Yuusha Shirei Dagwon

Series I hope will get added to future super robot wars games.

Every anime related to this cousin Franchise to Transformers, mecha genre.

tokusatsu/henshin hero inspired anime

Part 4, this time it is specifically for sequels, sequel's sequels, spinoffs and prequels.

Part One: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30488
Part Two: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30490
Part Three: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30498

Note: Moderators had taken down the stacks before, since it was not wholly information based. I will post this as a note as to why such series are essential in order to defend them all as a blanket statement.

Most of the series featured have some sort of significance in terms of first best or darkest for their era which can be categorized by decennium or part of a decennium (early, middle, late). These are mixed around in order in order to give those who subscribed to list a challenge. While I could give an individual breakdown, I think some research is better left up to those who have subscribed to the stacks, since this allows for additional cultural insight into what was popular in Japan at the time, which is sometimes disconnected from the United States, as well as the rest of North America and Europe in many ways. For example, the Crayon Shin-Chan that aired in the United States and Canada is different to the one that aired in Europe, is different to the one that aired in Japan. By recommending to seek out Japanese versions of series, it grows understanding. I am not the first one to have thought of this. In the United States, there used to be a channel called ImaginAsian TV which had the same purpose of informing people about Japanese popular culture through anime. The San Francisco and San Diego PBS stations did the same thing and NHK World Japan carries this on through series like Little Charo and previously Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san.

I think it is agreed upon that retro is a niche, but with handicaps on subject matter like availability.

All anime related to Transformers, even if it lies outside the Transformers franchise. This list will include:

All Transformers anime

All Brave Series anime (Brave series was the spiritual successor to Transformers in Japan. It was based on a Takara toyline created by the designers of Transformers)

All Shinkalion anime (Shinkalion is a transforming train toyline made by Takara, one of the makers of Transformers)

All Machine Robo anime (Significant parts of Machine Robo were sold as Gobots in the West; Gobots would later be bought out by Hasbro, owner of Transformers in the West)

The original SDF Macross series (The G1 Jetfire toy is a retool of the VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy designed by Shoji Kawamori, creator of Macross)

All Dorvack anime (Several Dorvack toys were retooled into G1 Transformers toys)

All Tomica anime featuring transforming vehciles (Tomica is made by TomyTakara, the owners of Transformers in Japan)

All Microman anime (Takara started making transforming toys in their Microman toyline, which was known as Micronauts in the West)

All Battle Beasts/Beast Saga anime (Battle Beasts tie into Japanese G1 canon)

All the brave shows and other related Brave media in release order.
Bang Brave Bang Bravern isn't technically part of the Brave series it's a Super Robot spiritual successor. So who knows maybe well get more Braves in the near future
Keeping this up to date if things change or something new comes out!!

A comprehensive list of major mecha anime released by Sunrise during the 1990s.

Anime that ran for approximately a single year. Episode counts including 45-55. Japanese anime only.

List of mecha series recommended by /m/'s infamous user Duel, based on his curated selection updated as of August 22 2022, selected from factors such as speedwatchability. Not all of them are subbed, but what matters is the language of ACTION.

okay maybe you heard of a couple

A selection of pre-2000 Mecha anime, excluding Gundam. Includes all subgenres (super robot, space opera, war chronicle, etc). One entry per franchise - many of these have movies, alternate settings, etc to enjoy if you like the original story.

This list is non-exhaustive, but contains most of the larger franchises (Getter, Mazinger, Eva, etc.).

Listed Chronologically, and franchises are represented by their first entry in production order.