Giant Robots

Voltron Mania for Tabletop Gamers

Rumors have swirled about a possible live action Voltron movie for next year, but there’s one piece of Voltron news that’s solid. The cat-fisted giant robot is joining tabletop game Monsterpocalypse next year. https://gizmodo.com/cat-hands-robot-voltron-saves-the-day-5035871 io9 pal Ed Grabianowski has the news over at Robot Viking: The Voltron license is pretty brilliant. Instead of just one…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 13

The Transformers 2 Megatron Mega-Controversy Officially Settled At Last!

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen‘s cowriter, Roberto “patience of a saint” Orci, has been fielding fan questions for months over at the TFW2005 forums. He finally broke down and admitted that Megatron is coming back. Yes, all the toy spoilers were right. Megatron is in the new movie, despite all the claims to the contrary.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23

New Transformers 2 Trailer: The Rave Of The Funky

The full-length trailer for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is in theaters, and someone managed to store their visual impressions electronically. It’s going for “epic war movie,” but hits “funky boogie bots” instead. [GiantFreakingRobot]

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 13

The Japanese Giant Robot Show to End All Giant Robot Shows

If you thought that Voltron or Power Rangers was entertaining, wait until you see Engine Oh G12. Its robot is assembled from twelve different vehicles, including a shark car. What’s so wonderful about Engine Oh G12 is that it’s literally ballooned the genre beyond parody. The show has upped the ante of the giant vehicle-assembled…

Television Mark Wilson Feb 5

When Voltron Arrives, He Will Be Sponsored

Fact: One day we’ll have mechanical super squadrons that can assemble into giant, even more super mechs motivated by the sole goal of either destroying or preserving humanity. But of course they’ll all require sponsorships. I mean, think about it. We can’t get a fairly unimpressive race car around a freaking oval without sticking 20…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 28

Terminator Salvation Art You’ll Want To Spray-Paint On Your Van

McG didn’t just show off all-new Terminator 4 footage the other day — he also brought some fiery concept art. I never thought I’d be using terms like Turner-esque to describe giant robot mayhem. Spoilers?! Latino Review managed to snap some pics of the concept art on display, and here are a few of the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 14

Barnaby Ward Pits Cute Girls Against Monsters and Giant Robots

Nearly all of Barnaby Ward’s comics and narrative illustrations feature beautiful young girls, slender, hip, with unruly hair and too much eyeliner. But these girls provide an anchor for Ward’s far wilder depictions of giant robots, elaborate machines, and grotesque monsters, creating manga-inspired works with tinges of Edward Gorey. Check out our gallery to see…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 30

Monsterpocalypse is a Rampaging Good Time

Anyone who ever spent a Saturday afternoon as a kid gleefully watching Godzilla or Gamera battle weird space dragons or giant robots while destroying the vital infrastructure of Japan has got to love the idea of Monsterpocalypse. We’ve played a bunch of games to see if the game lives up to the hype – and…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Oct 30

Who’s The Tallest Giant Robot Of Them All?

All giant robots are just not built the same. Some mechas tower over your city, while others just sort of tower over your garage. When the fate of the world depends on giant robots smashing each other — as it so often does — you want a giant robot that’s really giant. Luckily, we’ve got…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 20

Gladiatorial Combat In 80-Ton Battlemechs

As pilot Boris Vassilev directs his heavy-class ‘Mech into the five-acre arena, the thundering footfalls are nearly drowned out by the crowd’s roars of delight. Viewers in five systems are watching this live, as Boris prepares for a one-on-one battle against top-ranked pilot Inese Lassonde and her heavily modified Nova Cat. There’s cash on the…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Sep 4

Live-Action Voltron to Get the “Frank Miller Treatment”

Click to viewRumors have been flying for months about the live-action remake of 1980s giant robot series Voltron. But now it looks like we’re close to achieving liftoff, with new financial backers who say they want to do the five-robots-make-one-giant robot effects using the B-tech CGI that made 300 look so sweet. But can those…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 18

The Monsterpocalypse Looms

Kaiju fans probably already have their eager hands on issue #0 of the new Monsterpocalypse comic book, but the rest of us can head down to our local comic shop and put in a pre-order for issue #1 starting this week. Based on Privateer Press’ upcoming collectible miniatures game, the comics will flesh out the…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 8

Only A Giant Killer Robot Can Prevent Forest Fires

The raging forest fires of the future will be fought, not by puny humans, but by giant hulking robots like this one. (Note little human figurine for scale.) This robot, designed by student Jordan Guelde in a senior project, is willing to do what it takes to contain a fire — including massacre a lot…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30

The Best Abstract Giant Robot Ever

I am convinced that this giant robot, from the 1957 movie Kronos: Ravager of Planets, is perhaps the very best of the abstract giant robots. And by “abstract,” I mean Kronos here looks basically like a modernist building — just a big box on giant struts with a spherical head topped by two antennae. Sure…

Movies Annalee Newitz Apr 23

Your Giant Robot Deathmatch MMORPG is Here, and It’s Free

If you’ve ever wanted to climb into a giant, customizable battle robot and have blazing gun and sword fights with other giant robots, your desires are about to be fulfilled. You can do it all, for free, in the new MMORPG Exteel. Filled with Robotech-style mechs waging war in a series of futuristic environments, Exteel…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Apr 1

Godzilla in the Mist

Over on Flickr there’s a great collection of Japanese toy robots who’ve been Photoshopped to look half-menacing, half-romantic by giant robot enthusiast Jeff Simmermon. Here’s his do-up of Godzilla (click to see full-size glory), who looks like he’s ready to pounce — or kiss. Check out the whole set.

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 20

Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now

You can never have enough giant robot movies and TV shows, and that’s why we can’t wait to see Steam Wars and MORAV, two giant robot projects that are about to get of the ground. The best part is that both projects are spearheaded by designers, so there is a lot of amazing concept art…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 17

The American Midwest, With Giant Robots

Josh Cotter has just released a trade book of the first four issues of indie comic fave Skyscrapers Of The Midwest. Cotter describes the book as being about “observations of childhood isolation and existence in the American Midwest. With giant robots.” He talks to Tom Spurgeon and Newsarama.com all about it.

Books & Comics Grae Nov 21

Voltron Mania for Tabletop Gamers

The Transformers 2 Megatron Mega-Controversy Officially Settled At Last!

New Transformers 2 Trailer: The Rave Of The Funky

The Japanese Giant Robot Show to End All Giant Robot Shows

When Voltron Arrives, He Will Be Sponsored

Terminator Salvation Art You’ll Want To Spray-Paint On Your Van

Barnaby Ward Pits Cute Girls Against Monsters and Giant Robots

Monsterpocalypse is a Rampaging Good Time

Who’s The Tallest Giant Robot Of Them All?

Gladiatorial Combat In 80-Ton Battlemechs

Live-Action Voltron to Get the “Frank Miller Treatment”

The Monsterpocalypse Looms

Only A Giant Killer Robot Can Prevent Forest Fires

The Best Abstract Giant Robot Ever

Your Giant Robot Deathmatch MMORPG is Here, and It’s Free

Godzilla in the Mist

Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now

The American Midwest, With Giant Robots

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