But those are just a small taste of the dozens of mechanical men that make up the "Super Robot" genre that has been popular in Japanese manga (comic books) and anime (cartoons) for more than 50 years.

In our new series “Imagining the Next Future,” Polygon explores the new era of science fiction — in movies, books, TV ... isn’t the same cheery robot found in Tezuka’s comics.

Robots in disguise are officially turning ... and concepts from basically every major Transformers anime to ever grace the small screens in Japan, plus the live-action film series.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The hit manga series "Getter Robot" by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, which has been running since 1974, is now in its 46th year. The final chapter of the series, "Getter Robot ...

So in honor of all things automaton, we've put together a comprehensive visual history of robots, androids, and cyborgs in anime, because anime is pretty cool too. Note: To keep things simple ...

what's to stop us from falling in love with a robot? And if you had the choice of falling in love with an amorphous, decidedly odd-looking furball, or a cute, perky anime girl, which would you choose?