History Anime / GundamBuildMetaverse

The series began streaming on Gundaminfo's Website/YouTube channel on October 5. You can watch Episode 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDZKvsOmKFY here]].

->''"A half-century has passed since the human race plunged into the vast world of the Net. That world has brought many changes to peoples' lives, and to the boundary between the virtual and the real. Gundam and Gunpla have been incorporated there, too. You can meet friends, talk about each other's works, and buy Gunpla. Share Gunpla building techniques, show off your models,and finally... enjoy the new form of interaction called Gunpla Battle. This virtual universe based on Gundam and Gunpla... is known as the Gundam Metaverse."''

** From ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'': Divers Riku, Momoka and Sarah, who were last seen in ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'', and Ayame, who was last seen in ''Gundam Build Divers Battlogue''.
** From ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'': Hiroto, who was also last seen in ''Divers Battlogue''.
* CanonWelding: The series fully combines the ''Fighters'' and ''Divers'' series, that previously appeared to be similar but disconnected continuities, making Metaverse an upgrade of the Gundam Battle Network MMO, and revealing various ''Fighters'' and ''Try'' characters like Tatsuya Yuuki and Fumina Hoshino exist in this universe and have moved on from playing the real life Gundam Battle to the MMO version.
* CharClone: Both Seria Urutsuki/Mask Lady and her evil counterpart are female variants of the trope due to them wears a goggle in their avatar forms. While Seria/Mask Lady takes the role of TheMentor to Rio is similar enough to Lady Kawaguchi's role towards Fumina, her evil counterpart serves as TheRival just like Char.

* RememberTheNewGuy: The show quickly establishes that Seria is acquaintances with Tatsuya Yuuki and team Build Fighters, despite her being nowhere to be seen in the ''Fighters'' and ''Divers'' shows.

In the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]], new technology has allowed Gundam plastic models, aka [[{{Portmanteau}} Gunpla]], to be scanned into a new version of a [[TheMetaverse Virtual Reality]] MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame now called Gundam Metaverse. In the game, players can control their models as HumongousMecha in various PvE and [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] competitions called Gunpla Battles.

In the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]], new technology has allowed Gundam plastic models, aka [[{{Portmanteau}} Gunpla]], to be scanned into a new version of a VirtualReality MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame now called Gundam Metaverse. In the game, players can control their models as HumongousMecha in various PvE and [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] competitions called Gunpla Battles.

* CharClone: Both Seria Urutsuki/Mask Lady and her evil counterpart are female variants of the trope due to them wears a goggle in their avatar forms. While Seria/Mask Lady role as mentor to Rio is similar enough to Lady Kawaguchi's role towards Fumina, her evil counterpart serves as TheRival just like Char.

* CharClone: Beria Urutsuki/Mask Lady and her evil counterpart are female variants of the trope due to them wears a goggle in their avatar forms. While Seria/Mask Lady role as mentor to Rio is similar enough to Lady Kawaguchi's role towards Fumina, her evil counterpart serves as TheRival just like Char.

Rio Hojo, a Japanese boy living in Hawaii has recently become interested Metaverse, taught about Gunpla by a local hobbyist named Seria Urutsuki and Gunpla Battles by a mysterious woman known only as "Mask Lady". After customizing an Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam into his very own "Lah Gundam", Rio seeks to explore the wider Metaverse community, and with Mask Lady's help Rio begins to cross paths with iconic battlers of the past. However, when a woman with a grudge against his teacher appears, Rio must fully prove himself as both a builder and battler...

* CanonWelding: The series fully combines the ''Fighters'' and ''Divers'' series, that previously appeared to be similar but disconnected continuities, making Metaverse an upgrade of the Gundam Build Network MMO, and revealing various ''Fighters'' and ''Try'' characters like Tatsuya Yuuki and Fumina Hoshino exist in this universe and have moved on from playing the real life Gundam Battle to the MMO version.

In the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future world]], new technology has allowed Gundam plastic models, aka [[{{Portmanteau}} Gunpla]], to be scanned into a new version of a VirtualReality MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame now called Gundam Metaverse. In the game, players can control their models as HumongousMecha in various PvE and [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] competitions called Gunpla Battles.

* FunWithHomophones: Ayame has a custom female {{ninja}} themed SD Gundam F91 called the F-Kunoichi Kai. In Japanese "F-Kunoichi" is written as F-9ノ1, but has the same pronunciation as くノ一, the word for a female ninja.

Rio Hojo, a Japanese boy living in Hawaii has recently become interested Metaverse, taught about Gunpla by a local hobbyist named Seria Urutsuki and Gunpla Battles by a mysterious woman known only as "Mask Lady". After customizing an Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam into his very own "Lah Gundam", Rio seeks to explore the wider Metaverse community, and with Mask Lady's help beings to cross paths with iconic battlers of the past... and prove himself against a woman from Mask Lady's past with a grudge against his teacher.

In the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future world]], new technology has allowed Gundam plastic models, aka [[{{Portmanteau}} Gunpla]], to be scanned into a new version of a VirtualReality MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame now called Gundam Metaverse. In the game, players can control their models as HumongousMecha in various PvE and PvP competitions called Gunpla Battles.

* StatusQuoIsGod: The majority of the ''Fighters'', ''Try'', and ''Divers'' casts have all returned to their original character designs from their original shows in the Gundam Metaverse MMO. For instance, Sarah and Momoko have all returned to their younger ''Divers'' avatars despite having had changed them by the time of ''Re:RISE''. Only Fumina Hoshino has an all new design for her avatar, and Tatsuya Yuuki only uses his second Meijin design as an avatar.

Rio Hojo, a Japanese boy living in Hawaii, is drawn into the world of Gunpla by a local hobbyist named Seria Urutsuki. Customizing an Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam into his very own "Lah Gundam", Rio is brought into a brand new online metaverse space, where he encounters a mysterious woman known only as "Mask Lady", who guides him in the art of Gunpla Battle, setting him up to battle iconic battlers of the past...

* SelfDuplication: The F-Kunoichi Kai has the "Ayame Special Technique: Scramble Maneuver", which splits up the suit into three, each one donning the helmet and gear of the three iconic SD Gundams - Commander, Musha and Knight.

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** Tatsuya has upgraded to an Amazing Barbatos Lupus, which takes the Barbatos and adds some of the gimmicks from his previous Amazing Exia with a color scheme similar to Amazing Red Warrior.

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The series began streaming on Gundaminfo's Website/YouTube channel on October 5. See the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90yloBeenA&ab_channel=GundamInfo here]].

** Sekai pilots the Shin Burning Gundam, a further refinement of the old Kamiki Burning Gundam.

Rio Hojo, a Japanese boy living in Hawaii, is drawn into the world of Gunpla by a local hobbyist named Seria Urutsuki. Customizing an Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam into his very own "Lal Gundam", Rio is brought into a brand new online metaverse space, where he encounters a mysterious woman known only as "Mask Lady", who guides him in the art of Gunpla Battle, setting him up to battle iconic battlers of the past...

** Sekai pilots the Shin Burning Gundam, a further refinement of the old Build Burning Gundam.

The series is set to stream on Gundaminfo's Website/YouTube channel on October 5. See the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90yloBeenA&ab_channel=GundamInfo here]].

* TheBusCameBack: The series sees, as of this writing, six iconic characters from previous ''Gundam Build'' series return.
** From ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'': Sei Iori, who was last seen in ''Gundam Build Fighters Battlogue''.

** From ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'': Diver Riku, who was last seen in ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'', and Diver Ayame, who was last seen in ''Gundam Build Divers Battlogue''.
** From ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'': Diver Hiroto, who was also last seen in ''Divers Battlogue''.

** Hiroto pilots the Core Gundam II+, an enhanced version of the Core Gundam II. He also has the Pluto Armor, created from Ecopla, which can combine and form the Plutine Gundam.