Favorite Mecha Anime of Author S. Craig Zahler
Goldymarg, Gaogaigar, Madox-01, Neue Ziel, Guntank, Gunbuster, Black Getter, Zakus, Valkyries, Boomers, Scopedogs, Tortoises, SPTs, and other favorite robots are featured in the below recommended mecha anime shows (ranked in order of how much I enjoyed the show). Although I give some (begrudging) credit to Macross Zero for showing me that particularly artful computer generated mecha can work, I STRONGLY prefer for my mecha to be hand drawn and dynamic. The top 6 are essential works in their varied styles.
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- StarsNaoya UchidaBill WiseHideo IshikawaSent to jail after being accused of murdering Getter Robo creator Dr. Saotome, Ryoma Nagare must once again team up with his former comrades and pilot Getter Robo when Saotome returns from the dead and threatens humanity by unleashing his greatest creation - the Shin Dragon. Their efforts, however, are in vain as they fail to stop a nuclear warhead from hitting Shin Dragon, resulting in a massive Getter Ray contamination that wipes out 99% of the planet's population. Thirteen years after this great catastrophe, mankind continues to fight for survival against the Invaders. Out of the remains of the nuclear blast comes Shin Getter, piloted by the artificial human Go. With remnants of the Japanese military by his side, Go - along with co-pilots Kei and Gai - must use Shin Getter to exterminate the Invaders once and for all.
- CreatorKazuki NakashimaStarsTetsuya KakiharaShizuka ItouYuri LowenthalTwo friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriKen'ichi MatsuzakiStarsArihiro HaseMari IijimaVic MignognaAn alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and her secrets lead to a desperate war against an alien enemy sent to retrieve the ship.
- CreatorRyôsuke TakahashiHajime YatateStarsHozumi GôdaShigeru ChibaBanjô GingaThe end of the 100 year war between the planets Bavalant and Melkia does not allow Melkian soldier Chirico Cuvie a moment of peace. His accidental involvement in a clandestine mission places him in danger, requiring him to escape and attempt to survive on what is left of his war-torn homeworld.
- StarsNobuyuki HiyamaMaiko ItôTsutomu KashiwakuraA special organization using giant robots and aided by an alien boy battles the threat of a menace that inflicts havoc by turning humans into destructive mecha menaces.
- CreatorToshio OkadaStarsNoriko HidakaRei SakumaNorio WakamotoA young pilot, daughter of a deceased space captain, is selected to pilot a gigantic robot as a key point of Earth's defense during a space war.
- StarsSteve StaleySteve KramerDebra RogersDuring a one-year war, a young lieutenant leads a mobile suit team against a secret Zeon weapon, meeting its pilot who questions the morality of the war.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsEdward MannixBryan CranstonMichael ForestTwo old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsHirotaka SuzuokiTôru FuruyaToshio FurukawaIn the war between the Earth Federation and Zeon, a young and inexperienced crew find themselves on a new spaceship. Their best hope of making it through the conflict is the Gundam, a giant humanoid robot, and its gifted teenage pilot.
- CreatorKazuya TsurumakiStarsYukari FukuiMaaya SakamotoMiyuki SawashiroA young girl leaves her home to be a space pilot. She meets top pilot Lal'C during a space monster attack and joins the Solar Defense Force.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoStarsDaisuke NamikawaKôji TsujitaniMegumi HayashibaraIn a space colony, a young boy discovers a cadre of terrorists and innocently decides to help them.
- CreatorToshimichi SuzukiStarsYoshiko SakakibaraKinuko ÔmoriMichie TomizawaA female mercenary team, armed with unique power armor suits, battle the forces of the corrupt mega-corporation, Genom in futuristic Tokyo.
- StarsHiroya IshimaruAi UchikawaHiroshi YanakaIn one of their epic battles, the Mazinger Team suffers a crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Hell and his minions after Mazinger Z is stolen and its pilot, the legendary Kouji Kabuto, is rendered missing in action. Just when Dr. Hell's second-in-command Baron Ashura uses Mazinger Z against our heroes, Kouji makes a surprise return in Mazinkaiser - an all-new Mazinger with heavier armor and deadlier attacks.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsYoku ShioyaHideyuki TanakaYô InoueThe apocalyptic, bleak chronicles of the Solo starship as they cruise across the cosmos, and wage war with the extraterrestrial Buff Clan over a celestial robot known as the Ideon.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoStarsNobuo TobitaShûichi IkedaHirotaka SuzuokiEight years after the One Year War, the Earth Federation creates an elite force called the Titans to hunt Zeon remnants. When Titans proves to be no better than Zeon, the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) is formed to restore peace in space.
- DirectorShinji AramakiStarsYasunori MatsumotoMichael McGheeScott SimpsonKoji Kondo is a young mechanic who finds the Madox-01. He gets stuck inside the machine before he finishes reading the manual. He must now evade the government and find his girlfriend before she disappears forever.
- DirectorYasuo HasegawaIchirô ItanoKatsuhisa YamadaStarsKazuki YaoMaria KawamuraShigeru ChibaFramed for murder and on the run, Shogo Yahagi must make contact with EVE to determine the fate of everyone on board Megazone 23, which is under attack from the alien Dezalg.
- StarsJôji YanamiHiroya IshimaruIsamu TanonakaTeenager Koji Kabuto pilots the amazing super-robot Mazinger Z to avenge its inventor (his grandfather) against the Mycene Empire, led by the evil mad scientist Doctor Hell.
- DirectorJun UrbanoStarsChiquitoElizabeth OropesaPanchito
- CreatorTatsuo YoshidaStarsIkuo NishikawaReiko MutôKenji UtsumiA scientist turns his willing son into a cyborg and sends him out into a post-apocalyptic world to hunt down his first creation, a homicidal robot dictator and his vast army of mechanical soldiers.
- DirectorYasuo HasegawaNoboru IshiguroIchirô ItanoStarsMasato KubotaMaria KawamuraMîna TominagaIn 1980s Tokyo, a young motorcycle enthusiast discovers that the transforming bike/mecha entrusted to him by his murdered friend holds the key to the true nature of his world.
- StarsPeter CullenFrank WelkerCorey BurtonA human starship crew crash lands on a planet and divides between two sides of a war fought by two camps of giant robots.
- CreatorYoshitake SuzukiYoshiyuki TominoWhen alien invaders come to Earth, the Jin family reveals its alien nature. Their ancestors came to Earth from planet Biar, after it was conquered by the army of Gaizok, who is now aiming at conquering Earth. With the help of ancient documents they will find the ships of their ancestors and assemble the robot "Zambot 3", to fight their old enemy.
- CreatorOsamu TezukaStarsBillie Lou WattMari ShimizuEsperanzita MartínezAs long as trouble's brewing across the universe, the small but powerful robot, Astro Boy, will have adventures, assisted by his mentor, Dr. Elefun.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsKen'ichi SuzumuraSanae KobayashiYuka NanriIn the year 1999 a huge extraterrestrial battleship crash-landed on Earth, bringing the human race in contact with very advanced technology.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsRyô HorikawaAkio ÔtsukaRei SakumaAfter the One Year War, Peace was signed between Zeon and the Earth Federation. Three years later, however, some remaining forces of Zeon who never gave up steal the new Federation mobile suit Gundam Unit 2, capable of Nuclear Strike and use it as its primary weapon in their Operation Stardust. Can Federation rookie pilot Kou Uraki and his Gundam Unit 1 match up against Zeon's Anavel Gato, the Nightmare of Solomon, and still be able to stop Zeon before it's too late?
- StarsAkira KamiyaPlanetary Robot Danguard Ace is a Japanese science fiction anime series created by Leiji Matsumoto in giant robot genre.
- CreatorTsunehisa ItôRyôsuke TakahashiStarsEriko HaraMasaharu SatôKôichi HashimotoIn an alternate 1996, the US and USSR take the Cold War to Mars. A group of teenage cadets, the Cosmic Culture Club, are sent as a message of goodwill to both sides by being assigned to the neutral UN base on Mars. However, it's not long before their visit is interrupted by a group of unidentified giant mecha that battle around the base, leading to the deaths of many personnel and teenagers. After reaching shelter and failing to communicate with the US or USSR bases on Mars, the group is approached by a young man named Eiji, who informs them that he's from a planet called Grados and that the Earth is in danger.
- DirectorHiroyuki KitakuboShirow MasamuneStarsYû MizushimaIchirô NagaiShinji OgawaA freelance reporter discovers that two killer androids are running loose and have a little girl for a kill target.
- DirectorNoboru IshiguroShôji KawamoriKatsuhito AkiyamaStarsArihiro HaseMari IijimaMika DoiEarth braces for an invasion of giant male bionoids and their enemy, giant female bionoids.