Movies and TvShows featuring "piloted-robot" theme.
Teams of colorful warriors fight against evildoers in this long-running Japanese metaseries.
High-school student Amate Yuzuriha lives peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. But when she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Long ago, a powerful sentient robot known as GoLion, abused his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. For his arrogance, The Goddess of the Universe punished GoLion by separating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men returned to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea and learn that the 5 lion robots that GoLion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form GoLion, the only hope for the human race.
Hayato Hayasugi (his last name is a pun on the words for "too fast") and other children will serve as conductors to pilot the Shinkalion. The Shinkalion robots are various models of real-life Japanese bullet trains (shinkansen) that transform into robots to fight an unknown evil to protect the safety and peace of Japan. The children must work together with the adults of the Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute (SUEI) to defeat a monster that looks like a jet black bullet train.
Full Metal Panic! is a TV show about a teenager named Sousuke Sagara who is part of an anti-terrorist squad called Mithril. He is assigned to protect a high school girl named Kaname Chidori, but has trouble blending in with civilian life. Sousuke must balance his responsibilities as a soldier with being a high school student.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is set in a post-apocalyptic world where giant bio-organic robots called Evangelions are piloted by teenagers to combat alien invaders known as Angels. The series follows the story of Shinji Ikari, a traumatized teenager who must confront his own feelings of inadequacy and loneliness as he is tasked with saving humanity from impending doom.
Mazinger Z is a popular TV show from the 1970s that tells the story of a young pilot named Koji who controls a giant robot named Mazinger Z to defend Earth against the evil Dr. Hell and his mechanical monsters. Together with his friends and allies, Koji fights for justice and protects humanity from the forces of evil.
Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun, summarized the series.
DARLING in the FRANXX is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity is on the brink of extinction. Teenagers, known as Parasites, pilot giant mechs called FRANXX to defend against monstrous creatures known as Klaxosaurs. The story follows Hiro, a former prodigy who has lost his motivation, and Zero Two, a mysterious girl with klaxosaur blood. Together, they form an unlikely partnership and strive to unlock the secrets of their world while facing internal and external conflicts.
In the year 1984, a group of astronauts are chosen to pilot robotic lions and protect the universe from the evil Emperor Zarkon. With the help of their advanced technology and combined giant robot, Voltron, they battle against the forces of darkness and ensure peace and justice prevail.
Macross Frontier follows the story of a group of students from the Macross Frontier fleet as they face an alien invasion and navigate their high school lives. With giant piloted robots, romance, and a love triangle, the show explores the themes of love, war, and the future of humanity in outer space.
In the year 2039, Japan has been ruled by the GHQ after a deadly virus outbreak. Shu Ouma, a shy high school student, obtains a special power called the Power of Kings, which allows him to extract weapons or tools from his classmates called Voids. Shu becomes involved in the resistance group Funeral Parlor, and together they fight against the oppression of the GHQ. As Shu learns more about his power and the truth behind the virus, he must make difficult choices that will determine the fate of humanity.
Set in a future where a hypergate was discovered on the Moon in 1972, which allowed the humans to settle on Mars. However, a war erupts between the residents of Mars, known as the Vers Empire, and the people of Earth. As the conflict intensifies, both sides employ advanced mecha technology in a battle for survival.
The Kikaika (literally mechanization) Empire invades our solar system, and in a matter of moments they take over and convert Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, and set their sights on Earth. However, one thing stands in their way. Earth's ancient protector and warrior of light, Eldran. To fight this menace, he gifts a 6th-grade class with 3 huge robotic dinosaurs, with the power to merge and form the giant robot Go-Saurer, which they then can pilot and use to stop the Kikaika Empire's advances.
From out of nowhere, a mysterious alien race known as the Boazan Forces has invaded the Earth. A group of individuals specially trained to handle this kind of situation has been unleashed. Kenichi, Ippei, Daijirou, Hiyoshi & Megumi are the pilots of the Choudenji Machine Voltes V (5), Earth's defense against the Boazan and their terrible Beast Warriors. The plot thickens as the Go Brothers discover their true heritage and the truth behind their father's disappearance. Conflicts and mixed emotions hinder the Go Brothers at times but due to their unwavering desire to find their dad, they must go to the place where it all started. With the help of the rebels based on Earth and on the aliens' homeworld, the Voltes Team has another mission, remove the tyrant Zu Zanbajil and liberate the people of Boazan.
When the evil Prince Lotor escapes from prison and forms an alliance with Witch Haggar to create monstrous new Robeasts to threaten the galaxy, it's up to the Voltron Force to once again defend the universe
Developed from Japanium ore is the super energy, Photon Power. Seeking this energy is Dr. Hell, a madman craving world domination who along with his subordinates Baron Ashura and Count Brocken, commands the Machine Beasts excavated from Bardos Island (believed to be Rhodes) to attack the Photon Power Lab and take it for himself. Meeting the attack head on is our hero, the hot-blooded teenager Kouji Kabuto who pilots the super robot Mazinger Z, constructed by his grandfather Juzo and made from the strongest metal Chogokin Z. But in this battle between Dr. Hell and the Kabuto family, many legends surrounding the Mycenaean Civilization and Bardos Island, as well as the secrets of Mazinger Z remain shrouded in mystery.
107 years ago, the Moon was destroyed in a massive cataclysm that shattered Earth's former satellite into 81 quintillion tons of orbital debris. However, thanks to super-science, the Earth itself was saved and today no one really thinks much about that century-past disaster. Which is why when teenage Haruka Amami auditions for something called the Idolmaster Project, she THINKS she's trying out to be a singing idol. Instead, Haruka finds herself at a secret school run by the Mondenkind Agency, living with a group of other girls who have also been selected as candidates to pilot an iDOL - an advanced robot specifically designed to intercept falling chunks of moon rock. Except, the people who run the Mondenkind Agency aren't exactly knights in shining armor. And then there's the question of whether the iDOLs are really JUST robots. Because from almost the first moment, Haruka starts to feel emotions resonating from within the iDOL called Imber.