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[ShirAhava]

Between Tekkaman Blade and Macross for me (I haven't seen Patlabor since the turn of the century I don't remember anything about it need to re-watch it asap)

 

[cntr]

I still need to watch a lot more mecha before I decide on the "best", but here's some:

Recommended:
Gurren Lagann
Gundam 00 Season 1
G Gundam
Giant Robo
Diebuster

Worth watching, but not great:
Gunbuster (didn't do it for me, sorry, but worth it for Diebuster)
Gundam 00 Season 2

Disrecommended:
Valvrave (great mecha designs, shit everything else)
Gundam 00 The Movie

Check out the Super Robot Wars series, too.

 

[GamePnoy74]

Been repeated many times in this thread, but I recommend:

 

[Zyzyxxz]

Gundam 08th MS Team is definitely one of my favorites.

 

[dr labson]

Gurren Lagann.

The entire show is a trip through the mecha genre, filled with homages to a bunch of classic mecha animes. It's also hype as hell.

 

[Princess Carl]

Any mention of Break Blade? I thought the action in that was pretty unique for mech animes.

 

[Sayter]

Fullmetal Panic? Fumaffu.

Nothing comes close.

 

[deim0s]

Macross
Gurren Lagann

 

[Loona]

I'm disappointed, GAF - nobody else mentions Ideon or Dai Guard here...

 

[Grimpadlock]

Glad to see a lot of people mentioning gunbuster, big o and 08th ms team But there's been a glaring omission of one of my all time favorites.
GunXsword
It's Trigun except a mecha anime with one of the greatest endings a series has ever had.

Spoiler

Ray ;_;7

 

[Delta Assault]

Any mention of Break Blade? I thought the action in that was pretty unique for mech animes.

I got to the part of the intro narration where they mentioned how magic let them make giant robots.

Then I said, "Man, this is real dumb" and stopped watching.