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The animation looks right and the plot synopsis indicates "a giant volcano converted into a mechanized weapon" I'll need to watch through the film since I can't seem to find any screenshots of said volcano, but that's the closest match so far!

No, it was drawn in a much more realistic art style than that. The volcano had rivulets of lava and that very distinctive stratavolcano shape The mech was also more square and boxy around the base.

The art style was very reminiscent of Speed Racer, at least as far as the era was concerned. It was either in raw Japanese or fan-subbed at the time(this was still in the mostly VHS-era, would have been 2002/2003 that I saw it but it looked old. I may be confusing this part with another anime we watched that day, but I believe a plot-point involved salvaging ancient mecha from a precursor civilization. If I remember correctly, the people were at a roughly 1940s-level of technology, but we able to salvage and repair mecha from a more advanced era. I know that plot shows up in many different anime. I want to say most were roughly gundam-sized, then one side managed to get a skyscraper sized one working, then the other side trotted out the volcano tank. I'm sorry I'm not able to remember more details, and thank you kindly for trying to help! This image has been haunting me for a very long while.

Do a basic image search the art style doesn't seem right, and looking over a plot synopsis, I don't see anything about a volcano powered mecha. I don't recall if it was on legs or treads, but otherwise the scene is very clear in my memory. The bad guys had unveiled this weapon, and it was an absolutely enormous mecha carrying a volcano. The mech was mostly an enormous platform, but the erupting volcano appeared to be it's power source.

Hi all, This is a very odd request but I've had no luck so far. A very long time ago(early 2000s), a freind showed me a few episodes of an anime(or maybe it was a movie?). One detail has stuck with me ever since: it included a scene featuring an absolutely enormous mecha with a volcano built into it(presumably as it's power source?). The image has been vexing me ever since; unfortunately I've been out of touch with the friend for many years. Just from what I can recal of the animation style, it probably was not contemporary to the time period, so early 90s/late 80s possibly. Does this sound remotely familiar to anyone? Thanks in advance, Noa