>>250327I think they just haven't heard the term before.
>>250329https://myanimelist.net/anime/11021/Muv-Luv_Alternative__Total_Eclipse>>250220Literally nothing in this thread, bar Planetes, is hard scifi. It's not really that popular in Japan compared to scifi-fantasy, super robot, real robot, cyberpunk, etc.
The following are cyberpunk/scifi-noir, which I guess you might like too:
GANTZ
Psycho Pass
Akira
Texhnolyse
Lain
Jin Roh
Ghost in the Shell
Almost all the rest are Real Robot, which was a movement in reaction to the Super Robot shows from the '70s (which you'll recognise as Voltron, Power Rangers, etc.). Real Robot shows, by contrast, were scientifically realistic (at least in the sense that the robot didn't come out a volcano, form itself from five smaller robots, and shoot laser beams out its eyes). Evangelion started life as a parody of Real Robot shows: its point being that Real Robot shows aren't actually that realistic, and that operating even one giant robot would need a whole city worth of hangars, factories, control rooms, admin staff, etc. etc.
Space Opera shows:
Toward the Terra
Yamato 2199 (there's a '70s version and a modern remake)
Super Robot shows:
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Real Robot shows:
Gundam Wing
Aldnoah Zero
Gundam '79
Muv Luv
>>250220As to what you actually asked for, check out Knights of Sidonia: yes it's got giant robots and warp drives, but it's also got what happens when you try to turn a mile-long colony ship to avoid a projectile you know you're going to hit in an hour's time.
