gundam
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The Next Gundam Show Is Taking Its Love of Child Soldiers to a Logical Conclusion
If anime loves a child soldier, there’s few franchises that love them more than Gundam. From Amuro Ray to incoming hero Suletta Mercury, the series is defined by putting youths into walking weapons of war. But its latest series is kicking off with bringing that idea to its most extreme.
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The Next Mobile Suit Gundam Series Kicks Off Early This September
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, the first main series in the legendary mecha franchise since 2016’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, is set to kick off with a simultaneous broadcast in and out of Japan this October. But if you can’t wait that long for a glimpse, a special prologue episode is on…
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A Pictorial History of Char Aznable’s Weirdest Ad Campaigns
Mobile Suit Gundam is a decades-old franchise examining the costs of war and imperialism over eons of interstellar conflict between decaying, corrupt governments. It’s also an anime show about giant robots made to sell toys, so sometimes you get the very peculiar sensation of one of the series’ most iconic characters hawking a car.
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Big Mechs, Small Mechs, and Mechanised Moons Are the Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular round up of the latest and greatest in merchandise from across the internet. This week, Bandai’s Gundam Universe figures go beyond the time, Aliens gets an unconventional model kit, and making the perfect Death Star shot might be harder than hitting an exhaust port with an X-Wing. Check…