Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025)

Description

An alternative version of the original 1979 series taking other way of the ending, was directed by Hideaki Anno and Tsurumaki Kazuya (both is known from GAINAX studio: Evangelion, Gunbuster, Diebuster, FLCL, etc.). It is strongly recommended (at least by me) to watch original series before this one, it'll make more sense than without it

Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle. Under the entry name "Machu," she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuuji. Now their world is about to enter a new era.

Main Characters

Photo	Name	Description
	Amate Yuzuriha/Machu	A high-school student whose real name is Amate Yuzuriha. Machu has always felt that her daily life in a peaceful colony was somehow false. After meeting Nyaan, she becomes the pilot of the GQuuuuuuX and begins participating in Clan Battle.
	Nyaan	A courier who smuggles illegal goods. When Nyaan's homeland was turned into a battlefield and she became a refugee, she escaped her colony alone in a petit mobile suit, with no time to even check on the safety of her family. Luckily, she was picked up by a ship and brought to a colony that Machu lives. Her highest priority is her own survival.
	Shuuji Ito	A mysterious boy who appears before Machu and Nyaan. Shuji is wanted by the military police for painting graffiti all over the outer walls of the colony. He participates in Clan Battle in order to earn money for a certain purpose, and becomes Machu's Mav.
	Challia Bull	A commander in the Principality of Zeon forces, known as "the man from Jupiter". Challia Bull forms a two-man Mav team with Char Aznable, and pioneers this style of mobile suit combat.
	Comoli Harcourt	An ensign in the Principality of Zeon forces. Comoli is an elite military academy graduate.
	Xavier Olivette	An ensign in the Principality of Zeon forces, who graduated head of his class from the Flanagan School.

Episode List

Episode	Title	Mecha Introduced
1	The Red Gundam	gMS-Ω GQuuuuuuX, gMS-α Red Gundam, MS-06-SSP Police Zaku
2	The White Gundam	RX-78-02 White Gundam (Char Custom)
3	Machu in Clan Battle	gMS-01 Sugai's Gelgoog (GQ), MS-15/H Xavier's Gyan Hakuji-Packs
4	The Witch's War	gMS-01 Bocata's Gelgoog (GQ)
5	Nyaan Doesn't Know About Kira-Kira	RGM-79 Light-Type Guncannon
6	The Plot to Assassinate Kycilia	MS-09 Gaia's/Ortega's Rick Dom (GQ)
7	Machu's Rebellion	gMS-κ GFreD
8	Falling to the Earth	MS-06 Zaku (GQ)
9	Rose of Sharon	RGM-79 Sayla's Light-Type Guncannon
10	Yomagn'tho Blockade	MS-06S Char's Zaku (GQ)
11	The Alpha Killers	gMS-Ω GQuuuuuuX (Endymion Unit Awakened), MS-09 Challia's Rick Dom (GQ)
12	That's Why I	ORX-139 Hambrabi (GQ)

My Review

I backlogged for a year and when i finally binge watched it, yeah it was fun. It have that specific Gainax feeling that i enjoy watching with, characters design was top notch, i like Gquacks design alot, tho original RX-78-2 design was just a mess in my opinion. Many people will tell you that they flopped such an interesting concept, but to me, they did a nice work, not perfect in any way, but still. But i'll agree with everyone when i say, that this needs more episodes, characters feels rushed and we didn't get that much of a writing for them and i didn't liked how they did Challia there, like ik in the original he appeared just for one episode and it's one of the final ones, but turning him into basically possesed to find Char was just not it, really. Score: 8/10