Reminder Ready Player One has the first big screen appearance of Gundam in the West. There is a god and he hates all of us — WokeDudeBro (@WokeDudeBro) April 6, 2018 ...

Ready Player One is the first outing for a fully functional Mobile Suit, and RX-78-2 proves how intense a live-action Gundam adaptation would be if Hollywood could get its hands on a filming license.

Pop culture is religion in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, including anime.The new film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s 2011 sci-fi novel spotlights several hallmarks of the anime medium ...

Also, the eponymous Gundam from the original 1979 cartoon even made a cameo in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, proving that nostalgia for that series is very real and very marketable.

Steven Spielberg packed 'Ready Player One' with pop culture references to the 1970s and '80s. ... The giant robot RX-78-2 Gundam from the 1979 Japanese Mobile Suit Gundam series joins the battle, ...

Since the "Gundam" franchise is almost 40 years old, "Ready Player One’s" producers had plenty of candidates for a shout-out to the series, including the center-stage robots of several newer "Gundam" ...

The franchise inspired Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” and a specific Gundam robot was featured prominently in the climax of Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One.” Gundam continues ...

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News Ready Player One: How The Iron Giant’s Role Got Giant-Sized. We look at how the Iron Giant went from a passing cameo in the Ready Player One book to being a showcased favorite for Steven ...

To bring “Ready Player One” to (virtual) life, Futureverse, Cline and Farah have launched Readyverse Studios, a Los Angeles-based firm with about 30 employees.