There’s a lot I want to write about Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: The Beginning. It’s a film version of the early episodes of the upcoming anime TV series, and it carries an interesting pedigree as the first Gundam by Studio Khara of Rebuild of Evangelion fame. But I really don’t want to spoil anything, and this post is mainly to nudge people to avoid information and check it out themselves if they can.

What I will say is that GQuuuuuuX feels like it’s trying to appeal to every type of Gundam fan, and it might very well be capable of accomplishing this feat. Whether they’re old school diehards for Universal Century–style stories, newcomers who fell in love with The Witch from Mercury, or part of the crew that prefers alternate universes with quirky rules like G Gundam, there’s just a lot to chew on and enjoy. The way GQuuuuuuX incorporates these nods to the history of the franchise as a whole also stands out to me in a manner reminiscent of Anno Hideaki’s Shin movies (Shin Godzilla, Shin Kamen Rider, etc.).

So I recommend watching this, whether you’re a relative Gundam newbie or a longtime fan, and whether in movie format or the TV series coming in April (though one thing that’ll be missing from the latter is an insert song by hololive’s Hoshimachi Suisei). I hope to see you back here in a few months, where I’ll be ready to talk GQuuuuuuX again—just without holding back my thoughts.