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Long Mecha anime worth starting

Longer mecha anime recommendations that justify the commitment through quality, momentum, or lasting payoff.

This guide collects longer mecha anime that can justify the time investment. The picks are ranked for payoff, accessibility, and consistency rather than length alone.

Long Mecha Anime Worth Starting

Eureka Seven anime cover
2005TV50 episodes

Eureka Seven

Renton is a teenager trapped working as a mechanic in a backwater town. He dreams of joining up with a daredevil group of pilots known as...

Patlabor the Mobile Police anime cover
1989TV47 episodes

Patlabor the Mobile Police

In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and...

The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar anime cover
1997TV49 episodes

The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar

In the year 2005, a race of alien monsters called Zonders emerge from underground and launch a series of attacks on the city of Tokyo. The only...

Space Runaway Ideon anime cover
1980TV39 episodes

Space Runaway Ideon

From the continuing reclamation of the ruins of the planet Solo, mysterious mechas are excavated. But suddenly, an alien called Buff Clan attacks...

Zoids anime cover
1999TV67 episodes

Zoids

Zoids are beast-like fighting machines used in both everyday use such as transportation, and special use such as war. Some types of Zoids, know as...