Gundam

6.5-Foot-Tall Gundam Head Made Out of Recycled Gundam Materials by Danica Davidson November 24, 2021 Bandai Namco Group sounds really intent on helping with sustainability, and they’ve tapped their enormously successful Gundam franchise as a vehicle to use in this process. One of the things they’ve been up to is…

posted on 2021-11-19 06:41 EST by Egan Loo '1st anime adaptation' of story that earned Gundam 0083's Gato his nickname Mobile Suit Gundam: U.C. Engage, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Sunrise's upcoming smartphone game for Japan next year, posted its second behind-the-scenes "Engage Documents" video on Friday. The video teases the…

Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation Code Fairy Review The Gundam franchise is a gigantic saga. As such, certain elements get lost in the game adaptations. While it’s easy to reproduce the thrill of Gundam blasting each other to bits, we rarely see a focus on story. Mobile Suit Gundam Battle…

As you do.Screenshot: Funimation It’s been a busy day for Netflix’s anime division. Not content with releasing the first concept art of its upcoming live-action Mobile Suit Gundam movie, the streaming service has released an almost irritating amount of news about its upcoming anime projects, including the premiere date for…

Live-Action Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Reveals First Concept Art by Joseph Luster November 9, 2021 Legendary Pictures previously announced plans to produce a live-action Mobile Suit Gundam film for Netflix, with Kong: Skull Island‘s Jordan Vogt-Roberts at the helm. While we’ve yet to get a date for the release, the…

All of the Gundam Cafés in Japan Are Closing by Joseph Luster November 2, 2021 It’s been 11 years since the first Gundam Café opened in Japan, after which locations began to pop up throughout the country. Their time is coming to an end, however, because they’ll all be closed…

Soon, it seems, these cafés will be gone. Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP (Getty Images) If you were hoping to visit Japan’s Gundam Cafés, you better do it soon, because early next year it looks like they’re all going to close. In an official announcement, the café’s management announced that the Gundam…

Gundam Wing VA Saori Sugimoto Passes Away at 58 by Joseph Luster October 29, 2021 Content Warning: Eating disorders Sad news came out of Japanese talent agency Aoni Production today, with the announcement that voice actor Saori Sugimoto has passed away at age 58. Known in Japan for her work…

Talent management agency Aoni Production announced on Friday that voice actress Saori Sugimoto passed away on October 21 due to congestive heart failure associated with anorexia. She was 58. Her family held a private funeral on Thursday. Sugimoto is best known for voicing the character Ramurin Makiba in the Shimajirō…

Gundam Creator and Mangaka Receive Person of Cultural Merit Honor by Danica Davidson October 27, 2021 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…