For Western audiences, 1990s. gundam can be largely defined by a series: Gundam Wingthe sixth major entry in the franchise, and the one that would set the stage for the rise of the mecha series in the West through its historic broadcast on Cartoon Network in 2000. But only a year later To the broadcast in Japan, gundam returned with an entirely new series, one that often goes unnoticed as one of the series’ most intriguing additions.
After War Gundam It first aired in Japan in 1996 and now, off of Blu-ray releases a few years ago, it finally makes its international streaming debut for free on Tubi this month. Set in what it was at the time gundamthird alternative timeline, that is, not being part of the continuity of the “Universal Century” that the first four gundam all series were part of, after To the and his predecessor G Gundam, GundamX It begins a decade and a half after a deadly interstellar war has devastated Earth and its space colonies. Following a young scavenger named Garrod Ran, one of many survivors who make a living searching for and repairing mobile suits left over from the war’s aftermath, Garrod discovers the titular Gundam embroiled in their goals of safeguarding a handful of Newtypes, evolved humans who have developed an enhanced perception of living in space, from being exploited by various emerging factions seeking to push the Earth Sphere into space. interstellar. conflict once again.
While gundamprevious alternate universes of To the and G Gundam it only featured vague parallels to the world-building framework of the Universal Century, mostly in the form of conflict between Earth and the space colonies and, of course, giant mechas.GundamX was the first of the alternate universes to actually explicitly deal with one of gundamThe most fascinating concepts in the form of Newtypes, both by taking the literal name (another AU gundam The shows have explored the concept through different lenses (and names, of course) for these enhanced individuals and also by examining their place in the world beyond their exploitation as war assets. Although at that time GundamX had a mixed reception: it lasted only 39 episodes, truncated from the planned 49, and was eventually eclipsed in the West entirely by the success of Gundam Wingnever received an English dub, in the years since it has been re-examined and appreciated for its place in the broader oeuvre of gundamAlternate timelines.
From the 90s trifecta gundam AU (leaving aside unknownDirect successor, 1999 anniversary series. Convert a Gundama series that, while it has its own continuity, plays heavily with ideas that connect to the original timeline. and the wider gundam franchise), is the one that possibly has the most conversation with the original. gundam mobile suit and his own direct successors in Zeta and Double Zeta. It’s worth checking out, especially since Tubi is free and hopefully a sign that even if there are many gundamWith all of the big hitters currently landing in other streaming homes, we could see a few more entries from the franchise that also focus on Tubi (the aforementioned). Turn Aa franchise highlight, desperately needs a streaming home!).
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