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In a time of great strife, three heroes shall be entrusted with the souls of the three great sovereigns who created the world in order to bring light to the darkness which has engulfed the land. That time is now.
A warfare-centric action series with a moderate amount of comic relief and a few dramatic elements. It’s a retelling of Romance of the Three Kingdoms with the cast represented by miniature Gundams.
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The sudden death of Zeon Zum Deikun from a suspiciously-timed heart attack triggers violent riots throughout the space colonies, leading directly to the formation of a new power which stands opposed to the Earth-based Federation government. Deikun’s two surviving children find themselves targets and are forced into hiding, eventually taking drastically different paths through life to end up on opposing sides of the conflict between the Federation and newly minted Zeon forces.
A character-focused war drama laced with action scenes and reaction-based comic relief. It’s a prequel to the first Gundam series and can be watched without having seen anything else in the franchise.
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Though the war is over, hostilities between Zeon and the Federation have not ceased. The focus is now planet-side, where research on the Psycho Zaku technology continues and the veterans of the Thunderbolt Sector find themselves in conflict once more.
Mecha action with a not insignificant musical focus. It’s a compilation of the Gundam Thunderbolt web series’ second half and should be watched after the first half.
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Sent to recover information on the Psycho Frame technology from the abandoned AXIS asteroid base, Arlette Almage and Danton Hyleg find themselves in a desperate fight for survival after discovering that it’s been occupied by an unknown group of mobile suits.
The action-heavy part of the series focuses on a new conflict at the asteroid while much of the drama comes from Arlette’s memories of Lalah/Char and events that occurred in the first Gundam series & Gyakushuu no Char movie.
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When the CGS mercenary group is contracted to transport the leader of a Martian independence movement to Earth, they become the target of Gjallarhorn, a police-like organization which seeks to keep Mars under Earth’s control through any means necessary. Earth however is not united, and the mercenaries quickly become entangled in an elaborate political scheme.
A mecha action drama with child soldiers as the protagonists. Like many Gundam series it focuses on the themes of colonialism, prejudice, rivalry, and chains of revenge. Less common are the mafioso elements it eventually adopts.
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