Mobile Suit SD Gundam

Genre

mecha

Country

Japan

How it feels

This collection of short animated films takes characters and mecha from the Gundam universe and remakes them in cute chibi form for comedy sketches. The early shorts make fun of the mainline Gundam stories while later ones introduce original toy-inspired characters.

whimsicalparodiclightheartedplayfulfast-pacedcartoonishnostalgicenergetic

What happens

Mobile Suit SD Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士SDガンダム, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Esudī Gandamu) is a Japanese anthology of animated shorts produced by Sunrise between 1988 and 1993. The series was released theatrically alongside anime feature films and as original video animations (OVAs), and forms part of the broader SD Gundam franchise, which draws from Bandai's popular Gashapon capsule toys and plastic model kits. Early installments parody the mainline Gundam franchise using super deformed (chibi-style) mecha and characters. Starting in 1989 with Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack, the series began incorporating recurring teams like Command Gundam, Knight Gundam, and Musha Gundam—characters developed through toy lines, Carddass trading cards, and manga tie-ins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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