This is a genre of anime which features mechanical fighting machines. Often these take the form of giant robots but this isn't the only form mecha can take. There are tons of examples of mecha titles considering the popularity of the series. Blue Gender, Shin Seiki Evangelion, Tenkuu no Escaflowne, and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are all classic mecha titles.
Action: Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as Gun-Action, Martial Arts, and Swordplay; see also: Fighting.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| G | ||
| Gunbuster | Buy | See Top wo Nerae! |
| Gunbuster: Aim For The Top! | Buy | See Top wo Nerae! |
| K | ||
 Kido Keisatsu Patoreba |
Buy | In the future, (I guess now the past because it is set in 1998) great advancements are made with the creation of Labors, giant robots designed for construction. With the increased use of Labors, Labors crimes also skyrocketed. To combate this threat, Tokyo formed the Special Vehicals Section 2 and gave them Patrol Labors or Patlabors. |
| Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (1989) | Rent | See Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV) |
 Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV) |
Rent | Labor: A robot specifically designed for construction work. Labors allow dramatic advances in construction--but also in crime. To combat these new labor crimes, the police created a special unit: The Patrol Labor. And thus, the birth of "Patlabor"! |
 Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor Gekijouban |
Buy | The year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime--advanced robots called Labors are used to combat the criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive Babylon Project construction site sets off a cascade of events that may signal the destruction of Tokyo. What is the connection between the suicide, the new Mobile Police AV-XO Zero Labor, and a berserk prototype tank? When Patlabor cops Noah Izumi and Azuma Shinohara investigate an unexplained wave of rogue Labors' rampaging across the city, they uncover a sinister high-tech revenge plot. |
| M | ||
 Megazone 23 |
Rent |
(1ST AND 2ND MOVIE)In the distant future mankind has totally worn out the earth. In a desperate attempt to save the earth, all of mankind is sent into space on pod spaceships known as Megazones. Each megazone carries a billion people, and they are to remain in space till the earth has reclaimed the whole planet. But space is a dangerous place, and the last two remaining megazones, one of them named "Megazone 23", are finally coming back to earth. |
| P | ||
| Patlabor 1 The Movie | Buy | See Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor Gekijouban |
| Patlabor 1: Mobile Police | Buy | See Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor Gekijouban |
| Patlabor OAV | Buy | See Kido Keisatsu Patoreba |
| Patlabor: The Mobile Police TV | Rent | See Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV) |
| Patlabor: The Original Series | Buy | See Kido Keisatsu Patoreba |
| Patlabor: The TV Series | Rent | See Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV) |
| Project A-Ko 4 | Rent | See Project A-Ko: Kanketsuron |
| Project A-Ko: Final | Rent | See Project A-Ko: Kanketsuron |
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