We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Japan sold a fully-functional robot suit that doesn't just resemble a combat mech from a video game, it was able to actually fight like one ...

For years, the life-sized Mobile Suit Gundam statue was able to walk under its own power, giving anime fans, tourists to Japan, and anyone lucky enough to see the real life mech quite the show. While ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Now, mecha cosplay is fun. Whenever I go to events like Otakon or ...