Top 20 Mecha manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

20. Chao Shen Jixieshi

Han Xiao, a veteran player of the game "Galaxy" died unexpectedly in the middle of doing a leveling request. He was transmitted to the game world ten years earlier and became an NPC with a player's panel and was reborn in the base of the game's villain. In order to survive, Han Xiao resolutely chose the "Mechanic" occupation and concentrated on cultivation. Familiar with the iterations and rules of multiple versions of the game, he vowed to lead the army of machines, overthrow the villains, and rise from scratch to become the strongest.

The Legendary Mechanic is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Chao Shen Jixieshi

19. Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu

Leon, a former Japanese worker, was reincarnated into an “otome game” world, and despaired at how it was a world where females hold dominance over males. It was as if men were just livestock that served as stepping stones for females in this world. The only exceptions were the game’s romantic targets, a group of handsome men led by the crown prince.

In these bizarre circumstances, Leon held one weapon: his knowledge from his previous world, where his brazen sister had forced him to complete this game. Leon, who really just wants to to live as a shut-in in the countryside, uses that knowledge to raise a ferocious revolt against the women and handsome men.

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs has finished publishing and it has 68 Chapters. It is also Known as: 乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です, The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs, Thế Giới Otomegame Thật Khắc Nghiệt Với Nhân Vật Quần Chúng, 乙女游戏世界对路人角色很不友好, 여성향 게임 세계는 엑스트라에게 어려운 세상입니다

18. Legend of Star General

Song Yunxiang, the last Star Soul General of the Human Race, brought the system back to the campus era. When he was a teenager, he was blinded by the incomplete soul, because he was weak and could only watch his relatives and friends die in front of him. In this life, he returned with a system rebirth, with 60 years of combat experience and knowledge and technology, and returned to school. From then on, he used to build mechas to fight monsters... The things that have regretted, the people who have missed, this time will not leave regrets.

Source: MU

Legend of Star General is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Star Armor Soul Will Pass, Star General Regression

17. Eiyuu Kikan

In a near-future where humanity stands on the edge of extinction, we turn our gaze to the stars. But in the depths of space, a new menace looms—the "Star Beasts." To combat these creatures, warriors donning mechanical armor emerge as humanity's last hope. Prepare yourself for a groundbreaking mecha action saga, where breathtaking visuals meet an expansive universe. The battle for survival starts now!

Hero Organization is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 英雄機関, Eiyuu Kikan

16. Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusen-mochi Datta no de, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei Toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai

When I woke up, I found myself inside a spaceship.

I guess you guys think I’m talking nonsense here, but I also have absolutely no clue about what exactly happened to me.

I was really close to completely losing it, but fortunately, I managed to notice that this place was really similar to the world featured in a game I was playing recently.

Am I dreaming? Nope, it’s no dream. Maybe I actually got sent to a different world or something?

But didn’t those things usually involve getting sent to a magical world with elves, dwarves, dragons and whatnot?

In any case, I don’t know what caused this, but I guess I’ll just have to suck it up and live properly in this world from now on.

It’ll be okay. I got my trusty spaceship so I can probably make some money. It’ll work out! It has to!

This is the story of a man abruptly thrown into space along with his private spaceship. He runs around with it and saves damsels in distress along the way, flirts with said damsels, earns money as a merc-for-hire and uses his gaming knowledge to work his way into living freely and easily.

When I Woke Up, I Got the Strongest Equipment and a Starship, so I Went and Became a Mercenary in Order to Live as I Please while Aiming for a Detached House is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 目覚めたら最強装備と宇宙船持ちだったので、一戸建て目指して傭兵として自由に生きたい, Я очнулся, будучи пилотом сильнейшего космического корабля, а потому решил стать межгалактическим наёмником, When I Woke Up, I Got the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, so I Went and Became a Mercenary in Order to Live as I Please while Aiming for a Detached House, Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!

15. Chaoji Shen Jiyin

As foretold, countless alien monsters invaded the world but by eating them, humans can obtain their genes. With this, mankind began a new era of gene evolution. Hansen, a newcomer to the sanctuary is regarded as a ‘crazy devil’ but nobody knows that he is also the ‘B God’ respected by everyone. Hansen: Sorry but only I can get the Super Gene!

Source: MU

Super God Gene is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Super Gene, Chāojí Shén Jīyīn, Siêu Cấp Thần Cơ Nhân, SSS級エイリアンハンター～最底辺生物狩りから始まる成り上がり～

14. Magicraft Meister

There is only one Magi Craft Meister in the world. After the death of the last Meister over one thousand years ago, Jin Nidou was transported to another world in order to succeed her will.

After obtaining the knowledge of the Magi Craft Meister, Jin attempts to use a warp gate but it malfunctions, transporting him to an unknown place. Along with that, an automata he recently restored also uses the warp gate in order to search for her “father”. Thus, the crafting journey of the new Magi Craft Meister begins!

Magicraft Meister is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: マギクラフト・マイスター, Magicraft Meister, Magi Craft Meister RSS Feed, 魔法工学师, 마기크래프트·마이스터

13. Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu: Kyouwakoku-hen

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs - Republic Arc is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です【共和国編】, Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu: Kyouwakoku-hen

12. Knight's & Magic

A mecha otaku is reincarnated into another world as Ernesti Echevalier, also known as Eru. In this world exists a huge humanoid weapons known as Silhouette Knights. Dreaming of piloting those robots, Eru, with childhood friends, Archid and Adeltrud Walter, aim to become Knight Runners, pilots of these Silhouette Knights.

Knight's & Magic has finished publishing and it has 122 Chapters. It is also Known as: ナイツ＆マジック, Knight's and Magic

11. Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter

During and school trip, the bus of the 2nd year class 3 with 32 people was summoned to another world... we were gonna be sold to become pilots of robot like magical weapons, but it looks like the values of the selling prices were decided by the values of some unknown parameter called Ludia (ルーディア)... While some classmates got high prices with parameters of 10,000 or 20,000, my parameters were actually 2... really unbelievable... but actually my parameter's value made the measuring machine's needle perform a full turn but no one noticed it... Though I had the strongest parameters... nobody bought me and was actually exchanged as an slave for two fruits.

I was Sold at the Lowest Price in my class, however, my Personal Parameter is the Most Powerful is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: クラス最安値で売られた俺は、実は最強パラメーター, Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter

10. Kill The Dragon

An invasive alien species named "Dragon" invaded Earth. The three-year war ended with the victory of mankind. However, "the enemy we have faced so far is only a spearhead. Now, we humans must prepare for a war that will stake our lives in preparation for their main force."

At the national level, humanity gathers children who have been judged to be psykers and establishes the Ark, a training institution.

"It's the first time you've ever praised a child like that. Aren't you the one who was sulky no matter what kind of genius came?"

"The bosses who give us money are mistaken. Dragon Hunters don't need magical psychic abilities. That's the minimum requirement. What they really need is to keep their hearts in their hearts even in extreme fear and situations. A soldier with a strong mind to put a spear into."

The final battle for the survival of mankind is about to begin.

Kill The Dragon is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Kill The Dragon

9. Boku to Roboko

The year is 20XX... A time when every household owns cute maid robots known as OrderMaids. Average grade-schooler Bondo dreams of having his very own robot. But what he got was... Unable to compute!!! Life is gonna get a whole lot weirder when Roboco, the most powerful clumsy maid ever created, shows up at his door!

Me & Roboco is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕とロボコ, Roboco With Me

8. Sidonia no Kishi

Outer space, the far future.

A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat.

Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.

Meticulously drawn, peppered with clipped humor, but also unusually attentive to plot and structure for the international cult favorite, Knights of Sidonia may be Tsutomu Nihei’s most accessible work to date even as it hits notes of tragic grandeur as a hopeless struggle for survival unfolds.

Knights of Sidonia has finished publishing and it has 78 Chapters. It is also Known as: シドニアの騎士, Knights of Cydonia, Cydonia no Kishi

7. The Ghost in the Shell

In the near future, technology has firmly taken root into society at large. Cybernetic implants are nothing uncommon and robots roam as plentiful as humans, all connected through their ''ghosts'' to the electronic datastreams of the net. Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Public Security Section 9 find themselves in a constant battle with the newly created wave of technological terrorists and cyber-hackers. But things take a turn once Motoko gets involved in a certain case involving an extremely dangerous ''ghost'' hacker nicknamed the Puppeteer, as she dives deeper and deeper into the limitless reality of the net, to reach her own startling conclusions.

The Ghost in the Shell has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: Koukaku Kidoutai: The Ghost in the Shell, 攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, The Ghost in the Shell

6. Rockman Megamix

A collection of short stories from the original Rockman universe.
Volume 1 contains Rockman's Birth, Orders to Destroy R, Metal Heart.
Volume 2 contains Return of the God of Death, Holiday of Soldiers, Power Battle.
Volume 3 contains The Strongest Enemy to Date.
This information is taken from the comprehensive Enterbrain (re)release of the series, licensed for english translation and distribution by Udon Entertainment.
Information on the publication and prior/subsequent releases of this series can be found under More Info tab.

Mega Man Megamix has finished publishing and it has 10 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロックマンメガミックス, Rockman Remix, Megaman Remix, Mega Man Remix, Megaman Megamix, Rockman Mega Mix, Mega Man Mega Mix, Rockman's Birth, Orders to Destroy R, Metal Heart, Return of the God of Death, Holiday of Soldiers, Power Battle, The Strongest Enemy to Date

5. Neon Genesis Evangelion

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.

Neon Genesis Evangelion has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: Shinseiki Evangelion, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Neon Genesis Evangelion

4. Levius

In the 19th century empire after the war, rose "mechanical boxing" which involved people who had had their bodies modified. Under his uncle's tutolage, Levius, a lonely youth who lost his father in the war and whose mother is in a coma, enters the mechanical boxing scene...

Levius has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: Levius -レビウス-, Levius

3. Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Missing Link

During the One Year War, in an attempt to replace losses in the Federation for mobile suit pilots, a penal battalion was formed called the Slave Wraiths. Led by Travis Kirkland, he and his team take on suicide missions in highly advanced mobile suits to make deadly surgical strikes into the enemy side. On the other side, the Marchosias, a regiment for Zeon elite pilot washouts was formed as well. When Doug Schneid, a former pilot of Zeon defects to the Federation with the Pale Rider in tow, both sides are forced to fight together to stop a conspiracy that lurks within the MS development research.

Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム外伝 ミッシングリンク, Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Missing Link

2. Full Metal Panic! Sigma

Tells the same story as Full Metal Panic Second Raid and is as such, also based on the novels The End Of Day By Day.
Leaving off after the original series, this series tells of Sousuke and Mithril as they fight Amalgam. Like the original series, but both sides have gotten a bit more aggressive...

Full Metal Panic! Sigma has finished publishing and it has 90 Chapters. It is also Known as: フルメタル・パニック! Σ, Full Metal Panic! Sigma

1. Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt

The Universal Century began with mankind moving its burgeoning population into outer space. The year is UC0079. The cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth, Side 3, proclaim themselves the Principality of Zeon and launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Now, it is nearly one year since the war broke out. In the “Thunderbolt sector”, a reef section of space where a large quantity of wreckage from battleships and destroyed space colonies from the war lies, a violent battle plays out as the Earth Federation Forces set their sights on recapturing the Zeon controlled sector.

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt has finished publishing and it has 230 Chapters. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム サンダーボルト, Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt