'Gundam' To Get New Manga This Year

Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most famous anime and manga franchises in the world, and that of [...]

By Nick Valdez

Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most famous anime and manga franchises in the world, and that of course extends to its most recent series Gundam Build Divers. Fan reception to the series has been so strong, it's now getting a spin-off story.

The world of Gundam Build Divers is about to get even bigger with the new spin-off manga Gundam Build Divers Break.

Kadokawa announced in the latest issue of Gundam Ace magazine that Gundam Build Divers will be getting a spin-off manga titled Gundam Build Divers Break starting in the June 26 issue of the magazine. Ryoji Senkinishi is writing the scenario, Kazuhiro Hara is designing the characters, Takayuki Tanase and Kanetake Ebigawa will be designing the manga's mechs, and Gensui Shiitake will be drawing the manga.

Sunrise describes the Gundam Build Divers anime as such:

"Gunpla Battle Nexus Online (GBN) is a new network game that lets people enjoy a variety of missions using Gunpla in a virtual cyberspace dimension. Middle-school students Riku Mikami and Yukio Hidaka recruit their classmate Momoka Yashiro and dive together into this vast world. Becoming "Divers," or inhabitants of GBN, they meet a mysterious girl named Sarah who has an amazing sensitivity to Gunpla. They begin playing alongside her, but...

Through many encounters and experiences, Riku and his friends will build not only Gunpla, but their own adventures as well!"

Mobile Suit Gundam has one dedicated fan base, as one fan even calculated what kind of power the mechas would yield in real life. Taking one of the most oft-ignored mechs in the series, that fans wouldn't consider too powerful, they calculated an incredible range that would surely do damage in the real world.

Financial magazine Weekly Toyo Keizai commissioned the 70 year old character designer for Mobile Suit Gundam, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, to draw their cover for their 2018 financial forecast issue.The cover depicts President of the United States Donald Trump partying for the new year with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The most damning, however, is the depiction of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, who sits on top of a nuclear missile in-between all of them.

The newest project, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, is part of the "UC NexT 0100 Project," which will tackle the events of the Universal Century storyline following the likes of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. And is currently scheduled for a release in Japanese theaters later this year.

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