#ai naniwa

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"I am forced into having empty delusions, always knowing that it's all just a dream. There's no escape. I don't dream of anything else. Nothing." Char Aznable by Shio Sato (佐藤志生/Simone Yotsuya) for Ai Naniwa's novel "Bird", which focuses on Char's depression.

[sailorfutaba]

I ran one of the few Char Kitty things I could find through Google's auto-translation, and this resulted. 'Protecting the Garma cat who lives with it'

[80sanime]

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Treasure Island/Takarajima manga parody by Ai Naniwa (Animage, 10/1984)

[sailorfutaba]

Gundam goes Rugrats

Some of you might remember the Gundam Kitties.

It has come to my attention that there exists an alternative timeline, below the cut.

See, in the 1980's, there was a trend for making everything into baby versions, probably spurred by a marketing trend for baby dolls. There was muppet babies:

There were Tom and Jerry babies:

There were Flintstone babies:

Which brings us to the adorable genius of Ai Naniwa, Queen of Kawaii Gundam. There are apparently now, Gundam babies, where they're all going to preschool. Observe the tiny notes from older Zabi siblings.

(These are translated by Zeonic Scanlations, a website that I highly rec from a cursory glance. I'm not sure how to contact the owner since I don't use Twitter, but if he reaches out via someone else and wants me to remove it, I will.

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Long John Silver from Treasure Island/Takarajima by Ai Naniwa (Animage, 10/1984) 

Clean version: https://tinyurl.com/takarajima-clean

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OUT (08/1981) - Mobile Suit Gundam parody by Ai Naniwa.

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OUT (08/1981) - Lupin the 3rd and Mobile Suit Gundam parody by Ai Naniwa.