Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. In a curious move, Bandai Spirits has announced a new upcoming ...

Harry Nugraha is a contributor from Indonesia. He is an anime addict first and a freelance writer second. He's been writing about anime and manga since 2020, and he loves to watch an unhealthy amount ...

Discover how the Red Gundam, piloted by an alternate Char Aznable, reshapes the Universal Sensory narrative. We dive into the implications of this twist and invite viewers to share their thoughts and ...

This autobiography has a total of eight chapters, including the unnumbered opening and closing chapters. Shuichi Ikeda wrote how landing the role of Char Aznable in Mobile Suit Gundam shaped his ...

The fanart post in question shows Char Aznable and Hoshimachi Suisei making the same pose, though Suisei’s holding up her fingers in a peace sign. Nishizawa 5mm only wrote “The Red Comet and the Blue ...

Laura has been writing about anime for some time. Char in Gundam GQuuuuuuX pilots the RX-78-02 in a pivotal role for Zeon during the war. The series contrasts Char, a trained soldier, with Amuro Ray, ...

Mobile Suit Gundam is a decades-old franchise examining the costs of war and imperialism over eons of interstellar conflict between decaying, corrupt governments. It’s also an anime show about giant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Anyway, Char’s reputation for improving things threefold has hit ...

The Beginning covers some aspects of the Earth Federation and Zeon war, ending with the mysterious disappearance of Char. The series flashes forward a few years to focus on the new lead characters.