime excuse themself by eitier desperate for manpower, or need some special ability. Those are fine.. but How about those Anime where its already plan to run by kid.

Seriously as a Military Organization, Would you seriously entrust your 1.5 Mil$$ hardware on Young puberty hitting kids. Especially in a crucial war where life at stake.

Hell some are even schooling... f*** man.. SPM vs Killing 1 nasty boss.

I know Kids enlisting in armed force were common in the past but most of the time their assignment are usually the lowest. While in anime they have close to officer rankings.

So please tell me what was the manga/anime artist was thinking putting young kids into Kick ass mecha?? Or Teen Harem Squadron.

Honestly the mecha anime closest to not having a kid with guns is Armored Trooper Vottoms