You may not have heard of Gurren Lagann before, I wasn’t familiar with it either until ADV Films announced they picked the series up for US distribution at Anime Expo. I still don’t know much about it ...

Outside major franchises like Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion, it's rare that mecha anime manage to achieve the heights of popularity that series from more favored genres often do. When ...

Animated by Gainax, the studio behind FLCL and Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gurren Lagann exploded onto the anime scene in 2007. On the surface, it's easy to pass the story off as yet another modern mecha ...

Matthew Magnus Lundeen is a writer, critic, and aspiring cinephile trying way too hard and simultaneously not enough. He writes anime features for Game Rant when he isn't trying to write fiction. The ...

The genre of mecha anime circles around robots. These robots, in the anime universe, are known as mecha, and they are used by humans, or other individuals. Mecha explores complex themes, including ...

Anime watcher and news writer. Seasoned seasonal reviewer and editorializer. Occasional podcast guest. Also a fan of games, toku, and toys, whenever there's time. Udon Entertainment has confirmed that ...