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13	{{Humongous Mecha}}s in UsefulNotes/AnimeAndManga.
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16	* Eita Touga of ''Manga/TwelveBeast'' has some of these in his army, piloted by small, adorable golem girls.
17	* In ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys''. The BigBad, Friend, holds a robotics engineer hostage so that he can construct a 15 metre giant mecha to use on the Bloody New Year's Eve. However, throughout the brainstorming process, the aforementioned engineer is on the verge of snapping because he can't get them to understand that a robot constructed in such a way probably couldn't even ''stand'', much less cause massive havoc and destruction. [[spoiler:They eventually make a cheap, pretend mecha out of a balloon and a tarp that just ''looks'' like a humongous mecha instead. Not that everyone else realises this, though...]]
18	** Nevertheless, the final arc plays this straight when said robotics expert finally succeeds in making a working one. It's kind of justified in that by then, it's been about [[spoiler:20]] years since the first time.
19	* In ''Anime/{{Albegas}}'', three talented students create three robots which are then modified to form a super robot (the titular Albegas) in order to battle the evil Derinja race.
20	* In ''Anime/AldnoahZero'', the titular Aldnoah technology found on Mars was used to create the massive Kataphrakts.
21	** Terran Kataphrakts used by the United Forces of Earth are rather humanoid in shape and not specialized in any way. The Areion is pretty much a RedShirt machine, but Inaho Kaizuka, the main protagonist, uses an orange training model called the Sleipnir. It is an inferior build compared to the green-tinted Areion which succeeded it, yet Inaho prefers it due to its mobility compared to the Areion's armor.
22	** Martian Kataphrakts used by the Vers Empire are smaller in number, but more akin to super robots with unique specs and builds that woefully outclass the U.F.E.'s Kataphrakts. They are exclusively used by Vers' Orbital Knights, all nobles and aristocrats piloting unique machines with differing powers. [[spoiler:Slaine Troyard, TheRival turned BigBad, becomes the pilot of the Tharsis, a white and golden Kataphrakt once owned by Count Cruhteo.]]
23	* In ''Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatGirlNukuNuku'', this appears to be the only thing Mishima Industries produces.
24	* In ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'', a 4 meter tall death machine appears in Volume 4 of the manga.
25	* The Armor Troopers from ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS'' (Verticle One Man Tank for Offense and Maneuvers) are perhaps among the most perceivable (combat based) humongous mecha in real life. They are no taller than 4 meters, do not transform, don't fly, and generally don't have any unique powers. They are more like bipedal tanks than anything else.
26	** See also many of the other series created by Ryosuke Takahashi, such as [[Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram Dougram]] and [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner SPT Layzner]]. While they're not as realistic as VOTOMS, they are compared to the majority of mecha shows and have a similar gritty atmosphere.
27	** The protagonist builds an AT from scrap parts several times over the course of the show. They're repeatedly shown as disposable and cheap.
28	* Pluto from ''Manga/AstroBoy'' comes close to being one, despite not being a piloted mecha.
29	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': No really. [[spoiler:The Shifters' Titan forms]] are a flesh-and-bone version of this, with some fight scenes reminiscent of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. [[spoiler:All Titans are like this, except the "pilots" of Pure Titans are rendered mindless by the transformation, and those "piloting" Abnormal Titans show some sign of intelligence. The reason [[AttackItsWeakPoint going for the nape]] kills Titans is because that's where the "pilot's" head and spine are connected]].
30	* ''Anime/TheBigO'' puts Victorian-looking giant robots in a creepy retro-future ''film noir'' setting reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
31	* Henry Legolant from ''Manga/BlackClover'' has Recombination Magic, allowing him to restructure a mansion to his liking. He essentially turns the Black Bulls' base into one thanks to his magic, and gets into a BehemothBattle with Sally's gel salamander creation.
32	* The robots from ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' are freaking enormous. Zearth is ''half a kilometer tall'', and was estimated to be able to destroy the entire military forces of the U.S. in two days [[spoiler:and in the ending of the manga it destroyed an entire planet's population of 10 billion within 40 hours.]] They are also piloted by [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude untrained, inexperienced children]] which isn't silly as you thought.
33	* The ''Anime/BraveSeries'' franchise is a series of mecha shows each starring a different Super Robot and their respective crews. They will often feature a pair of main characters, rather than a single one (usually a young boy and a grown man, who often serves as a big brother feature). By far the most famous of these is ''The King of Braves Anime/GaoGaiGar'', a series which managed to [[{{Reconstruction}} recapture the feel of fun and Hot bloodedness of mecha from the 70's]] amidst a wave of DarkerAndEdgier mecha series in the wake of Evangelion. Also had a sequel OVA a few years later which managed to be of better quality (especially the fight scenes!) than most series of its kind. That proved so popular it got a special edition just 5 years later, linking it to ''Anime/{{Betterman}}'', a much different kind of mecha show from the same company.
34	* ''Anime/BubukiBuranki'' has the [[CombiningMecha Buranki]], which are controlled from the ''outside'' by their component [[EmpathicWeapon Bubuki]]'s [[KidWithTheRemoteControl users]], each perched on the top of the part of the Buranki which they wield individually.
35	%%* ''Anime/BuddyComplex''.
36	* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Great Warrior Chief Shosei Sakaguchi's Buso Renkin, Buster Baron, is a 57-meter robot knight armed with a pair of knuckle dusters and a jet pack. It's main ability is to [[PowerCopying create giant versions of the buso renkin of the Alchemy Warriors riding inside]].
37	* Mecha known as Knightmare Frames are part of the central conflict in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. A one-sided war was won with them, and now they're being used to reclaim the country from TheEmpire. And in a case of FridgeBrilliance, dodges the whole too-vulnerable-to-having-its-legs-shot issue by adding [[RollerbladeGood landspinners]], making the mechas [[LightningBruiser too friggin' fast]] to target their legs accurately. Or in the case of the [[SuperPrototype Lancelot]], target the whole mecha accurately.
38	** Though most Knightmares are more akin to MiniMecha, each only being a few meters tall. The ''truly'' humongous mecha are Knight Giga Fortresses like the Siegfried (which is really the only one) which is 5 times as tall as most mecha in the series, and 8 times as heavy, but is less a robot, and more a flying spiked ball. The Gawain is the largest true Knightmare Frame, but is only 6.5 meters tall, when most Knightmares are 4 to 5 meters.
39	** There is also the Galahad, the Knightmare Frame used by Bismarck Waldstein, the Knight of One. It stands at 9.5 meters tall and is so heavy, its sword sheath needs its own rocket booster. It also wields a BFS, Excalibur, about as large as itself.
40	* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': The [[AntiMagic Normas]] who are shipped to Arzenal to become a part of the ArmyOfThievesAndWhores there are trained to pilot Paramails, [[TransformingMecha mecha that can shift between a fighter mode and robot mode]]. With the Paramails, the pilots of Arzenal fight the vicious interdimensional [[OurDragonsAreDifferent DRAGON]] invaders that portal into the main world. [[FallenPrincess Ange]], the main character, uses a more ancient model called Villkiss, which is a much older ''Ragnamail.'' [[spoiler:The Ragnamail are an invention of the BigBad, [[AGodAmI Embryo]], who pilots his own Ragnamail named Hysterica (which is also an extension of himself). There are seven known Ragnamails, the other five of which Embryo grants to his Diamond Rose Knights; they vaguely resemble Villkiss aside from being mostly black with different colored stripes (Cleopatra has blue stripes, Theodra has green, etc.).]]
41	** [[spoiler:The more-evolved [=DRAGONs=] later reveal they also have their own Ragnamail-like machines, called Ryuushinki. Only three are known to exist, and they are piloted by [[TheRival Salamandinay]] and her aides, Kaname and Naga.]]
42	* ''Anime/DaiGuard'' turns its focus on the giant robot's pilots and all of the red tape they have to cut through to save the world.
43	* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'' have Nobita coming across the spare parts of a giant robot, which he later assembles (with Doraemon's help) into a completed giant mecha which he then names "Zanda Claus". It turns out Zanda Claus was actually sent by an army of hostile robots in order to conquer earth and KillAllHumans, but Doraemon managed to retrieve Zanda Claus' brain and reverse-engineer it so when the robot went active, it's on the ''human'''s side.
44	* ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'' gently parodies ''Evangelion'' and giant robots in general while still having an upbeat and entertaining plot. It features an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who gains TheUnwantedHarem when he turns out to be the only male capable of operating a "Core Robot", an apparent [[RealRobotGenre real robot]], but later updates to a [[SuperRobotGenre super robot]] similar in appearance to the mecha of ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''.
45	* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' also uses mecha similiar to ''Evangelion'', where the mecha are more than simple robots. The LFO and KLF units, as they are called, have a form of sky surfing applied to their operation. Additionally, the units are TransformingMecha, as most can change into land vehicles.
46	* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler:King Faust of [[AlternateUniverse Edolas]] owns one called Doroma Animu, a mecha dragon with an AntiMagic metal coating and armed to the teeth with blades, missiles, and magic lasers. However, it was considered a weapon of last resort due to [[ManaDrain draining the magic of Edolas away]] in order to function, with it being hinted overuse of the Doroma Animu in the past is why [[TheMagicGoesAway Edolas' magic has been vanishing]].]]
47	* In ''Anime/GadGuard'', the mecha aren't ''piloted'', per se. Rather, the person they "belong to" rides around on their shoulder, or some such. While some of them occasionally give their mechs orders (especially the villain), they tend to act on their own. In battle at least...
48	%%* ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}''.
49	* The eponymous mecha of ''Anime/GalacticWhirlwindSasuraiger'' is a giant robot capable of [[TransformingMecha transforming into a train]] in order to travel around the Solar System.
50	* ''Anime/GalileiDonna'' has them. Kind of overshadowed by the fish-themed airships, though.
51	%%* ''Anime/GallForce'': The Paranoid dynamech (among others).
52	* ''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet'' opens with high tech mecha battles in space but quickly switches to an AfterTheEnd water world Earth where the mecha are more along the lines of highly advanced forklift-truck/submarine mash ups in vaguely humanoid form. The more advanced mecha -- Chamber -- actually has a highly developed A.I. and 'he' can make his own conjectures and decipher scenarios faster than his pilot Ledo usually can; making him very close to sentience [[spoiler:almost certainly making the leap to self awareness by the last episode.]]
53	* ''Anime/{{Gasaraki}}'' attempts (amidst an incomprehensible mass of mysticism) to show a "realistic" view of giant war robots in a contemporary setting. The "Tactical Armors" of ''Gasaraki'' are not much larger than a main battle tank, require extensive support squads, and can have their joints fouled by blowing sand. The "incomprehensible mass of mysticism" also gave the series the Kugai, ancient Japanese proto-mecha in the form of giant suits of samurai armour, brought to life by ritualistic Noh dancing, with the dancer sitting inside the suit's abdomen once the Kugai was activated and controlling it by their will. The one time a Kugai is activated in the story's present, it attacks a Tactical Armor and rips it apart with its bare hands, and in the ancient period in which they were created they (unsurprisingly) made the clan who owned them almost invincible in battle.
54	* ''Anime/{{Geneshaft}}'' has a very weird mecha, which looks more like a set of cranes welded together to vaguely resemble a human outline. It is also unclear ''why'' it should look remotely human anyway, given its function in the story.
55	* In ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' the Humongous Mecha "Aquarion" is a combination of three Vectors (machines each piloted by one person).
56	* ''Manga/GetterRobo'', the first TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha, which also features some of the most humongous mecha in the medium. The mecha progressively increase in size and ridiculousness over the series, ending with the Getter Emperor which [[spoiler:stands over a freakin' ''galaxy'']].
57	** On the other hand ''Freeder Bug'', also created by the late Ken Ishikawa has some of the ''least'' humongous Humongous Mecha in anime or manga, not counting power suits. They're essentially just heads with stumpy limbs and a chair fixed to the back, and are smaller than an adult man.
58	* ''Manga/GiantRobo'' is a descendant of a 1960s live-action series brought to the U.S. as ''Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot''.
59	* ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'' was probably the first "giant robot" anime imported to the United States. This black-and-white series was aired during the 1960s in many markets.
60	* ''Anime/GoldenBat'': The UrExample, dating back to 1930. See Theatre section below.
61	* ''Anime/GreenVsRed'' introduces us to a Humongous Mecha in a BigLippedAlligatorMoment in order to rescue the Yasuo-Lupin. The Mecha is piloted by the [[Creator/ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin-Lupin]].
62	* The "Endlaves" from ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' are a more realistic example than most -- most prominently, rather than actually being piloted by human beings they are remote controlled via a virtual reality interface by operators that might be sitting kilometers away in a bunker (or just on the edge of the battlefield, in an armored van). They are generally not very tall (with the largest ones appearing no more than 9-10 meters, and most looking around 4), and travel over long distances in a vehicle-like fashion using wheels while keeping close to the ground and hard to target. It's also worth noting that they don't appear to be actual military weapons, but rather, tools of law enforcement/riot control (which goes a great deal to explain giving them a humanoid form in the first place).
63	* ''Anime/GunBuster'' and its sequel ''Anime/DieBuster'' have Mecha even more Humongous than most- Gunbuster is two-hundred fifty-meter-tall, and Diebuster is approximately the same height as the Earth itself.
64	** Probably worth noting that ''Gunbuster'' and ''Diebuster'' were made by the same [[Creator/StudioGainax studio]] as ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]''. In fact the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann was probably partly to upstage the Diebuster, which in turn upstaged every other Humongous Mecha that came before (except those from ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' prequel novel,[[note]]released in 2003, a year before Diebuster,[[/note]] that is).
65	* The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' metaseries launched the RealRobotGenre, and its dozen or so sequels, prequels, and {{Alternate Universe}}s refined it perhaps more than any other series. The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original series]] had Transforming and Combining Mecha, due to its SuperRobotGenre roots, but these were {{retcon}}ned out in the [[AlternateContinuity movies]]. ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' brought back TransformingMecha, and its immediate sequel, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', features a new CombiningMecha, the modular-design ZZ Gundam.
66	** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', the first ''Gundam'' series not set in the Universal Century timeline, swerves back to the SuperRobotGenre with designs that get really weird at times, and suits that are practically powered on [[HotBlooded Hot Bloodedness]].
67	** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', a bit of JustifiedTrope goes on for the humongous mechas in the series where Lt. Noin explains that the advent of the mechas came about when the Alliance wanted a physically intimidating weapon.
68	** Technically, both Transforming Mecha and CombiningMecha have been in most Gundam shows. Gundam, ZZ Gundam, V Gundam, V2 Gundam and Impulse Gundam all use the same principle, with being module based and all. Freedom and Justice can both combine with the METEOR Units, and Exia and Dynames both have the GN-Arms Type-E and Type-D respectively. 00 Gundam also had the 0 Raiser and Arios had the GN Archer. In the Gundam 00 Movie, the large backpack on Raphael Gundam turned out to be an upgraded Seravee Gundam, transformed into a giant weapons-platform.
69	*** As for Variable Mobile Suits, the Z Gundam, ZZ Gundam, Methuss, Re-ZEL, Re-GZ, and a lot other UC Suits qualify. Also, the Wing Gundam, Wing Gundam Zero, Airmaster, Airmaster Burst (the latter two from Gundam X), Aegis, Murasame and Savior (from Cosmic Era (SEED and SEED Destiny)). And Kyrios/Arios/Harute and Gadelaza, Regnant, Empruss, GN Archer, Flag (and variants) Enacts, Hellions, Realdos and Reborns Gundam/Reborns Cannon are all Variable Mobile Suits from 00. And there are probably some that were left out.
70	** For truly Humongous Mecha, see the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Psyco Gundam]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destroy Gundam]]. Both are 400 tonne WeaponsOfMassDestruction that more or less serve as mobile tactical nukes. And then there's the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]], which is also an EldritchAbomination.
71	* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam''. In one episode, Ikuyo Suzuki demonstrates her latest creation: a giant robot resembling the Loch Ness Monster.
72	* In ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'', Giovanni briefly uses a mecha that's basically a more gracile version of Heavyarms from the above-mentioned ''Gundam Wing''.
73	* ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'', although he started out as a much smaller toy, only gaining his current size after being struck by lightning.
74	* ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'' have the characters burst into laughter when they first saw a giant humanoid robot because it seemed so impractical. Needless to say, they were proven wrong.
75	* The mecha in ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'' seem to be specifically designed to subvert the "Humongous" part of this trope, in fact most of their pilots are huge and shown to be very cramped inside their mecha. The big butch leader is in a pink one. The general design of the mecha is similar to the squat egg-shaped ones found in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''.
76	%%* ''Anime/JinkiExtend''.
77	* The Atlas-class ship [[TheArk Deucalion]] (Mecha Form) in ''Anime/KiddyGrade''. Just watch the last 4 episodes (and mind the statistic of the Deucalion) then you'll understand why (one of its design goals being [[spoiler:to ''steal the Earth'']]).
78	** 6358 fucking kilometers in length. You can't go wrong with that.
79	%%* ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg''.
80	* ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' has the usual type that are commonly used by Mooks and supporting characters known as Ovid. Then there is the TransformingMecha versions known as Vox. Only [[TheChosenOne The Chosen Ones]] can pilot them (symbolized by the Memoria marking their Vox gives them) and they are controlled more by telepathy than actual controls (which is good for the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent lead who doesn't even have a scooter licence). Unfortunately [[spoiler: the Vox are actually the "bridge" between the normal reality and an EldritchLocation influenced by human thoughts and feelings. If something goes wrong, the prettiest ApocalypseHow is the result.]]
81	* In ''Anime/LedaTheFantasticAdventureOfYohko'', Yohko finds and awakens one in a shrine. Yoni also has one, but it's far clunkier.
82	* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
83	** ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (one of the main shows [[{{Macekre}} incorporated]] into ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'') features some of the earliest transforming mecha, with the Valkyrie jet/space fighters that could turn into humanoid robots and a hybrid semihumanoid/semijet ("gerwalk") form, which have gone on to become an iconic franchise staple.
84	** The original Macross itself was a huge spaceship that could rearrange itself into a humanoid configuration; this is because when SDF-1 performed a Hyperspace Fold at the beginning of the show, its fold drive mysteriously disappeared along with a chunk of other machinery and major powerlines. So, the whole point of the transformation was to reconnect the [[WaveMotionGun Macross Cannon]] to the power supply, with the humanoid form being more coincidence than anything else. This, however, was completely ignored in ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', with "Macross" type spaceships always transforming into some pointless humanoid form to fire their main gun. ''RuleOfCool'' all the way.
85	*** In ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', however, the ''Macross Quarter'' and ''Battle Frontier'' are both seen firing their primary weapons while still in "ship" mode.
86	*** Also, the humanoid configuration also allows the capital ships to use the ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks Macross]] [[MegatonPunch Attack]]'' without compromising the firepower, safety, or maneuverability of the entire ship.
87	** Another mech that's particularly iconic to the series is the Destroid Monster, which, along with the other Destroid models, has an appearance and speed that wouldn't look out of place in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', though that's partly because in the early pre-1995 versions of ''[=BattleTech=]'', ''Macross'' was one of the various animes it licensed[[note]]incorrectly; it's a long story[[/note]] mecha from.
88	** Worth noting that the Humongous Mecha in this series were originally built specifically because the Zentraedi they were fighting were giants; the Valkyries and Destroids are what allow humans to fight Zentraedi on an even playing field. Of course, the Zentraedi have their own mecha, which despite technically being MiniMecha still manage to somewhat tower over the human mecha.
89	* The Rune Gods/Mashin in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' take form of not just beastly creatures, but also Humongous Mecha based on those creatures. The second half introduces a faction that uses regular mechanical mecha, too.
90	** This funnily created a lot of fan-wishing to include ''Rayearth'' in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', despite the difference in theme of story. After all, who wouldn't want to see Rayearth teaming up with, say, Anime/GaoGaiGar? And then in 2018, the announcement that it would finally happen [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT came to pass]].
91	%%* In a ''Manga/{{MAR}}'' Filler arc, a trio of sisters can summon their mecha 'Rotkappchen Waltzer'.
92	* The immensely popular ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' not only features a battle mecha class called the "Aestivalis", but also incorporates a 1970s-style SuperRobotGenre anime called ''Gekiganger 3'' as a ShowWithinAShow. "G3" is a clear homage to the early classic ''Getter Robo'', and manages to hit all the classic melodramatic cliches of the genre.
93	* Creator/GoNagai's ''Anime/MazingerZ'' was the first series to feature giant robots piloted by humans, the convention which came to define the entire genre. It also created the SuperRobotGenre as we know it, featuring, if not originating, many of the tropes that have come to be associated with the genre. The series, along with sequels ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', have been aired worldwide.
94	** The caption for the previous page image[[note]]"Perfect for those early morning commutes"[[/note]] is in fact a good example of HilariousInHindsight. Creator/GoNagai, trying to come up with an idea for a giant robot story that wouldn't rip off ''Tetsujin'', was observing a gridlock one day when he mused to himself that the drivers in back must be wishing for a way to bypass those in front. From that idle thought came the concept of a man-driven robot, and the rest is history.
95	%%* ''Anime/MetalArmorDragonar'': The Gilga-Zamune.
96	%%* One appears in ''Manga/MoonlightMile''. It's tested underwater first to prevent the dangers of it falling over.
97	* Even a series like ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has them (maybe [[FantasyKitchenSink the series is just like that]]). They were created using the [[SuperProtoType Proto Type]] data from a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] [[{{Obake}} demon]] god.
98	** (Much) Later on, Haruna uses her artifact to create a life-size robot body for [[CuteGhostGirl Sayo]]. Sayo can only use the robot body by possessing a small voodoo doll and climbing inside the robot body and piloting it Humongous Mecha style.
99	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
100	** The titular Evas are [[MeatSackRobot biological robots]] in the form of [[spoiler:cloned EldritchAbomination]] humanoid beings plated in restraining armor and having their spine and nervous system fitted with cockpit housing units. This is important because the Entry Plugs, designed to mentally and physically synchronize the pilot with the Eva in conjuction with LCL, will vary in effectiveness depending on their depth and the pilot's psyche, [[spoiler:to the point that going too far can and will result in the synchronization transcending metaphysical levels]].
101	** [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode07AHumanWork Episode 7]] features Jet Alone, a more conventional mecha that is purely mechanical and powered by a nuclear reactor. It was a private attempt at a replacement for the Evangelions that fails [[spoiler:partially because of NERV's sabotage]].
102	%%* ''Anime/NeoRanga''.
103	* The "Ikusa Yoroi" ("War Armors") in ''Anime/NobunagaTheFool''; their designs seem to range from Medieval knights (like in ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''), to samurai (fitting, given the setting of the Western and Eastern Planets).
104	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Vegaforce-01 is a giant mecha built by [[WorldsSmartestMan Vegapunk]] and piloted by Lilith, measuring around 300 meters in height and strong enough to carry the Going Merry in one hand. [[spoiler:It is modeled after the Iron Giant, a 900 year old ''autonomous'' mecha the size of a city slumbering in Egghead's scrapyard.]]
105	* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'' has the titular giant robot and the panzers of the BigBad's army. Panzer mechas are approximately Gundam-sized and they come in all kind of shapes: centaurs, humanoids, winged humanoids...
106	* ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' focuses on MundaneUtility of Humongous Mecha anime tropes, featuring short, non-combat robots used for civilian purposes such as construction. The combat robots belong to the police, who prevent mecha-related crimes, the military like the Japanese Self-Defense Force, and MegaCorp like the Schaft Enterprises.
107	* ''Anime/PlanetRoboDanguardAce'' was the only foray of Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in the TransformingMecha genre, featuring a spaceship that turned into a giant robot, and with a bigger emphasis on interplanetary war.
108	* All of the Humongous Mecha that Team Rocket wields in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. One has to wonder where they get the money for all those giant robots (or why they don't just [[CutLexLuthorACheck ditch their life of crime and take up careers in engineering]]), considering that they're both deep in debt and far out of favor with their boss...
109	** In one episode in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, it was noted that Team Rocket stole various parts from a factory, which they used to build that episode's mecha. That seems to help keep their expenses down.
110	** They also occasionally mention buying cheaper "build-it-yourself" mechas online, especially in the Johto story arc. That's one explanation for why most of the mechas have at least one glaring weakness.
111	%%* In ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' B-Ko creates these although she is perhaps better known for her Bikini Battlesuit.
112	* The Xephon from ''Anime/RahXephon'', although obviously and definitely not mechanical, follows many of the genre's tropes to a T.
113	* ''Anime/RegaliaTheThreeSacredStars'': Both Rena and Tia are Regalia, young-looking girls who transform into robots, and Regalia Gear, non-sentient robots who have human pilots fused with them.
114	* Each of the different nationality random girls in ''Manga/{{Rizelmine}}'' has one, each almost more ridiculous than the last.
115	* ''VisualNovel/RoboticsNotes'' is a very unique reconstruction. While the opening features many mechas that look like they belong in a SuperRobotGenre anime, the series focuses on a club of students living TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture as they work together to build a HumongousMecha of their own. Aside from the comic relief moments and the {{Otaku}} shut-in, the characters don't feel like mecha anime characters, but ordinary people. The anime also feels much more like a SliceOfLife. However, this being by the same people who brought us ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', a darker conspiracy soon comes to light and our group of protagonists are pulled into the mix when [[spoiler: it becomes clear that the world's leader in robotics is planning on causing a global disaster and wiping out more than half of the human race. Now it's up to them to quickly complete their mecha and save the world.]]
116	* The ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' -- ''Anime/CombattlerV'', ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' -- developed the SuperRobotGenre further, incorporating new tropes -- like the FiveManBand or the MotionCaptureMecha -- and themes, using darker storylines (keep in mind the ''Mazinger'' series could get pretty dark actually, and ''Manga/GetterRobo'' in reality ''is'' a CosmicHorrorStory) and using more complex characters and villains. They also were aired worldwide, being particularly succesful in Philippines and Middle East countries.
117	* Funnily enough, ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' parodies this when the Imperial Palace eventually transforms into a Giant Robot, who is then used to attack and stop a Giant Bomb.
118	* The leaders of the Nobuseri bandits in ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' are massive cyborgs, with swords the size of houses.
119	* Bismarck from ''Anime/SeiJuushiBismarck'', aka Ramrod from ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs''. Whatever the name, it stands several stories tall.
120	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The series '''loves''' them, as does its titular AntiHero.
121	* ''Anime/SkyGirls'' contains about every cliche in this trope, including female pilots wearing [[LatexSpaceSuit extremely skin-tight and revealing g-suits]].
122	* In episode 35 of ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', Cure Happy accidentally gets transformed into Happy Robot with [[MechaExpansionPack Buttlerfly Wings]] and RocketPunch, and Wolfrun and Akaoni create the Hyper Akanbes. The Hyper Akanbes of Wolfrun and Akaoni double as CombiningMecha.
123	* ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' has Metal Robotnik, a giant robot piloted by Doctor Robotnik.
124	* ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'' features unusually large mecha for its time, with the Ideon being 105 meters tall. While the most numerous {{Mooks}}, Adigo, are 48 meters tall when standing straight, and considered as ''small'' class mecha, most of the EliteMooks are taller than Ideon.
125	* ''Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios'' is another example from an eighties giant mecha that kept the spirit of the SuperRobotGenre alive during the Gundam age.
126	* The Cybodies of ''Anime/StarDriver'' are MotionCaptureMecha that can be operated only by their chosen drivers, who are marked.
127	* In ''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi2'', Uruka's father sends out a couple on behalf of his daughter, but they're defeated by Kurumi.
128	* ''Anime/StellviaOfTheUniverse'' actually provides a justification for its mecha's humanoid form: Infinity and Halcyon were built to be human-like in appearance because they are supposed to become a ''symbol of humanity'' expanding into space. Spacecraft that don't have any symbolic meaning attached to them are shaped much more practically.
129	* ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'', which, though it may not be what it seems, is certainly about mecha pilots.
130	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo! GXP'': [[spoiler: the main character Seina, already the captain of his own ship, finds a giant mecha in a late episode, and after using it to trash a few pirate landcruisers, decides, "Ships are great and all, but real men need giant robots!" His giant robot also looks suspiciously similar to one from [[Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure another anime from the same creator]].]]
131	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes the "humongous" part to ridiculous extremes, with each incarnation of the main mecha being [[MetaMecha piloted by the smaller mecha]]. The show starts with the MiniMecha, Lagann, which was discovered by [[TheHero Simon]]. After [[HotBlooded Kamina]] hijacks an enemy mecha, which he names Gurren, he [[CombiningMecha combines it]] with Simon's Lagann to form the regular sized (by mecha standards) Gurren Lagann. Simon uses Lagann to capture Thymilph's Dai-Gunzan, an enormous mecha/warship, which is renamed Dai-Gurren and serves as the base of Team Dai-Gurren. After the TimeSkip, Team Dai-Gurren acquires the Arc Gurren Lagann, which is about the size of a city. Then [[ThatsNoMoon the moon turns out to be]] a huge [[TheBattlestar starship]] which [[TransformingMecha is transformed]] into the appropriately moon-sized Super Galaxy Gurren-Lagann. Finally, in the FinalBattle, [[spoiler:Simon and the Team Dai-Gurren combine their [[EvolutionaryLevels Spiral Power]] to manifest [[TitleDrop the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], which is [[WordOfGod confirmed to be]] ten million light years in height.]] The second movie, ''Lagann-hen'', does takes it to the next level, but [[spoiler: the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is more of an {{Energy Being\|s}} -- a humanoid figure made out of Spiral Energy flames, with Kamina's cape and Simon's CoolShades which are actually the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann floating ''in the middle of the Super TTGL's face''.]] In other words, if you like humongous mecha, this is porn for you.
132	* The titular Tobots of ''Animation/{{Tobot}}'' are sentient robots that transform into vehicles, and they get bigger when they integrate with other Tobots.
133	* ''Anime/UFOWarriorDaiApolon'' combines Humongous Mecha, Combining Mecha, and... American Football. Don't ask.
134	* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' has a nation composed of a religious minority who have giant mecha given to them by their god to defend themselves. Considering the rest of the world hasn't even invented gunpowder, this is probably overkill. [[spoiler:Then again, their god ''is'' a psychotic nihilist.]]
135	* ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' is an anime that would not be inaccurate to describe as very ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' like (it's animated by the [[Creator/{{Sunrise}} the same studio]] but with a nano-tech vampire for a protagonist.
136	* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': the eponymous Escaflowne is a 6 meter tall MagiTek mecha that can transform into a dragon-mech.
137	%%* ''Anime/VoltesV''.
138	* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' was, for a time, the best-known example in America. It was an amalgamation of two fairly obscure (in Japan) and completely unrelated shows, ''Anime/GoLion'' (Lion Voltron) and ''Anime/DairuggerXV'' (Vehicle Voltron), along with "The New Adventures of Voltron", which were a few Lion Voltron episodes produced by Toei especially for the American market.
139	* Played with in an episode of ''Anime/WolfsRain'' in which the wolves accidentally reawaken an ancient defensive mecha while making their way through a ruined city.
140	* ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}'': Predating Patlabor, most mecha in ''Combat Mecha Xabungle'', with exception of few models (like the Xabungle), are actually working machines used for digging mineral. However, the savage WildWest-ish setting means pretty much every mech is also armed with a weapon.
141	%%* ''Anime/{{Zegapain}}''.
142	* ''Manga/{{Zeorymer}}'' is one of eight such robots, each possessing a power based upon the [[ElementalPowers eight elements]] (Zeorymer itself being the element of the heavens).
143	* ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'', the first of the Eldoran franchise, is a TransformingMecha-slash-CombiningMecha piloted by [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude untrained, inexperienced children.]] This concept would be later taken up in the later series, ''Anime/GenkiBakuhatsuGanbaruger'' and ''Anime/NekketsuSaikyoGosaurer''.
144	* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' manages to buck the trend in giant robots by having its eponymous robots patterned after nearly every animal imaginable ''except'' humans. This ranges from tractors shaped like beetles to flying battleships that look like ''whales''. A recurring theme through the various editions of the franchise is that the hero tends to pilot a Zoid based on a large feline (usually called a "Liger"), while his [[TheDragon rival]] pilots a robotic dinosaur.
145	** Its SpinOff series ''Soukou Kyoshin Z-Knight'' feature humanoid mecha developed from zoids. The six Armored Titans, including the titular Z-Knight, are even powered by zoid core.
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