11 Mecha Anime More Disturbing Than Most Horror Shows

So, you thought that giant robots were just about cool fight scenes and saving mankind from an evil alien force? You are very, very wrong. The "dark" side of mecha is entirely devoid of heroic power fantasies and is all about abject, nightmare-fuelled existential dread. We are talking terrified teenagers armed with living biological weapons, cockpits designed as a one-way ticket out of this dimension and hungry alien creatures that… well… consider pilots a crunchy snack!