This Week’s GQuuuuuuX Was for a Slightly Different Kind of Gundam Sicko

It’s been clear since we first heard about the premise for Gundam GQuuuuuuX that it was a series being developed by creatives with an unyielding, loveably fannish reverence for the original 1979 anime that started it all. But this week as the series hit its halfway turning point—and ramped up its stakes significantly—GQuuuuuuX also revealed that it’s also being made by people who are fans of another Gundam show. Specifically, Gundam‘s successor, Zeta Gundam. “The Plot to Assassinate Kycilia,” GQuuuuuuX‘s sixth episode, sees young protagonist Machu assailed on multiple fronts, as pressure from her school and home life, lingering jealousy over Nyaan’s awakening as a Newtype, and a new threat of being sold out by Clan Battle manager Annqi to Zeon all come to a head on the eve of her what might be her final scrap in the GQuuuuuuX. But beyond all that, the episode lays the groundwork for an intriguing political scheme simmering in the background surrounding the titular Kycilia Zabi, one o ... Read full article.