Are we on the cusp of a
Gundam revival here in the US? The giant mecha craze was a very popular anime genre in the late 90s and early 2000's but died down in recent years. However, Adult Swim's Toonami block is betting that a standout show from the Fall 2015 anime season.
Kidō Senshi Gandamu Tekketsu no Orufenzu or
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orpahns enjoyed a 25 episode run that currently has a
7.96/10 score from 44,851 members of MAL. A second season was recently confirmed to begin airing during the Fall 2016 anime season.
Roughly 300 years have passed since the end of the great conflict known as the "Calamity War." The Earth Sphere had lost its previous governing structure, and a new world was created under new systems of government. While a temporary peace had arrived, the seeds of a new conflict were being sown in the Mars Sphere, far away from Earth. Our hero, a boy named Mikazuki Augus, belongs to a private security company called Chryse Guard Security (CGS). The company accepts a mission to escort Kudelia Aina Bernstein, a girl who seeks to liberate the Martian city of Chryse from the rule of one of Earth's major powers. However, the military organization Gjallarhorn attacks CGS in order to nip this rebellion in the bud. CGS begins an evacuation, using Mikazuki and the other children as decoys. Orga Itsuka, the leader of the boys, decides to take this opportunity to rise up in revolt and launch a coup d'état against the adults who have been oppressing them. He gives Mikazuki the task of repulsing Gjallarhorn, and Mikazuki enters battle using the Gundam Barbatos, a mobile suit from the Calamity War era which has been serving as CGS's power source.