Mecha Animes

Beast Wars Neo was a TV series that aired in Japan in 1999, promoting the same-name toyline. This follows on straight from Beast Wars II.

The series follows the exploits of a Maximals team, commanded by Big Convoy, as they battle with the evil Predacons of Magmatron to capture the energy capsules of Angolmois, dispersed at the end of Beast Wars II.

After 10 years away from home, Azuma Kazuki had no idea what to expect upon his return. He definitely did not expect hundreds of heavily armed men to strike him and take him as their hostage. Fortunately, the stay in captivity of Azuma is short. Using a unusual sensitive knife, known as "Bubuki," his childhood friend Kogane Asabuki rescues him on her right arm.

Azuma discovers after fleeing, that he too has the ability to manipulate Bubuki. He must revive the Buranki giant named Oubu along with his new companions, who sleeps somewhere deep underground. With this knowledge and intent a new road opens before Azuma to uncover the truths behind the Buranki.

It is not a feature despite the title, but the three-part OAV Fight Skipper (1995), which was directed by Takashi Watanabe before moving on to Slayers.When the Etiquette Club members go down the tubes at St. Ignacio's School for Girls — literally — they obtain the skimpy outfits they wear to fly the unfortunately-named BSs or Combat Skippers, the state-of - the-art military mecha. As "Extars," members of the Etiquette Club try to eradicate evil from the world, meaning the bizarre schemes of Sayaka, the opposing Debutante Club's unpleasant, super-rich founder, and her flunky Todo.
The series was created to promote a line of Tomy's robot toys, and viewers willing to embrace high school girls that enjoy these stupid adventures as quarrels escalate into battles involving satellite weapons.

Doc Ido, a doctor and mechanic who lives and works in the hellish, postapocalyptic "Scrapyard," discovers the body of a female cyborg in a garbage heap-miraculously preserved. After he revives and rebuilds her, the pre-naturally powerful, amnesiac "Gally" is beginning to forge a life for herself in a world where every day can bring a life-fight. Adapts the first 2 volumes of the manga "Battle Angel Alita."

On planet Earthdash, its inhabitants gaze with wonder at its moon and Mooneyes 'technologically advanced lunar city. Dan JD, a boy on Earthdash's surface living in Rollingtown, gets caught up in Bigfoot Basketball, a fast-paced sport played with giant Bigfoot robots.

After studying for the past 11 years with a mysterious woman called Karen, Teppei will visit his older brother, Kotaro Takamiya, during a science conference. However, his plans for a family reunion get derailed when a woman named Aramis kills everyone to kidnap Kotaro at the meeting. Teppei on his way to save his brother finds a damaged mechanical horse named B't X who is reviving thanks to the blood of Teppei and is now his aid to save his brother from the enigmatic Machine Empire.

Shou Zama is an average 18-year-old from Tokyo who finds himself called in to Byston Well's medieval fantasy universe. On arrival, he's placed into service under the ambitious lord Drake Luft, who is trying to extend his power considerably. Many like Shou who come from "Upper Earth" possess a strong aura and are ordered to fly "Aura Battlers," an insectoid mecha built by a man called Shot Weapon who came from Upper Earth too.Shou's relationships shift quickly, however, when he encounters Marvel Frozen, a young woman who has chosen to revolt against Drake's political agenda.
The boy decides to join the war against Drake and team up with Neal Granted, who leads the resistance movement, when he discovers the lord's true intentions. The resistance alone is Riml, their enemy's daughter and Neal's hidden love, aiding their efforts, trying to escape from the clutches of her father. When Shou finds himself battling alongside his new friends, to keep the villainous Drake from taking over Byston Well before it's too late, they put their lives on the line.

Japan is facing an imminent great tragedy in the foreseeable future. Reconstruction is well under way 5 years later. Two young university researchers are pinning all of their hopes on the creation of robots. Now their latest definition of eternal hero Astro Boy is just about to begin until his birth!

Tomoharu is now facing a dilemma after the first season: if he does not enter into a deal with a "akuma," he risks losing his best friend Takatsuki. Nevertheless, doing so would risk his own life as it would result in him and his ghost friend Misao being, according to the presidents of their school, Asura Cryin—mankind—the greatest threat. Tomoharu and Misao have regained some of their past memories of a world they didn't even know existed to make the decision even harder.

Natsume Tomoharu is in every way a regular high school student with one exception: accompanied by his best friend's ghost, Misao.Tomoharu plans to continue living his normal life after moving into his brother's old home, but is left with a mysterious and locked briefcase without instruction one day. He plans to leave it in storage at first; however, after the briefcase his house is soon surrounded by several groups of men. While the purpose of the briefcase is still not understood, Tomoharu and Misao attempt to escape with it.From there on, Tomoharu seeks to learn the mysteries behind the briefcase, its ties to Misao, and why it has the ability to change the world.

Astro is a robotic boy who possesses super-human abilities and an unprecedented artificial intelligence program to any robot. He was created by his founder, Dr Tenma, to replace his late son, Tovio. Upon the launch of Astro, Dr Tenma soon ruins his laboratory and shuts down Astro. Soon after, Dr. O'Shay, the head of the Ministry of Science revives Astro and attempts to give him a regular existence as a 6th grade student who helps the police department avoid harm from causing renegade robots and bigots. Despite being a robot, Astro faces intense prejudice, and has to learn the truth about his maker, Dr. Tenma.

Set in a future in which robots have progressed to the point of autonomy and become a point of significant political and social contention, Astro Boy (1980) chronicles the experiences of a young crime-fighting robot named Atom. Created in the image of the deceased son of his mysterious father, Atom survives rough beginnings, being rescued by the benevolent Dr. Ochanomizu and adopted. Atom finds himself in the middle of several conflicts with different forces in his search of justice, and is frequently confronted by the harsh realities of the universe.

Astro is a robotic boy who possesses super-human abilities and an unprecedented artificial intelligence network to any robot. He was created by his founder, Dr Tenma, to replace his late son, Tovio. After the development of Astro, Dr Tenma soon ruins his laboratory and shuts down Astro. Soon after, Dr. O'Shay, the head of the Ministry of Science revives Astro and attempts to give him a regular existence as a 6th grade student who helps the police department avoid harm from causing renegade robots and bigots. For being a robot, Astro faces intense prejudice, and has to learn the truth about his maker, Dr. Tenma.

Human beings are moving away from using robots in the year 2046 and are starting to trust them ever less. For the beings known as seconds, life is very dangerous in this moment. The seconds, as far as the public is aware, are the most recent line of robots. Detective Ross Sylibus lives in this world. Detective Sylibus is moved to Mars on request after a robot killed his wife. As he arrives he falls headlong into a murder where a country singer was murdered on his flight. As a scene unfolds he gets off the plane and watches, and he meets his partner, Armitage, a female cop with a big attitude. When more women are murdered, a series of murders begins.
As the investigation progresses, a mystery is uncovered. There is another robotic line known as Thirds. More and more Thirds are missing, as a serial killer who wants to wipe out all Thirds runs rampant. Armitage in her attempt to bring the perpetrator to justice discovers a mystery. She is a Third.

For several years the Kingdom of Arandas alliance and Ingelmia's Countries Unification have been at war. The Great Wall's gate has stayed tightly locked, but the war's atmosphere starts to change drastically as it crumbles open.Susumu Tokimune, a new recruit, awaits his first fight. Without worrying about the risk of being trapped, he takes the lead, and has a fatal encounter with engineer Jamie Hazaford and Silver Trailkrieger Argevollen.The confrontation happens in a corner of the world where war has become the norm. This little accident will change the future of the Independent 8th Platoon of Tokimune, as well as the course of the battle.

For many years the World has been inhabited by aliens in the year 2059. In an attempt to learn more about these aliens, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants Maki Agata and Takuto Kaneshiro are trying to revive the experiment of the scientist, named Frank, a huge Bio-Mechanical alien. The alien comes to 'existence' during this cycle and eventually the laboratory is destroyed leaving Takuto the only survivor and the alien disappearing into the forest. As Frank roams through the forest he meets Hattie, a young emotionally distraught girl whose parents are killed in the war of the first 'near encounter.
'Oddly enough, she can communicate with Frank and soon after they are taken into custody by a secret organization known only as 'Funeral.' Meanwhile, Takuto wakes up with his life in shambles in a hospital bed with his face disfigured. Motivated by revenge with heartbreak, Takuto accepts an offer from the enigmatic 'Mr. X' and receives a new identity as a funeral officer named Ryu Soma.

Twelve thousand years after the events in Genesis Aquarion, humans live on the star Vega under constant threat from trans-dimensional beings called Abductors Such enemies arise for human life from Vega's sister star Altair and attack Vega. An organization known as Neo-DEAVA developed as a countermeasure to combat the Abductors. They are piloting advanced mecha suits called Aquaria, and are strictly gender segregated. Boys and girls are not permitted to contact; they are also prevented from fighting on the same battlefield. Things, however, take a surprising turn when an advanced Abductor mecha suit enters the fray.Two teenagers, Mikono and Amata, get drawn into the fight.
Unknowingly, when Amata summons an Aquaria and initializes what is called the Forbidden Union between male and female Aquaria, he performs a tabou. Neo-DEAVA is surprised, and Amata's actions have much greater consequences than he knows. How does he call an Aquaria? Where did he learn how to create a Prohibited Union? And why should Mikono fly the mecha suit, too?

Appleseed occurs in the aftermath of the Second World War, where the General Management Control Office built an experimental city known as Olympus.Built to be a heaven on Earth, Olympus is populated by humans, cyborgs and bioroids (genetically modified humans built to increase their physical ability and decrease their emotional capacity).Bioroids manage and monitor all of Olympus 'administrative functions, ensuring that the city remains the egalitarian society it was supposed to be for all its people.
Police officer Calon Mautholos has grown to hate Olympus after the suicide of his wife, blaming her death for the lack of artistic expression caused by the laws that bind the city's people.When his hate for the city rises, Calon conspires with terrorist A.J.Sebastian to overthrow the Central Management Bureau Legislature and send Olympus's laws that killed his wife tumbling down.But when Calon learns that Sebastian's motivations are not political agitation but rather hatred for bioroids, Calon turns renegade and gains the attention of city officials.
Deunan Knute and her partner Briareos of the ESWAT counter-terrorism unit are dispatched to track down and stop Calon and Sebastian ... by all possible means!

The plot takes place in a 1996-based alternative universe, where mankind is sufficiently advanced to establish long-range space travel as well as the Moon and Mars bases. The strains of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, however, have not ended; instead, they have intensified as both sides construct military installations in space, and the threat of nuclear war is hovering over humanity, both on and off Earth.
Meanwhile, an exchange program created by the United Nations to foster peace and understanding is about to begin on the Red Planet; the "Cosmic Culture Club," consisting of 16 boys and girls, and their teacher Elizabeth, arrives at the base of UN Mars. Among the passengers is Anna a 14-year-old girl who serves as the story narrator.Suddenly, it sees four unidentified humanoid robots known as Super Powered Tracers, engaged in vigorous combat with each other.
The UN base is caught in the crossfire and rapidly destroyed, killing all but six members of the "Cosmic Culture Club"—Elizabeth, Arthur, Roan, David, Simone and Anna, leaving them trapped on an inhospitable world which has unexpectedly become a battlefield. The lone SPT lands next to the frightened party as the war ends and opens up showing a pilot who clearly declares "World is at stake" to them.

Human beings are being attacked in the future by beings called the Bug-chine which appeared a few years ago. No standard human weapon can beat the Bug-chine, but hope does exist. The AMDrivers are the ones that can save the world. They are soldiers who use the new "AM" technology They will defeat the Bug-chine one after the other with incredible force and become heroes, as well as winning their fans 'hearts.

Recap of the Aldnoah. Zero series season one.

In the year 2545, an experiment that went wrong takes test pilot David Jance through the middle of the galaxy and into another universe that ends up in the midst of the war against GRIP's forces, headed by Dark Star, and death.

A "patapi" is a nice mechanical creature like a cyber-pet. With some things it can feed, sleep, play and even help its owners out. When she receives a patapi from a prince in her dreams, Hibari Hanakoganei is delighted and calls it "Densuke." Hibari learns when unknown powers attempt to steal Densuke that Densuke isn't just an regular patapi. Densuke has magic powers that allow it to turn into a powerful cyber-combatant that looks like Hibari. Hibari's friends also get identical patapis, and together they form the Akihabara Cyber Team.

Set in a part of Tokyo that has gone down into a quagmire, the tale follows exoskeletons from Unit 8 of the 5th Special Section of Public Defense, the 3rd Mobile Assault Division, popularly known as "The Eighth," which donated "Willwear" armor to combat the increase in crime.

In a future-oriented, post-disaster Tokyo, the "Special Public Protection Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit," or "Unit Eight," is a police unit that specializes in the handling of offenders using hazardous wearable equipment called "Willwear." Equipped with their own Willwear, the squadron is frequently blamed by the public for being incompetent and disregarding it.Asami Kazari is Unit Eight's newest leader, sent by the government as an undercover agent with special orders from the higher-ups.
Instead, determined to straighten out what she believes to be a group of inept idiots, she finds a team of well-intentioned experts using very efficient, although unorthodox, methods which are hampered by strict regulations. Unit Eight battles crime with their newest leader by their side, and overcomes unexpected opponents in Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachi Gakari.

The Randou family undertakes a trip across the world, led by scientist Tatsuya Randou, to search out ancient ruins and discover the myth of Quetzalcoatl, which unlocks the secret to a magnificent treasure. Nevertheless, tailing the Randou family is Gopurin, an evil organization which covets for itself the legendary treasure. The Randou family owns super robot Acrobunch's hidden weapon. It is a race that first discovers the riches around the world.

In MegaTokyo the year is 2027, six years before the Knight Sabers make their debut. Boomers (artificial humans) are still a fairly recent development, and boomer implementation and incorporation into society is still a little unstable — often fatally so. However, if there is a boomer accident, there's the Advanced Police, a special unit equipped to deal with boomer crimes.

Leon McNichol is a newcomer in the AD Police, and is only beginning to be exposed to the horrors and tragedies that we encounter in MegaTokyo every day. Slowly, he and his seasoned wife, Gina Marceau, learn about the ever-fading line dividing man from machine.

Mylene Hoffman, a glamorous cyborg spy codenamed "009-1," lives in an alternate universe where the cold war has never stopped, and continues for 140 years. The planet is split into two factions, the block West and the block East. When the confrontation happens a masquerade of reconciliation between the two is gradually dissipated. The two sides struggle through politics for control of technology to fears of a nuclear attack. While she carries out assignments assigned by her superiors, Mylene Hoffman, teaming up with three other officers, is surrounded by deceit, confusion and rivalry.