The beginning of Gundam Gquuuuuux is a captivating re -imagination of anime classic

GUNDAM mobile suit has spent 45 years in an almost constant conversation with himself. From the successor series that has built on the history of the anime since 1979, to countless alternative universes This extrapolates from its series and topics, the Mecha franchise has always existed to try to develop and to comply with the bold ideas that made its original self so fascinating in the first place. But it takes four and a half decades for all these sequels and conversations to allow the franchise to deliver one of its simplest, but the most captivating twists and turns of this original idea: and in this idea, and Gundam Gquuuuux It is available to a huge amount of intriguing potential.

Warning: This review contains spoilers for the overall prerequisite of Gundam GquuuuuxS If you are He maintained news on the show after Initial Debut in Japan last month, none of this is new, but if you are not, well …

GUNDAM GQUUUUUX mobile suit – Home –cooperation between Neon Genesis Gospel Studio Hara and Gundam Creator Bandai Filmworks Arrival at international theaters This week after her debut in Japan last month, he is two very different perspectives, broken in a single time to perform with an 80-year minute. The Latter Half of the Film is a condensed Compilation of the First Few Episodes of the Upcoming TV Series, Following the Stories of Three Young Teens -Aamate “NEZURAHA (Tomoyo Kurosawa) Shuji Ito (Shimba Tsuchiya) –as They Live Their Lives on a Far-Flung Space Colony Five Years After the Conclusion of A devastating Star War The ruling forces desperate to find it.

But the first half of it is the most shocking perspective: a prehistory that detales the events of this interstellar war, revealing that it is nothing but an alternative version of “One Year War” from the original 1979. Gundam Anime. One where the Antagonistic Forces of the Secessionist Space Colonia Zon, led by Char Aznable (Yuuki Shin, taking up the mantle of GundamThe most famous character By the original voice actor Shiichi Ikeda) successfully steal the Gundam prototype of the Earth Federation and eventually won the conflict, changing history as Gundam Fans have known him for 45 years.

Gundam Fans of all stripes are more than familiar with alternative universes – franchising exists so long not only by continuing the history of its main time line, The Universal Age, but by creating original series placed in their technique own different universesS But this scenario depicting an alternative history of the universal age is the one that is usually sent to non -canonical side stories and spinophists instead of being the basis of a brand new recording of the main line and Gquuuuux He is obviously eager to dig his potential and everyone faunns the questions he raises from the beginning.

Do Beginning And its bifourced structure of an interesting movie to watch, though one that may initially seem somehow overwhelmed for a complete newcomer to the franchise. While the film is not abbrated in determining its relationship and vision of an alternative version of the 1979 anime – and does enough to introduce an unfamiliar audience in this world before its second half to take the main acting of the characters six years later – the first half -time Beginning is equally undeniable that it is a pure fan service for the fans of the original GundamS

The film has two different styles of art (and does a surprisingly good job, feeling less rattling than it sounds), with the first half imitating the modern retro vision of the 1979 anime, provided by the original Gundam Hero designer Yoshikazu “Yas” Yasuhico, watched in serials as Gundam: The origin and the movie 2022 Kukuruz Doan IslandS To anyone who is even remotely familiar with the first GundamThis is a joyful experience: Beginning Uses the brilliant soundtrack of the original show, he recreates the exact footage and lines of dialogue from his initial episodes to a troik, twisted and refrained more compelling ways to meet his alternative transmission of events, where charm is suddenly the main character of this familiar story. Of course, there is a themed parallel that should be here with the director Gquuuuux Director’s work Kazuya Tsurumaki on Restore the Gospelion movie seriesWho in itself took another Mecha Anime icon and both of them with love recreated from it before rotating in their own unique vision of this original story. But at least in this opening half of Beginning., Gquuuuux He is interested in the immediate contrast to have it in both directions at a time, constantly calling at emblematic moments of the original show, while he is constantly subjected to them and twisted them to shed in a new light.

If that was all Gquuuuux It was that it would be a loving, intriguing tribute to one of the most influential anime of all time, which is suitable for an anniversary celebration. But as the retelling of a one -year war is inferior to the actual meat of the show in the second half of Beginning-De be five years after the end of the war in 0085 – the movie (and the series itself) proves that it is more than a willingness to go beyond the fan service of its resting the original GundamAnd Marinova in the world, she has built up, evolving this relaxation. While some characters are transferred from the first half (mainly Challia Bull played by Shinji Kawada, a A minor but considerable character by the anime of 1979, which becomes a major player in Gquuuuux). The second half creates a prerequisite that has more parallels with a series as Zeta GundamImaging what life looks like in the post -war world for the generation that came to major after its conclusion.

Beyond the unique style of art given here – is transmitted through the vision of the famous Pokemon Hero designer takes, giving GquuuuuxAdjusts boldly colored, poppy science fiction aesthetics-the back half of the film and the introductory episodes of the series from which they are downloaded show many promises. Machu, Naian and Shuji everyone feels built and genuinely real as young people trying to navigate a world that discouraged them in countless ways by dealing with the typical typical Gundam Topics such as the oppression of a police state, systemic inequality and astropolitical divisions, bringing them into the front lines of conflict all the time. But the ways they interact with the classics Gundam Elements for world construction beyond these topics – especially Idea for “Newtype” “ An evolutionary path for people living in space who sees them develop increased psonic awareness and communication skills-plans in an incredibly intriguing parallel of fans of BeginningThe first half.

All this (as well as, of course, some gorgeous sword actions in both halves of history), synthesizes Gundam GquuuuuxBoth in this movie and whatever it is on the television anime, in something uniquely compelling and positively vibrating with potential. Marrying a loving vision of the original Gundam with a bold new interpretation for him, Beginning is a holiday of generations of Gundam Overall – one that is sure that the head of the fans of all the issues and consequences it raises, while introducing equally newcomers to a new cast of convincing characters who must also navigate these consequences with the audience.

GUNDAM GQUUUUUX mobile suit – Home – is ready to hit our theaters in a limited capacity on February 28, with early screenings starting today. The television anime will start broadcasting in Japan on April 8.

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