Mechanika, nicknamed Meg, is a self-styled "ghost worker" at Shorewater Industries. She can animate machines and bring them under her control, and official character copy describes her as famous for throwing massive concerts with a crew of robots, which is exactly as wild as it sounds.
Overview
Meg occupies an unusual slot in the revealed Ananta cast. Where Taffy, Richie, and the Captain all fit familiar action-game archetypes, Meg is pitched as a machine-focused support specialist whose combat identity is built on proxies. Her title of "ghost worker" is both a joke about her presence inside Shorewater and a nod to the fact that she works through remote systems and animated machinery, letting the hardware do the fighting instead of her.
All main characters in Ananta are Esperspeople with supernatural abilities. Meg's machine-animation power reads as a technopathic Esper specialization, a rare talent that makes her valuable both to Shorewater and to any task force that needs a drone handler on call.
Style and Combat
Meg brings a futuristic, cyberpunk flair to the roster. Her combat apparently revolves around commanding machines rather than throwing punches or swinging weapons herself. Character copy repeatedly returns to two hooks: she animates dormant devices into active allies, and her set-piece demonstrations are concert-style scenes where she conducts robots the way a performer conducts a band.
Combat details beyond that are thin. No verified trailer footage has shown her full moveset, her party-swap flourish, or her ultimate ability, and the concert-with-robots hook could easily be a narrative scene rather than a combat mechanic. Based on the broader Ananta design of environmental weapons and a 4-character party systema Meg kit would plausibly involve summoning or reprogramming nearby machines (security drones, service bots, arcade cabinets) into temporary allies that fight alongside the active party member.
Fit with the Rest of the Roster
If Meg ships as a playable member, she would slot naturally alongside Seymouranother tech-coded character who has been confirmed for CBT1. Seymour is described in coverage as a masked hacker who operates a drone from a mobile RV, and Meg would complement that role by controlling physical mechs and robots on the ground. Where Seymour looks like a ranged information specialist, Meg reads as a summoner-style frontline controller.
Story and Relationships
Meg's narrative anchor is her day job at Shorewater Industries, the first in-world corporation tied specifically to a playable character's backstory. Her "ghost worker" framing implies she is either unofficial staff, off-the-books talent, or someone who simply does not appear on payroll in any normal way. That suits an Ananta setting built around Nova City's tension between corporate power and underground networks, a tension that also shows up in Taffy's Cat Express affiliation and Richie's NCCA badge.
Her relationship to the A.C.D. has not been clarified. She could be a Directorate recruit, a corporate contact feeding them intel from Shorewater, or a side character who only brushes the main party during quests. The French-fries note is one of the only personality beats pulled out of the official reveal, and it leans into the same mundane-touches humor that the rest of the Ananta cast shares.
Appearance
Mechanika's promo art leans into a clean techno-industrial look with cool blue and metallic accents that match her Shorewater Industries affiliation. Her silhouette reads futuristic rather than street-level, setting her apart visually from Bansy's graffiti-punk styling and from Richie's police cut. Specific outfit details have not been laid out in verified official materials, and fan art collations should not be treated as canon.
Media Appearances
Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Project Mugen character reveal | 2024 | Introduced as a ghost worker with machine-animation powers. |
Rebrand to Ananta | November 2024 | Project Mugen renamed to Ananta; Meg still listed on the early website. |
Site restructure | September 2025 | Official Ananta site redesign removed Meg's dedicated bio page alongside Alan, Bansy, and Dila. |
January 16-20, 2026 | Captain, Taffy, and Richie confirmed playable; Meg not confirmed. |
Trivia
Meg is the only revealed Ananta character whose signature ability revolves around remote-controlled or animated machinery rather than a personal weapon she carries into the fight.
Her "robot concerts" hook sits inside Ananta's broader musical and nightlife sub-themes, matching the urban open-world setup that developer Naked Rain has compared publicly to Akihabara-style districts.
The French-fries callout is one of several slice-of-life touches the Ananta team has added to character bios, alongside Taffy's cola obsession and Richie's reputation for always finishing her meal at work.
Shorewater Industries is otherwise unexplored in public materials; Meg is currently the only named character tied to the company, which positions her as a likely narrative thread into its operations.
What We Don't Know Yet
How machine animation works as a combat mechanic, what Shorewater Industries actually does inside Nova City, whether Mechanika has her own Identity System job, and whether she ships as a launch-day playable character or as a post-launch addition all remain unconfirmed. Her return depends largely on whether NetEase keeps the Project Mugen era reveals in the final build or treats them as legacy content.