 The RX-78-2 Gundam appeared in Steven Spielberg's film "Ready Player One" (2018), where one of the protagonists controls a full size Gundam replica during the climatic battle in a virtual reality environment, where it, and its ally The Iron Giant is used to battle the antagonist's Mechagodzilla.The Gundam was featured on the online series "Death Battle" and was pitted up against the Autobot leader Optimus Prime and lost due to the Autobot being more skilled, having far superior feats and better weapons.As part of the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam series, the company officially announced a project on March 11, 2009 called "Real-G" planning to build a 1