Gundam Build Fighters | The Gundam Retrospective 

Also the fact that we’re getting Gundam Breakers 4 this year is pure ironic timing for this to come out.

GBF is absolutely one of my favorites because it knows *exactly* what it's doing.

This series is why I love seeing people kit-bash a gunpla.

When Build Fighters was announced I admit I was one of those guys that was against it because I wanted "a more traditional gundam series" but when the first episode was released I absolutely loved it and was completely on board for the rest of its run and became one my favorite entries in the franchise. With such amazing fights, music and a cast of such memorable and lovable characters made build fighters an experience I will never forget.

Re:Rise is suprisingly deep(-ish) for a Build series, and a genuinely good time if you can get over some of the stranger bits. Also the Core Gundam is just one of the coolest things from any Build show IMO

Gundam Build Fighters is indeed Bandai's attempt at a Saturday morning Toy Commercial Cartoon that carries the same ridiculous spirit that is along the lines of Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Beyblade, and etc. However, underneath all of that blatant advertising for the kits is a show that is a straight up love letter to any Gundam fan with countless references, clear fanservice, multiple series representation, and an MC that is a clear gundam fanboy. It's a show that is more of a celebration of the Gundam franchise as a whole, with a little bit of an easily digestible tournament arc to rile up fans. Reiji was a great foil for Sei Iori, as Reiji can be seen as a newcomer to the gundam franchise that some fans may vicariously jive with. As a person who is more a fan of the model kits rather than the shows, this series is straight up built for people like myself. There's no complicated politics to keep track of, there's no heavy war crimes to sit with, and there's not really a sentiment of bitterness that is usually a staple of other Gundam series. This is just a fun show that fulfills the purpose of seeing multiple gundam designs clash with each other in spectacular fashion. Not to mention, the fights in this show are some of the best in any gundam series as a whole. Ricardo Felini, Tatsuya Yuuki, Mr. Ralph, and even Sei's Dad were all just amazing characters that really drove a positive message forward that "Gunpla is freedom." Gunpla, and by extension Gundam as a whole, is not some country club where only a certain set of individuals should partake in. Gunpla, and the Gundam Franchise, can be enjoyed and appreciated by people of all different ages and cultures. Sadly, the follow up season of Gundam Build Fighters Try and Gundam Build Divers kinda loses some of the heart that was put in the initial series. It turned what was otherwise a Gundam Celebration into a truly commercial gunpla advertisement with fairly flat characters, predictable plot beats, and harem shenanigans (Mostly in Try), to sell more kits of questionable quality. If all your looking for is good, mecha bashing fun, then there's nothing blatantly offensive about the following seasons. However, I will say that Gundam Build Divers Re: Rise was an absolute surprise coming off the hot heals of Gundam Build Divers. The characters get awesome development, the fights are meaningful, and the overall final clash is one of my absolute favorites in any gundam series. While Re: Rise is a slow burn at first, it really picks up in a meaningful way. The only unfortunate thing is that to get the full context of what is happening, it's kinda recommended that you slog through Build DIvers to get there. Either way, I'm at least glad that you enjoyed Build Fighters as I think it's definitively one of the best series for Gundam that I can really recommend for anyone who is, or isn't, a Gundam fanboy. I do hope Bandai continues the build series in some way, when they're not fumbling on making the metaverse flop, and hopefully we can get more representation from the Witch From Mercury kits.

This is honestly one of my favorite Gundam series. Right up there with 8th MS Team. It's just so delightfully stupid and campy that I can't help but adore it.

Ramba Ral, age 35, appearing on screen 35 years after his first appearance in the first gundam series. He's definitely 35. Definitely. Even when he appears in build divers try. 35 years old. Definitely. Definitely.

TBH my favorite thing about the build series is seeing gundams that never get the spolight anymore from old series like the God/Burning, Tequila, Wing, Kamfer, Gouf Custom ect. They may even get new models from this series as these custom varients.

The first episode of GBF is shattering it's spine selling you on the premise. There are so many little moments in that that set the tone and the shows sense of self awareness about what it is. It's honestly one of my favorite first episodes. Moments like Sei babbling about the Wing Gundams entire backstory when the dad can't remember the name, almost every gundam fan as done that exact thing, and anyone who knows a gundam fan has absolutely had one of them babble like that at them at some point. It's a really meta gag, but it's directed in a way that's not poking fun at the hardcore fans, more that it's playfully aware of who this show is for. There's also somewhat deeper cuts, like having the first battle in the show be between a Gyan and the Wing. The Wing is easily one of the most iconic suits in the entire franchise, spearheading the global Gundam explosion in the early 00's and has this reputation as being one of the most overpowered machines in the meta franchise, then we see it job to one of the weirder suits from the original MSG. It lets you know immediately that they don't plan on playing favorites with fan favorite designs.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1604">26:44</a> mfw Kakarot197 cameo

Build Fighters is my guaranteed go to if I ever start to lose steam on building my own models. It inspired me to build my first kitbash and has a special place in my heart for it.

The amount of love Gundam X got in this show is just so appreciated. It's probably the sole reason we even got a refresh of the MG X and DX. Not to mention the Bluray release with the bonus manga.

The flamenco theme is so good , i use while I'm training when i try to break my on record And for the build saga: - fighters - a space is needed for quality reason - re: rise - again a space - try - divers - - meta.

"F'ng Ramba Ral is just here." Made me spit out my drink!! 😂😂😂

There's an amazing bit on the final A Baoa Qu battle about the bootleg gunpla being inferior product that cracked me up laughing.

Honestly I looked at the Build series of Gundam shows as more like a sports anime. It has almost all of the tropes and playing “guess what Mobile Suit this is” as well as the sneaky cameos from Gundam characters is a treat. Build Fighters Try is ok but not as good as Build Fighters IMHO. Build Divers was pretty good especially the big final battle. Build Divers Re:Rise is just plain bonkers and yes it is a sequel to Build Divers so it is required to get the full impact. So yeah, honestly just a fun, harmless sports anime but with Gundams.

Fun fact: they are trying to build fully immersive build fighters system irl. If it happens just leave the food trays at the door.

My favorite part of this series is all the random character cameos. Loved seeing Christina, Bernie, and Al happy together, to say nothing of the Ramba ral love.

There are, as noted, a lot of these proxy battle anime trying to sell you on their respective toy lines and while the Gundam aspect was always going to peak my interest I think the core message of "it's not cringe to treat your hobby's seriously if you genuinely tove them" is what I found refreshing about it. A lot of these series go into battles with life-or-death consequences and escalate from there, it really overshadows the "this is all meant to be fun" aspect of the hobby it's selling you. GBF however, looks straight into the camera and earnestly tells you that Gunpla is objectively just a hobby and it's meaning is what you bring to it and your experiences with others. Despite the the wackiness of Isekai royalty and Gunpla mafias, it all kind of circles around to "you're supposed to enjoy this".

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1619">26:59</a> The Blue Destiny game and its three associated manga have a pretty huge impact on Gundam fan communities as a whole.

Build Fighters Try is actually really good! They even did a dub like they did for Build Fighters. It's very much even more like G Gundam, and all it's nutball moments!

Oh man I'm so happy you're at this point. This came out about the same time that I got back into Gunpla building myself so this series felt like it was designed for me and I've loved your entire Gundam retrospective so far so I'm eager for your takes on it.

The Build sub-series as a whole is simple fun through and through. Everyone should give it a try and feed their inner child. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2305">38:25</a> at the end of every youtube premiere of each episode, they showed ads for each new gunpla being released.

lmao the wizards pinkerton reference was clutch. good stuff retcon

I always viewed Build Fighters as a love letter to fans that wants to sell you something. The episode near the end where fans cosplay as characters across the series and we see groups like Christina, Bernard, and Al together. Not to mention getting to see the Kasshu family together and happy.

This series made me fall in love with the Gundam franchise again- I’m so happy to see a retrospective on it :3

oh, what a pleasant Suprise. This video was, I was not expecting a build fighter retrospective today I want to say I really love Build Fighter and that it is wholeheartedly my favorite Gundam show. i was born in 2000, and my older brother got me into Gundam basically from the moment i gained object permanence. I was 13 when Build Fighter was released, and I will admit that i have an extreme amount of nostalgia for this show, but i believe with good reason. story wise, I definitely agree. Build fighters has a silly plot overall, but i believe that's part of the charm of it. as Ral said in one of the earlier episodes, they can take Gunpla serious because it's not a life-or-death situation for those who live in that world. I believe they also develop the main characters very well. Sei and Reiji are probably some of my favorite characters in anime in general because of their chemistry. I feel really drawn to sei as a character because I saw a lot of myself in him, a young kid who grew up appreciating Gundam and its Stories and i daydreamed all the time about piloting mecha and being in the Gundam universe. Within this last year, I have been dealing with a lot of depression and i have rewatched Build Fighter's about 4 times. it helps me remember the times as a kid where everything was joyful and it was fun and easy to express yourself, and your biggest worries were catching the newest episode of your favorite cartoon on Sunday morning and playing at the playground with all your friends. I feel like there is a lot more I could say about build fighters but I'm having a hard time articulating my thoughts and I'm trying not to ramble, so I'll leave it on this, i feel build fighters and the team behind it had and extreme passion for Gundam and its universe and it encapsulates what it means to be a Gundam fan. (P.S.) I usually watch sub, but I also decide to give the dub a shot. Fellini's Accent is hilariously Bad. Stereotypical fake Italian accent As for the other build shows, I'll keep it short. Try - i felt that it wasn't as interesting as the original and maybe a little uninspired. even more of a cash grab than Fighters ( I've only watched it once, and i don't remember it well) Divers - i felt that this one was the most childish out of all the Build Series, definitely your sunday morning cartoon like bakugan or chaotics. although it tried to have high stakes, i don't feel it did it well (also only watched once) Re:rise- Alot better compared to the other two, i really enjoyed Re:rise and the chemistry of the characters are better, and although the premise is still whacky, this show had stakes and you could get invested in the characters (watched twice) Metaverse- literally 3 fast-paced episodes to and the only good part are the cameos XD (seen Twice)

GBF was my introduction to the franchise and remains one of my favourites to this day. It’s so fun to watch, filled with references, with great characters and some of the best fights in the franchise (SBS vs Fenice is the best fight in Gundam. Change my mind) Try was a bit of a step down, but still pretty fun. Divers was a bit disappointing, that one felt much more childish and predictable but still had its moments. Re:Rise on the other hand is freaking amazing. Taking the build concept and making it much more mature. Characters are likeable and go through serious development, mech designs are great, and there’s a mid season twist that completely changes the tone. Shame it’s overlooked a lot since the first Divers was disappointing. It’s also worth noting GBF and GBD are unconnected timelines. The timeline and technology don’t line up if you try to think about them sharing a world. Personal Ranking: GBF>GBDR>GBFT>GBD.

I first started watching this cause I love Rinko's design, I quickly learned to love the entire show and that and was very happy I watched.

Build Fighter ➡️ Build Fighter Try ➡️ Gunpla Breaker ➡️ Build Divers ➡️ Build Divers Re:Rise ➡️ Build Metaverse

Oh my god ive been waiting for this one! I love Gundam Build Fighters. It is my favorite gundam series, the music alone is the best soundtrack in the whole series.

I think the thing that makes Gundam Build Fighters work is that its like a commercial made by its biggest fan. Its like the difference between pointed at something and told "BUY THAT" and someone going "oh man you gotta get the Strike Gundam kit I love this thing! Like when it fought the BuCue squad and totally shanked the dog bot with its knife was the coolest thing ever!" One doesn't give a shit beyond someone buying something, the other is trying to find someone to share their favorite thing with and have a friend to talk about gundam with.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="642">10:42</a> unironically good advice

The fact they show the EXAM system in this is proof it's just as much as a fan service tribute, as it is a toy commercial

The Gunpla series have been really fun, great sound tracks and did exactly what it meant to and made me get into Gunpla. Which wasn't difficult because I already do other model hobbies.

Not going to lie, when I first watched this the dialogue had me rolling at how ridiculous it was. But the characters and the world built up are absolutely fantastic. Sei and Reiji's friendship through the series and the support characters all meld really well. Also in regards to the Build Fighters universe, I enjoy how each new series build on the next and there are little tid bits here and there that expand the fantasy aspects.

Gundam build fighters/divers are my favorite gundam shows. Yes they are ads, but a show about people sharing a love of something I have, talking about it like me and my friends, and going on little adventures and rejoicing and celebrating each other…. Is just so wholesome. It’s the best. I like how it was described as the Gundam world with no war. Where the characters we know and love can live a wonderful life and the machines of war that in one world were their traumas and their killers, are just toys one can enjoy

I love everything build fighters because it knows that it's a commercial and doesn't try to be anything but a high octane Shonen

Thank you for this series of Retrospectives it has been a joy.

the first GBF was what got me into gunpla. I love it so much.

Build Fighters is like a light hearted version of G Gundam and I'm all for it.

I feel like the build series exists because it’s super fun and that’s great and I wish we lived in that world

I adored this show. It was so hype back then. Still is.

Let’s not forget that in the final battle we see Mao’s sensei in a Dark Gundam.

I love all of the Build series, but RE:RISE is easily my favorite. It’s one of my favorite shows ever. Hiroto is one of the most relatable and real anime protagonists I’ve ever seen. For me he’s like looking in a mirror. Super excited for you to cover it. But the original Build Fighters is such a treat. It’s so much fun, it’s silly, the characters are so lovable, and the music and fights are S tier.

Its funny that you mention watching the Kampfer Amazing v. GM Sniper K9 fight out of context. I did exactly that.....then fell in love with the show once i gave it a proper chance

Eyy, a fun retrospective as always! Really refreshes my memory on these shows, much appreciated :) As for my thoughts on the other build series: - Gunpla Builders Beginning G: a halfhearted proof of concept that could work but ends up feeling kinda hollow. Doesn't help that the main character wins by nepotism lol - Build Fighters Battlogue: some fun shorts pitting certain characters or mobile suits against each other - Build Fighters GM's Counterattack: a short ova against the Gunpla Maffia, it's okay but it brings back Reiji just because - Build Fighters Try: it doesn't have the dynamic duo of Sei and Reiji, but it's still a good time. More of the same with fun gundam fanservice - Build Fighters Try Island Wars: also a short fun ova with some references - Build Divers: boring. There's literally no plot and stakes until the very last few episodes. The show had me feeling empathetic towards the halfway villain it wanted me to root against lol - Build Divers Re:Rise: legitimately awesome and makes the original Divers better in hindsight. It's basically a gundam isekai through an mmo and has actual good character arcs. - Build Divers Battlogue: another bunch of shorts of several fights. Fun because it involves ReRise characters - Breaker Battlogue: a short ova based on the mobile game that is not very memorable and kinda confusing if you haven't played it - Build Metaverse: a shameless commercial for Bandai's dumb, doomed-to-fail Metaverse project. It's too short to set up anything decent and it ruins any canonicity the previous show had by lumping them all together in an mmo setting Out of these, Re:Rise is the absolute best and Try is just casual fun, so those would be my recommendations

I can't wait for gundam build fighters Try. Its also fantastic!

I actually loved the build fighter and diver series! Introduce me to the whole thing, I loved it. Sadly they aren’t on RU-vid anymore.

The only Gundam series I've watched a substantial amount of. It grabbed me by the neck with it's concept and kept my interest with it's characters and story

Diver Re:Rise is among my favorite Gundam series. Up there with 00, Zeta, and IBO. Re:Rise is like that man

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="650">10:50</a> there's also the famous "He showed me his gunpla" marriage.

Even if it's a commercial, this sh*t goes hard

This was the reason i got intrested in gunpla and gundam in general and then i enjoyed the main series anime

This was my first gundam series as a kid, still one of my favorite animes for just how fun it was. It was only until I became an adult I was motivated to watch the gundam franchise. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

Let's go!!!!!! I have been hoping you would do build fighter and divers!!!!!! Oh baby!!!!!!!

This series was my first introduction to Gundam and I've been hooked since. I'm 21 now and if I never saw this show, I have no clue what my passion would be. Needless to say the advertising worked because I have too many MGs now and as I write this comment, I somehow forgot the MG Build Strike existed.

This anime is one of my all time favorites. Its not the deepest of most complex, but it feels like such pure fun and its so enjoyable to see all the cool and unique mechs.

Gundam Build Fighters was my introduction to Gundam and Gunpla as a whole. While I really liked the series, I think it succeeded more when it focused on the character interactions/dynamics and the competitive aspects of the sport rather than the more fantastical elements (the Embody System, the Gunpla Mafia, the secret of the plavsky particles, the Arian plotline). I felt a lot of the fantasy elements were added to create more tension in the plot where I thought it wasn't necessary and that time could have been better allocated for something else. While I remember it getting a lot of hate at the time, I ended up liking Build Fighter Try more than Build Fighters. They not only really curbed back on the fantasy stuff but I liked how they started giving characters their own unique models rather than modifying old ones. Also, I liked how each main character got their own model rather than having to share one.

Theres an old saying that says “build fighters succeeds where Age failed” GBF’s plot and design is basically Age in reverse

It's Gundam Medabots and I cannot inject enough of it directly into my veins.

So the reason AGE was not shown was because at the time there was an embargo on any series that wasn't 5+ years older than the Build Fighter series. This actually included 00, and rumors has it that Exia only showed up at the very end because it was *on the dot* 5 years since the airing of 00. In the Inn episode, the three goons didn't use Gunpla as a means of resolving their landgrabbing; Sei offered to do it after hearing the leader was a former gunpla champ and said leader thought it would be easy to take the deed over a silly game (one that he was a former world champ at no less). On a modern viewing you'll never know this, but several of the kits featured in Sei's house and store, at the time, were not yet released. For example the Wing Gundam he uses (along with it's box art) would not be released until *after* the airing of this show, as it was part of the Gundam Project, which revamped certain old High Grade Kits to make their parts interchangable and removing of the ball joints for the new multi-directional joints (so they can actually do a split and not break their hips). there are also other kits that would be previewed here, where their box art line up with their real life box art. Mao was actually a meta-godsend, as his love for the Gundam X and Gundam Crossbone resulted in kits made for them. More interestingly, *his variants* came first, then the "originals" were retooled from his variants (even though in universe, it's the other way around). Chariman Mashita wasn't afraid of Reiji because Reiji will take away his wealth; he was afraid of Reiji because Mashita, in his life on Arian, was a thief who stole from the royal treasury. He thinks Reiji is here to hunt him down, but Reiji has no idea who he is (or that any treasure was ever stolen).

Gundam Age was the first Gundam IP that I consumed, shortly followed by build fighters. Been obsessed ever since and the two hold a special place in my heart.

I seriously enjoyed this series, I was like "finally!, a Gundam series that has humor and comedy in it!", so I'm hoping you'll cover it's sequels in the future.

Try is PEAK of the Build series, "GUNPLA IS FREEDOM"!!!!

I love Build Fighters, and love Build Fighters Try even more! Thanks for the great video!

Oh boy, I heard that question about the other build series and that you at least seemed to have not seen them yet and I just had to go to my PC open this video and type out a mini essay. So about the respective build follow ups: Try is a very good follow up to build fighters. It is my personal favorite of the build series. Try leans very heavily into the "legend" of Reiji, Sei, and the events at the end of build fighters at the beginning of the season. The plot is focused around 3 man teams of fighters now instead of individuals or pilot and builder pairs. The main protagonist of the new cast, Sekai, is seen as a second coming of Reiji by several veterans of the first season which drives events on a couple occasions. He feels like he stepped out of G Gundam which really is a reflection on where Reiji drew inspirations. The other two protagonists are also fantastic characters with Fumina being the team leader who can make her partners work together and Yuuma (China's little brother who appears as a brunette in the first season) serving as the master builder and foil to Sekai's brashness. Try focuses far more on original designs instead of customs of suits from the other universes though that does not prevent familiarity from making itself known with the Gunpla in the show. Story wise it sticks to similar beats as build fighters, using its larger cast to better fill out the story and make several different and interesting rival dynamics. Easily the peak of build in my opinion. Divers, oh poor divers. Divers had a lot of potential that was snubbed by a rushed story. It boasts a large cast of characters and wanted to explore some much more fantastic concepts than previous build series but all those efforts are really shallow. It turns away from the gunpla battle dynamic in favor of an MMO where the characters build gunpla then upload them with a large selling point for this transition being that the gunpla battles of the past were really toxic and demoralizing to people that had their hard work destroyed after one battle. An interesting plot point that is again drowned out by the pace. Its not really a direct sequel to the Fighters and Try series and shouldn't be looked at as such, there is no references to the previous series to speak of. Falls back on the kits mostly being variants of existing MS early on before getting creative to some extent later on. I would love to say something about the characters but frankly there are to many and they are so shallow baring maybe one character and the fact they have any depth makes spoiling their character feel kinda wrong. Inoffensive enough outside its pacing problems I suppose. Kinda mandatory to watch for concepts introduced in ReRise. ReRise is an honest step back in the right direction after the errors of divers and it is a big step at that. Up front, the series leans hard into a fantastical tone where the gunpla of the main cast aren't just toys anymore but actual giant robots sent to an alien world to protect its inhabitants from a hostile invading force. The character still frequently interface with the MMO world and it serves as the medium for them to access the alien world the series focuses on. This new direction is definitely a bit of a moment of jumping the shark you have to get past to enjoy the show. If you can make it past the shark at the beginning, ReRise for the first 13 episodes shows the teething troubles of a series trying to earn the budget for the other half of its season. Quality drops and a few odd pacing decisions really. It does a worlds better job with its characters, shrinking the cast as a whole and making the protagonist frankly horrible teammates and slightly insufferable at first, forced together by circumstance before growing each of them into deeper characters. Hiroto easily has the greatest development from a very skilled Heero esq introvert into a real team player with a lot of baggage but I personally love Kazami's development far more. Without saying much, early on he is extremely self-important and aggrandizing until he hits a breaking point early in the first season and become a far better person. The second half of the season has a serious quality jump to reflect a better budget from the first half going over so well. I am going to say nothing to spoil this series, watch it. Battlogue is a series of 10-15 minute videos of random fights with a bit of context to them happening. The first episode implies it to focus on what if battles between out of universe characters before quickly dropping that idea after the first episode. These minisodes are alright if hard to find. Actually takes places after builder fighters but before Try technically. Breaker Battlelogue takes place in the gundam breaker universe and sports a style change in line with that mobile game. The episodes are very short but are such quality they will actually make you wish they were a proper series. Build Metaverse is.... Just don't. If you thought fighters felt like a commercial for models, Metaverse takes it to a sickening next level. The series is way to short to care about and the effort to grab on to the fans of every previous build series is just yucky in how it is handled. Character feel like facsimiles of themselves (which is kinda ironic because build metaverse literally says that people dress up as the characters from the other build series to obscure the fact the characters are actually supposed to be the famous character from the other series) and are mostly just present in name alone. Very "Oh wow is Sei Iori!" and that's about it. It kinda sucks because the only redeeming quality of the series is the main character who has this very isolated islander trope to reflect him actually growing up on an island. Due to the series short length and cash grabby nature this potentially interesting protagonist is pushed from weakling beginner into repeated meeting with famous people and culminates in him beating a character who holds the title of meijin in what is implied to be just a few short days. Skip it! For the sake of all of gundam skip build metaverse.

Besides even more Gunpla cameos, I'd say the highlight of Build Fighter Try is the character of Minato Sakai as well as his creations. Lets Try On!

if you ever build a gunpla, this is a fun time because your ideas when building gunpla actually feels like it can be canon and just cool looking

I absolutely adore Build Fighters. It knows exactly what it is and just has fun with it. It's very tongue in cheek sometimes, and doesn't take itself too seriously. It just has fun with a concept as simple as "what if gunpla could fight each other?" The easter eggs also rock. Seeing Bernie, Chris and Al hanging out as a little family will never not make me smile and tear up a tiny bit. Plus we got some awesome new designs. Mao may be an obnoxious character, but the Gundam X Mao is one of the sexiest designs ever. The Kampfer Amazing is also just peak. I've only seen episode 1 of Try, and it seemed like a fun time (it was off GundamInfo by the time I could really get around to it). Overall, the Build series is just a great love letter to all things Gundam, while also having a good time with it.

All the UC and AU Gundam anime has a contract with their TV broadcast company that it cannot be shown in other TV media for 5 years. That's why there is no AGE gunpla and in the latter part of the show the Exia makes its debut. That's a recurring trend in the other Build and Diver series.

Build Fighters was also the starting point of gundam becoming more relevant in the west again, a lot of people watched them on youtube on the official channel and the kits were readily available at various big online shops. But maybe that's just me, its what got me back into gundam after i kinda faded from it after seed.

I saw this video dropped right when I was looking for something to listen to while building my latest Gunpla, what a huge coincidence.

Build Fighters was just pure and simple dumb fun with a healthy tasting of references to past series to make most of us go "hey I know where that's from". The series isn't perfect but it just works.

I love the GUNDAM BUILD franchise that stretches from MODEL SUIT GUNPLA BUILDERS BEGINNING G to GUNDAM BUILD METAVERSE. It's just unadulterated fun.

They should absolutely capitalize on gunpla fighting for a videogame

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="195">3:15</a> Iori Takeshi got second place in the second world championship, sir. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1188">19:48</a> RG system doesn't use power from absorbed energy. It's like pushing the machine to its limit. It's shown in the Fellini fight that the Star build strike hasn't absorbed any beam from Fenice, it still be able to use the RG system for the first time.

Funny enough this series got me back into gunpla building after years away from the hobby.

The fact that this show went completely under the radar in the west while it overtook pop culture in the east for its entire run, says all that needs to be said about Western anime fans.

I was already watching Gundam (Wing, 00, Seed) before this came out, but wasn't really into gunpla, but when this came out in 2013... seeing all the MS I used to watch getting customized and brawling it out all in the same universe. That made me want to build and customize my own thus starting a hobby I can't ever get out of.

The Flana Institute is a reference to the Flanagan Institute that studied Newtypes in Mobile Suit Gundam.

God I wish we could get a fantasy themed spin off set in Reiji's home colony. And ReRise was pretty good! It dragged for a couple episodes in the middle but otherwise was delightful.

Gundam Build Fighters it's just the perfect Gundam show for those who have enjoyed old family-friendly Robo-Battle anime like Plawress Sanshiro, Medabots, Angelic Layer, or even Megaman NT Warrior!

My theory aboutAGE not being included was that both shows were being animated at the same time by different teams and there probably wasn't enough AGE to incorporate into Build Fighters. That being said, you don't see much AGE if any, in the later shows, so I don't really know. But it's a theory. As for the rest of the Build series, I liked TRY pretty well. It definitely felt like a sequel to Fighters, where as Divers and RE:Rise didn't feel that way. I thought I didn't like Divers until RE:Rise came out and made me think Divers wasn't that bad by comparison. They explore some ideas that don't feel like they jive with the themes in the previous shows. There were parts of Divers I thought were really if they had expanded on it, but like many great ideas in these shows, they were just moments and we never really go back to them.

I wonder what a Build series that was as dark and serious as a regular Gundam series would be like? Perhaps explore the horrific implications of the “Gundam Valhalla” theory.

The whole build series is basically "what if kitbash was a sport" and i love how it indulges every fan who went "what if i had my own ideal gundam"

There was a manga that had to do with gunpla back in the 80s but im with you, it sure took then long enough to make an anime based on gunpla

GBF is the reason why I have the bravery to customise my gunpla....Gunpla is such a canvas for you to express your love & passion to this hobby...

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="592">9:52</a> Raal mistakenly figured Reiji would fit in there because Reiji told him he was from the Arion Nation

At least a passing mention of Plamo-Kyoshiro would be cool.

this is the show that got me into gundam, 10/10

This is the closest thing we got to a G Gundam sequel. It especially feels strange after watching Narrative

Build Divers re rise is honestly the best build series tbh, I don’t wanna spoil it at all but it has a lot more traditional gundam elements

I don't care about the fact that's it's obvious fan service and a toy commercial. I grew up on the 80s so every cartoon from my childhood was just a 30 minute commercial for toys. I loved that fact that it's just a fun series that doesn't have or necessarily need the elevated drama of a space war. It was entertaining for me through and through no matter how silly it got it knows exactly what it was and gave you exactly that

I've watched a few of the other Gundam series but man, I finished GBF not too long ago and it was absolutely excellent. People say it's for kids but really it's for the life long fans of Gundam.

I'm only 5mins in but I tried watching Build Fighters and was plesantly surprised by how much i loved it. It did its job in even making me buy my first gunpla of Gundam Exia (from my favorite gundam show of all time Gundam 00)

This series is the reason why I made my first kitbashed gundam

The Sad Part is that the Julian Plot was actually expanded on Build Fighters Amazing and the whole Gunpla Academy Arc too

Try for me is my favourite season. But I can agree that is basically Goku main character trying out the game because his senpai was looking for new members for her club because she is being forced to close it down and join these other club that wants for not only her talent. But also her beauty.