Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is a compilation movie containing the primary 4 episodes of the upcoming TV anime, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The trailers made it look to be one thing just like G-Gundam (very like how Gundam 00 shares many components with Gundam Wing). However, that’s removed from what we get on this movie.
In common, there have been two sorts of Gundam anime: these going down within the unique UC timeline and people going down in numerous alternate realities—realities that share little in frequent past just a few key ideas like struggle between Earth and area, cell fits, Newtypes, and, in fact, Gundams. Gundam GQuuuuuuX is a brand new breed of alternate universe Gundam—one which takes place within the UC timeline however a distinct model of it than the one we have come to know over the previous 40 years. Basically, this anime is constructed across the query of, “What if Char found the original Gundam and both stole it and became its pilot?”
The first half of the movie is solely involved with this thought experiment. It takes us by means of the occasions of the One-Year War as Char kinds his personal Newtype unit, upgrades the unique Gundam with funnels and the Psycommu system. He ultimately finally ends up altering the result of the war–only to vanish in a flash of sunshine throughout the remaining battle.
To followers of the unique Gundam, this a part of the film is pure fanservice—and the extra educated you’re, the extra enjoyable it’s. We see necessary interactions altered—a massively totally different means issues might have gone. This is one thing generally seen in fan fiction however not one thing we have gotten earlier than in official Gundam anime. It’s a blast by itself, however it serves as greater than a easy dalliance into the realm of “what if.” The complete second half of the movie (to not point out the remainder of the upcoming collection) is an unique story constructed upon this base—and one intricately related with it.
Like with Gundam NT, the inciting occasion for the again half of the film is the reappearance of a cell go well with thought misplaced years earlier than. Taking place in UC 0085, the story is centered across the reappearance of Char’s RX-78-2 Gundam and the Zeon group tasked with recovering it.
Yet, in the midst of that is Machu, a teenage colony-born lady, awakening to her Newtype powers. Machu is basically an enigma on this movie. She is courageous and impulsive, however nonetheless extra clever than others give her credit score for. She is pushed by one thing—a sense she does not perceive, a longing to be free from the steel tube floating in area she was born upon.
Her surreal, psychedelic first contact with the Psycommu system inside Gundam GQuuuuuuX provides focus to that drive. She is all of the sudden chasing a excessive that may solely be skilled within the warmth of battle whilst her Newtype powers give her glimpses of the longer term each inside and out of doors of the cockpit. And on high of that, she has to take care of the sudden emotional connections she has to the opposite Newtypes she encounters.
The remainder of the principle characters are likewise fascinating. From Nyaan, the younger feminine smuggler, to Shuji, a graffiti artist who serves as Machu’s accomplice in underground cell go well with battles, every comes with their very own private mysteries and motivations. I stay up for spending extra time with them within the upcoming TV anime—together with the myriad of colourful aspect characters that populate the story.
On the presentation aspect of issues, this movie seems to be wonderful—and never simply within the methods you possibly can see within the first trailer. Though the mecha have been up to date, the UC 0079 portion of the movie retains the 80s animation fashion of the unique Gundam. This is propped up by way of the unique Gundam soundtrack as nicely. To put it one other means, it seems to be and appears like a cleaned up model of the unique anime. It’s solely after the timeskip that we get the brand new artwork fashion (although the characters that seem in each halves of the movie preserve apparent remnants of the outdated one). And to go together with the flashier, hip-hop designs, we get the type of music to match it. While you’d suppose that the 2 halves of the movie would really feel at odds with one another, they do not. It merely seems like shifting naturally from one era to the following. It’s a really spectacular feat.
All in all, this movie (and the collection to observe) appear like an ideal match for each hardcore Gundam followers and whole newcomers alike. For the OG followers, we get mysteries like: “What happened to Char,” “why wasn’t Amuro around to get in the cockpit,” and “what is the world like after Zeon’s victory?” For newbies, we’ve got the coming-of-age story of a fascinating lady coping with superpowers and large robots. Taken all collectively, it is a ton of enjoyable.
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