Mobile Suit Gundam stops being a war tragedy the moment the mechs shrink down and start bickering like a dysfunctional family running competing pension schemes. The One Year War's most iconic moments become setups for jokes that land because you already know what they're supposed to be serious about. Episode three is just Amuro, Kamille, and Judau strapping themselves into giant robots to compete in an Olympic relay race, which is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds and exactly what the bit needed to work.

The Gundam universe gets the super deformed treatment in this trio of comedic shorts that turn mobile suit warfare into pure absurdity. Episode one reimagines pivotal moments from the One Year War, stripping away drama and replacing it with ridiculous character antics. The second outing shifts gears entirely: Amuro, Kamille and Judau argue over which of them runs the better pension until Char shows up and crashes their party. Episode three is the SD Olympics, a lineup of athletic events that puts people up against mobile suits. The shorts poke fun at the Mobile Suit Gundam saga, and they work best if you know the original timeline.