Godannar is peak 2000s Super Robot nonsense in the best way. While most Super Robot shows focus on children, or at best angsty teenagers, Godannar swings in the absolute opposite direction. Its main ...

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 ...

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.

Mecha anime is easily one of the most action-packed genres in the medium, which comes with the territory when giant robots ...

Perhaps the only things that Japan loves more than creating wildly improbable plush costumed mascots for every town within its borders are giant robots. Massive pilotable mechs have long dominated the ...

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 ...