I grew up on the genre, which is why it has always been near and dear to my heart. I watched Voltron and Robotech as a kid and my dad got me into Battletech/Mechwarrior on the PC when I started gaming. When I finally got into anime seriously (instead of just watching it without realizing what it was) Evangelion was just starting to come out and I got hooked hardcore into that. Macross Plus, Gigantor Robot Carnival and finally Gundam Wing came afterwards. With Gundam, I dabbled in the franchise loving G Gundam, 0080: War in the Pocket, and 0083: Stardust Memory. I couldn't get into classic Mobile Suit Gundam though, I don't really know why. I didn't like Gundam Seed either.

I remember Pilot Candidate for Goddess, which was a slow if interesting anime that was just getting good before the series got cancelled. Dual! Parallel World is also a great parody series of Eva and the genre (created by the guy who did Tenchi Muyo! and a better parody than Nadesico) and Full Metal Panic was interesting even if Fumoffu was a better series. Gasaraki was also pretty cool for people who want something like Eva but in the Real Robot genre. I didn't care for Gurren Lagaan but I blame how much my friends had hyped the series. I've recently been checking out the the Rebuild of Evangelion, and Like Fynn, I'm enjoying it immensely.

I also really loved Pacific Rim as well. I need more giant Robot movies.

There are reasons why two of my favorite games from the PS1 era are Xenogears and Front Mission 3, both exceptional titles that do some cool things with the genre. I was also super happy when Robotech finally got a game on the PS2 and the inner fanboy within rejoiced. I can honestly say it's easy to get me to play a game if you mention there is a giant robot to pilot in it. Armored Core was another major fan favorite for me in the PS2 era. My favorite RTS is still Mech Commander as well, in fact, my first RPG was Battletech the Crescent Hawk's Inception for the PC back in the day.

In the last few months, I've gotten back into a mecha mood and got back into Gundam proper. Decided to give the U.C. Timeline another go, and I ended up liking the original MSG better than when I was younger. I'm currently halfway through Zeta Gundam as we speak and kind of waiting to check out Turn A Gundam. Hell this Gundam mood got me to foray into the Dynasty Warrior series of games, which are not exactly my favorite type of games but the fan service is fantastic.