"Robot anime" refers to a type of animated television show or movie that focuses on robots as main characters or central themes. It often involves the adventures and battles of these robots using advanced technology and futuristic settings.
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Takei lists Osamu Tezuka, American comics and
robot anime among his many key influences.
Inspired by the «Transformer» toys, the electric vehicle, called Earth - 1, was designed by Kunio Okawara, famous in Japan as the artist behind the long - running
popular robot anime «Gundam».
Taking elements of
big robot anime, Power Rangers, Godzilla and everything else Del Toro loved watching as a kid, Pacific Rim features the remnants of humanity defending the Earth from giant monsters (aptly named kaiju, after the Japanese word for «monster» and the accompanying genre of films this movie plays off of) using giant fighting robots.
Monster Hunter X will also feature costumes based on the
giant robot anime Macross and, um, Sanrio's sentient piece of salmon, Kimiri - chan.
Admittedly, this palpable glee surrounding the series is wholly justified as it is a remarkable work and one that will influence
super robot anime for a good while to come (especially in its approach to gattai sequences).