esis ▁Evangel ion , ▁created ▁by ▁H ide aki ▁An no ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁super ▁robot ▁genre , ▁arriv ing ▁when ▁the ▁real ▁robot ▁genre ▁was ▁dominant ▁on ▁television . ▁A ▁de const ruction ▁of ▁classic ▁me cha ▁an ime ▁trop es , ▁it ▁rec ast ▁the ▁" s aint ly " ▁invent or / father ▁as ▁a ▁sin ister ▁figure , ▁and ▁the ▁enthus i astic ▁te en age ▁protagon ist ▁as ▁a ▁" v ac ill ating " ▁intro vert . ▁Due ▁to ▁its ▁unusual ▁psych ological ▁them es , ▁the ▁show ▁became ▁a ▁massive ▁success , ▁and ▁further ▁caused ▁Japanese ▁an ime ▁culture ▁to ▁spread ▁widely ▁and ▁rapidly ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁The ▁me cha ▁an ime ▁genre ▁( as ▁well ▁as ▁Japanese ▁ka iju ▁films ) ▁received ▁a ▁Western ▁hom age ▁with ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁film ▁Pacific ▁R im ▁directed ▁by ▁Gu ill ermo ▁del ▁Tor o . ▁Similarly ▁the ▁genre ▁was ▁inspir ational ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁first - person ▁shoot er ▁Sh ogo : ▁Mobile ▁Arm or ▁Division ▁developed ▁by ▁Mon ol ith ▁Produ ctions . ▁ ▁Sub gen res ▁ ▁Super ▁robot ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁me cha ▁featured ▁in ▁m anga ▁and ▁an ime ▁were ▁' super ▁rob ots ' ▁( ス ー パ ー ロ ボ ッ ト ▁s ū p ā ▁robot to ). ▁The ▁super ▁robot ▁genre ▁features ▁super h ero - like ▁giant