The story is set in U.C. 0096. Once again, we’re back to the Universal Century, where the story continues three years after the events from Char’s Counterattack. The first episode to this series tells us a lot about the background of the Vist Foundation and how it is related to the Earth Federation and Anaheim Electronics. With the aim of creating a brand new world, the leader of the Foundation attempts to hand over Laplace’s Box to the Neo Zeon remnants known as Sleeves. The exchange happens to be at colony named “Industrial 7″ and is the home of the main character, Banagher Links. As a student in Anaheim, he clearly shows Newtype abilities and similarity to previous protagonists in the UC Gundam series. Banagher gets tied-up in the situation with Laplace’s Box after meeting Audrey Burne.
Gundam Unicorn is probably made more for fans of the U.C. Gundam series but I doubt it will stop anyone from enjoying it. There were only some instances which could really be understood from knowing the background of the U.C. events. Other than that, the animation is in high definition, no different from the quality of Gundam 00 but it gives of a very nostalgic feeling, maybe because of the closer stylization to the Zeta Gundam series. The quality of the battle scenes were superb especially the ones showing the strength of Kshatriya against the Jegan and ReZel units. We also get to see Haro once again!
Despite having only six episodes in this anime adaptation, I’m looking forward to see more battle scenes and how the story unfolds in the next episode, titled “The Red Comet”.
Gundam Unicorn is now available on the Sony PlayStation Network (Japan Store) Gundam Unicorn is also scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc You can order your copy of the Exclusive Amazon Blu-Ray Gundam Unicorn
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