Gundam Build Fighters

Gundam Build Fighters (ガンダムビルドファイターズ, Gandamu Birudo Faitāzu) is a 2013 Japanese sci-fi anime series based on the Gundam series, focusing on the Gundam model (Gunpla) aspect of the franchise. The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on July 2, 2013, during the series' live press conference as part of Gundam's 35th Anniversary in 2014. It premiered on TXN stations in Japan and on YouTube in limited international markets on October 7, 2013. One manga adaptation and two photonovels were also announced by Sunrise, and currently running on Gundam Ace, (Gundam Build Fighters Amazing), Hobby Japan (Gundam Build Fighters Honno), and Dengeki Hobby Magazine (Gundam Build Fighter Document) magazines. Later on August 25, 2017, the series is followed by an ONA titled Gundam Build Fighters: GM's Counterattack (ガンダムビルドファイターズ GMの逆襲, Gandamu Birudo Faitāzu GM no Gyakushū) which bridges the storyline to the next sequel of the series.

In 2014, the next sequel, Gundam Build Fighters Try (ガンダムビルドファイターズトライ, Gandamu Birudo Faitāzu Torai) was aired after its predecessor. A novel spin-off is currently running in Hobby Japan starting in December 2014. A TV special sequel entitled Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars (ガンダムビルドファイターズトライ アイランド・ウォーズ, Gandamu Birudo Faitāzu Torai Airando Wōzu) aired on August 21, 2016. As extra, Sunrise streamed a series of approximately 11-minute episodes, called Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue (ガンダムビルドファイターズ バトローグ, Gandamu Birudo Faitāzu Batoroggu)

Build Fighters
Back in the 1980s, the success of the series Mobile Suit Gundam resulted in an economic boom due to sales of the Gundam model kits, hence dubbed the Gunpla Boom. Years later, with the success of the second Gunpla Boom, special tournaments called Gunpla Battles are established throughout the world to see which customized Gunpla and its builder are the best where they culminate in an annual global tournament. Sei Iori, a young Gunpla Builder dreams of becoming the best Gunpla Fighter and someday become as good as his father. While his building talents are well-honed, his weak piloting abilities held him to a series of first-round losses. But one day, he meets a strange boy named Reiji, who helps him out by giving Sei a jewel, that allows Reiji to come to Sei's aid if wished enough. Together, both of them will tackle the world of Gunpla Battle and compete in the tournament using Sei's customized Gunpla, the GAT-X105B Build Strike Gundam.

Build Fighters: GM's Counterattack
Four years have passed since the events of Build Fighters, the Gunpla Fighters reunite at the brand new Yajima Stadium to practice for the next day's opening ceremony. Before they could start, the stadium becomes occupied by the Gundam Mafia locking everyone inside. With his Build Strike Cosmos stolen, Sei has to resort piloting his other model, the prototype Gunpla Star Burning Gundam. Thus the Gunpla Fighters battle through the tower of the Gunpla Mafia's custom battlefield to defeat them and save the sport of Gunpla Battle.

Build Fighters Try
Seven years after the events of Build Fighters, Gunpla has evolved into a renowned sport with new battle rules followed by new creativity. However, one academy is left behind in this change, and that was Seiho Academy, which Sei Iori once attended. The only member of the Gunpla Battle Club remaining is Fumina Hoshino, who befriends Sekai Kamiki, a boy who has been training with his master in martial arts and the young Gunpla builder Yuuma Kousaka, and together, they attempt to secure a place in the world championship as the team "Try Fighters".

Build Fighters Try: Island Wars
One year after Team Try Fighters' victory in the Gunpla Battle National Championships, Team Try Fighters and a few other teams were invited by Yajima Trading to a remote island to test the company's new battle system. On the beach, Sekai meets a purple-haired girl while at the same time, the Nielsen Lab experiences an anomaly with their new Plavsky particles recreating the same "phenomenon" 8 years prior. The Gunpla Fighters must band together to stop the crystallized particles from wreaking havoc on all Gunpla Battle Systems all over the world.

Build Fighters Try: Battlogue
Mini side-stories in the Try season, featuring "dream battles" with various situations and Gunpla.