Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots." He has been writing about Japanese culture and technology for a decade. E-mail Tim.

Japan's giant human-piloted, humanoid Gundam-style robots are neat and everything, but … why walk if you can roll on four wheels? That's what the Archax does, transforming between robot and vehicle ...

AMSTERDAM, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MY.GAMES is excited to announce that War Robots, the PvP tactical shooter developed by in-house studio Pixonic, is celebrating its 11th anniversary with a ...

One of my formative experiences with anime (and television as a whole) occurred while watching “Mobile Suit Gundam 00.” It’s a show containing many themes: energy crises, religious and ethnic ...

In the eternal, now obscure struggle between fans of “Super Robots” and fans of “Real Robots,” Hardcore Mecha firmly lands on the side of the Real Robots. You might be confused as to what struggle I’m ...

These new-gen anime mecha designs increasingly treat transformations and movement styles as an extension of the characters and their story's themes.

For your viewing pleasure, see how iconic mecha and robots compare. Because sometimes, size does matter. Recently on 2ch, one net user mentioned how Gundam was “too shabby,” uploading the image below ...

When ordinary superheroes are no longer enough to defend the world, it's time to call in the giant robots. That's the premise behind DC Mech, a new DC Comics series that blends the Justice League with ...