Mobile Suit Gundam

Image: PeacockIf we’re being honest, put Natasha Lyonne in anything and she’s likely to win us over. Her dry humor, raspy voice, and impeccable confidence almost always create a memorable character. But in the hands of murder mystery guru Rian Johnson on Poker Face, Charlie becomes something more. She’s on the run, so she’s always cautious and looking over her shoulder. And yet, because she has the power to tell if a person is lying or not, she finds that she has to do good. Has to get to the bottom of the case. Has to…

With a dizzying array of streaming services available, there was no shortage of great TV this year—and while io9 has already shared our top 20 shows of 2023, today we’re revealing our top TV moments... all 50 of them. These are the moments when we laughed, cheered, shed a tear, shrieked in disbelief, and/or realized…Read more... With a dizzying array of streaming services available, there was no shortage of great TV this year—and while io9 has already shared our top 20 shows of 2023, today we’re revealing our top TV…

In mid-March during the Oscars, Netflix’s Pinocchio took home the award for Best Animated Feature. During his acceptance speech, co-director Guillermo del Toro said the animation medium was ready to be taken to “the next step,” a statement that was meant to be inspiring after animation was belittled at that very ceremony just minutes prior. The category presenters were dismissive of animation overall, basically calling it kiddie fare that parents have to suffer through just to shut their kids up.Spoilers of the Week: July…

Chris Hemsworth teases his villainous turn in Furiosa. The Last of Us season 2 sets a date to begin production. Netflix reveals its next Gundam project. Plus, what’s coming on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and more. To me, my spoilers!“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedDeadpool 3New photos from the set of Deadpool 3 confirms the return—seeming demise — of Tyler Mane’s Sabretooth.Relatedly, a new report from insider @DanielRPK, suggests Ray Park will additionally return as Toad.FuriosaSpeaking at CCXP,…

Image: SunriseTurn A Gundam is another series set in an alternate Gundam universe, but with a twist that will pay off several connections to Gundam’s main continuity if you’re familiar with it—but it’s not necessary to have that knowledge coming into it. With a wildly different aesthetic to what came before it—the show is set on an Earth where, after a catastrophic apocalypse, society has been rebuilt to roughly turn of the 20th century technology, and features mecha designs by the legendary artist Syd Mead—Turn A looks…

This past weekend The Witch From Mercury brought a surprisingly rapid-fire end to the latest Gundam show—and in one of its most satisfying moves, finally delivered on the sapphic love story it set up from the get-go. But in truly making queer love the heart of its endgame, the series also pushed a closer examination of one of the franchise’s most enduring ideas.Hurricanes and Climate | Extreme EarthThat idea is a human evolutionary path known as the “Newtype.” First established in final arcs of the original Mobile Suit…

Pride month is a time for members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies to both celebrate the progress queer people have made across the world and to take a stand and resist the bigoted movements that still seek to challenge, diminish, and eradicate them. It’s also a pretty good time to get on board with the premiere lesbian mecha drama of the year, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyI should state that for as much I have previously commented, and will continue to…

Mobile Suit Gundam’s nearly 50-year history exists in part down to two things: creator Yoshiyuki Tomino has long professed that it is female fans who kept interest in the cancelled original series strong, while of course the evolution of Gunpla model kits likewise helped transform what could’ve been a one-off into an anime juggernaut. So what happens when you combine the two? A very good year for Gundam.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyBandai Namco released its yearly earnings reports for the end of FY2023, and…

For as long as Gundam has existed as a franchise, the specter of its first major antagonistic standout, Char Aznable, has lingered over it. And that’s not unintentioned on Gundam’s part—for almost as long the series has grown, it has put morally dubious people in face masks and coined the “Char Clone” trope as a series hallmark. But its latest attempt at following Char’s footsteps in Witch From Mercury is already standing out as a leader among the imitators.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyFrom the moment we…

Remember when the first season of the excellent new Gundam show, The Witch From Mercury, ended and shocked everyone with a reminder that it is, indeed, a Mobile Suit Gundam show? Well, good news: its second season is not slowing down on reminding you of that fact in the most gutwrenching manner possible.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good Energy“What They Wish For” is only the second episode of Witch From Mercury’s second season, but it feels like it has the stakes to truly change the tone of the show in a manner season…