A very special time for anime fans is nearly upon us: next week, the next entry in the Gundam Franchise, GquuuuuuuxBEGINS, Taking Us into a Bold and Exciting Spin on Over 45 years of Giant Robot HistoryInterested but not sure where to start? We’re here to help.
What is Gundam Gquuuuuuux About?
Gquuuuuuux is set in the year 0085 of an era known as the universal century – But not The universal century that most Gundam Fans will know, the primary timeline among several in Gundam (Home to the continuity established by the 1979 original, its successors in Zeta gundam, Zz gundam, Char’s counterattackAnd more). Gquuuuuuux Instead Operates in an alternative version of that Timeline Where, Six Years Prior, The Secessionist Space Colony Know as the Principal of Zeon Won the Infamous One year war Against the earth federation, having managed to successfully steal the prototype gundam and claim it as his own.
The Gundam -AS Well as Its Pilot, The Legendary Ace Char Aznable – Disappears at the end of Gquuuuuuux‘S version of the conflict, but mysteriously returns in 0085 piloted by a young boy named Shuji Ito. While shuji goes on the run from the zeon forces chasing Girl who finds herself inadvertent thrust into the world of underground mobile suit fights knowledge as “Clan battles” Experimental Mobile Suit, The Titular Gquuuuuux.
Do i need watch any other Gundam Before I Watch Gquuuuuuux,
In theory, no. In actuality… it’s Complicated,
Gquuuuuuux‘S Nature of Being Set in this “What if” Alternate Reality of Gundam‘S Most Famous Continuity means there are a lot of elements it draws on and extrapolates in its world building, from MECHA DESINS to Characters and Concepts. It’s different to say just how much that stuff will really matter in the show Yet –BeginningThe prequel movie released in theaters as a compilation of the first few episodes of GquuuuuuuxIncluded a prelude retelling the alternate events of the one year war in this timeline, and we don’t know how much, or if any, of that background information will appear in the show. But the primary aspect of the show itself, Around Shuji, Machu, and Nyaan, Largely Leans on New Material, So You could ostensibly jump in and see the series through his personal.
That said, it would be ideal, if you didn’t see Beginningto have at least Watched some of the original 1979 Gundam to Appreciate the context of what Gquuuuuuux is Doing. But 43 episodes of anime is a lot to try and binge if you want to be on board with Gquuuuuuux When it launches. There is an alternative option: a trilogy of compilation movies that condenses the original show down to a handful of hours. But initially, they have their own issue here –one 1979 character that has suddenly become very important to Gquuuuuuux‘S Story, The Zeon Commander Chaallia BullIs cut from the movie edit entryly, because he’s only in a single episode of the original show.
The original Gundam is streaming on crunchyroll, if you want to check it out. The show holds up remarkably well, and is a classic of the genre for a reason.
What makes Gquuuuuuux Stand out compared to other Gundam Shows?
There have been pieces of Gundam Media that imagine alternative outcomes of the one year war and the universal century before, from games, to manga, to even the original novelization of the show, and when many Gundam‘S Myrid Other Timelines often Riff Off Ideas and Elements of the Universal Century, there haven’T been a mainline show like Gquuuuuuux That explicitly roots it in a direct parallel version of it.
But it also stands out for the Sheer Amount of Notable Talent behind its productionFirst off, the series is developed by Evangelion Studio khara, raather than Gundam‘ FLCL, DiebusterThe Evangelion Rebuild Films, and Multiple Episodes of the original anime; And it’s written larger by yoji enokido, who has worked on Evangelion, SAILOR MOONThe Aforementiond FLCLand Revolutionary girl utenaAlongSide an assist from Evangelion Creator Hideaki Anno.
The show’s radical takes on the classic Gundam Mechanical designs are developed by ikuto yamashita, who not only developed the mecha designs on EvangelionBut also contributed mechanical design to Atlus’ Recent Smash-Hit Jrpg Metaphor Re: FantazioAnd then there’s the character design itself, provided by none other than take, the artist best know for being the architect of modern Pokémon Character Design Since Sun and MoonThe scope of the creative team here definitely makes Gquuuuuuux Stand out, whather you like Gundam Or just like anime in general!
Where can I watch Gundam Gquuuuuuux,
Gundam Gquuuuuuux Will begin streaming worldwide on April 8 Through amazon prime videoWhile Details Have Been Kept Under Wraps up to this point (Including what time exactly Episodes will release), the show will debut both a subtitled and dubed Episodes on a APIKLY Basisodes Simultaneously.
So, uh… how do you pronounce Gquuuuuuux,
It’s a Fair Question, as that’s a very intimidating looking word! While we haven’t how the English dub will handle it yet, The Japanese Katakana for the title is read as Jīkuakusu—Which in English would sugges we end with some with something like “g-kwux.” The name, many u’s aside, is derived from the computer programming term, a metasyntic variable: it’s a Common Placeholder word programs will use in coding with Replaced with actual terminology at a later date.
This makes sense within the world of Gquuuuuuux Too. The titular mobile suit is presented to us as an early zeon prototype of the next generation of combat mecha, developed out of the technology zeon managed to reverese -ngineer from the gundam and from the gundam and from the owner Suit Development Teams. Maybe it keeps the Qux Designation for the Duration of the show, or maybe it’s eventually christed with its final name, we don’t know yet.
Why so many u’s thought?
Well, that we don’t really know officially. It makes for a cool looking logo thought!
For What it’s Worth, It’s Not just Stylization for the series’ branding. Although no one in the show pronounced a long string of ‘U’ sounds when its name, the title suit’s official designation in-universe is the GMS-GQUUUUUX. At one point in BeginningSome Characters Exploring Its Internal Systems for the first time do actually Balk at seeing it written out in such a way, so honestly -to characters in the show sem to know as you or I do.
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