Gundam Evolve (2001)

Name: Gundam Evolve
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Science Fiction, War & Politics
Released: 2001-08-13

1h 45m

Running Time

August 13, 2001
Release Date

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Plot.

A series of short films packaged with certain model kits and aired at conventions, the Gundam Evolve series chronicles a number of side-stories, alternative scenes, and even bonus omake from all around the Gundam canon. Featuring a mix of animation media—from traditional cels to 3-D CG rendering to even cel-shaded 2-D animation—these often 5–8 minute shorts cover such events as Domon Kasshu's training (and a bit of a romantic tift with Rain Mikamura) from G Gundam, Amuro Ray battling Quess Paraya from Char's Counterattack, Kamille Bidan training in the Gundam Mk.II from Zeta Gundam, and Canard Pars dueling Prayer Reverie from the Gundam SEED X Astray manga.

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Cast & Crew.

Shuichi Ikeda

Hikaru Midorikawa

Toru Furuya

Tomokazu Seki

Masaki Kitamura

Storyboard Artist / Director

Ryukou Masuo

Director

Shinya Horii

Director

Yasuaki Matsuki

Director

Yoshiyuki Tomino

Original Story / Story

Shuko Murase

Director / Story

Details.

Release Date
August 13, 2001

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 45m

Genres
Animation Action Comedy Science Fiction War & Politics

Last updated: 2024-12-25

Wiki.

Gundam Evolve (ガンダムEVOLVE, Gandamu Iborubu), also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve, is a series of promotional short films set in the different timelines of the Gundam series. Originally there were only five Evolve episodes, produced from 2001 to 2003, Bandai created ten more Evolve episodes from 2004 to 2007. While the first two episodes took place in the Universal Century, some of the later clips also showed Gundams from the other timelines.

The clips show alternative scenes, side-stories or omakes for fans. The clips feature a mix of animation media which vary from traditional animation to 3D rendering to cel-shaded animation. The target is to show the Gundams and other mobile suits in high-quality CGI. A total of 15 shorts were released and later compiled in three separate volumes, namely Gundam Evolve ../+ ("Plus"), Gundam Evolve ../Ω ("Omega") and Gundam Evolve ../Α ("Alpha"). Each volume consists of 5 episodes.

The logo features a battered Core Fighter floating upside down, as seen on the final episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series.