But its story of five teenage boys sent to Earth in extremely powerful mechs is full of enough intrigue, skullduggery, and wild-ass robot fights to lure you into its weird, wonderful world full of birthday party death threats and giant robots doing righteous battle.
A staple of Toonami’s lineup, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is about as 90s as it gets, especially when it comes to the fashion. That’s weird to think about considering we all live on a clothing spectrum that ranges from “acceptable Zoom call athleisure” to “oops I just fell out of a laundry basket.” But its story of five teenage boys sent to Earth in extremely powerful mechs is full of enough intrigue, skullduggery, and wild-ass robot fights to lure you into its weird, wonderful world full of birthday party death threats and giant robots doing righteous battle. Plus, the theme song absolutely slaps. I listened to it on a midday walk around my neighborhood and it made me unreasonably pumped. ( Hulu)