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.
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Argento Soma |
Buy |
The death of his girlfriend during the reactivation of “Frank”, an alien creature, has left the brilliant college student, Tukuto Kenishiro with nothing in his life but a deep desire for revenge. But the repeated attacks of strange off-world creatures has forced the Earth Special Defense team to enlist and depend on the X1 (the renamed “Frank”) as their critically important weapon of last resort in the defense of Pilgrimage point, an rural area in Montana where all of the attacking aliens appear to be targeting. The latest replacement member to the defense team is a moody and silent pilot named Ryu Soma, a soldier with no clear past but with an apparent undying hatred of the X1 alien. |
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Armored Trooper Votoms 1: Uoodo City |
Rent | For 100 years the star systems of Gilgamesh and Balarant have been locked in a war whose cause was long ago forgotten. Now, an uneasy truce has settled across the Astragius Galaxy. Chirico Cuvie, a special forces Armored Trooper pilot, is suddenly transferred to a unit engaged in a suspicious mission to steal secrets from what appears to be their own military! Chirico is betrayed and left to die in space, but he survives and becomes a renegade, hunted by the army and by criminals alike. Taking refuge in the poluted hell-hole known as Uoodo City, Chirico is driven by a haunting image of a mysterious and beautiful woman, his sole clue to unravelling a conspiracy so complex that he cannot even guess at its depths. |
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Armored Trooper Votoms 2: Kummen Jungle Wars |
Rent | After the fall of Uoodo, renegade Armored Trooper pilot Chirico Cuvie is once again seperated from his new-found friends--and Fyana. Traveling to the war-torn jungles of Kummen, Chirico signs on as a mercenary in a bloody civil war--and discovers the guiding hand of the Secret Society behind the conflict. But fate intervenes once more. Amidst the burning jungle, Chirico is swept up by events that not only reunite him with Fyana, but also bring him face-to-face with his deadliest opponent yet, Ypsilon--a deadly Perfect Soldier with a score to settle! |
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Armored Trooper Votoms 3: Deadworld Sunsa |
Rent | After their escape from the burning jungles of Kummen, Chirico and Fyana find themselves trapped aboard a battleship hurtling towards the battle-scarred world of Sunsa, deep inside the Balarant Nonaggresion Zone, and with Ypsilon, a vengeful Perfect Soldier, close behind. Unable to alter course, Chirico and Fyana discover that whoever--or whatever--is controlling the ship seems to know more about Chirico than he knows about himself. As Fyana's life hangs in the balance, a devastating revelation awaits Chirico in his final battle against Ypsilon. Also, the Balarant are anxious to get their hands on a live perfect soldier... |
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| FMP! TSR | Buy | See Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid |
| Full Metal Panic! Owaru Day By Day | Buy | See Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid |
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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid |
Buy |
The original gang from FMP are back! Sousuke is off being a full time AS pilot, and part time student. Tessa's sub is repaired and back in action. Chidori is still at school wondering where her notes that she gave Sousuke are. |
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| Ghost in the Shell TV | Buy | See Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Buy | See Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st GIG | Buy | See Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX |
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Ginsokiko Ordian |
At a time when politics has failed and the major export of countries is their military might and lives of soldiers, a teenager named Kananase Yu makes a difficult choice to join a private army called the IMO (International Military Organization) as a mecha pilot. Showing a natural incredible skill, he is assigned to a combat team, unware that he is being watched and targeted as a potential pilot for special combat mecha called the Ordian. |
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| Ginsou Kikou Audian | See Ginsokiko Ordian | |
| Godannar | Rent | See Shinkon Gattai Godannar!! |
| Gundam SEED | Buy | See Kido Senshi Gundam Seed |
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| Infinite Ryvius | Buy | See Mugen no Ryvius |
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