The creative '90s mecha anime that struggled to find an audience has aged into being the perfect analogue to Batman: The ...

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.

First you're gonna to hack the giant robot. Then you're gonna shoot it.

Fresh from its defeat in women’s World Cup soccer, Japan wants to take on the U.S. once again—in giant robot combat. Suidobashi Heavy Industry has agreed to a challenge from Boston-based MegaBots that ...

Engineers in Japan have been hard at work building a gigantic, 60-foot humanoid robot modeled after those in the “Gundam” sci-fi franchise. And while construction of the robot has slowed due to the ...

Tsubame is Japanese startup, with CEO 25-year-old inventor Ryo Yoshida, that is making real life giant mech robots. The robots are 15-feet-tall and weigh around 3.5 tons. They will sell giant mechs ...

Super Robot Wars was providing massive multimedia crossover battles before it stopped being cool, and its particular combination of beloved mechs and strategy RPG tactics has been legendary among ...

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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 ...