Amid the many mecha anime classics, there's more than a few of these that wouldn't be nearly as popular if released in ...

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.

Don't miss the Rex Robot Overview Trailer for War Robots, the online mech action game developed by MY.GAMES. Players can get ...

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 ...

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 ...

Animated by Gainax, the studio behind FLCL and Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gurren Lagann exploded onto the anime scene in 2007.

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 ...

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 ...

Ellen Ripley famously wore one to protect a little girl in Aliens. Video games fans may have guided Solid Snake in his battle to stop a nuclear version in Metal Gear Solid. But now that long staple of ...

Imagine a typical young child: impulsive, vindictive, cruel and prone to lashing out during screeching tantrums, yet also harmless due to its tiny stature. Now imagine that same little monster, only ...