Pronunciations
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/ˈmɛkə/
Noun
A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
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Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.
A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.
More examples (4)
Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...
Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.
[…] to be a “lifter”—to pilot a mecha that can also transform into an air board […]
In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.