History Anime / ModelSuitGunplaBuildersBeginningG

{{Gundam}} has always been about war, what causes it, and human evolution. [[MerchandiseDriven But it has also been about model kits]]. In Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G, war is completely ignored and the models become the focus; celebrating thirty years worth of plastic kit building.

* TheAbridgedSeries: So far only 1 episode was made by Gutted Wren Studios, the creators of ''MobileSuitGundam'' [[GundamAbridged Abridged]].

* TheCameo: A few lesser known suits pop up in this namely the [[MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Red Frame]] which only has a few seconds of screen time before it's carved up by [[ZetaGundam The O]].

* [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix And Match Gunpla]]: Super Custom Zaku F2000 was [[{{Gundam0083}} Zaku Type F2]] with extra armor and armed with equipments from other Zaku II kits. Many more are appear in ''D'' and ''J''.

* ShoutOut: The last scenario in Episode 2, where Boris is creating an upgrade kit for Haru's Beginner, is a direct ShoutOut to Char's intentional leakage of Psycho Frame to Amuro and his Nu Gundam in ''CharsCounterattack''.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Saki Mishima of ''Gunpla Builder D'' always dressed in ElegantGothicLolita costume and she's a gunpla builder. When entering a Gunpla Battle, Saki switches her contact lens from [[EyesOfGold usual gold]] to red, just to emulate the RedEyesTakeWarning trope. In the 7th chapter, she switches her costume to a [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam mobile trace suit]].

The series is a three episode OVA of episodes consisting of fifteen minutes each. It can either be seen as a crass marketing ploy that cuts out the WarIsHell middleman or a cute little show about the culture that has kept Gundam going for thirty years - which seeing as its meant to celebrate the models - not the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam series]], the latter would the optimal mindset to enjoy it. Either way you can view it online [[http://en.gundam.info/movie/detail/139 here]]. It also spawn two sidestories manga ''Gunpla Builders Beginning D'' and ''Gunpla Builders Beginning J''.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Saki Mishima of ''Gunpla Builder D'' alway dress in ElegantGothicLolita costume and she's gunpla builder. When enter Gunpla Battle, Saki switch her contact lens from [[EyesOfGold usual gold]] to red, just to emulate RedEyesTakeWarning trope. In 7th chapter, she switch her costume to [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam mobile trace suit]].
** [[{{Meganekko}} Figlia Contini]] from ''Gunpla Builder J'' walk around in military officer costume, keep in mind that she's just OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.

* FieryRedHead, HotBloodedSideburns: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110923182302/gundam/images/5/5f/Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj2.jpg Takeru Nekki]] from ''Gunpla Builder J'' has them both. And [[HotBlooded true to them]], his Gunpla modification is more crazy than Haru and Shingo. His vanilla Beginning Gundam is armed with giant RocketPunch. When upgrade it to Beginning J, he replace the beam sabers with {{BFS}} taken from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Sword Impulse]] and later, turn it into centuar-like using MechanicalHorse from Anime/MobileFighterGGundam, with BadassCape taken from Master Gundam.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Figlia Contini's Akatsuki Corleone in ''Gunpla Builder J'' is based on Film/TheGodfather because she's 1 of the fan.

* ShoutOut: The last scenario in Episode 2, where Boris is creating an upgrade kit for Haru's Beginner, is a direct ShoutOut to Char's intentional leakage of Psycho Frame to Amruo and his Nu Gundam in ''CharsCounterattack''.

* SplitPersonality: Tatsu Shimano is NiceGuy and also being one who teach Haru and Kenta about gunpla modification, he become AxCrazy in Gunpla Battle though. Interesting enough, his main tactic is "using MacrossMissileMassacre to lure enemy upclose, then finish them with melee attack" which also used by another character with SplitPersonality in Anime/AfterWarGundamX.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Haru, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow matched with his]] [[BlueEyes eye color]].

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Inversion. Kenta's white Sazabi is just a PaletteSwap, but if you also build gunpla and ever tried to paint the red Sazabi into Kenta's white, then you know it's truly amazing paintjob.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Figlia Contini's Akatsuki Corleone in ''Gunpla Builder J'' is based on TheGodfather because she's 1 of the fan.

* [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix And Match Gunpla]]: Many Gunpla from these titles are built using parts from different kits.

* FieryRedHead, HotBloodedSideburns: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110923182302/gundam/images/5/5f/Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj2.jpg Takeru Nekki]] from ''Gunpla Builder J'' has them both. And [[HotBlooded true to them]], his Gunpla modification is more crazy than Haru and Shingo. His vanilla Beginning Gundam is armed with giant RocketPunch. When upgrade it to Beginning J, he replace the beam sabers with {{BFS}} taken from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Sword Impulse]] and later, turn it into centuar-like using MechanicalHorse from Anime/MobileFighterGGundam, with CoolCape taken from [[MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Crossbone Gundam Full Cloth]].

* FieryRedHead, HotBloodedSideburns: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110923182302/gundam/images/5/5f/Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj2.jpg Takeru Nekki]] from ''Gunpla Builder J'' has them both. And [[HotBlooded true to them]], his Gunpla modification is more crazy than Haru and Shingo. His vanilla Beginning Gundam is armed with giant RocketPunch. When upgrade it to Beginning J, he replace the beam sabers with {{BFS}} taken from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Sword Impulse]].

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Saki Mishima of ''Gunpla Builder D'' alway dress in ElegantGothicLolita costume and she's gunpla builder. When enter Gunpla Battle, Saki switch her contact lens from [[EyesOfGold usual gold]] to red, just to emulate RedEyesTakeWarning trope.
** [[{{Meganekko}} Figlia Contini]] from ''Gunpla Builder J'' walk around in military officer costume, keep in mind that she's just high schooler.
* TheCameo: A few lesser known suits pop up in this namely the [[MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Red Frame]] which only has a few seconds of screen time before it's carved up by [[ZetaGundam The O]]

** Figlia Contini from ''Gunpla Builder J'' walk around in military officer costume, keep in mind taht she's just high schooler.

* PaletteSwap: Kenta's White Hyaku Shiki and Sazabi and Kouji's Nu-Colored Hi-Nu Gundam are custom colored versions of the said 3 mobile suits.

** Figlia Contini from ''Gunpla Builder D'' walk around in military costume.

* FieryRedHead, HotBloodedSideburns: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110923182302/gundam/images/5/5f/Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj2.jpg Takeru Nekki]] from ''Gunpla Builder J'' has them both.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Figlia Contini's Akatsuki Corleone in ''Gunpla Builder J'' is based on TheGodFather because she's 1 of the fan.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Figlia Contini's Akatsuki Corleone in ''Gunpla Builder J'' is based on GodFather because she's 1 of the fan.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Saki Mishima of ''Gunpla Builder D'' alway dress in ElegantGothicLolita costume and she's gunpla builder. When enter Gunpla Battle, Saki switch her contact lens from usual gold to red, just to emulate RedEyesTakeWarning trope.

The story starts when Haru Irei goes to see the Odaiba Gundam with his father. When he decides he wants to build a model kit, he fails to pick up the last [[MobileSuitGundam RX-78]] and instead stumbles upon a rare model kit; the Beginning Gundam. Upon completing it, he starts to play in the Gunpla Battle video game where his model is scanned into a computer so he can actually pilot it against other model kits. In one of these battles he meets the mysterious Boris Schauer, who shows him how deep the world of Gunpla can get.

The series is a three episode OVA of episodes consisting of fifteen minutes each. It can either be seen as a crass marketing ploy that cuts out the WarIsHell middleman or a cute little show about the culture that has kept Gundam going for thirty years - which seeing as its meant to celebrate the models - not the [[MobileSuitGundam series]], the latter would the optimal mindset to enjoy it. Either way you can view it online [[http://en.gundam.info/movie/detail/139 here]]. It also spawn two sidestories manga ''Gunpla Builders Beginning D'' and ''Gunpla Builders Beginning J''.

* CharClone: Boris Schauer. One may argue that he might just be a cosplaying Char fanboy, but he still serves a similar role, being StealthMentor, and later TheRival to Haru. Oh, and he gets around riding CoolHorse, just like [[MobileSuitGundam Char]].

* SplitPersonality: Tatsu Shimano is NiceGuy and also being one who teach Haru and Kenta about gunpla modification, he become AxCrazy in Gunpla Battle though. Interesting enough, his main tactic is "using MacrossMissileMassacre to lure enemy upclose, then finish them with melee attack" which also used by another character with SplitPersonality in AfterWarGundamX.

Also, 2 of the OVA's units, Beginning 30 Gundam and Forever Gundam, will represent the series in the upcoming PS3 version of ''[[GundamVsSeries Gundam Extreme VS.]]''