In modern anime, the mecha genre has long since exited the spotlight despite, once upon a time, being the medium’s most trailblazing and revolutionary. Nonetheless, over the genre’s long history, it ...

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Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Sunrise/Bandai Namco Filmworks The genre of mecha anime circles around robots. These robots, in the anime universe, ...

Hardcore Mecha, the 2D mecha action title developed by RocketPunch Games, is piercing new horizons with a collaboration with one of the Japanese mecha genre classics: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

You may not have heard of Gurren Lagann before, I wasn’t familiar with it either until ADV Films announced they picked the series up for US distribution at Anime Expo. I still don’t know much about it ...

If you are new to the anime fandom, then there is one thing you should know: Japan loves robots, and it likes them big. Really, the intensity of Japan’s fascination with robots isn’t surprising. The ...