Tears of a Machine

From publisher blurb: An anime-inspired game of giant robots and the teenagers who pilot them. Fast-Paced Combat! Unrequited Romances! Dangerous Alien Technology! Brutal Robot Foes! A Secret Society of Zealot Scientists! Teamwork Against Overwhelming Odds! Goofing Off at the Arcade! Get together with your friends and share the joy and pain and wonder and cry your eyes out at the controls of a giant robot.