Despite being a major milestone for the Gundam Build sub-franchise, the new ONA is a low-effort montage of cameos and poorly disguised advertisements.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT October 2023 marked the online release of Gundam Build Metaverse, which, despite its place as an anniversary celebration, doesn't engender much cheer. The three episodes, available on the Gundaminfo YouTube channel, bring various characters from the Build sub-franchise together on one screen, but little else.
The Build series has always garnered fans for the parts of Gundam that exists outside the stories. With its 10-year anniversary, there was a good opportunity to show that self-awareness again. Sadly, it was wasted, and what viewers will be treated to is forgettable characters, forgettable scripts, and forgettable battles: a trifecta of letdowns.
"Fanservice" is the name of the game for the three episodes. The concept of all the previous Gundam Build sequels unifying into a canonical timeline had promise, but it mostly exists to brush anachronisms under the rug in the name of shout-outs. Continuity is absent, just a chance for Sunrise to showcase recognizable characters, purely for fanservice. Even Reiji, who makes an appearance in the last episode, merely says he can "somehow" appear exactly as he did originally.
Sunrise has for years tried to recreate the magic of the original Gundam Build Fighters, which was self-aware enough to not take itself seriously and affectionate enough of Gundam itself to win hearts. Yet to celebrate its milestone, the characters are told to shill merchandise, shouting their model names loudly, so buyers will know what to get, before flying into limply animated battle scenes.
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