What is Mecha manga?

Mecha in Japanese basically means mechanical things; everything from an electric whisk or a car to a spaceship or a robot. Here however we limit it to the more exotic things usually referred to as mecha anime: robots, whether controlled by a human or not, and their ilk. See Androids, Piloted Robots, Power Suits, Robot Helpers, Transforming Robots for a more specific classification.

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Kannazuki no Miko

(Destiny of Shrine Maiden)

6.76

Description:

On the moon, there is an old shrine that has fallen into ruin. On the birthday of Himeko Kurusugawa and Chikane Himemiya, there is a sudden eclipse, and a voice calls the eight necks of Orochi to rise and destroy the Solar Priestess and the Lunar Priestess. The two girls soon find themselves under attack by the Orochi, but Himeko's close friend Souma has resisted the call of the Orochi and has sworn to protect her, no matter what.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

14

Status

finished

Started

2004-10-01

Haisha

(Ashen Victor)

6.89

Description:

Meet Snev, a hapless motorballer nicknamed the "Crash King." Ever since a traumatic accident on the racetrack, Snev has been running on the edge of sanity. Only his best friend, a beautiful prostitute, still believes in him. Then, when Snev discovers his employers' ulterior motives for keeping him on the motorball circuit, he must muster the courage to confront both them and his inner demons! (Source: Manga)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

4

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1995-01-01

Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter

(I was Sold at the Lowest Price in my class, however, my Personal Parameter is the Most Powerful)

0

Description:

During and school trip, the bus of the 2nd year class 3 with 32 people was summoned to another world... we were gonna be sold to become pilots of robot like magical weapons, but it looks like the values of the selling prices were decided by the values of some unknown parameter called Ludia (ルーディア)... While some classmates got high prices with parameters of 10,000 or 20,000, my parameters were actually 2... really unbelievable... but actually my parameter's value made the measuring machine's needle perform a full turn but no one noticed it... Though I had the strongest parameters... nobody bought me and was actually exchanged as an slave for two fruits.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2021-04-22

IS: Infinite Stratos

(Infinite Stratos)

7.28

Description:

In a world of technological progress, females are the only ones who can pilot the most advanced military unit in history—the Infinite Stratos (IS). With this power, women have seized complete control of all political, social, and economic ventures; leaving men to the fringes of society, made to tend to the whims of their now, female overlords. That is until Orimura Ichika, the sole male found to have IS piloting ability, is thrust into the spotlight, and enrolled at the prestigious IS Academy. Stuck in the middle of a female-dominated population, Ichika sets out to prove men still have a place in this world. Little did he know, he's just the thing these women have been looking for. Source: J-Novel Club
Type

novel

Volumes

0

Rating

Ecchi

Status

current

Started

2009-05-31

Kidou Senshi Cross Bone Gundam

7.52

Description:

The story takes place 10 years after the end of Gundam F91. The movie's heroes, Seabook Arno and Cecily Fairchild, discover that Crux Dogatie of the Jupiter Energy Fleet is plotting to conquer Earth with the forces of his Jupiter Empire. In response, Cecily takes up her birth name "Berah Ronah" and recreates the Crossbone Vanguard, who disguise themselves as pirates attacking the Jupiter Energy Fleet. Seabook, under the alias "Kinkedo Nau", is one of the new Vanguard's top pilots. The other is Zabine Chareux, a veteran of the original Crossbone Vanguard. The main character of Crossbone Gundam is a teenage Newtype named Tobia Arronax, who gets swept up in the war between the Crossbone Vanguard and Jupiter Empire. While Gundam F91 is understandably viewed as a disappointment by many Gundam fans, Crossbone Gundam is widely regarded as one of Gundam's best installments, with its likeable cast, well-written story, and unique "pirate Gundam" mechanical designs. Its quality easily leads one to wonder how Gundam F91 would have turned out had Tomino been able to complete it as the originally planned 52 episode TV series, rather than having to condense it into a single 2-hour movie. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

27

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1994-10-26

ARK:Romancer

6.62

Description:

After experiencing tragedy firsthand, Amagi Souji does not feel that he is deserving of love or of loving anyone. It is not until a strange girl appears before him wanting to learn just what love is that he finds himself caught up in a battle between female warriors known as "Ark Processors." Will he learn to feel love again and will he be able to teach her what true love is?! Only time can tell! (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

10

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2014-05-27

Kamisama Dolls

7.19

Description:

Kyouhei, after moving away to Tokyo from his old town to get away from the events that happened, is on a goukon with his friends, including his old neighbor, Shiba. After drinking for a whole night, he and Shiba discover a dead, bloody, body in the elevator. He is told by his younger sister, Utao with her Kami-sama Doll, that Aki, an old friend, and his Doll, are the culprits responsible. (Source: Fate)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

72

Status

finished

Started

2006-12-19

I Picked up an Attribute

6.95

Description:

The gaming emperor Feng Xia accidentally travelled into the era of magic and cultivation, attributes' abilities and strategy can be used to defeat his opponents and each time he defeats his opponents, he can obtain the skills and attributes of the enemy, turning the world with each battle! There are also many beautiful beast-women in the world, Feng Xia destroyed the opponents with so called "unparalleled skills" and steals their power into his! (Source: Mangadex)
Type

manhua

Chapters

394

Status

finished

Started

2020-02-08

Suisei no Gargantia

7

Description:

The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Redo and his humanoid mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a distortion of time and space. Waking from his artificially induced hibernation, Redo realizes that he has arrived on Earth, the planet on the lost frontier. On this planet that was completely flooded by the seas, people live in fleets of giant ships, salvaging relics from the seas' depths in order to survive. Redo arrives on one of the fleets called Gargantia. With no knowledge of the planet's history or culture, he is forced to live alongside Amy, a 15-year-old girl who serves as a messenger aboard the Gargantia fleet. To Redo, who has lived a life where he knows nothing but fighting, these days of peace continue to surprise him. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

13

Status

finished

Started

2013-01-10

Bakuretsu Tenshi: Angel's Adolescence

(Burst Angel - Angels' Adolescence)

6.67

Description:

Meet Takeru, an ordinary boy who's always bullied because of his lack of self-confidence. What will happen when one day two mysterious girls show up in his room seeking shelter from a group of blood-thirsty thugs? Discover the changes in Takeru's life after meeting two girls that are definitely more than what meets the eye in Bakuretsu Tenshi. (Source: mangaupdates)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

16

Rating

Ecchi

Status

finished

Started

2004-07-01

Kurogane no Linebarrel

7.35

Description:

The Linebarrels of Iron story takes place in a fictional alternate future, centering on a junior-high school student named Kouichi Hayase, who escaped his daily life of being bullied as a child by daydreaming about being a hero. His life was forever changed during a class trip in the year 2016 when an artificial satellite fell from orbit. Due to this "accident", Kouichi was left in a coma for half a year, and upon awakening, found himself with strange powers, including superhuman strength. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

128

Rating

Ecchi

Status

finished

Started

2004-12-18

Metropolis

6.43

Description:

In a super-advanced city in the near future where humanoid robot technology is very sophisticated, the boy detective Kenichi is caught up in the conflict as the powerful politician Duke Red, distraught over his child's death, hires a scientist to create a replacement, an exquisitely beautiful sex-changing robot child named Mitchy. Note that this original 1949 manga supplies only part of the plot for the recent Metropolis movie, and does not feature Rock, whose role in the film was adapted from Phoenix, Nextworld and other Tezuka manga. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

1949-09-15

Aldnoah.Zero

7.23

Description:

In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Soon, a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

12

Status

finished

Started

2014-08-11

Atom: The Beginning

7.42

Description:

The manga will tell the story of what happens up until the birth of Astro Boy. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2014-12-01

Boku to Roboko

(Me & Roboco)

6.53

Description:

The year is 20XX... A time when every household owns cute maid robots known as OrderMaids. Average grade-schooler Bondo dreams of having his very own robot. But what he got was... Unable to compute!!! Life is gonna get a whole lot weirder when Roboco, the most powerful clumsy maid ever created, shows up at his door! (Source: MANGA Plus)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-07-06

Getter Robo Go

(Venger Robo)

7.93

Description:

Getter Robo Go is the third Getter Robo series chronologically. Following the disaster at the end of Shin Getter Robo, Hayato Jin has become the new leader of the Saotome Research Institute and Ryoma has retired to the countryside. Robot technology has advanced to the point that most major countries own them, but Getter Rays research is now forbidden and kept secret from the rest of the world. In order to defeat the madman Randou whose base lies the Arctic, a new team of Getter Robo pilots is formed, piloting a new form of Getter Robo which runs on simple plasma energy. Allying with the militaries of various nations, the war with Randou's army begins. This series marks the debut of the Shin Getter Robo.
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

28

Status

finished

Started

1991-02-11

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

(Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)

7.6

Description:

In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible. This allows for great increases in both physical and cybernetic prowess and blurring the lines between the two worlds. However, criminals can also make full use of such technology, leading to new and sometimes, very dangerous crimes. In response to such innovative new methods, the Japanese Government has established Section 9, an independently operating police unit which deals with such highly sensitive crimes. Led by Daisuke Aramaki and Motoko Kusanagi, Section 9 deals with such crimes over the entire social spectrum, usually with success. However, when faced with a new A level hacker nicknamed “The Laughing Man”, the team is thrown into a dangerous cat and mouse game, following the hacker’s trail as it leaves its mark on Japan.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

42

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2009-12-14

Knight's & Magic

0

Description:

A mecha otaku is reincarnated into another world as Ernesti Echevalier, also known as Eru. In this world exists huge humanoid weapons known as Silhouette Knights. Dreaming of piloting those robots, Eru, with childhood friends, Archid Walter and Adeltrud Walter, aim to become Knight Runners, pilots of these Silhouette Knights.
Type

novel

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2013-01-30

Joshikouhei

7.46

Description:

The future. The people that migrated to an alternate dimensional space, seeking a new world to live in, started an armed rebellion in order to declare independence from Earth. Thus, multi-dimensional war broke out with the United Army of Earth. The battlefronts spread, and the fight grew long. In their desire to break the deadlock, the United Army of Earth decided to launch a large-scale offensive, deploying to the front line vast amounts of "Assault Girls" -- new arms that would render all previous weaponry ineffective. Piloted by outcasts and criminals, the members of the The 13th Independent Assault Girl Hunting Platoon -- dubbed "The Hyena Platoon" -- are tasked with hunting down and destroying rogue Assault Girl pilots, who have succumbed to the corruption that eventually befalls all pilots. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

45

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2011-01-21

Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt

(Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt)

7.88

Description:

The Universal Century began with mankind moving its burgeoning population into outer space. The year is UC0079. The cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth, Side 3, proclaim themselves the Principality of Zeon and launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Now, it is nearly one year since the war broke out. In the “Thunderbolt sector”, a reef section of space where a large quantity of wreckage from battleships and destroyed space colonies from the war lies, a violent battle plays out as the Earth Federation Forces set their sights on recapturing the Zeon controlled sector. (Source: Zeonic-Republic)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2012-03-01

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