Watch Japan's 'Gundam' Statue Transform In Realtime

Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most popular anime franchises worldwide, and Japan has celebrated [...]

Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most popular anime franchises worldwide, and Japan has celebrated the series' popularity with life-sized statues. Both their most recent one goes the extra mile to deliver a great bit of cool fan service.

The life-sized RX-0 Unicorn Gundam statue at Diver City in Tokyo is not only great to look at standing still, but even has an extra cool transforming sequence fans should check out.

The transforming Unicorn Gundam at Diver City in Tokyo...a must see for all Gundam fans!!! from r/Gundam

As shared by Reddit user JamesVinopal, the transformation of the life-sized RX-0 Unicorn Gundam statue in Japan has a full transformation sequence that's a must see for fans. As the video demonstrates, the statue takes on the NT-D transformation system and reveals the form the Unicorn Gundam takes when fighting enemy Newtypes.

Not only does the statue transform, there's even a clip played for the sequence featuring the NT-D transformation theme. It's as glorious in real life as it is in the anime series for sure.

One Mobile Suit Gundam 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 most recent Gundam series, Gundam Build Divers, has just premiered. Sunrise describes the series 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!"

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