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The director of the latest Mobile Suit Gundam anime fears that today's generation of young anime fans don't relate to or care about giant robots.
Part of what makes mecha such an appealing genre is its versatility. While anime like Gundam can be serious political drama, ...
RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Queenly] is a massive 131ft Mecha with upgraded firepower. MRX-009 Psycho Gundam is a 131ft behemoth designed for Newtype control. GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam towers at 184ft and ...
Classic mecha series that predated the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam show, like Mazinger and Gigantor, were built around the fantasy of owning and piloting a giant machine as a child.
Mecha anime spans decades and evolves, introducing influential elements like combining robots and pilot-controlled giants. Series like Tetsujin-28-go, Mazinger Z, and Getter Robo pioneered the ...
In Gundam 00, a secret cabal known as the Celestial Being uses Gundams to force all countries to end all war. Gundam 00 takes a lot of big swings, conveying a future filled with strife and ignorance.
Mecha hero shooter Mecha BREAK is venturing into esports with its first ever tournament, the Pre-Launch Global Invitational. The event will span three days and feature the top teams from Japan ...
Which “Gundam” toy is best? In 1979, Japanese viewers first laid their eyes on a Gundam. In the “Mobile Suit Gundam” anime TV series, large robots, also known as mecha, would be manned by ...
Cars can be judged by how well they are able to fulfill their duty as a vehicle, and how they can integrate style into this task. But a mecha is an idealized form that can’t be achieved in reality.
For many, Ebikawa is known for his elegant and stylish mecha designs for Full Metal Panic! as well as some of the newer Gundam shows. It was great to talk to him about how he brought such mecha as ...
For the mecha, the favorite all-time mecha from the franchise is the RX-93 Nu Gundam designed by Yutaka Izubuchi from the movie Char’s Counterattack (shown below). What’s interesting about ...