Best Mecha Movies & TV Series of the 1980s

Looking for the best mecha movies and TV series of the 1980s? These 23 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Choujuu Sentai Liveman 1988 ★ 8.3
The Transformers 1984 ★ 7.8
Astro Boy 1980 ★ 7.8
Gunbuster 1988 ★ 7.7
Super Dimension Fortress Macross 1982 ★ 7.8
Choushinsei Flashman 1986 ★ 7.5
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket 1989 ★ 7.9
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 1985 ★ 7.8
Dengeki Sentai Changeman 1985 ★ 8.3
The Centurions 1986 ★ 7.7
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space 1982 ★ 7.4
Macross: Do You Remember Love? 1984 ★ 7.2
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack 1988 ★ 7.2
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow 1981 ★ 7.2
Patlabor: The Movie 1989 ★ 7.0
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 1986 ★ 7.3
Patlabor: Early Days 1988 ★ 7.4
Bubblegum Crisis 1987 ★ 7.0
Patlabor: The TV Series 1989 ★ 7.1
Mobile Suit Gundam I 1981 ★ 6.8
Megazone 23 1985 ★ 6.9
Dragon's Heaven 1988 ★ 6.8
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 1987 ★ 6.1