Now that it ’s almost halfway through , Gundam GQuuuuuuXis setting the stage for a enthralling story between its vernal triad of friend and the violence at play beyond them in the show ’s vision of an alternative translation ofGundam‘sbeloved original continuity . But something has become clear about the serial publication with every episode : this is a serial that is made by creatives who are absolute sickos for the originalGundam .
place in an alt - hereafter re - imagining of whatGundamcould look like if the Earth Federation lost theOne Year Wardepicted throughout the original 1979 anime , by its very natureGQuuuuuuXhas had plenty of opportunity to include lots of familiar character . It ’s pulled out some big guns : Char Aznable , arguably one of the most famousGundamcharacters of all prison term , if notthemost , has both appeared and left an indelible phantasm over the series ’ whole narrative even as he has become largely missing from it . You might have expect , in some ways , for the series ’ mould to be peppered with lots of other striking characters from the original show , from series friend Amuro Ray , to Char ’s sis Sayla , to Bright Noa , or other fellow member ofthe White Base crewthat could ’ve been , if Zeon had n’t win the war .
ButGQuuuuuuX‘s principal cast is both blessedly largely original , andfilled with 1979 throwbacks … just the wild , unearthly selection imaginable . Challia Bull , animportant yet one - offcharacter from the 1979 show — paradoxically both fundamentally vital to that series ’ other exploration of one of the franchise’smost fascinating concepts , Newtypes , and also unimportant enough that he was kill off in his debut show , and even left on the cutting elbow room flooring of the original show ’s movie compiling trilogy — is a major trope and potential antipathetical force inGQuuuuuuX , radically re - imagined as an incredibly closepartner of Charnow in search of his missing Quaker and the Red Gundam he aviate . But he ’s a major character in a sea of what the internet would otherwise affectionally call “ blorbos ” ( or Glup Shittos , if you take your fandom parlancefromStar Wars ): unbelievably minor one - attain wonder whose invocation is for the most diehard of fans .
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We ’ve had Cameron Bloom , a minor administrative official from the original show who mostly existed to get in the path of Mirai ’s burgeoning relationship with Bright and be open toone of the funniest punchesinGundamhistory , in one of several hebdomadal appearance of a random minor character inGQuuuuuuX‘s story . That ’s a list that has included Mosk Han , a Federation scientist who appears in a single late episode of the original to upgrade the Gundam ’s response clip ; and Dren and Denim , Char ’s stooges ( and most uproariously by absence Gene , a Zaku buffer who ’s presence on the charge to reconnoitre out the Gundam is patently thedecisive turning pointofGQuuuuuuX‘s entire timeline ) . This hebdomad we got Gaia and Ortega , two - third of the Black Tri - Stars , a ternary of Zeon ace pilots best jazz for one passing coolheaded onslaught maneuver that they then proceed to immediately whiff when they endeavor to expend it on Amuro more than once . Next week , we ’re start out Kycilia Zabi , a appendage of the fascistic ruling kinsfolk of Zeon whose main plot in the original show were execute her Nazi - have a go at it brother and then getting gruesomely blown up by a Char bazooka headshot in the series ’ closing sequence .
The vast absolute majority of these characters are not single you would expect an option reiterate ofGundam‘s primary “ Universal Century ” timeline to even cite , let alone give prominent plotlines to . And yet , for as incredibly referential and venerating of the originalMobile Suit GundamasGQuuuuuuXis , its story is not beholden to a cameo fest . GQuuuuuuXnever slams the breaks on its narrative to grab its consultation by the shoulder and scream “ look ! a reference point ! ” , or make sentience of the originalGundamvital knowledge to that narrative ’s system of logic . Anyone watching the series without anterior knowledge of a 46 year sometime anime is still getting a compelling account , one built largely on entirely new characters ( or character reference like Challia , so drastically re - reckon that they might as well be fresh ) . Anyone whodoesknow ? Well , they get to delight in whatever Little Guy of the Week will show up next .
It makes the fanservice not the dot of the serial publication , but a share language between the creative squad and diehard hearing that reminds the latter , every hebdomad , that the formeradores all this unearthly stuffas much as you do . There ’s a kind of absurd sincerity toGQuuuuuuXin that sense , that invites faith : occur along this wild ride with us , the show ask , wherever it takes this remixing ofGundam‘s underlying world . And you kind of want to , because you’re able to order just bursting from every seam is a creative squad that understands all the flavor and minutiae that made that world so compelling in the first shoes .
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