The story is set in the distant future. The land is ruined, and humanity establishes the mobile fort city Plantation. Pilots produced inside Plantation live in Mistilteinn, also know as the "birdcage." Children live there knowing nothing of the outside world or the freedom of the sky. Their lives consist of battling to carry out missions. Their enemies are mysterious giant lifeforms known as Kyōryū, and the children pilot robots called Franxx to face off against them. For the children, riding the Franxx proves their existence.... more>>

A boy named Hiro is called Code:016, and he was once known as a prodigy. However, he has fallen behind, and his existence seems unnecessary. Not piloting a Franxx is the same as ceasing to exist. One day, a mysterious girl known as "Zero Two" appears before him. Two horns grow out of her head. <<less

It ain't easy being the savior of Mankind when you're still in high school, but Hoichi Kano will have to make do. Luckily, he has a super-cool integrated gunsuit at his disposal—just the ticket to take on the monstrous mechanical horrors of a pesky group of all-powerful alien invaders. ... more>>

But eventually, fire must be fought with fire, and luckily Earth may have the biggest beat-stick in the playground: the massive, anti-matter-powered robot, Exaxxion. And of course, all it needs is someone crazy enough to pilot it. Oh, Hoichi... <<less

One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z,... more>> Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed. <<less

The world is in a war against an alien race called "Mimics," who have taken over most of the world with a mission to eliminate the human race. Keiji Kiriya is a new recruit in the United Defense Force, which is battling against these "Mimics." On his first day of deployment, Keiji and his unit encounter "Mimics" and are all killed... Or was it all a dream? For some inexplicable reason, after every time he dies, he is resurrected and returned back to the day before the battle. Why does this happen to Keiji and how can he escape from this never ending cycle?... more>>

Note: Nominated for the Eisner award for the "Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia" in 2015. <<less

A gag manga that parodies the Evangelion series.

Huffman Island is a land that emerged from the deep due to volcanic eruptions over three decades ago, now, it is split by an uneasy cease-fire between two major world powers, the USN (United States of the New Continent) and the OCU (Oceania Cooperative Union).... more>>

The cease-fire has held for 20 years, but now tensions are mounting, and it looks like open war will break out again soon. Matsuda Akira has gone to join the on-site reporting team for NNTV.

Are he and his colleagues really ready for the horrors they may face if they're caught in the middle of a war? <<less

In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father -- Gendo, commander... more>> of the secret organization NERV -- to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the Angels' fearsome power. <<less

This prequel is based on the Postwar War short story that appears in the 11th volume of the original Mobile Suit Gundam UC novels. The... more>> story centers on the Neo Zeon remnants' hijacking of the Sinanju Stein mobile suit. <<less

A short manga version of the UFO Robo Grendizer anime. Released along the anime series, UFO Robot Grendizer follows the adventures of Duke Fleed, the... more>> prince of Planet Fleed, who, disguised as Daisuke, a farm worker, fights against the forces that destroyed his planet, the Vegan Empire, also the creators of Grendizer that Duke stole to fight them. While not originaly considered part of the Mazinger series, Koji Kabuto and the Mazinger mechas appear in this series, making it sort of a sequel. Grendizer introduced the concept of a transformable robot and a space mecha, concepts that were later taken into other mecha series. It was extremely popular in Japan, Canada, France, Italy, and the Arab world and has a strong following in those countries even today. <<less

In the world of the Cosmic Era, war rages between the genetically enhanced humans known as Coordinators and those who remain unmodified, the Naturals, who... more>> dominate the Earth Alliance. Struggling to catch up with the Coordinators’ superior technology, the Alliance secretly develops its own Gundam mobile suits. But through a twist of fate, a young Coordinator, Kira Yamato, becomes the pilot of the Alliance’s prototype and is forced to fight his own people in order to protect his friends. This thrilling new series features all the best elements of the legendary Gundam saga and reimagines the gripping story of men, women, and magnificent fighting machines in epic conflict <<less

World War III is over, and nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities and demilitarized zones of the post-war wasteland, the "Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when they are found and brought to Olympus, an urban utopia and centerpiece for the reconstruction of civilization. Duenan and Bri join the Olympus police, a force that seems hardly necessary in such a paradise. But, like in most pretty pictures, perfection is an illusion, and Olympus's peaceful facade hides a dark secret, a violent struggle between human and cyborg that could once again plunge the world into war... and genocide.... more>>

Note: Won the Seiun Award for Best Manga in 1986. <<less

Original Comic: , ... more>>

The story about a dejected, humanoid robot with a fan for a head. <<less

Megaman X2 video game in Manga Form.

Clockworkers- mechanical men, created during the war as a weapon to kill as many as possible. That war may be long over, but rogue Clockworkers are still roaming about, spreading fear and death wherever they go.... more>>

Machina's a member of the CWA, an organization dedicated to the destruction of these rogue robots.

Along with Deus, her Clockworker partner, she travels the country in pursuit of these dangerous robots... <<less

Trouble always seems to follow the beautiful and sassy Kaname Chidori. Though she is only a high-school student, Kaname is constantly the target of terrorism.... more>> Lucky for her though, the dreamy Sosuke, an undercover agent from Mithril, is one step behind her, ready to protect her at any cost. But will he be able to save her from harm every time she is in trouble? <<less

Geo is grieving the disappearance of his father and questioning the unusual partnership he has gained with the FM-ian Omega-Xis. By combining their powers, they... more>> are able to transform into the EM Wave Human named Mega Man and battle crime. Geo soon learns of the Wave Coliseum, a tournament that awards the champion a power known as Star Force. Geo believes this power will allow him to travel to space and find his father, so he enters the tournament. However, complications occur when one of the competitors, Gemini Spark, steals the Star Force in order to revive Andromeda, the king of the FMians. This story arc concludes with Mega Man discovering that Andromeda and his father Kelvin had fused as a single EM Wave Human. Defeating Andromeda, Kelvin is freed and returns to Earth to live with his family and new FMian friends. <<less

Little kid Jin is a dab hand at mecha piloting (who'd have thought!), and when he isn't horsing around with other people's property, he's fighting against the evil forces of the Automen. ... more>>

Manga adaptation of DS game pubblished by Enterbrain.

Serialized since October 2006 to May 2007 on Fami2Comic of Famitsu magazine by KADOKAWA Game Linkage <<less

Like the game, the story has rivals Mega Man (Rockman) and Bass (Forte) joining forces to fight against King, a robot that wants to create... more>> a human-free nation. <<less

Short synopsis: Think "Kampfer" meets "Infinite Stratos"... more>>

Long synposis: The story is about a high-school student named Lihau Yuexiang Tachibana whose goal is to be recognized as a manly man. The problem is that he looks exactly like a girl and is constantly bullied by his peers because of this. He is gifted the power to become a gunner princess fighter and hopes to use this newfound strength to prevent the bullying and finally become manly.

One-shot included in volume:

- "Kurage's Love (くらげの恋) [2009]" <<less

The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Ledo and his humanoid mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a distortion of time and space. ... more>>

Waking from his artificially induced hibernation, Ledo realizes that he has arrived on Earth, the planet on the lost frontier. On this planet that was completely flooded by the seas, people live in fleets of giant ships, salvaging relics from the seas' depths in order to survive. Ledo arrives on one of the fleets called Gargantia. With no knowledge of the planet's history or culture, he is forced to live alongside Amy, a 15-year-old girl who serves as a messenger aboard the Gargantia fleet. To Ledo, who has lived a life where he knows nothing but fighting, these days of peace continue to surprise him. <<less

Official 4-koma manga for Darling in the FranXX.

This is the story of how one primitive lame old mecha anime became a legend that led the way for humanity. ... more>>

Eirun Bazatt after a malfunction arrives during a battle between what appear to be Japanese forces fighting against monsters called 'Malice' and he's not one to run away from a fight... <<less

Lelouch, Suzaku and other young warriors battle in the late Tokugawa Shogunate era, where the power of Geass forced Japan to falsely open up their ports!!... more>>

The curtain rises on an alternate world tale of Code Geass!! <<less

Outer space, the far future. A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity's home world continue to pose an existential threat. Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel's bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship's coolheaded female captain.... more>>

Shinsōban (Volume 7) includes:

Sidonia no Kishi Zenjitsudan: Dai-4-ji Gauna Boueisen

Note: Won the 39th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga in 2015. Won the 47th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2016. <<less