The Mobile Suit Gundam franchise is the premiere mecha anime brand, with the property introducing several iconic giant robots over the years. These include the RX-78-2, the Zaku II, the Wing Gundam ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It has been the dream of many to be able to step into a mecha robot and take control of its huge metal frame. This week a YouTube video has been published by the Autoblog channel demonstrating just ...

Suidobashi Heavy Industry has completed a prototype for a 13-foot, 4.5-ton mech called Kuratas. The diesel-powered robot has over 30 hydraulic joints, and comes armed with 6,000 round-per-minute BB ...

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 ...

From Darling in the Franxx to Eureka Seven, check out the best mecha anime series that deliver non-stop giant mech warfare.

The mecha genre represents one of the most important pillars of the anime industry and there are some special series that are ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZ0WuNvHr8&feature=player_embedded#!] The Kuratas Mecha robot is an art/aspirational nerd project by Suidobashi Heavy ...

Battle Shooter Warrior Control the machine. Control the fight. Games metadata is powered by IGDB.com Our brains are hyped ...

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 ...