Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-

Story

In an alternative version of the original Gundam universe (featuring giant robots, or mecha, with the name ‘Gundam’), Zeon Commander Char Aznable (voice of Shin Yuki) steals the RX-78-2 White Gundam from the Earth Federation and repaints it in his signature red colours, transforming it into the ‘Red Gundam’. The acquisition of the Gundam is history-altering, leading to a Zeon victory in the conflict. However, both Char and the Red Gundam go missing in the final battle and are presumed to have been lost.

Now, 5 years later, despite the end of the conflict, life hasn’t gotten easier for those living in the Zeon colonies. After crashing into a refugee named Nyaan (voice of Yui Ishikawa), high school student Amate Yuzuriha (voice of Tomoyo Kurosawa) is introduced to the underground world of Clan Battle. Amate ends up in possession of the Gundam mecha GQuuuuuuX and meets the current owner of the Red Gundam, Shuji Ito (voice of Shimba Tsuchiya). Together they team up and enter a Clan Battle with their mechas. Amate soon discovers the battles are to the death and she must work with Shuji to make it out alive.

Themes

Violence; death; war; crime

Violence

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- has some violence. For example:

Two Zeon soldiers use mecha suits to blow up Earth Federation infrastructure.
An Earth and a Zeon mecha fight, shooting bullets and beam cannons. They then fight close-up with beam swords, with one decapitating the other.
A mecha robot blows up another using a beam cannon.
Char crashes into a ship using the Red Gundam, breaking a compartment open and presumably causing the death of the people inside.
Zeon soldiers rig explosives inside an Earth Federation base before setting them off.
Nyaan is running from the police at a train station and crashes into Amate, smashing her phone.
A Clan Battle member brandishes a pistol.
A Zeon soldier operating the GQuuuuuuX Gundam battles Shuji, inside the Red Gundam, using various weaponry.
The shield of the Red Gundam nearly crushes Amate and Nyaan.
Police destroy buildings that are homes to refugees, while searching for the Red Gundam.
Amate and Shuji engage in a Clan Battle, where they are shot at with guns and beam cannons. Amate decapitates an opposing mecha with an axe.

Sexual references

There are no sexual references in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- has some substance use. For example, Char and another soldier drink red wine.

Nudity and sexual activity

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- has some nudity and sexual activity. For example:

Amate is shown taking a bath, however, only her shoulders and head are visible above the water.
While operating the GQuuuuuuX Gundam, Amate experiences an alternative dimension she dubs, ‘kira-kira’. While in this state she appears nude, however, no sexual features are drawn.

Product placement

There’s no product placement in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-.

Coarse language

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- has some coarse language.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is based on both an alternative version of events from the 1979 original Gundam movie and the first episodes of a current anime series of the same name. In the movie there’s little explanation of the Gundam universe, and viewers who are new to the franchise might find the movie confusing. That along with violence, themes and coarse language, mean the movie is best suited for teens. Parental guidance is recommended for children aged 11-13 years.

The main message from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is to fight for what you believe in.

Values in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- that you could reinforce with your children include courage, friendship and perseverance.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the real-life consequences of stealing.