This ‘Pokemon’ & ‘Gundam’ Crossover Deserves To Go Viral

When it comes to anime, there are some franchises that just can’t be beat. Series like Gundam and Pokemon are some of the medium’s biggest, but one fan just crossed them over in a way any otaku can enjoy.

Over on Reddit, anime fans started to geek out over one Gunpla maker’s recent custom kit. User /De_Rossian_Spy shared pictures of he took of his original builds he did for a Gunpla competition. The PokeGundam entry shows what it would look like if a mobile suit were inspired by Scyther and Beedrill.

As you can see below, the former piece is truly a suit which looks like it came from the Mobile Suit Gundam series. The sleek build is colored a lime-green like Scyther, and it has wing-like extensions in the back. The custom build also has two blades attached to its arms which act like scythes, so the weaponry is rather appropriate.

The build for Beedrill is a bit simpler, but it is also very impressive. The grey-and-yellow build has plasma canons where the Pokemon’s legs would be, and its stinger is turned into a massive weapon which any pilot would hate to come across.

If you are not a fan of the Gundam franchise, then you should know the series is as popular for its anime as it is Gunpla. The term refers to the massive community of fans who collect, build, and create Gundam models. Kits are sold worldwide and cover a large array of suits. Collectors and builders began investing in Gunpla during the 1980s and has since become one lucrative source of revenue for Japanese companies. Bandai Namco earns billions of yen each year from its kid sales, and individual fans can sell their custom designs for decent rates if they look half as nice as these Pokemon Mobile Suits.

Not familiar with Gundam? You may want to give its latest anime a spin. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, the series is set more than 300 years after the Calamity War first seen in the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime. With the Earth Sphere falling into anarchy, the world has given way to bandits and rebels. Iron-Blooded Orphans focuses on a young boy named Mikazuki Augus as he works for a security company, and his is used as cannon fodder during an ambush. Augus, along with his friend Orga Itsuka, take the chance to revolt against their demeaning employers – and the determined boy changes his fate when he begins piloting an abandoned mobile suit known as Gundam Barbatos.