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Mecha, also known as giant robot or simply robot, is a genre of anime and manga that feature mecha in battle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The genre is broken down into two subcategories; " super robot ", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and " real robot ", where robots are governed by realistic physics and technological limitations.
Gundam (Japanese: ガンダムシリーズ, Hepburn: Gandamu Shirīzu, lit. Gundam Series) is a Japanese military science fiction media franchise.Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam".
Model robots are model figures with origins in the Japanese anime genre of mecha. The majority of model robots are produced by Bandai and are based on the Gundam anime metaseries . This has given rise to the hobby's common name in Japan, Gunpla (or gan-pura , a Japanese portmanteau of "Gundam" and "plastic model").
Real robot anime and manga is a subgenre of mecha anime and manga, featuring robots that operate on a hard science fiction basis, and/or are mass-produced and used as tools. [ citation needed ] Subcategories
It was the first real robot, in contrast to the super robots in earlier anime. In Japan, "robot anime" (known as "mecha anime" outside Japan) is one of the oldest genres in anime. [18] Robot anime is often tied in with toy manufacturers. Large franchises such as Gundam, Macross, Transformers, and Zoids have hundreds of different model kits.
It is a spin-off of the long-running Plarail model train franchise, with the toys first launched back at March 16, 2015. An anime adaptation by OLM aired in all JNN stations in Japan from January 2018 to June 2019. [2] A second anime titled Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z aired from April 2021 to March 2022 on TV Tokyo.
Zoids (ゾイド, Zoido) is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Tomy that feature giant robots (or "mecha") called Zoids, with designs being based on animals; including dinosaurs, mammals, insects, arachnids and mythological creatures.