an artificial, a machinic or inorganic life-form. M-life, vec (OA), "droid" (SW), or robot (includes von neummann replicators)
Giant fighting machines. Usually they're robots, but not always. How big "giant" is depends on the series. In some series they give their giant robots a different name: "EVA" in Neon Genesis Evangelion, "Koubu" in Sakura Wars, "Arm Slave" in Full Metal Panic, "Aestivalis" in Martian Successor Nadesico.
giant robot genre. Can also refer to mechanized suits some characters wear ( Gundam, Macross)
All the vehicles, gizmos, and other mechanical devices that sometimes play a large role in manga, from motorcycles and fighter jets to giant robots and starships.
a big robot like thing,which usually has some pilot
a giant robot--you can catch 'em on Cartoon Network
Generic term for any large, man controlled robotic mechanism, coined by the Japanese of the Late Pre-Empire. Mecha come in many different forms, though most of them are roughly humanoid--shaped.
Short for MECHAnical, any kind of technology from a gun to a vehicle to a giant robot.
Giant pilot controlled robots in Anime. Gundam Wing and Patlabor are two examples of mecha series.
Short for giant robots, this can also mean any anime based in robotics.
Comes from the Japanese word for mechanical, meka, which in turn came from English. It usually shows up in the credits of anime as "Mecha design", being the folks who design the look of the mechanical stuff in that anime. Among American anime fans, it is usually used a little more specifically to refer to the big robots that are so common in anime (Robotech and the like), but it can also be used to mean mechanical stuff in general (including cars, spaceships, and giant robots as well).
From the Japanese word for mechanical, Meka. They generally refer to the mechanical vehicles that appear in anime but can also refer to the weapons, vehicles, robots, etc. They are usually individually piloted powered suits (Bubblegum Crisis) or vehicles (Mobile Suit Gundam, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Robotech).
Manga-term, just about anything mechanical: weapons, vehicles,robots, but usually not items like pencil sharpeners or ceiling fans.
Pronounced "meh-ka," this term refers most often to the genre of anime that involves giant robots, but can be used to refer to most any type of technology in anime.
large mechanical devices, usually robots used, or armoured suits worn, by characters in anime
A title that describes the anime fascination with fighting robots. These may range from powered suits, upto huge robots. They generally tend to be warlike devices as well.
