One of the Coolest Unsung Entries in the Mobile Suit Gundam Franchise is a Stage Play

Here's some thoughts about how Gundam 00 adapted as a live performance is better than it has any right to be For some backstory, a few months ago I'd been doing a re-watch of 2007's Mobile Suit Gundam 00 with my kids; for one of them it's a favorite entry in the franchise but for the other it's a Gundam series they hadn't seen yet, and when we got about midway through season 2 I remembered that this is a thing that happened: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - Re:Build If you're rightly wondering how in the FUCK can you do a Gundam show as a stage play, the answer is worth finding out for yourself...like seriously, check out the trailer. It's WILD... but here's a bit of a rundown for you. After we'd finished both season 2 and the film (2010's A Wakening of the Trailblazer) we picked up the DVD of the 2019 performance of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Re:Build and watched it over the span of two nights (there's a convenient intermission! Stage play! Theatre!) and I was absolutely blown away by a few…