Often called in at the last minute to fight
giant Japanese monsters. They are usually controlled by
small children or
emotionally disturbed teenagers, which just goes to show that the
Japanese have very
different ideas about how the business of
national defense should be conducted than most other countries.
Sure, they could put their 100-foot-tall, rocket-launching, sword-big-enough-to-cut-Yankee Stadium-in-half-carrying war machines under the control of responsible, even-tempered, stable adults. But where's the fun in that?