Category Archives: Mecha

Wings over Apocalypse

Posted on Friday, February 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

An apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic scifi romance inspired by Japanese animation, specifically the mecha-based form of it? That’s Archangel Alpha, which is currently filming and looks rather interesting. Archangel Alpha (US-[in production]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) Synopsis: Archangel Alpha is a sci-fi war … Continue reading →

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Giant Robots Under Development

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

What if you could have your own custom-designed giant robot made to order? What would it be like? What would you do with it? A fascinating and awesomely cool project is underway that helps 20 kids answer these and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Giant Monsters, Mecha, Preview, Robots, Trailers | 4 Comments

Grand Guardian Tokyo

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here is the ultimate in modern apartment living — a building guaranteed to protect you from earthquakes, ‘copter attack, and the general mayhem of society. It’ll even make sure you get to work on time. Too bad about everyone else, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ads, Animation, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Mecha, Weird stuff | 5 Comments

New: 20th Century Boys

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Though I’m not entirely sure what it is, it looks big, robotic and partial to destruction. At any rate we get a momentary glimpse of it in the trailer for the upcoming live-action film of Naoki Urasawa’s manga 20-seiki shônen … Continue reading →

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Motorbikes of the Kaiju Hell’s Angels

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Humans do strange things, which is just as well for those of us attracted to the weird and the wonderful. So what do you do with a monster motorbike this big? Simple! You run over cars! Source And here it … Continue reading →

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The Robo-Revolution Continues…

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Or perhaps it’s the Takeover of the Toy Franchises that’s continuing… The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Wow Wee’s Robosapien remote-controlled robot line is about to be fictionalised on celluloid by writers Avi Arad and Max Botkin. To be … Continue reading →

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Vintage Robots, Part Five

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Larry Blamire, the writer and director of 1950s-style scifi spoof, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001), has a long-gestating project that sounds too good not to happen eventually. It’s one that he says has been with him since the 1980s, … Continue reading →

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Mecha Bible Heroes!

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Yes, it’s Bible stories in the form of manga, with appropriate “translation” of the characters into giant robots, action heroes and other manga-esque entities: You can see some of the internal pages here. And in case you thought that such … Continue reading →

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MORAV: Giant Robots Rule!

Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

This looks like it will be worth keeping an eye on. Titled M.O.R.A.V. (which is an acronym for Multi-Operational Robotic Armored Vehicle), it is an in-development scifi TV series set in the fictional country of Tangri Island, where a military/political … Continue reading →

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