Gundam Build Fighters
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Gundam Build Fighters (2013) is a anime and action series from TV Asahi. It has built a run of 50 episodes at roughly 25 minutes each. It premiered on October 7, 2013. Viewers rate it 7.6 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 2 seasons.
What Gundam Build Fighters Is About
The story of Gundam Build Fighters Try is set 7 years after the end of the 1st series. Now Seiho Academy’s Gunpla Battle Club has only one member, Hoshino Fumina, who is a third grade student in junior high. As the president of the club, she needs two more members to participate in the upcoming All-Japan Gunpla Battle Championships. One day she encounters a transfer student named Kamiki Sekai, who has traveled around for Kenpo training with his master. Then joining by a young Gunpla builder Kousaka Yuuma, their challenge to the Gunpla Battle begins…
What to Expect When You Watch
Episodes run about 25 minutes, which keeps the pace tight, the full run covers 50 episodes, spread across 2 seasons and it leans into its anime/action roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Kokido Kishida, Takuya Sato and Chiwa Saito to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Kokido Kishida, Takuya Sato, Chiwa Saito, Kenji Nojima, Kanae Ito and Yuki Kaji lead the cast.
Key roles include Kokido Kishida as Sei Iori (voice, JP); Takuya Sato as Reiji (voice, JP); Chiwa Saito as China Kousaka (voice, JP); Kenji Nojima as Ricardo Fellini (voice, JP); Kanae Ito as Aila Jyrkiainen (voice, JP).
Why It Stands Out
Fans of anime, action and science-fiction have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside TV Asahi’s other originals, a 7.6/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2013 and carried by TV Asahi with the series still ended, it lands hardest with anime and action viewers.
How Gundam Build Fighters Compares
If Gundam Build Fighters lands for you, the next stops are Death Note, Attack on Titan and Hunter x Hunter, which share its anime/action lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Gundam Build Fighters comes from TV Asahi. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Gundam Build Fighters is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Kokido Kishida and Takuya Sato doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its anime/action roots, It has held up since 2013 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Gundam Build Fighters is a safe bet for anyone already inside the anime and action lane, at 50 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7.6/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.6/10. Watch it if you want anime/action you can settle into.
