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As the name suggests, Gigantor is one of the biggest robots in anime ever and makes a welcome retro appearance in our chart. You can tell it’s retro due the basic metal finish and not a lick of paint in sight. I admit that I’ve mainly put him in due to the show’s theme tune, but you’ll understand why when you hear it. 4. Laputian Robots (Laputa: Castle In The Sky)
Given their taste for destruction there aren’t many environmentally friendly robots, but Laputa has them. These ancient robots tend to the gardens of the beautiful floating island after the humans have deserted it. They may not look very cool as they have been created to be functional and – unlike the rest of our chart – are not unique. But they were created by Miyazaki which makes them good by default. 3. Deathscythe (Gundam Wing)
The most stylised of all the mechs in our chart, Deathscythe is easily the best looking of the all the Gundams and has a great black, white and yellow paint job that is not as camp as his fellow Gundams. Plus it’s weapon is a huge scythe. Repeat: A HUGE SCYTHE! 2. EVA-02 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
A huge mech which defends the Earth against the mysterious angels, EVA-02’s fantastic flame red paint job perfectly reflects the fiery attitude of it’s pilot Asuka Langley. Due to Asuka’s personality you can always guarantee that she will show off in battle, which leads to some neat moves. She couldn’t do it without the coolest mech ever though. 1. Astro Boy (Astro Boy)
When Tobio is killed in a car crash, his father Dr. Tenma
re-creates a him in robot form and thus Astro Boy is born. Astro Boy
fights for good and any evil robots getting in his way won’t be in his way much
longer. Astro has a staggering amount of abilities and the fact
that he has a machine-gun in his arse means that he has to be number one. |
