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Top 17 Mecha Anime of All Time

By YPB Team

Towering super-robots and grounded war dramas, franchise cornerstones and introspective deconstructions all clash here. Cast your vote!

  1. Neon Genesis Evangelion — ranked #11
    Neon Genesis Evangelion
    Hideaki Anno's 1995 psychological deconstruction of the giant-robot genre.
    1000pts
  2. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion — ranked #22
    Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
    The 2006 mecha thriller following an exiled prince's masked rebellion.
    965pts
  3. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing — ranked #33
    Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
    The 1995 series that popularized Gundam in the West with five Gundam pilots.
    832pts
  4. Gunbuster — ranked #44
    Gunbuster
    Hideaki Anno's 1988 hot-blooded OVA about trainee pilots defending Earth.
    611pts
  5. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann — ranked #55
    Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
    Gainax's 2007 over-the-top super-robot epic about drilling to the heavens.
    610pts
  6. Macross / Robotech — ranked #66
    Macross / Robotech
    The 1982 series pairing transforming fighters with idol-singer drama.
    433pts
  7. RahXephon — ranked #77
    RahXephon
    A 2002 musical, philosophical mecha series often compared to Evangelion.
    433pts
  8. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team — ranked #88
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
    A grounded 1996 OVA depicting frontline soldiers in the One Year War.
    433pts
  9. Martian Successor Nadesico — ranked #99
    Martian Successor Nadesico
    A 1996 series mixing space-war mecha action with parody and comedy.
    433pts
  10. The Vision of Escaflowne — ranked #1010
    The Vision of Escaflowne
    The 1996 isekai blending mecha, fantasy and romance.
    317pts
  11. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans — ranked #1111
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
    The 2015 series following child soldiers of a Martian militia.
    317pts
  12. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED — ranked #1212
    Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
    The 2002 reboot of the franchise set in a genetically-divided war.
    317pts
  13. Aldnoah.Zero — ranked #1313
    Aldnoah.Zero
    A 2014 Earth-versus-Mars war anime known for its tactical battles.
    317pts
  14. Full Metal Panic! — ranked #1414
    Full Metal Panic!
    A 2002 action-comedy about a mecha soldier assigned to guard a schoolgirl.
    317pts
  15. Eureka Seven — ranked #1515
    Eureka Seven
    The 2005 coming-of-age series blending mecha with surfing-style airboarding.
    317pts
  16. Mobile Suit Gundam — ranked #1616
    Mobile Suit Gundam
    The 1979 series that founded the real-robot genre in the Earth-Zeon war.
    317pts
  17. Darling in the Franxx — ranked #1717
    Darling in the Franxx
    A 2018 series pairing teenage pilots to battle giant beasts.
    0pts
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Comments 1

Gundam holds five entries on this ballot. The show filed beside them spent 26 episodes arguing that the cockpit is the worst place to be: https://youpick.best/articles/evangelion-ranked-many-ways

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