A decade of experimentation, the ‘90s gave the mecha genre numerous masterpieces, many of which continue to influence the industry to this day.

Is it going to be a golden year for anime at the Oscars? In its 98-year history, the Academy Awards has recognized only a handful of anime titles — and never with more than one nomination per film.

As the progenitor of the Real Robot mecha subgenre of anime, the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise was a veritable trendsetter. This mostly manifested in mecha anime in particular, but science fiction ...