33 Years Ago, Anime's Mecha Sci-Fi Masterpiece Was Ahead of Its Time in One Disturbing Way

Mecha anime comes in many flavors. A grounded franchise like Mobile Suit Gundam explores the repercussions of bringing mass-produced military hardware to a civilization ravaged by war, while a coming-of-age story like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann takes a more stylized, over-the-top approach to a shone…