Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015) is a anime and action series from TBS. It has built a run of 50 episodes at roughly 25 minutes each. It premiered on October 4, 2015. Viewers rate it 8.1 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 2 seasons.
What Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Is About
Set in an all new Gundam timeline, the story of Iron-Blooded Orphans starts three hundred years after an event called the Calamity War between Earth and Mars. Humanity has since terraformed Mars but many of the now indigenous population want independence from Earth. It’s here our protagonists Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka come in. Part of a private security firm called CGS, Orga wants to break free and secure Martian independence but a terrorist group Gjallarhorn has other ideas. It’s here where Mikazuki makes the choice to pilot the ancient Gundam Barbatos and potentially help his friend Orga and Mars as a whole.
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 Kengo Kawanishi, Yoshimasa Hosoya and Yuka Terasaki to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Kengo Kawanishi, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yuka Terasaki, Yasuaki Takumi, Hisako Kanemoto and Natsuki Hanae lead the cast.
Key roles include Kengo Kawanishi as Augus Mikazuki; Yoshimasa Hosoya as Itsuka Orga; Yuka Terasaki as Kudelia Aina Bernstein; Yasuaki Takumi as Akihiro Altland; Hisako Kanemoto as Atra Mixta.
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 TBS’s other originals, a 8.1/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2015 and carried by TBS with the series still ended, it lands hardest with anime and action viewers.
How Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Compares
If Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 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
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans comes from TBS. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Kengo Kawanishi and Yoshimasa Hosoya doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its anime/action roots, It has held up since 2015 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 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 8.1/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 8.1/10. Watch it if you want anime/action you can settle into.
