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Mecha (メカ - me-ka) are giant robots, robot vehicles, robot construction equipment, robot mobile buildings and generally over-sized robot machines. While the original Japanese definition extends to include power armor, exoskeletons, and general sci-fi machinery, for danbooru purposes this tag is for piloted and/or giant robots.

Primarily seen in science fiction settings, though there are several cases of them in fantasy settings.

h4. Types of Mecha

* Externally piloted mecha - A mecha where the controls are external and the pilot rides on top of the machine.

* Walker (robot) - A type of walking mecha that usually lacks arms.

* Super Robot - Mecha with super powers.

* Real Robot (リアルロボット Riaru Robotto) anime genre started by Tomino Yoshiyuki's Mobile Suit Gundam in the late 70s and early 80s. Realistic manned mecha similar in function to a humanoid bipedal tank.

h4. Series-specific Tags

* Arm Slave (mecha) (Full Metal Panic!)

* Armored Trooper (Soukou Kihei VOTOMS)

* AT-AT (Star Wars)

* Destroid (Macross)

* Dreadnought (warhammer 40k) (Warhammer 40K)

* Battroid (Macross)

* Gerwalk (Macross)

* Evangelion (mecha) (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

* Ferronis (xenoblade) (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

* Gekko (metal gear) (Metal Gear (series))

* Gothicmade (mecha) (Hana no Utame Gothicmade)

* Holon (gen lock) (Gen:Lock)

* Jaeger (pacific rim) (Pacific Rim)

* Kataphrakt (aldnoah.zero) (ALDNOAH.ZERO)

* Knightmare Frame (Code Geass)

* Laputa Robot (Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa)

* Mashin (Magic Knight Rayearth)

* Meka (overwatch) (Overwatch)

* Metal Gear (robot) (Metal Gear (series))

* Mobile Suit (Gundam)

** Man Machine (Gaia Gear)

** Mobile Armor (Gundam)

* Morito (sidonia no kishi) (Sidonia no Kishi)

* Mortar Headd (Five Star Stories)

* Orbital Frame (zone Of The Enders) (Zone of the Enders)

* Skell (xenoblade x) (Xenoblade Chronicles X)

* Tactical Surface Fighter (Muv-Luv Alternative)

* The Iron Giant (Mecha) (The iron Giant)

* Titan (titanfall) (Titanfall (series))

* Variable Fighter (Macross)

h4. Other Related tags

* Exoskeleton - Small, external mechanical attachments that tends to be worn rather than piloted. Some may qualify for the mecha tag, though it should be judged on a case by case basis.

* Power armor - Full body mechanical armor that usually augments the wearer's abilities.

* Robot animal - Robot in the shape of an animal, sometimes overlaps with mecha in series such as Zoids and certain Super Sentai entries.

* Robot dragon - Robot in the shape of a dragon, often overlaps with mecha due to their size.