Shingeki no Kyojin is 100% a mecha anime. If you play Fur Elise on an electric guitar it doesn’t automatically become Rock’n’Roll, and making the giant robots

Shingeki no Kyojin is 100% a mecha anime. If you play Fur Elise on an electric guitar it doesn’t automatically become Rock’n’Roll, and making the giant robots out of meat does not change the fact trust SnK is full of mecha tropes, is structured like a mecha anime, and the characters treat the titans like vehicles.