There's a badass weasel in the next Gundam Build series

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I hope he’s the show’s main rival

It looks 2018 will bring us moreGundam Buildshows. So why am I leaving the“Fighters”part out of the title? Well, it turns out that the next anime about Gunpla battles shall be known asGundam Build Divers. Based on its prologue episode onGundamInfo, the fights take place in virtual reality.

With this new setting, we get treated to a group of characters fighting a team lead by a manly weasel who resembles a high-ranking Zeon soldier. Compare to the previousBuild Fightersstuff,Gundam AGEgot some love in BuildDiver’sprologue as we see a custom variant of the AGE II called Gundam AGE II Magnum. Interestingly, the unit will make an appearance inNewGundam Breaker, which serves as a second way to promote the kit.

If the series turns out to be good, thenAGE’scool units will get redeemed.Gundam Build Diverpremieres this Spring and the show’s protagonist, Riku, uses a kit called Gundam 00 Diver. As we wait for it to air, you can check out the 15-minute episode below, along with the information on the staff and voice actors.

Gundam Build DiversStaff and Cast

  • Planning:Sunrise (Escaflowne’sProduction,Cowboy Bebop’sAnimation Production)
  • Director:Shinya Watada (Gundam Build Fighters Try’sDirector,Gundam Thunderboltepisode 3’s Episode Director)
  • Series Composition:Noboru Kimura (Nyaruko: Crawling with Love’sSeries Composition,Solty Rei’sScript)
  • Character Design:Shuri Toida (Gundam Build Fighters Try Island WarsandMadoka Magicaepisode 2’s Key Animation)
  • Action Director:Masami Obari (Gundam Build Fighters:BattlogueandGravion’sDirector)
  • Chief Mecha Animator:Shinya Kusumegi (Gundam 00’sSecond Key Animation,Turn A Gundam: Moon Butterfly’sIn-Between Animation), Sakiko Uda (Code Geass R2’sIn-Between Animation andGintama’sKey Animation)
  • Mechanical Design:Kunio Okawara (Gundam WingandGaoGaiGar Final’sMechanical Designs), Kanetake Ebikawa (Full Metal Panic! Invisible VictoryandGundam 00’sMechanical Designs), Jyunichi Akutsu (Code GeassandCross Ange’sMecha Design), Jyunya Ishigaki (XenogearsandXenosagatrilogy’s Mechanical Design), Ippei Gyobu (Gundam Reconguista in GandGundam: Iron-Blooded Orphan’sMechanical Design), Kenji Teraoka (Final Fantasy: Legend of the CrystalsandYu Yu Hakusho’sKey Animation), Shinya Terashima (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the SkyOVA andSteins;Gateanime’s Finish Animation), Takayuki Yanase (Xenoblade Chronicles XandMetal Gear Solid 4’sMecha Designer), Naohiro Washio (Bodacious Space PiratesandFafner’sMechanical Design)
  • Music:Hideakira Kimura (CerberusandLance N’ Masque’sMusic)
  • Art:Studio Naya
  • Planning Cooperation:Bandai Hobby Division (Gundam Reconguista in GandGundam: Iron-Blooded Orphan’sCooperation)
  • Production Cooperation:ADK (One Piece’sProduction andGundam Build Fighters’Production Cooperation)
  • Production:TV Tokyo (Gurren Lagann’sBroadcaster,Tenchi Universe’sProduction), Sunrise, Sotsu (G-Gundam’sCo-Production,Outlaw Star’sProduction)
  • Riku Mikami:Yusuke Kobayashi (Food Wars’Zenji,Re:Zero’sSubaru)
  • Yukio Hidaka:Natsumi Fujiwara (Fire Emblem Heroes’Clarisse and Raigh)
  • Momoka Yashiro:Nene Hieda
  • Sera:Haruka Terui (Super Robot Wars V’sCharlotte,Croixleur Sigma’sKatarina)
  • Kyoya Kujo:Jun Kasama
  • Rommel:Sho Hayami (Macross’Maximillian Jenius,JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures: Stardust Crusaders’Vanilla Ice)

Overall, the staff forBuild Diverslooks great and we should be getting some great Mobile Suit designs as well. My only concern is that its quality might be equal toBuild Fighters Trysince its director is back. Not that it was a bad show, but it wasn’t as good as the originalBuild Fightersseries. If anything, I’ll look forward to seeing more of Rommel the weasel’s performance this Spring.

“Gundam Build Divers” TV Anime Dives into Battle in Spring of 2018 [Crunchyroll]