is a genre of
Japanese animation. The genre contains
mecha robots whose abilities and operation are broadly explainable by, or grounded in, real-world physics and future technological advances. In addition, operators commonly rely on ranged weapons with projectiles and their machine's agility to survive military-like battle situations. Plotwise, most Real Robot series feature an overarching story and more mature themes in contrast to the "
monster of the week" structure seen in productions of the
Super Robot genre. A lot of mecha from Real Robot series usually look more utilitarian, though this is not the case with hybrid series such as the mecha of
Aura Battler Dunbine.