Mecha
Noah’s Barks pages related to the mecha genre. The mecha genre is media centered around giant robots and occasionally androids and cyborgs.
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Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy
This movie trilogy adaptation and rewrite of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series delivers a relatively clean, moving, and intriguing sci-fi war drama. (read more)
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Super Robot Wars: Original Generations (Thoughts on English Fan Patch)
The fan translation of ‘Super Robot Wars: OGs’ by Kingcom is a monumental release and precious gift—but I do miss Atlus’s script. (read more)
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Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
The sequel movie to mecha parody series ‘Martian Successor Nadesico’ flirts with tragedy, but only succeeds insofar as being a tragic misunderstanding of what made the original series so effective. (read more)
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Mazinger Z: Infinity
Both a celebration and sendoff of the ‘Mazinger’ franchise, ‘Infinity’ is a joyous watch full of explosive animation that brings ‘Mazinger’ iconography more to life than ever before. (read more)
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Bubblegum Crisis
The quintessential ’80s OVA, ‘Bubblegum Crisis’ is an aesthetic delight from one of anime’s peak eras for production values. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
‘Gundam Thunderbolt,’ which started as one of the best Gundam entries yet, returns with an underwhelming and meandering second season. (read more)
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Dancouga Nova: Super God Beast Armor
While I expected Dancouga Nova to be a fanservice-heavy insult to the original series, what I actually found was a brisk, sincere, and very decent mecha series. (read more)
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Fight!! Iczer-1
Touches of gore and horror aren’t enough to save Fight!! Iczer-1 from being a largely bland, unexceptional OVA. (read more)
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Mobile Police Patlabor: Reboot
In a novel, new method of torture, studio Khara delivers a short film that teases the possibility of a new ‘Patlabor’ series. (read more)
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Gundam: Mission to the Rise
‘Gundam: Mission to the Rise’ is yet another seemingly pointless CG short created for an anniversary event. (read more)