The official GundamInfo YouTube channel uploaded the first seven minutes of the Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin I: Blue-Eyed Casval anime in advance of its debut. The prequel, based on the manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, will be available via Daisuki's on-demand streaming starting February 28, …Read more »
Imagine it’s a normal day in the office. Your boss calls you over to his desk and asks you to make some copies. Suddenly there’s a strange sound and the building starts to rumble. Earthquake? Nope – your office is under attack from a giant …Read more »
The official Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime website is now open, and with it comes an English-subtitled preview of the OVA's first part, Blue-Eyed Casval. The first of four parts tells the tale of Casval Rem Deikun, AKA young Char Aznable, and Artesia Som …Read more »
A lot of comments we got on our post about Gundam Reconguista in G the other day were some variation on “my favorite Gundam is still definitely Gundam Wing !” The mid-90s Gundam series, which ran for 49 episodes, gained a lot of popularity in …Read more »
Y’all had a chance to check out Gundam: Reconguista in G ? How you liking it? I’ll tell you who’s not a fan – Toshio Okada, co-founder of Studio Gainax and so-called king of the otaku, or Otaking (if you’re watching Aoi Hono, you can …Read more »
Turn A Gundam punching its way to DVD soon. The Gundam franchise, a crown jewel of anime in Japan but one that’s experienced mixed results in the States, has found a new distributor in Right Stuf, Inc., who are partnering with Sunrise to release both …Read more »
“I think our job is to take what we thought was fun when we were growing up… and pass that on to a new generation.” In the span of his 20-odd year career, Hiroyuki Hashimoto has worked his way up the ranks, starting as a …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Tomino, creator of Gundam and director of the new Gundam series Reconguista in G , has never been a man afraid to speak his mind. Tomino’s frank advice to a young Japanese woman, telling her to give up on her manga-writing dreams, is a …Read more »
For Gundam fans, this October will mark an historic occasion: the return of series creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, who has been absent from the Gundam director’s chair since 1999’s Turn A Gundam . This time around, he’s the writer and director of Gundam Reconguista in G …Read more »
For anime fans, it’s one of Tokyo’s must-sees: the 1:1 scale Gundam statue. Completed in 2009, the real-life RX-78 currently keeps watch over the Gundam Front theme park in Odaiba, Tokyo. It’s an impressive tribute to the continued popularity Gundam has had over the decades, …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories is the Gundam game to get if you want to keep playing Gundam games for the foreseeable future. Packed with content, Side Stories does a nice job of celebrating the franchise's 35th anniversary with a new collection of missions and …Read more »
Gundam Unicorn ’s 7th and final episode came out a few weeks ago, which means Bandai’s kicking the marketing machine into high gear with a 90 second promo for the next big thing aimed at old-school Universal Century Gundam purists -- the anime adaptation of …Read more »
Following up on some longstanding rumors, the official website for the Gundam Build Fighters anime confirmed that there's more on the way. A plan for a new series is in progress, and an image was posted saying, "GUNPLA BATTLE NEXT FIGHTERS STAND BY." There aren't …Read more »
Gundam fans, you may have a shoe purchase in your future. Reebok has announced two new designs of their Insta Pump Fury sneakers modeled after two of the most iconic mobile suits in Gundam history: Amuro’s RX-78-2 Gundam and Char’s signature red MS-06S Zaku II. …Read more »
Not going to lie: living in Tokyo has its perks. One of those perks is the seemingly never-ending parade of limited-time exhibitions centered around anime and manga releases. Though realistically, these events are marketing pure and simple, they’re often either very cheap or free and …Read more »
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