giant robot

Towering mechanical humanoid

Giant robot refers to a genre of science fiction featuring enormous humanoid machines, typically piloted from within or controlled remotely.

The concept dominates Japanese anime and manga—Gundam, Evangelion, Pacific Rim—where these machines battle monsters or each other.

The term covers both the machines themselves and the media genre: He's really into giant robot anime.

Also called mecha.

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armor · steel · towering · humanoid · transformer · battleship · cannon · hydraulic · mechanical · stomp · glowing eyes · metropolis · destruction · anime · futuristic · chrome · sentinel · warrior

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Molecule-scale robot

microbot · nanomachine · toy robot

nature/origin

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Homo sapiens individual

animal · kaiju · flesh and blood · sentient being · giant monster

agency/control

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Unpowered gripped device

simple machine · primitive tool · handheld instrument

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G