One of the most underrated Gundam series is finally airing

For Western audiences, the 1990s Gundam They can largely be defined by a single string: Gundam Wingthe sixth main entry in the franchise, which would pave the way for Rise of the mecha series in the West through its historic broadcast on Cartoon Network in 2000. But only one year later Wing It was broadcast in Japan, Gundam It’s back with a brand new series – one that often flies under the radar as one of the most interesting additions to the series.

Post-War Gundam X It first aired in Japan in 1996, and now, outside of Blu-ray releases a few years ago, it’s finally making its international debut for Free on Tubi This month. Set in what was at the time Gundam‘s Third alternate timeline– That is, not being part of the “global century” continuity that existed in the first four Gundam The whole series was part of – after Wing And its predecessor G Gundam, Gundam X The film picks up a decade and a half after a deadly interstellar war has devastated Earth and its space colonies. The film revolves around a young scavenger named Jarrod Ran, one of the many survivors who make a living by collecting and repairing trash. Remnants of mobile suits In the aftermath of the war, Jarrod discovers the name Gundam Various emerging factions look to thrust Earth into interstellar conflict once again.

while GundamPrevious alternate universes in Wing and G Gundam It bore only loose similarities to the world-building framework of Universal Century – mostly in the form of conflict between Earth, space colonies, and, of course, giant mecha –Gundam X It was the first of the alternate universes to explicitly battle with one of the universes GundamThe most amazing concepts In the form of Newtypes, both taking the literal name (AU Gundam The shows have explored the concept through different lenses and names of course) of these augmented individuals and also in examining their place in the world beyond their exploitation as assets of war. Although at that time Gundam X Its reception was mixed – it ran for only 39 episodes, was cut from a planned 49 episodes, and was ultimately completely overshadowed by the series’ success in the West. Gundam Wingnever received an English dub – in the years since it was re-examined and appreciated for its place in Wider work to GundamAlternate schedules.

From the nineties trilogy Gundam AU (set aside XThe direct successor to the 1999 Anniversary Series Gundam conversiona series that, despite its continuity, largely plays with ideas that tie itself to the original timeline and On a larger scale Gundam Franchise), arguably the most in conversation with the original Mobile Suit Gundam And for her Their immediate successors in Zeta and Double zeta. It’s worth checking out, especially since Tubi is free – and hopefully a sign of that, even if there are a lot of them GundamAll the big hitters are currently landing on other streaming houses, and we could see some additional entries from the franchise taking the spotlight on Tubi as well (mentioned above turn aone of the franchise’s most prominent franchises, is in desperate need of a live broadcast!).

You can check Post-War Gundam X On Toby here.

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