Magnificent Shia

Magnificent Shia
Magnificent Shia (華麗なるシア, Kareinaru Shia)
Episode Data
Episode	Gundam Build Fighters Try: #16
Airing
Japanese	January 28, 2015
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Magnificent Shia is the 16th episode of Gundam Build Fighters Try.

Synopsis

Minato Sakai and his teammates from Tendaiji Academy, representing Osaka, easily make it through the first round of the tournament thanks to the overwhelming power of their unique Gunpla, the Tryon 3. Other rivals that Sekai and his comrades met at the Nielsen Labs, such as the Gabai Institute from Kagoshima and the Toritsu Academy from Niigata, likewise survive the first round. As the tournament enters its second round, the top-seeded Gunpla Academy finally enters battle. The Gunpla Academy’s third fighter is Shia Kijima, the girl who taught Sekai how to repair the Build Burning. The attention of the whole venue is focused on the Gunpla Academy as it battles Honmoku Academy, representing Kanagawa. But its team leader, Wilfrid Kijima, orders Shia to sortie alone as a penalty for waiting until the very last minute to complete her Gunpla. Now Shia’s G-Portent must confront Honmoku Academy on its own.

Plot

The next round of the Nationals are underway and Sakai initiates the transformation sequence to the powerful Gundam Tryon 3 "LET'S TRY ON!" As the robot transforms into a powerful machine, the audience... is just utterly speechless. Even the Meijin is stunned. As the battle begins, Sakai thinks back to when he joined Build Busters, that the team admonished him for his selfish reasoning for joining. However, one of their members agrees to step back and let Sakai take over, knowing that, as they are, they weren't going and that when this is over they would have to deal with life outside of Gunpla Battles and the club as they go into high school. As the battle kicks in, one of the other team declares that the Tryon 3 is nothing but a paper tiger and his team moves in. However, Sakai easily makes chumps of these fighters and ends the match. The audience is stunned and unsure of what to do. However, one by one, others start cheering, finally awed by the new machine.

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Mobile Weapons

• Gundam Tryon 3
• GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam (custom colors)
• ZGMF-X24S Chaos Gundam (custom colors)
• ZGMF-X31S Abyss Gundam (custom colors)
• OZ-13MSX1 Vayeate (in MMS-01 Serpent colors)
• MS-08TX(EXAM) Efreet Custom (in MS-08TX Efreet colors, wielding the Tactical Arms of MBF-P03R Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise)
• MSM-03C Hygogg (in MSM-03 Gogg colors)
• MS-14J ReGelgu
• OZ-13MSX2 Mercurius (in MMS-01 Serpent colors)
• RGM-79Q GM Quel (in RGM-79N GM Custom colors)
• Zaku Mánagarmr
• Zaku Alvaldi
• Zaku Kraken
• Hyakkumaru
• GN-009 Seraphim Gundam (in Hidden Shadow of G colors)
• GF13-021NG Gundam Spiegel (with AGE-1S Gundam AGE-1 Spallow's Shiguru Blade)
• GT-9600 Gundam Leopard (custom colors, with symmetrical shoulders)
• RGM-86R GM III (custom colors)
• MSER-04 Anf (custom colors)
• S×D×G Gundam
• GNW-100P Gundam Portent
• Vagan Gear K
• XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Kai Kai "Skull Heart"

Trivia

• Sound effects were added to the episode's opening sequence.
• The title of this episode is most likely a reference to episode 41 of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, "Magnificent Fram".
• This episode marks a number of firsts:
  • The first official animated appearance of XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Kai Kai "Skull Heart".
  • Shia's GNW-100P Gundam Portent is based on the GNW-100A Sakibure, marking the first appearance of a unit from Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie -A wakening of the Trailblazer- in the Build Fighters series.
  • Previously teased as blurred section of wing in episode 13, Kei's mobile armor project is revealed as none other than a customized Vagan Gear Sid, making it the first unit from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE to appear in the Build Fighters series.
    • The Shiguru Blade of the Gundam AGE-1 Spallow is also seen briefly, wielded by a GF13-021NG Gundam Spiegel.
• The style of the Tryon's combination sequence resembles that of the SRX team's Variable Formation in Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector. Their call out "Let's Tryon!" is a reference to Voltes V.
• After Team Build Busters win the battle against Team MSG, there are two surprised schoolgirls in the audience, one wearing Meer Campbell's hair clip and the one next to her wearing Lacus Clyne's.