Gundam
Japanese media franchise
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| 2025 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
Continued illumination of the statue in blue, red, and yellow colors to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
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| 2025 |
Gunpla
Bandai launched the 30 Minutes Preference line, which focuses on licensed anime not owned by Bandai, with the first releases featuring characters from the anime Bocchi the Rock!
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| 2025 |
Gunpla
Release of standard plastic version of Zakupla-kun, following the previous event-exclusive version that used plastic made from green tea leaves.
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| March 2025 |
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
The Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga was announced to be on hiatus until 13 June 2025.
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| 2024 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
The statue was illuminated in blue, red, and yellow lights to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
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| 2024 |
Gunpla
Bandai introduced the 30 Minutes Fantasy line, featuring medieval and knight-themed figures within the 30 Minutes Label series.
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| 2024 | Credited with the creation of the anime Metallic Rouge, collaborating with Bones' president Masahiko Minami to develop a new fictional world and historical background as an original intellectual property. |
| 2024 |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED characters
Nanako Mori begins voicing Cagalli in the Japanese version, replacing Naomi ShindÅ.
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| 2024 | Motorcycles 'Gold Wing' and 'Hawk 11' displayed at the Honda booth during the 2024 Motorcycle Show, with director Mitsuo Fukuda personally involved in designing motorcycle scenes. |
| 2024 | Film grosses over US$36 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Gundam franchise. |
| 2024 | Promotional collaboration with Dune: Part Two, creating an alternate movie poster featuring Lacus and Kira instead of Chani and Paul Atreides. |
| December 25 2024 | DVD and Blu-ray of the movie released |
| November 2024 | Sunrise announces a prequel to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom. Director Mitsuo Fukuda reveals the scenario was originally written 20 years ago, with storyboards already half complete. The project was initially planned as an original video animation but was uncertain about its presentation. |
| November 2024 | The first teaser for the upcoming prequel was revealed in the same month as the project's announcement. |
| November 1 2024 | Second special edition of the film with over 500 cuts of updated footage and different epilogue played in Japanese theaters from November 1 to 14 |
| October 2024 |
Gunpla
For the 45th Anniversary of Gundam, a modern remake of the original RX-78-2 kit was released as the BMC Revival version, featuring modern Gunpla techniques like color separation and snap-fit parts while maintaining limited articulation.
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| October 1 2024 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
First volume of the spinoff manga is released by Vertical in North America.
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| September 20 2024 | First special edition of the film with over 500 cuts of updated footage and different epilogue played in Japanese theaters from September 20 to October 3 |
| August 2024 |
Gunpla
For the 45th Anniversary of Gundam, the RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.2.0 was announced, marking a significant milestone by abandoning the MS Joint technology and focusing on realistic inner frame detailing and high articulation.
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| July 10 2024 | Film screened at the Odex Film Festival in the Philippines from July 10 to July 16 |
| May 7 2024 | Film screening in North America and Canada on May 7-8 |
| March 2024 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
Kodansha USA announces licensing of the spinoff manga for North American release.
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| March 23 2024 | Initial two-day film release in the United Kingdom, which was later extended until April 3rd |
| January 26 2024 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom is officially released in theaters, marking the completion of a long-awaited project in the Gundam franchise. |
| January 24 2024 | Single release of the main music theme 'Freedom' by Nishikawa and Tetsuya Komuro for the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom film. |
| 2023 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
The statue was highlighted in the book 'Super Cheap Japan', with the author describing it as 'immensely awesome!'
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| 2023 |
Gunpla
Master Grade SD Gundam kit line is introduced, offering more detailed and articulated Super Deformed designs.
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| 2023 |
Gunpla
Launch of Gunpla-Kun line as part of the Fun to Build GUNPLA campaign. These models can be assembled as a figure or displayed on a faux runner, and notably demonstrate the use of Limestone-based LIMEX plastic.
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| 2023 | Created character design for 'Shin Kamen Rider'. |
| 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
The soundtrack album ranked number 8 on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales chart.
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| 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
The album achieved number 11 on the Billboard Japan Top Download Albums chart.
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| 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
The soundtrack album peaked at No. 15 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and No. 7 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart.
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| 2023 |
Cultural impact of Gundam
Japanese robotics company Tsubame Industries unveiled Archax, a 15-foot tall quadrupedal mecha weighing 3.5 tons and inspired by the Gundam franchise, capable of being piloted from the inside by a human.
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| July 26 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Sunrise Music Label released the soundtrack album for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, featuring orchestral scores by Takashi Ohmama and TV-size versions of opening and ending themes. The album was released in three editions: a regular four-CD version, a limited edition four-CD version with LP-sized packaging, and a two-disc LP version.
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| July 2 2023 | The official website for the film project opened, revealing the film's title and teaser. |
| 2022 |
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
Publication of Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Love & Piece anthology manga begins, featuring side-stories from the Crossbone Gundam universe, with the first part being a prequel about Karras, a Jupiter Empire agent.
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| 2022 |
Gunpla
HG Amplified IMGN subline launched, redesigning smaller robots from the Wataru series with more humanoid proportions.
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| November 2022 |
Gunpla
Released the Strike Freedom Gundam as the second MGEX model, featuring metallic coated and plated inner frame parts and the highest level of joint part interactivity.
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| October 2022 |
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
Ohtagaki stated he planned to continue the manga for another five to six years, contradicting the previous final stage announcement.
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| June 7 2022 |
Mobile Suit Gundam-san
Denpa released the omnibus volume of The Men Who Created Gundam in English.
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| February 2022 |
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
It was announced that the Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga had entered its final stage.
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| 2021 |
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
Publication of Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: X-11 manga begins, set during the events of Dust in the Jupiter Sphere, focusing on Curtis Rothko's final battle.
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| 2021 |
Gunpla
Bandai expanded the 30 Minutes Label with the 30 Minutes Sisters line, which focuses on customizable mecha girls.
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| 2021 |
Gunpla
SD Gundam World Heroes kit line launches.
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| 2021 |
Gunpla
The 1/100 Full Mechanics Gunpla line was relaunched, featuring model kits from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury anime series.
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| May 2021 | Bandai Namco Group announced the 'Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Project ignited' initiative during the opening ceremony for the life-size Freedom Gundam statue in Shanghai. |
| 2020 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
The Unicorn Gundam statue was referenced in the book 'Creativity in Tokyo: Revitalizing a Mature City' as an example of mixing popular culture and consumption.
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| 2020 |
Gunpla
Introduced the Master Grade Extreme (MGEX) line, a luxury-grade redesign of Master Grade models with additional 'Extreme Points' gimmicks, beginning with the Unicorn Gundam Ver. Ka featuring an LED light strip that changes colors between normal and Destroy Mode.
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| 2020 |
Gunpla
Bandai rebooted the Entry Grade (EG) line for worldwide release, introducing a new approach with the RX-78-2 Gundam as the starting model. This new line featured improved articulation comparable to High Grade kits and advanced color-separated parts that eliminated the need for stickers or additional tools.
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| December 2020 |
Gunpla
First Perfect Grade Unleashed kit released: RX 78-2 Gundam model, introducing more advanced model-making technologies and design concepts.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Statue of Unicorn Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (soundtrack), Cultural impact of Gundam, Gunpla, Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam, List of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED characters, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Yutaka Izubuchi & Mobile Suit Gundam-san, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.