What is this genre all about? Mecha in Japanese basically means mechanical things; everything from an electric whisk or a car to a spaceship or a robot. Here however we limit it to the more exotic things usually referred to as mecha anime: robots, whether controlled by a human or not, and their ilk. See Androids, Piloted Robots, Power Suits, Robot Helpers, Transforming Robots for a more specific classification.
We present you the list of Mecha manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Mecha manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Legend of Star General
- 18. Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusen-mochi Datta no de, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei Toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai
- 17. Magicraft Meister
- 16. Chaoji Shen Jiyin
- 15. Knight's & Magic
- 14. Eiyuu Kikan
- 13. Kill The Dragon
- 12. Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu
- 11. Break Blade
- 10. Chao Shen Jixieshi
- 9. Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter
- 8. Boku to Roboko
- 7. Neon Genesis Evangelion
- 6. Suisei no Gargantia
- 5. The Ghost in the Shell
- 4. Darling in the FranXX
- 3. Sidonia no Kishi
- 2. Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai
- 1. Hundred
19. 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
18. 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!
17. 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
16. 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: Chaoji Shen Jiyin
15. 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
14. 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
13. 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
12. 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 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, 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
11. Break Blade
Rygart Arrow is one in a million - he is an 'unsorcerer', one of the few people completely lacking the ability to use the quartz stones used as an energy source for everything in this world.
This status has made him an outcast and an object of scorn, leaving him unable to work machinery, fire a gun, or even light a lamp without aid. His father had desperate hopes that sending him to a military academy might awaken some power in him after all, but no such miracle occured.
Rygart has since since become a farmer on the isolated outskirts of the Country of Krisna - but the friends he made while he was there, and the loyalty he has towards them, is about to change everything.
Two of them now sit on the country's throne, and when they summon him to the capital he discovers just how sheltered his life has been - Krisna is in danger, war is about to break out, and the conditions for surrender put forward by their enemies are impossible to meet. An elite unit of enemy troops is already launching attacks on the capital - an elite unit led by their old friend Zess.
What is Rygart supposed to do when his inability to use quartz leaves him utterly useless in the face of the battle that looms ahead?
When he stumbles into a powerful and ancient mecha that the quartz-wielding people of Krisna have been unable to use, he may just have found a way to stand amongst them... but when his friends are on opposite sides, where does that truly leave him?
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Broken Blade is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ブレイクブレイド, 破刃之剑, Bureiku Bureido, Espada Rota, Espada Quebrada, Bruten Klinga, Сломанный меч, Pedang Butut
10. 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
9. 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
8. 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
7. 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
6. Suisei no Gargantia
The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Redo and his humanoid mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a distortion of time and space. Waking from his artificially induced hibernation, Redo realizes that he has arrived on Earth, the planet on the lost frontier. On this planet that was completely flooded by the seas, people live in fleets of giant ships, salvaging relics from the seas' depths in order to survive. Redo arrives on one of the fleets called Gargantia. With no knowledge of the planet's history or culture, he is forced to live alongside Amy, a 15-year-old girl who serves as a messenger aboard the Gargantia fleet. To Redo, who has lived a life where he knows nothing but fighting, these days of peace continue to surprise him.
Suisei no Gargantia has finished publishing and it has 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: 翠星のガルガンティア, Suisei no Garugantia, Suisei no Galgantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
5. 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
4. Darling in the FranXX
The story is set in the distant future. The land is ruined, and humanity establishes the mobile fort city Plantation. Pilots produced inside Plantation live in Mistilteinn, also know as the "birdcage." Children live there knowing nothing of the outside world or the freedom of the sky. Their lives consist of battling to carry out missions. Their enemies are mysterious giant lifeforms known as Kyouryuu, and the children pilot robots called FranXX to face off against them. For the children, riding the FranXX proves their existence.
A boy named Hiro is called Code:016, and he was once known as a prodigy. However, he has fallen behind, and his existence seems unnecessary. Not piloting a FranXX is the same as ceasing to exist. One day, a mysterious girl known as "Zero Two" appears before him. Two horns grow out of her head.
DARLING in the FranXX has finished publishing and it has 60 Chapters. It is also Known as: ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス, Darling in the FranXX
3. 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
2. Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai
The Isekai hero has defeated the Demon King and is being sent back to his world, but the princess hugs him & they both get sent to another world full of sci-fi. Can they survive now?
Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: 勇者小隊 寡黙勇者は流されない, Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai
1. Hundred
"Hundred"—that is the only weapon that can oppose the mysterious life form "Savage" from visiting the earth.
The protagonist, Kirasagi Hayato, aims to become a Martial Arts Master using this Hundred. He managed to get into the battleship university Little Garden.
However—
"I wanted to see you, Hayato!!!"
"H-How do you know my name?"
Around the roommate, Emil Crossford, who somehow knows him well (?), Hayato gets an uneasy feeling.
What's more, just after the entrance ceremony, he gets asked for a duel by the campus' strongest martial arts master "Queen" Claire Harvey...!?
The ultimate academy battle begins here!
Hundred has finished publishing and it has 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハンドレッド [hʌˈndrəd], Hundred
