[Geeky Introductions] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Okay so because I figured that this blog needs more content and also because some of my possible future readers might be left out on what the hell I'm talk about, here's a little something I call "Geeky Introductions", where I basically blog about any anime I recommend, be it ones that I'm currently watch or are very recent or some old-ass anime for back then. For this entry, I'll be introducing a currently-running anime that I'm watching and that many fans should probably know about by now. As said on the title of this post, it's Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. Don't worry, it's completely accessible for newcomers so you don't have to watch ALL the shows before.

So anyway, the story sets in PD323 in the Post-Disaster timeline. More than 300 years before the story, there was a great war known as the Calamity War, which saw combat between Earth and Mars. In the present, Earth has successfully terraformed and colonized Mar. However, despite the technological advancements, Mars' various nations still seek to gain independence from Earth.

Enter Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka. Both are a pair of orphans and child soldiers working for Chryse Guard Security (CGS), stationed at the Martian colony of Chryse. Hired to protect Kudelia Aina Bernstein, a leading figurehead in the movement to gain independence from Earth, CGS runs afowl of the paramilitary organization Gjallarhorn, who have been hired to assassinate Kudelia. When things look bleak, the adult members and higher-ups of CGS decide to secretly and use the orphans and human slave members as cannon fodder for their escape. In this instance, Orga decides to stage a coup against the adults and wage war against Gjallarhorn by having Mikazuki pilot the Gundam Barbatos, a powerful and highly-advanced mobile suit dating back from the Calamity War.

Anyway, episodes are being uploaded on Daisuki.net and GundamInfo (the official YouTube channel for Gundam), along with Hulu in the US and Crunchyroll so do go check them out on the following links. I highly recommend this anime, for not only the Gundam fans but also mecha anime fans AND regular anime fans too. Worth a watch.

So anyway, may I see you in the next blog post.

- Shu