Mobile Suit Gundam (Also known as Gundam 0079) is a ridiculously influential anime. It spawned the entire real robot genre and a franchise that has lasted for thirty five years and counting. It has sold ten model robots for every man, woman, and child in Japan today and is referenced regularly in every part of Japanese culture, from the military to the auto industry to the fire department to amusement parks. There is a goddamn eighteen meter tall Gundam Statue in Tokyo. Gundam is a truly absurdly influential work and it’s difficult to underestimate its influence.
And all of the above is a little awkward because, well, 0079 isn’t actually a good show.
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