This live-action version of the mecha anime franchise is powering into production after seven years stuck in the hangar.

The upcoming Metal Robot Damashii toy of the titular Gundam from the anime. For The Barrel was a fascinating and groundbreaking retelling of the early parts of the Universal Century timeline ...

While Gundam is a timeless classic, it’s not the only mecha anime with high-speed battles and complex philosophical themes.

Gundam GQuuuuuuX takes place in the Universal Century or at least an alternate reality to the one seen in the classic Mobile Suit Gundam 0079. In this timeline, shortly after the Earth Federation ...

The Earth Federation, in the hopes of winning the war, creates a new giant robot known as the RX-78-2 Gundam, which is piloted by a teenage civilian mechanic, Amuro Ray. In its many spinoffs and ...

and also hover in the air for up to 15 minutes without failing. Kim and his team adapted the design from a previous flying robot, but they made the joints more resilient by having them connect ...

"Mobile Suit Gundam, which began broadcasting in 1979, established the genre of "real robot anime" that could not be described in terms of simple good and evil, which had been the trend of robot anime ...

Five years later, on independent colony Side 6, a young Newtype girl finds herself caught up in the hunt for the missing RX-78-2 Gundam. Before long, events conspire to put her in the pilot seat ...

High School student Yuzuriha Amate gets her hands on a state-of-the-art Gundam, the GQuuuuuuX, and joins an underground mecha duel competition. She partners up with Shuji Ito, a mysterious young ...

The movie is a prologue to the TV series, whose debut day is yet to be announced. The production team is likely to unveil more information soon, as the film is already screening in Japan.

This approach to robot movement isn’t just about novelty. Researchers believe mirroring or shadowing could cut down on the need to repeatedly train robots, which could help speed up their ...