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 ...

One of the earliest real robot mecha anime of the 80s that defined decades of anime and video games to follow was that of Fang of the Sun Dougram. Now after all these years, Bandai has given us ...

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 ...

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.

When ordinary superheroes are no longer enough to defend the world, it's time to call in the giant robots. That's the premise behind DC Mech, a new DC Comics series that blends the Justice League with ...

From May 20 to June 1, War Robots will feature a themed in-game event titled MECHA Raider S.W.O.R.D., embracing a retro anime vibe and offering players exclusive content to use in battles, all while ...

A famous Hollywood robot designer has been tapped to help clean up Fukushima. Vitaly Bulgarov and Korea Future Technology recently unveiled a 13-foot-tall, 1.5-ton robot controlled by a human pilot in ...