However, Sunrise sequels are quite infamous for never being quite as good as the work that preceded them and I’m sorry to say NT doesn’t really break that pattern. Ultimately it’s not too surprising that Unicorn’s success would net it a sequel, especially given how now the Bandai family of companies are focused on long term franchise development with successful properties. Jona has his own motivations for agreeing to this, concerning a dark secret linking him, Michele and a girl named Rita… When the Phenex re-emerges in the depths of space, she recruits her childhood friend Jona to pilot the Narrative Gundam, a makeshift copy of the Unicorns in an attempt to capture the real thing. With one of those abilities possibly extending to mastery of time and space, their power becomes desirable to Luio & Co heiress Michele, who wants the power to save her dying adoptive father. The incredible abilities both the Unicorn and Banshee displayed in their final battle has led to a fearful humanity to deconstruct them. Picking up one year after the events of the 7-episode OVA, NT focuses on the pursuit of the Phenex, a third Unicorn-model Gundam that was created in spin-off works due to the success the animated project was enjoying. An animated adaptation of the pre-war chapters of The Origin would follow soon after but sadly doesn’t seem to have had the sheer success of the previous project, so Sunrise and Bandai have returned to the Unicorn well for the sequel movie Gundam NT (Narrative). Surprising as it may seem, it’s now been half a decade since the animated adaptation of Gundam Unicorn came to an end.

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