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Gundam Factory Yokohama was an entertainment complex located at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama, Japan. [1] Its main feature was a moving Gundam, an 18-metre tall [2] "mech" (a large mechanical automaton which in its fictional universe has a human operator inside) from the Japanese animated franchise Gundam.
Kuratas is a rideable and user-operated mecha built by the Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry. Billed as "the world's first giant boarding robot", [1] the Kuratas was unveiled when the website was opened in 2012. [1] It was demonstrated at Wonder Festival. [2]
The 3.5-ton robot, which will be unveiled at the Japan Mobility Show later this month, has two modes: the upright 'robot mode' and a 'vehicle mode' in which it can travel up to 10 km (6 miles) per ...
The manga and anime Astro Boy, introduced in 1952, with its humanoid robot protagonist, was a key influence on the development of the giant robot genre in Japan. The first anime featuring a giant mecha being piloted by the protagonist from within a cockpit was the Super Robot show Mazinger Z, written by Go Nagai and introduced in 1972. [10]
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Ultraman, is Japan's first and most famous Kyodai Hero. Kyodai Hero (巨大ヒーロー, Kyodai Hīrō, lit. ' Giant Hero ') is a television subgenre in tokusatsu that involves Japanese superheroes or robots either with the ability to grow to immense heights to fight giant monsters or who are originally giant as a part of their lives.
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.