Giant Robot Anime'

[broberfett]

What else is out there besides Big O? I mean Colossal 200 or 300 foot tall robots.

Edit: I prefer non-comical shows, but a little comedy is okay if the action is exceptional.

 

[Sephiroth]

Gundam
Gurren Lagaan
Voltron

 

[Meredith]

Big O fan, more for the mystery and deep stuff, giant robot battles is just icing on the cake.

 

[I Grok Spock]

Giant Robo, an animated version of Johnny Sokko and his Flying/Giant Robot

MEGA PUNCH!

 

[JNG]

Gundams are too short to qualify, right?

 

[Leroy]

^ They are considered "real robots" since they operate more realistically since they require maintenance, can be damaged, and can run out of ammo. GaoGaiGar King fo Braves is an excellent example of the super robot genre very worth checking out.

 

[melancholymecha]

Despite my user name Im not really a fan of mecha anime. It usually needs some other "hook' for me to really get into them. Currently Im enjoying Gurren Lagaan for Viral & Code Geass for the Orange & the weirdly pretty Clamp art.

 

[Sephiroth]

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (does the SDF-1 count as a giant mech?)

 

[broberfett]

^ They are considered "real robots" since they operate more realistically since they require maintenance, can be damaged, and can run out of ammo. GaoGaiGar King fo Braves is an excellent example of the super robot genre very worth checking out.

The Big O required replacement parts and maintenance. There were a couple episodes where they showed the butler working on it.

 

[broberfett]

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (does the SDF-1 count as a giant mech?)

Yeah, it is giant, but I'm looking for something I haven't seen before. Robotech/Macross is pretty old. Gurrenn Lagaan has an interesting look for the main robot and I like the big titty chick, but it is pretty high on the comedy side. I want action.

 

[Leroy]

I usually recommend real robot shows but you can't go wrong with GaoGaiGar's amazing transformation sequences.

 

[zakkrusz]

Well, I've seen:

After War Gundam X
Appleseed
Appleseed (2004)
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Aquarion
Aquarion: Wings of Betrayal
Betterman
Blue Gender
Blue Gender: The Warrior
Bubblegum Crash
Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Burst Angel
Burst Angel: Infinity
Code Geass
Code Geass: R2
Dai Guard
Divergence Eve
Divergence Eve: Misaki Chronicles
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
Escaflowne: The Movie
Eureka Seven
Evangellion 1.0: You are [Not] Alone
Fafner
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
Gad Guard
Gasaraki
Geneshaft
Godannar
Good Morning Althea
Gravion
Gravion Zwei
Gundress
ICE
Infinite Ryvius
Kannazuki no Miko
Karas
Kurau: Phantom Memory
Macross Frontier
Macross Plus
Macross Zero
Martian Successor Nadesico
Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed CE.73: Stargazer
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: MSV Astray
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Final Plus
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam-The 08th MS Team
Mobile Suit Gundam-The 08th MS Team: Miller's Report
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangellion
Patlabor
Patlabor TV
Patlabor: The New Files
Patlabor: The Movie
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Patlabor 3: WXIII
Pilot Canidate
RahXephon
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris
Sakura Taisen: Sumire
Sakura Wars
Sakura Wars 2
Sakura Wars TV
Sakura Wars The Motion Picture
Sokyuu no Fafner - Single Program - Right of Left
Stellvia
Tekkaman Blade
Tekkaman Blade II
The Big O
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lover's Again
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
The Third-The Girl With the Blue Eye
The Vision of Escaflowne
Vandread
Vandread: The Second Stage
Vexile-2077 Isolation of Japan
Voices of a Distant Star
Xenosaga: The Animation
Zone of the Enders
Zone of the Enders: Idolo
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Though those that I'd actually recomend to you are:

After War Gundam X
Appleseed
Appleseed (2004)
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Aquarion
Aquarion: Wings of Betrayal
Blue Gender
Escaflowne: The Movie
Evangellion 1.0: You are [Not] Alone
Fafner
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
Gasaraki
Geneshaft
Good Morning Althea
Gundress
ICE
Infinite Ryvius
Kannazuki no Miko
Macross Frontier
Macross Plus
Macross Zero
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed CE.73: Stargazer
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: MSV Astray
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Final Plus
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam-The 08th MS Team
Mobile Suit Gundam-The 08th MS Team: Miller's Report
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangellion
Patlabor
Patlabor TV
Patlabor: The New Files
Patlabor: The Movie
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Patlabor 3: WXIII
RahXephon
Sakura Wars TV
The Vision of Escaflowne

The Bolded choices are my top recomendations that would most seem to fit what you're looking for.

 

[broberfett]

I've seen:
Big O
RahXephon
Evangelion
Robotech

There was this animated show, non Japanese(though the animator names are usually Japanese on many shows anyway), and it has this little kid robot, but he was partnered with this giant white robot with a guy inside that had dozens of guns that would come out of his arms. It was called something like Rusty and the Big Guy. I never really got to watch it.

Really old school and probably difficult to find:
Mighty Orbots

 

[Sephiroth]

is themacross the largest mech in anime history?

 

[broberfett]

is themacross the largest mech in anime history?

Does Unicron count?

 

[Pilot Ace]

is themacross the largest mech in anime history?

Spoiler: Gurren Lagann...

In Gurren Lagann, the final battle is done using mecha large enough to literally throw galaxies at one another...

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

Before GL, it would have been Kiddy Grade, with the Deucalion beyond planet sized...

 

[Stevil2001]

My favorite is Patlabor, which is admittedly a little on the comedic side. Though you could always seek out the films, which are much more serious and totally fantastic (aside from the third one).

 

[Sephiroth]

non mecha, but check out dominion tank police

 

[Peach Wookiee]

I love Patlabor TV.