So the explanation for the silly title is revealed in this episode: it’s a programming placeholder. This is totally incidental world-building and not important foreshadowing at all.

Here’s Shuji, the last main character to show up, and because he’s a blue haired Newtype he gets to be the neurodivergent coded one. I’m half expecting a highly problematic polycule that may or may not involve the Newtype Space Ghost of Char Aznable to form, but also that’s been done before so…

The term M.A.V. is brand new vernacular for Gundam, essentially meaning wingman as explained in the episode (although they don’t tell us what the acronym is lol)- it’s a pun of マブダチ mabu-dachi, which means BFF. I don’t think I need to point out all the homoeroticism going on here.

I generally don’t like 3d animated mecha, but man seeing that dogfight in the cinema was truly something.

Probably what I’m most excited about with the story, is that essentially the Space Nazi’s won Space WW2 in this universe… and the result is militarized police, unscheduled aircraft carrier visits and back channel diplomacy heavily weighed in the hegemonic party’s favour. That the Nazi’s winning would result in something essentially indistinguishable from American Imperialism- that’s a pretty cool statement to make.

Also 2v2 live streaming Giant Robot Death Battle

Episode 3 concludes the rest of the footage from the movie, so from here on out it’ll be all new! Excited to watch the rest with everyone!