Godannar is peak 2000s Super Robot nonsense in the best way. While most Super Robot shows focus on children, or at best angsty teenagers, Godannar swings in the absolute opposite direction. Its main ...

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.

Ever since her debut over 50 years ago, Hello Kitty has been the queen of kawaii. This is the case no matter what form she takes, as seen in a mechanized new form of merchandise that gives the Sanrio ...

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 ...

Super Robot Wars Y may not make huge improvements on the series’ dated gameplay, but its crossover appeal is undeniable.

Japan's giant human-piloted, humanoid Gundam-style robots are neat and everything, but … why walk if you can roll on four wheels? That's what the Archax does, transforming between robot and vehicle ...

Bandai Namco held today the January monthly stream for the Super Robot Wars tactical RPG mecha crossover series, revealing the second trailer for Super Robot Wars T and new information on the game.

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 ...

Robot vacuums that can climb stairs are now officially a thing if IFA 2025 is any indication. At the Berlin tech show, Eufy announced the MarsWalker, a dang stair-climbing mech suit that your robot ...

Hold fire on those Christmas lists. Japanese artist Kogoro Kurata has unveiled a 13 ft (4 meter) tall, 9900 lb (4500 kg) prototype mecha robot called Kuratas, which comes complete with "weapon systems ...