While it might be easy to see mecha anime as just giant robots and assume that's all they're capable of, that would be a ...

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.

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 ...

One of the fun parts of the finale for 'Gundam GQuuuuuuX' was the appearance of the classic RX-78-2 Gundam, and its “hyper ...

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 ...

We watch as our mech pal trudges by dishevelled billboards promoting sustainable energy solutions along a highway now buried ...

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 ...

Marvel’s Fear Itself became “Everyone gets a hammer,” the current X of Swords event started out as “Everyone gets a sword,” and now Marvel is upping the game with Avengers Mech Strike a new series ...

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 ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...