The Big-O is a unique case among anime and the mecha genre. Big action-packed fights are not the story’s focus, there are no young teens dealing with high school drama, and you won’t find any ...

Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots." He has been writing about Japanese culture and technology for a decade. E-mail Tim.

Japan's giant human-piloted, humanoid Gundam-style robots are neat and everything, but … why walk if you can roll on four wheels? That's what the Archax does, transforming between robot and vehicle ...

A decade of experimentation, the ‘90s gave the mecha genre numerous masterpieces, many of which continue to influence the industry to this day.

Neon Genesis Evangelion's EVAs are some of the most iconic figures in the entire mecha genre, and only a handful of mech suits are (almost) as cool.

In the eternal, now obscure struggle between fans of “Super Robots” and fans of “Real Robots,” Hardcore Mecha firmly lands on the side of the Real Robots. You might be confused as to what struggle I’m ...

AMSTERDAM, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MY.GAMES is excited to announce that War Robots, the PvP tactical shooter developed by in-house studio Pixonic, is celebrating its 11th anniversary with a ...

Geppy-X will be released on July 16 for Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Follow me on X, Facebook and YouTube. I also manage Mecha Damashii and am currently ...

One of my formative experiences with anime (and television as a whole) occurred while watching “Mobile Suit Gundam 00.” It’s a show containing many themes: energy crises, religious and ethnic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. This article is more than 4 years old. 'Code Geass: Lelouch of the ...

Mecha shows like "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "Mobile Suit Gundam" have helped popularize the present robot games. Fighting your opponents with your laser or gun-equipped robot is a common scenario ...

Hold fire on those Christmas lists. Japanese artist Kogoro Kurata has unveiled a 13 ft (4 meter) tall, 9900 lb (4500 kg) prototype mecha robot called Kuratas, which comes complete with "weapon systems ...