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** During Newt's first Drift, there's a ''bellows cramp'' behind him automatically pumping itself for whatever reason.

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The 2018 sequel is ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' with Creator/JohnBoyega and Creator/ScottEastwood taking over as lead characters. Del Toro passed on directing responsibilities to Steven S. [=DeKnight=] (showrunner on ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' and ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'') while remaining a producer. On November 8, 2018, Netflix announced an original animated series that will expand upon the story of the first two live-action movies, titled ''Anime/PacificRimTheBlack''.

[[folder:Other media includes:]]

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* ''ComicBook/PacificRimTalesFromYearZero'' (2013)
* ''Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift'' (2015-2016)
* ''Pacific Rim: Aftermath'' (2018)
* ''Pacific Rim: Blackout'' (2022)

[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Pacific Rim: The Official Movie Novelization'' (2013)
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: Ascension'' (2018)
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: PPDC Jaeger Pilot Dossier'' (2018) - InUniverse handbook.
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: Official Novelization'' (2018)
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: The Junior Novel'' (2018)

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''Pacific Rim TabletopGame/HeroClix: Mini-Game'' (2013)
* ''Pacific Rim: Extinction'' (2018) - A miniature {{Wargame}} produced by River Horse.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''Pacific Rim: Kaiju Battle ''(2013) - A browser game by Qualcomm.
* ''Pacific Rim: Jaeger Combat Simulator'' (2013) - A browser game by Qualcomm.
* ''Pacific Rim: The Video Game'' (2013) - A FightingGame developed and published by Yuke's for Platform/XboxLiveArcade, Platform/PlayStationNetwork, and PC.
* ''Pacific Rim: The Mobile Game'' (2013) - A FightingGame by Reliance Games for mobile devices.
* ''Pacific Rim: Breach Wars'' (2018)

[[AC:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/PacificRimAmara'' (2018)

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The 2018 sequel is ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' with Creator/JohnBoyega and Creator/ScottEastwood taking over as lead characters. Del Toro passed on directing responsibilities to Steven S. [=DeKnight=] (showrunner on ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' and ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'') while remaining a producer. On November 8, 2018, Netflix announced an original animated series that will expand upon the story of the first two live-action movies, titled ''Anime/PacificRimTheBlack''.

[[folder:Other media includes:]]

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* ''ComicBook/PacificRimTalesFromYearZero'' (2013)
* ''Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift'' (2015-2016)
* ''Pacific Rim: Aftermath'' (2018)
* ''Pacific Rim: Blackout'' (2022)

[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Pacific Rim:
The Official Movie Novelization'' (2013)
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: Ascension'' (2018)
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: PPDC Jaeger Pilot Dossier'' (2018) - InUniverse handbook.
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: Official Novelization'' (2018)
* ''Pacific Rim Uprising: The Junior Novel'' (2018)

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''Pacific Rim TabletopGame/HeroClix: Mini-Game'' (2013)
* ''Pacific Rim: Extinction'' (2018) - A miniature {{Wargame}} produced by River Horse.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''Pacific Rim: Kaiju Battle ''(2013) - A browser game by Qualcomm.
* ''Pacific Rim: Jaeger Combat Simulator'' (2013) - A browser game by Qualcomm.
* ''Pacific Rim: The Video Game'' (2013) - A FightingGame developed and published by Yuke's for Platform/XboxLiveArcade, Platform/PlayStationNetwork, and PC.
* ''Pacific Rim: The Mobile Game'' (2013) - A FightingGame by Reliance Games for mobile devices.
* ''Pacific Rim: Breach Wars'' (2018)

[[AC:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/PacificRimAmara'' (2018)

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films also spawned various other media, a listing of which can be found [[Franchise/PacificRim here]].
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** '''Family'''. All of the regular Jaeger pilot teams we see, barring Raleigh and Mako, are related in one way or another, and there's a recurring theme of surrogate family members. Even the Kaiju, in an odd sort of way, are related to each other, [[spoiler:despite being genetically-engineered bioweapons. One is even pregnant.]]

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** '''Family'''. All of the regular Jaeger pilot teams we see, barring Raleigh and Mako, are related in one way or another, another[[note]]justified, as pre-existing connections with the other pilot makes for a better drift connection, and thus a better fighting machine[[/note]], and there's a recurring theme of surrogate family members. Even the Kaiju, in an odd sort of way, are related to each other, [[spoiler:despite being genetically-engineered bioweapons. One is even pregnant.]]
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** The Kaiju are ranked by category, from Category 1 (easily trounced by Jaegers) to Category 5 (virtually unstoppable). This is the same way that RealLife hurricanes and tornadoes are rated, playing up how Kaiju assaults are more like natural disasters than creature-attacks. This is {{lampshaded}} by Raleigh at the beginning of the movie:

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** The Kaiju are ranked by category, from Category 1 (easily trounced by Jaegers) (very defeatable) to Category 5 (virtually unstoppable). This is the same way that RealLife hurricanes and tornadoes are rated, playing up how Kaiju assaults are more like closer to natural disasters than creature-attacks.animal attacks. This is {{lampshaded}} by Raleigh at the beginning of the movie:
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Creator/RonPerlman is Hannibal Chau (justified in story that he picked the name himself).

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Creator/RonPerlman is Hannibal Chau (justified in story that he picked the name himself). Creator/IdrisElba plays Stacker Pentecost, which is less justified.
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** Michael Mirasol of Creator/RogerEbert's [[http://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/a-defense-of-pacific-rim-along-with-other-reflections Far Flung Correspondents]] characterizes the film as the antithesis of Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/Transformers2007'', with the absence of vulgar humor and greater respect for the mechas, portraying them as elegant rather than merely awesome.

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** Michael Mirasol of Creator/RogerEbert's [[http://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/a-defense-of-pacific-rim-along-with-other-reflections Far Flung Correspondents]] characterizes the film as the antithesis of Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/Transformers2007'', ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'', with the absence of vulgar humor and greater respect for the mechas, portraying them as elegant rather than merely awesome.

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