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.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Aim for the Top! Gunbuster 2 | See Top wo Nerae! 2 | |
| F | ||
| Fafner in the Azure Dead Aggressor | Rent | See Soukyuu no Fafner |
| G | ||
| Gunbuster 2 | See Top wo Nerae! 2 | |
| K | ||
 Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak |
Rent |
On a Mars covered in ice and oceans, people have learned to survive by building large floating city-ships in which they can live. And by using submarines to travel beneath the ice and harsh winds that rage overhead, humanity has been able to develop a global community. But during a distant galactic war, Earth looked to Mars as important water resource to support their war efforts. Now that the war is over, Earth still values the wealth of resources that Mars provides, and is reluctant to release their firm control over their smaller step-sister. |
 KURAU Phantom Memory |
In the year 2100, a special project is under way on a moon colony to explore strange and new aspects of energy power. Amani Kuaru, the daughter of the project’s leading scientist, is happy to be able to spend her 12th birthday with her father, even if is in his laboratory at work. But something goes amiss and she struck by strange bolts of light. Thereafter, she is forever changed. Possessed by the Rynax, an energy being, she now has strange powers. And some ten years later, she becomes a special agent specializing in infiltrating and counter spying, but she is seeking her Rynax partner from whom she was separated from when she first occupied Kuaru’s body. |
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| KURAU: Phantom Memory | See KURAU Phantom Memory | |
| M | ||
| Mars Daybreak | Rent | See Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak |
| P | ||
| Planet ES | Buy | See Planetes |
 Planetes |
Buy |
In the year 2075, travel into space and to the moon has become a commuter event, but the inattentiveness of the past many years has caused problems that threaten safe travel. The task of collecting dangerous orbiting debris has been assigned to an under-funded and unappreciated 2nd Division – Debris Section, relagated to an old converted warehouse, hidden deep in the bowels an orbiting space station. It falls upon a group of colorful 'specialists' to deal with any strange objects that need to be recovered. |
| S | ||
 Soukyuu no Fafner |
Rent |
A first glance, the quiet bucolic village nestled between two peaks on isolated island might appear to be a perfect place to live. But beneath the ship that looks like an island is one of the most advanced weapons development labs on earth, where they are building the new generations of the Fafnir combat robots to help defend earth against an alien off-world enemy. An enemy that appears to intend on the annihilation human race through assimilation and destruction. |
 Steamboy |
Rent |
Ray Steam (yes, that's really his name) is a boy who comes from a three-generation family of gifted inventors on the cutting edge of steam engine technology. At his home in rural Manchester, England, in the year 1866, he recieves a mysterious package from his grandfather--the "steamball" a fabulous device capable of packaging fantastic amounts of energy. Along with it comes a warning that it must not be allowed to fall into the hands of "The Foundation"--the agents of which are not far behind. Ray will be exposed to his father's and his grandfather's differing beliefs as to how this nearly unlimited power should be employed, and will be forced to choose sides. |
| T | ||
| The Mars Daybreak | Rent | See Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak |
 Top wo Nerae! 2 |
While Gunbuster`s final mission destroyed the space monsters` star system, the intergalactic war still continues. Earth`s only hope lies in the hands of "TOPLESS", an elite mecha group with children possessing supernatural powers and new Buster Machines. Among their ranks is a rookie named Nono and the ace pilot Raruku - whom Nono looks at as a "big sister." Together with their teammates Nicola and Chiko, they must aim for the top and protect all of mankind from the wrath of the space monsters. |
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| クラウ ファントムメモリー (Japanese) | See KURAU Phantom Memory | |
| スチームボーイ | Rent | See Steamboy |
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