It's hard to say whether technology will ever catch up with sci-fi anime and realize an era when giant robots roam the earth, but for artist Kogoro Kurata and student Wataru Yoshizaki the future can't come soon enough.
After roughly two years of work, the two robot fanatics have turned their animation-inspired dreams into reality — the 4-meter-tall Kuratas bot.
The robot is no mere polystyrene exhibit. The four-legged, 4-ton steel behemoth, which boasts around 30 hydraulic joints, is fully operational and can travel up to 10 kph. And just like anime robots, it has a cockpit for the "pilot" to climb into and operate it.