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Are you still reeling from the end of the first season of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury? If you’re all caught up, unfortunately you’ll have to wait until April for the series to continue with season 2, but there’s more planned beyond that …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is taking the anime fandom by storm. Whether you’re a returning Gundam fan here for the latest installment or an Utena fan counting the similarities, you’re in for a good time. And if this is your first time really enjoying a …Read more »
The Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury anime is set to kick off in October following the previously-streamed prologue, and there will be more to look forward to beyond that. The season is being split into two parts—also known as cours, which mark a …Read more »
What are the most popular Mobile Suit Gundam titles in Japan? How about North America? And how close are those two lists? Now we know, thanks to a poll released by the official Twitter account for the video game Gundam Evolution. First off, here’s the …Read more »
Some people are fans of Gundam. Some people are fans of kawaii, or cute things. Some people are fans of both. Case in point is idol and actress Mizu Minamo, who creates her own kawaii Gundam figures! Minamo, who goes by @32_Archangel on Twitter, is …Read more »
The first Guest of Honor has been announced for Anime Expo 2022, which marks the return of the physical anime convention this July. This year’s event will see a previous guest returning with the announcement that Mobile Suit Gundam mechanical designer Mika Akitaka is slated …Read more »
The upcoming film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island now has a release date: June 3, 2022. That’s the word from its official Twitter feed, which celebrated the news with a new illustration from chief animation director and character designer Atsushi Tamura. The film is a …Read more »
Next spring, Fukuoka gets its own Gundam statue: a life-sized Nu Gundam, which will officially be the tallest in the world. The ‘bot, seen in Char’s Counterattack, will stand 24.8 meters tall. That puts it higher than Tokyo’s current display, China’s Freedom Gundam, and the big …Read more »
As a general rule of thumb, you can never have too many life-size Gundam statues. Japan agrees, and that’s why they’re putting together their third life-size Gundam in the country. It’s western Japan’s first life-size Gundam. This Gundam is the RX-93ff Nu Gundam from Mobile …Read more »
Ah, Yoshiyuki Tomino. The lively creator of Mobile Suit Gundam is never shy about sharing his opinion. This time, in an interview with Real Economy, Tomino made this controversial statement: “Japan is no longer an advanced country in terms of animation.” Why? For Tomino, it …Read more »
The Japanese government has unveiled the names of 21 people who will receive this year’s Person of Cultural Merit honor, and two of them are beloved by otaku. First up is none other than Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. Tomino got his start working under Osamu …Read more »
Gundam is one of Japan’s most successful pop culture franchises, and the life-sized Unicorn Gundam statue at Odaiba district in Tokyo Bay got some extra attention during the Olympics (even if the BBC did mistakenly call it a Transformer at first). The popularity has led …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 is certainly a film with its detractors. And some other detractors. And a couple of fans, maybe? But whatever you think about the UC film, it, uh, exists! And it came out 30 years ago, in 1991. To celebrate, there’s a …Read more »
Following up on the success of the first of three Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway movies, Sunrise producer Naohiro Ogata revealed more information on what’s next. According to the announcement at the talk event that was held at Tokyo’s Shinjuku Piccadilly theater on September 2, the …Read more »
Celebrated Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino foresees his anime career coming to an end soon. It’s a career full of highlights, including (of course) Gundam in all its forms. But how much do you know about his other works? For decades, he’s been gracing the anime …Read more »
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