Top 10 Mecha Manga of 2021
1. I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
In his last life, Liam lived as a moral, responsible person...but died deep in debt and betrayed by his wife. Reborn into the ruling family of a vast interstellar empire, Liam knows that life is divided into the downtrodden and the ones who do the stomping, so this time he's going to take what he wants and live for himself. But somehow, things refuse to work out that way. Despite doing his best to become a tyrant, Liam's decisions lead to nothing but peace and prosperity for the empire under his rule, and he just gets more and more popular!
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
2. The Legendary Mechanic
Han Xiao, a veteran player of the game "Galaxy" died unexpectedly in the middle of doing a leveling request. He was transmitted to the game world ten years earlier and became an NPC with a player's panel and was reborn in the base of the game's villain. In order to survive, Han Xiao resolutely chose the "Mechanic" occupation and concentrated on cultivation. Familiar with the iterations and rules of multiple versions of the game, he vowed to lead the army of machines, overthrow the villains, and rise from scratch to become the strongest.
(Source: AC.QQ, translated)
3. Xing Jia Hun Jiang Zhuan
Song Yunxiang, humanity's final mecha-sorceror, was reborn back to his schoolboy days with a powerful System. Last time when he was young, he was shunned for his lack of spiritual constitution. Because he was weak, he could only watch as his friends and comrades died in the oncoming war. In this life, he returns with a System along with 60 years of combat experience and technical knowledge. This time, back on campus, he will use his newfound power to create new mecha and destroy the monsters… All his regrets, all the friends that he missed, this time he will not make the same mistakes.
(Source: Tencent, translated)
4. 86: Eighty Six - Fragmental Neoteny
The prequel story depicts how Shinei became a pilot.
Note: This manga adapts the prequel stories depicted in the 10th volumes of the light novel.
5. I Was Sold Dirt Cheap, But My Power Level Is Off the Charts
In another world, war is waged through battles of humanoid mechanical “Magic Suits.” These suits are piloted with power called Ludea, intrinsic to each human from birth.
One day, Yuta and his whole high school class are summoned to fight. Why? “People from Earth have high Ludea Rates.” So they say, but Yuta’s Rate was only 2?
As his classmates are auctioned off for fortunes, Yuta is sold as a slave for next to nothing. But before long, an encounter with a mysterious white Magic Suit sets him on the path to awaken his hidden strength!
Mecha combat in another world — let the battles begin!
(Source: One Peace Books)
6. Yasuke
In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.The story of Yasuke, the first African samurai who actually served the legendary Oda Nobunaga, will be released to the world.
(Source: Netflix)
7. Kidou Senshi Gundam Pulitzer: Amuro Ray wa Kyokkou no Kanata e
U. C. 0094: Kikka set out to write Amuro Ray’s —now hailed as a war hero by the federation government— biography with the goal of knowing who he truly was, by meeting the people who knew him.
8. 86: Eighty Six - Run Through The Battlefront
This manga adapts the "Run Through The Battlefront" story arc, that is compiled on volume 2 and 3 from the original light novel.
Note: The manga was cancelled due to the poor health of the mangaka.
9. Sakugan!!
The distant future, long after the Western calendar is no longer used. Humans live shoulder-to-shoulder, cramped in the "Labyrinth," an underground world deep below the surface. There are many colonies where people live in the underground Labyrinth. The place is known for extreme high temperatures, but also for lodes of gold, silver, and other riches. In one of the colonies named Pin-in, a curious nine-year-old girl named Memenpuu and her father Gaganbaa board a two-person work robot and mine for ore. They eke a living as the lowest of lowest "Worker" occupations.
One day, Memenpuu begs her father Gaganbaa to set out as Markers — those who chart the innards of the Labyrinth as a spelunker — to search for her mother who left their home. If they encounter a "mysterious giant creature" lurking in the caves, the survival rate is less than 5%. Since discovering an unknown world is dangerous work, "maps" hold great value in the world of Labyrinth and fetch high prices on the market. A Marker is the most dangerous, but also the most lucrative, job. Gaganbaa decides he cannot hold back the ever-curious Memenpuu from going off on her own countless times, and finally gives in. The two embark on a journey together in the work robot.
However, the "cost" of curiosity... The "truth" they finally uncovered...
This is a father and daughter's epic journey with the theme of family love.
(Source: Anime News Network)
10. Kidou Senshi Cross Bone Gundam X-11
Universal Century 0170 -The last adventure of Curtis Rothko!
What was Curtis Rothko doing behind the scenes of the colony drop: "Project DUST"? The setting is once again the Jupiter Sphere!
(Source: Kadokawa, translated)