The Gundam GQuuuuuuX Timeline, Explained

After the massive success of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, the franchise releases a new TV Series in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. This series is special in a way never before seen, as this series is actually produced by Studio Khara, the same studio behind the Rebuild of Evangelion movies. As well as directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and written by Hideaki Anno, the director and writer of Evangelion. This will be the first official collaboration between Gundam and the Evangelion crew creating a new piece of Gundam media together.

The first three episodes of the series were released as a movie in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2025, and with it, details of the setting and timeline within the Gundam universe have been revealed, as well as information thanks to the official Gundam GQuuuuuuX Gunpla model kit. Here’s what you need to know about the setting and timeline of the new Gundam series created by the Evangelion studio.

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An Alternate Path For The Universal Century

A Completely Different Outcome

Gundam GQuuuuuuX takes place in the Universal Century or at least an alternate reality to the one seen in the classic Mobile Suit Gundam 0079. In this timeline, shortly after the Earth Federation completes their Gundam prototype and the Gundam RX-78-02, an assault team led by the Red Comet, Char Aznable, infiltrates Side 7 and successfully steals the Gundam. Char is intercepted by the RX-78-01 prototype but successfully defeats it. Taking the Gundam with him back to base. Zeon engineers promptly analyze and study the Gundam until they successfully manage to reverse engineer it. Leading Zeon to scrap plans for a Mobile Armor unit using the Psycommu system and instead mass-produce Gundam. They also mass-produced the powerful Mobile Armor, the Big Zam.

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The Federation continues the development of the Guncannon. Using technology from the Gundam, they create a new mobile suit more powerful than the Guncannon but still much less effective than the original Gundam, called the Guncannon Light. The war between the Earth Federation and Zeon rages on as the Federation successfully captures the space fortress of Solomon. They prepare to launch Solomon into Granada, a valuable Zeon asset, similar to how Zeon dropped the space colony onto Earth. Char Aznable, who has now been fitted with a repainted and re-armed Gundam, now named the Red Gundam, battles to prevent Solomon from dropping onto Granada.

He miraculously succeeds by causing an event called The Zeknova by resonating his Newtype powers with the Gundam’s Psycommu system. An event that veteran Gundam fans would immediately be reminded of the Axis Shock from Char’s Counterattack. While Char is successful at preventing the Solomon drop, the event causes him and the Red Gundam to vanish into thin air, completely missing in action. After this monumental defeat, the Federation calls for Zeon to resume peace negotiations and, on January 3, exactly one year after the start of the war, the One-Year War concludes with the decisive victory of the Principality of Zeon.

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.Much later mobile suits clan battles are established and a young girl living a peaceful life called Amate Yuzuriha is involved in them, piloting the titular Gundam GQuuuuuuX. Here is what you need to know about the difference between this new series’ Universal Century with the original Universal Century established across decades of the Gundam franchise. By having Char successfully steal the Gundam, which eventually leads to Zeon winning the One-Year War and completely changing the landscape of the world. Gundam GQuuuuuuX will also be the second TV series to feature a female protagonist, and it also comes right after the previous one with such a privilege, namely The Witch From Mercury.

According to official sources, The Witch From Mercury and this new series were developed almost simultaneously and the partnership with studio Khara goes back to a connection formed during the production of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Gundam GQuuuuuuX is sure to surprise Gundam fans and bring a breath of fresh air to the franchise by having an interesting setting and being almost entirely produced by the Evangelion team.

Mobile Suit Gundam

Release Date

1979 – 1979

Network

Nagoya TV

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  Hirotaka Suzuoki

  Gihren Zabi (voice)

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  Tôru Furuya

  Degwin Sodo Zabi (voice)

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  Toshio Furukawa

  M’Quve (voice)

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  Kiyonobu Suzuki

  Hayato Kobayashi (voice)