Giant robots and mecha are a staple of Japanese animation. Since the genre exploded onto the scene in the 1970s, mecha anime has continued to showcase ever more complex and imaginative robot designs.

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 ...

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 ...

Rhenn is a Manila-based content writer with a love for all things geek and pop culture, and science and technology. He graduated BA Journalism degree as a Cum Laude, and has since then pursued making ...

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 ...

Ever since her debut over 50 years ago, Hello Kitty has been the queen of kawaii. This is the case no matter what form she takes, as seen in a mechanized new form of merchandise that gives the Sanrio ...

What are the best mech games on PC? Strapping into an overpowered robot filled to the brim with rockets and lasers is an old but popular power fantasy. Classic shows from the '80s and '90s - like ...

Underneath the surface of fearsome monsters we can see that Godzilla is closely linked to the fears of atomic radiation and mecha robots emerged from the extremely rapid industrialization of Japan ...

Since his early 20s, Ryan has had a strong career in all things creative media, from online publications to TV organizations and beyond. He brings decades of video game knowledge and experience, ...