For the second year in a row, the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise has had a presence at the annual Sapporo Snow Festival. This year, its contribution continues the franchise’s 45th anniversary celebration, uniting the first and latest series in one sculpture.The five-meter-high snow sculpture depicts the heads of the RX-78-2 (Amuro Ray’s Gundam from the original series) and the gMS-Ω GQuuuuuuX (Machu’s unit from the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX).
Last year’s equally impressive snow sculpture depicted Rising Freedom from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM.The Sapporo Snow Festival will run until February 11.Meanwhile, you can enjoy the history of the Gundam franchise by watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam right here on Crunchyroll! Here’s the official description:
Universal Century 0079. The rebel space colonies of the Principality of Zeon launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation, using humanoid fighting vehicles called mobile suits to overwhelm the Federation Forces and conquer half of Earth’s surface. Months later, the Federation has finally developed its own prototype mobile suits at a remote space colony. But when the colony suffers a Zeon surprise attack, these new weapons fall into the hands of a motley crew of civilians and cadets. Fate places a youth named Amuro Ray at the controls of the white mobile suit Gundam…
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