mecha n. 2

a subgenre, show, movie, etc. featuring mecha n. 1

Usually used as a modifier.

Comics

Genre

  • 1987 WesterCon XXXX (convention program book) 44/2 page image

    The final night will showcase 20 years of robots and robotic mecha TV shows.

  • 1992 Baka no Baka (vol. 3, no. 1) 21/2 page image

    The third glaring flaw is most serious: for a game that is supposed to allow creation of any science fiction mecha anime show, the system certainly limits your options.

  • 1999 Comics Buyer’s Guide (#1351) 8 Oct. 22/3 page image

    I've never been a big fan of β€˜mecha’ manga, because I felt the creators were spending more time designing the machines than their human characters.

  • 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (E magazine section) 6 Sept. 10/5 page image

    Quality mecha-style CGI series about good robots and bad robots.

  • 2013 Tightbeam (#268) Nov. 17/2 page image

    This movie, co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, is a piece of cinematic genre history because it is the first big budget mecha movie.

  • 2021 Event Horizon (Orlando Area Science Fiction Society) (#403) (vol. 34 no. 4) Sept. 2/2 page image

    History of Mecha: 60s and 70s – The team from NoS Anime took a tour of anime that featured armored suits. [Ibid. 4/1] This enabled the production of mecha anime like Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and Votoms. These shows left an enormous impact on mecha anime and the medium itself.

Research requirements

antedating 1987
Earliest cite

WesterCon 40 program book
Research History
Suggested, and most cites supplied, by Bill Mullins.
Jeff Prucher submitted a 1987 cite from the WesterCon 40 program book.

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