Providing a new Gundam TV anime for North American anime fans to dive into, distributor Right Stuf Inc. and producer Sunrise Inc. have announced their upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of Gundam Build Fighters. This anime will be available on both formats simultaneously, starting August 2nd 2016.
Gundam Build Fighters features a script and series composition by Yosuke Kuroda, who has previously worked on shows including Hayate the Combat Butler!! and Tenchi Muyo! GXP. This series was also directed by Kenji Nagasaki, whose works also include Gunslinger Girl and My Hero Academia.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray sets will come with all 25 episodes of Gundam Build Fighters, and will come with a small compilation of on-disc extras including clean OP/ED sequences, a “Battle Selection” and promotional videos. The DVD set will set you back $59.99 USD, while the Blu-ray set is slightly more expensive at $74.99 USD. Irrespective of platform, you will be able to enjoy the episodes both with the original Japanese audio and a newly created English dub.
Gundam Build Fighters – Story Synopsis
The time is the near future. Years have passed since the 1980s, when “Gunpla” – plastic models based on the “Mobile Suit Gundam” animation – created a huge boom. Now, a new wave is sweeping the world, in what could be called a second Gunpla boom. Its popularity is driven by “Gunpla Battle”, in which assembled Gunpla can be controlled and made to fight. With the introduction of this revolutionary Battle System, its popularity has expanded to the point that a Gunpla Battle World Tournament is held each year.
The main character of the story, Sei Iori, is a young Gunpla builder who loves Gunpla and dreams of entering the Gunpla Battle World Tournament. As the only heir to a hobby shop, he has high Gunpla building abilities, but he doesn’t know how to control them in battle and is continually defeated in the opening rounds of tournaments. When he meets Reiji, a mysterious boy with superb Gunpla control skills, they team up to take on the World Tournament.
Sei, the Gunpla builder.
Reiji, the Gunpla fighter.
Sei builds, and Reiji battles.
They’re the Build Fighters everyone is talking about! Their goal is to enter the Gunpla Battle World Tournament – and win!
