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Mecha, also known as giant robot or simply robot, is a genre of anime and manga that feature mecha in battle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The genre is broken down into two subcategories; "super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and "real robot", where robots are governed by realistic physics and technological limitations.
Super robot anime and manga (16 C, 151 P) Pages in category "Mecha anime and manga" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 236 total.
The following is a list of mecha anime, a genre of anime featuring giant robots. [1]
[23] [24] A new Macross anime television series was to premiere in 2018, but still hasn't released (as of September 2024). [25] A new Macross series was announced in 2023 to be animated by Bandai Namco Filmworks. [26] It is unknown if this is the previously announced 2018 anime or if this is a completely new project.
The manga and anime Astro Boy, introduced in 1952, with its humanoid robot protagonist, was a key influence on the development of the giant robot genre in Japan. The first anime featuring a giant mecha being piloted by the protagonist from within a cockpit was the Super Robot show Mazinger Z, written by Go Nagai and introduced in 1972. [10]
The design of the Evangelion was conceived and edited by Anno and Ikuto Yamashita, the official mecha designer of the series. [25] The director took inspiration from the demons of Japanese folklore, the oni, and wanted to give them a modern look that differed from other mecha, such as the Gundams of the Mobile Suit Gundam series, giving them a more human-demonic nature than strictly robotic.
Real robot anime and manga is a subgenre of mecha anime and manga, featuring robots that operate on a hard science fiction basis, and/or are mass-produced and used as tools. [ citation needed ] Subcategories
Armored Trooper VOTOMS (装甲騎兵ボトムズ, Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu) is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara.