Chou Kousoku Galvion

A comprehensive list of every real robot anime universe.

Before Gundam became a heavyweight franchise in 1985, there were several mecha anime in the early 80s that had more engaging, serialized stories and realistic, complicated characters and worldbuilding, but still shared a lot of similarities with 1970s mecha anime. This is a list of such mecha anime.

Tired of adaptions, reboots, and remakes in your sci-fi anime? Frustrated that MAL doesn't allow you to filter by source material? Well, this list has you covered.

For the sake of including as much as I could, I've only listed one entry from each franchise/series (generally the first installment). Some entries have a manga that came out shortly before they premiered, but those aren't really adaptions since the production of the anime predates creation of the manga.

Part 2:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46791

Part 3:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46796

Part 4:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46816

This interest stack includes anime that was lost at some point, and is now either completely found or available. If there is anything I've missed, feel free to let me know! I'd love to keep expanding this list as much as I can ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

All information is sourced from the Lost Media Wiki and includes dates lost, found, how long the anime was lost, and any notable information about its production history and preservation.

The best sci-fi anime from 1972-1985, known for juxtaposing wholesome, comedic feelings and toyetic designs with suspenseful, expansive, and innovative stories.