Mobile Suit Gundam - April 7, 1979
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English - April 07, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Premiering on this day in 1979, Mobile Suit Gundam was the birth of a special kind of Japanese giant robot genre. An ordinary kid finds a giant prototype robot suit and ends up as Earth's protector - then launched sequels and toy lines that flourish to this day!
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