there are some decent ones on the Japanese side, and only one quite notable one on the English side. (In fact, I saw it in theaters with someone who hadn't seen any Gundam, and they ended up not being confused.) Doing NT a bit early with Kizuna beginning to be 'in the wild' as it were seemed a bit fun.Īs for Digimon connections. leadup, and NT is certainly a sequel, but it by and large is disconnected from Unicorn. With one last dive into the never-ending narrative where humanity barely came out, is this the final story of the Universal Century, or merely a new beginning? When a 3rd Unicorn Gundam appears, thought lost before the battle of Laplace, the connection between the pilot who vanished with the Gundam, the pilot of the new Narrative Gundam, and others look back to the beginning of the One Year War, the beginning of the story. That release setup of course was something that Toei heavily borrowed from their friends at Bandai for tri.Īnd with Kizuna coming out, going with Gundam NT was an obvious choice (at least for me), as it is a proper film release that picks up some elements on Unicorn, while also doing it's own thing.Ī year has passed since Laplace's Box was opened and the century-old secret of the Universal Century was revealed to all, war hasn't swallowed humanity, and the dueling twin Unicorn Gundams are no more, but has the narrative of history and humanity changed?
Unicorn was a new style of 'premium' animation OVA, that had a limited theatrical run side by side with digital and a quick home video release, with releases in many countries coming lightning fast (day 1 in many cases.) And it was always clear that it was a Gundam that was aimed very much at older fans, and to a degree lapsed fans who stepped away as they got older, alternate universes showed up, etc. Gundam Unicorn was the long awaited return to the Universal Century, which is what began and popularized Gundam. (The video preview below is quite large if you just want to take a peek.) It's just one movie, at a decent price, but if people aren't interested in it I'd understand, but the thematic swing was a bit more than I was willing to skip. Part of planning to do this one last was hoping it would go up somewhere free, or a common subscription service, but that hasn't happened yet, but it is available to rent/buy digitally: since I'll likely keep suggesting things until Adventure: begins, I'm throwing in what I planned to end the Kizuna leadup with.
I decided to swing and do something different.
#Gundam nt theaters series#
but with the first screening of Kizuna happening and a new anime series coming pretty quickly after, not to mention the actual Kizuna release date most of us won't be seeing it, so the date isn't quite as important since we know it's coming later. After Samurai Troopers I had planned to do something a bit newer.
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