By and large, people outside Japan can't fully understand how big Mobile Suit Gundam is. In some ways, it's a cultural equivalent to American superheroes -- and now one artist has melded the two.

Aburaya Tonbi created renditions of Marvel's Avengers (including Spider-Man) in the style of Mobile Suit Gundam, albeit in a chibi style. Robot versions of Avengers have been made before -- even ones loosely inspired by Gundam -- but Campbell's renditions hit at authenticity, while also being cute.

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