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In the 2010s, the Mecha anime genre didn't have as much popularity as it had in the '90s or 2000s. However, that's not to say that the mecha subgenre was stagnant. Mecha may not have been as popular as newer Isekai anime like Sword Art Online, but there were still great series that were released around the same time. These mecha anime would leave a lasting legacy that is just now being felt.

The 2010s provided a stellar list of anime for mecha anime fans to sink their teeth into. Franchises like Gundam will continue to reinvent themselves in ways that subvert their classic tropes. Plenty of new series would enter the fray, leaving behind legions of fans. While these titles still feel recent, they help pave the way for the influx of new mecha series that have wowed fans today.

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Level-5 held its Level-5 Vision 2024 event today, and there were plenty of announcements to go along with it. In addition to a new trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam , Level-5 shared some new game announcements—including its biggest cross-media project yet in Holy Horror Mansion —and some updated release dates and delays for previously-revealed projects. First up, the trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam , which is coming to Nintendo Switch sometime in 2025. In terms of new projects, Level-5 is already calling "Ghost Craft RPG" Holy Horror Mansion the company's largest cross-media project to date. With the theme of family at its core, this one will have more to show during a future cross-media showcase in spring 2025. In the meantime, here's the teaser trailer: Related: Professor Layton and the New World of Steam Puzzles Out New Trailer, 2025 Release Date The Inazuma Eleven...

Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" remains one of the very best live-action films inspired by anime that wasn't actually based on anime (though it eventually became one). The 2013 movie is essentially about giant robots fighting kaiju. Its influences are many, from kaiju movies like "Godzilla" and the work of Ray Harryhausen, but also clearly tokusatsu like del Toro's beloved "Ultraman" and even mecha anime like "Gunbuster," "Getter Robo," and "Mazinger Z."

"Pacific Rim," arguably more so than "The Matrix," feels like the biggest American movie inspired by anime, a movie made by someone who loves the medium, at a time when anime was starting to enter the mainstream. But if you asked Guillermo del Toro that question shortly before the release of the film, it seems he would have been a nervous wreck.

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Tiffcom, the film market attached to the Tokyo International Film Festival, is set to be more international and more diverse in its first full comeback year after the Covid hiatus. It should also be more pleasant and convenient, having re-located to a more modern venue that is close to the film festival.

“Bringing the in-person market back after four years, my priority was to make sure that Tiffcom could happen during the festival, not some other time,” said Shiina Yasushi, who has headed the market for ten years. “That meant juggling dates, venue choices and budget.” Tokyo’s limited selection of appropriate venues came with other complications such as being in areas with expensive hotels or difficult transport options.

The new venue at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center in Hamamatsucho, on paper seems ideal. It is a newer building than the old market building in Ikkebukuro, is closer to...