Anime is unique in the long love affair that it has had with giant robots. More than just the Gundam franchise, mecha anime recommendations are all about large exoskeleton-type suits with pilots inside that save the day.
When you think of mecha anime, you think of intense mech battles with shrapnel and rubble flying with abandon. You watch hot-blooded protagonists navigate intricate, universe-spanning political intrigues and warfare with the sheer mettle. It is all very serious. However, the mecha genre, while remembered for its most serious stories, is also a fairly weird […]
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After humanity has extended itself into the far reaches of space, war breaks out among the colonies. Aboard the mighty battleship Tiramisu, one genius pilot in the serenity that is his cockpit changes the tides of battle. Parodying some of the classic mecha series, Space Battleship Tiramisu is a short-episode anime series filled with hit
In the near future, humanity made a push into outer space, and in doing so, they disturbed a race of insectoid aliens. With this alien life-form bent on humanity’s destruction, humanity has constructed giant robots designed to fight them. Hand-picking youth from around the world to pilot them, Gunbuster tells the struggles of the clumsy,
In the distant future, the land is ruined and humanity now lives in the mobile city, Plantation. Inside, they are defended from massive life forms by children raised from birth to pilot robots called Franxx in boy-girl pairs. This story follows Hiro, once a prodigy, and now a failure. However, just as he was about
Created in the 1980’s, Macross was proposed as a more comedic mecha alternative to the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Like Gundam, in the Macross universe, war or some sort of universal conflict is always center to the plot as well as character interaction and development therein (particularly romance). However, unlike Gundam, all Macross series
Specialized troops armed with state-of-the-art weapons, Mithril is an organization tasked with stopping terrorism and keeping the peace on earth. However, their success hinges on the Whispered, individuals that possess remarkable knowledge of machinery and devices. Enter Sousuke Sagara who is tasked with protecting Whispered candidate, Kaname Chidori. In order to do so, he joins
Have you ever wanted to delve deep into the world of Gundam, but soon realized there are so many different anime series, OVAs, and movies to watch that you don’t know where to start? You’re not alone. Much like watching Detective Conan or One Piece, there is so much in the Gundam culture that it
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Earth and its space colonies are ruled over with an iron fist by the United Earth Sphere Alliance. When the colonies declare their opposition, their leader is assassinated. Now in possession of five powerful mobile Gundam suits, the colonies send pilots to Earth for vengeance. One pilot, who took the name of their slain leader
In the war between the Naturals (OMNI) and the Coordinators (ZAFT), a unit of ZAFT is dispatched to hijack some newly developed mobile suits from a Natural colony on Earth. It is there that young Kira Yamato attends technical college and during the chaos of the attack, happens across the last mobile suit, Strike, that
In the backwater town of Bellforest, Renton Thurston has deep desires to leave and join the mercenary group Gekkostate, looking to find adventure like his father before him. However, his grandfather stoutly insists he become a mechanic. With his dreams somewhat deferred, Renton almost gives in until a mysterious girl and her mech crash into
