Domon throws a Gundam across a desert because it insulted his honor. This is not the Gundam you thought you knew. Every fight feels like someone bet money on anime and Hong Kong action cinema in the same room, and the show treats that collision like the most natural thing in the world, mixing tournament brackets with family curses and romance subplots that somehow all land because nobody stops to ask if it makes sense. The diversity of the cast means you're watching Neo Japan's hothead fight Neo France's gentleman, and both of them mean it. It's the only Gundam series that understands the joy of a giant robot anime more than it understands Gundam tradition, and that refusal to take itself seriously is exactly why it works.

With Earth no longer habitable, its former countries live as separate colonies in space, and the Gundam Fight tournament decides who rules them all. Each colony sends a champion and a Gundam to battle on Earth for power and glory. Domon Kasshu is Neo Japan's reluctant fighter, and he has motives of his own. He is hunting for his brother, a criminal said to have killed their mother and stolen the Devil Gundam, a weapon capable of mass destruction. Piloting the Shining Gundam, Domon travels between colonies, meeting fighters who will become allies and enemies, while trying to clear his family name and uncover an evil hidden behind the tournament. The story mixes mecha action, adventure, drama and romance.