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In the near future, where the ''Gundam'' franchise is at its peak and the popularity of ''Gunpla'' is soaring to new heights, a new Virtual[[virtual Realityreality]] Massive[[massively Multiplayermultiplayer Onlineonline game]] (VRMMO) Gamegame called "''Gunpla Battle Nexus Online"'' (''GBN'') is made. In ''Gunpla Battle Nexus Online'', players can upload themselves and their Gunpla online through the virtual space and battle with players from across the world. In the game itself, the player assumes the role of a Gunpla Diver, and each year a special tournament called "Gunpla Force Battle Tournament" is held to prove who is the best Gunpla Diver. The story revolves around Riku Mikami, a 14-year -old junior high school student and an admirer of famous Gunpla Diver Kyoya Kujo. He and his friends Yukio and Momoka love Gunpla and play GBN together. However, his own life changes as he meets a mysterious Gunplafemale Diver named SaraSarah as strange events take place in the GBN with the appearance of Mass-Divers. Now guided by his new allies, he forms their first Gunpla Diver group, embarking on epic adventures with his friends and to see who is the best fighter in the GBN world which would soon bring unforeseen forces to gunplaGunpla.<ref name="Dengeki"/>

:Leader of the {{nihongo|"7th Panzer Division"|第七機甲師団|Dai Nana Kikōshidan}}, the second highest-ranked Gunpla Diver, GBN's top strategist, and Kyoya's arch-rival. Despite their rivalry they are still very good friends. His avatar in the GBN world has the form of an [[Stoat|ermine]]. His Gunpla is the '''GH-001RB Grimoire Red Beret'''.

:{{anime voices|[[Eiji Takemoto]]|[[Armen Taylor]]}}<ref name=":0" />

The series was first teased after the airing of the 5th episode of ''Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue'' in December 2017, with the working title "Gundam Build Next Battle Project"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-12-09/gundam-build-fighters-site-teases-news-with-promo-video/.125064 |title=Gundam Build Fighters Site Teases News With Promo Video |work=Anime News Network |date=2017-12-09 |access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref> On the official press conference held in The Gundam Base Tokyo in Japan reveals the series after the prologue ONA is streamed. Though Gunpla battles is the main aspect of the series, [[Virtualvirtual Realityreality]] and [[Massivemassively Multiplayermultiplayer Onlineonline game]] games with will be part of series's theme in terms of the series's storyline and also the theme surrounding Gunpla Battle Nexus Online. Alongside the reveal, several character designs were revealed for both the prologue ONA and the anime as well as the main mechas of the series.<ref name="Dengeki">{{cite web |url=http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/673/1673019/ |title=『ガンダム』シリーズの新作TVアニメ『ガンダムビルドダイバーズ』が発表。2018年春にテレビ東京系列で放送 |publisher=[[Dengeki Hobby]] |date=2018-02-02 |access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref> Staff members from ''Gundam Build Fighters'' also returned to produce the anime, with some of the mecha are designed by [[Kunio Okawara]], [[Kanetake Ebikawa]], Junya Ishigaki, Ippei Gyobu, Kenji Teraoka, Shinya Terashima, Takayuki Yanase, and Naohiro Washio. Mecha battles in the series are directed by [[Masami Obari]] alongside animators Shinya Kusumegi and Sakiko Uda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/267938 |title=「ガンダムビルド」シリーズ新作「ダイバーズ」が今春放送、主演は小林裕介 |publisher=Natalie.mu |date=2018-02-02|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>

The anime premiered on all [[TX Network|TXN]] network stations in Japan on April 3, 2018,<ref name="Music">{{cite web |url=https://www.gundam.info/news/video-music/news_video-music_20180228_11.html |title=「ガンダムビルドダイバーズ」4月3日放送開始！OP＆EDアーティスト決定！」2018年春より放送スタート！ |publisher=Gundam.info |date=2018-02-28 |access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> replacing ''[[Idol Time PriPara]]'' on its initial timeslot. The opening and ending themes from Episodes 1-13 are "Diver's High" is by [[Mitsuhiro Hidaka|Sky-Hi]] and {{nihongo4|"Ashita e"|明日へ||lit. "To Tomorrow"}} is by Iris in Japanese while the opening and ending themes from Episodes 14-25 are "Infinity" by SWANKY DANK and "Start Dash" by [[Spira Spica]].<ref name="Music"/> The series' music is composed by Hideakira Kimura. A prologue [[Original net animation|ONA]] titled '''''Gundam Build Divers Prologue''''' was first streamed at The Gundam Base Tokyo on February 2, 2018, and later released on [[YouTube]] on the same date. The series is also streamed at Sunrise's "GundamInfo" channel on YouTube with subtitles in English, among other languages. In 2018, Sunrise had [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment|Bang Zoom Entertainment]] to produce an English dub for the series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-04/gundam-build-divers-anime-gets-english-dub/.137717|title=Gundam Build Divers Anime Gets English Dub|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2018-10-06|language=en}}</ref> The series was later streamed on [[Funimation]]'s FunimationNow streaming service in North America on March 28, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-29/funimation-streams-gundam-build-divers-anime/.145191|title=Funimation Streams Gundam Build Divers Anime |work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2019-03-29|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>

A sequel, titled ''[[Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise]]'' premiered onin October 2019 on Sunrise's new "Gundam Channel" on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-31/sunrise-launches-new-gundam-channel-for-streaming-on-youtube/.149551|title=Sunrise Launches New 'Gundam Channel' for Streaming on YouTube |work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2019-07-31|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref> Most of the staff members returned to reprise their roles.

| ShortSummary = At the 14th Gunpla Force Tournament Finals, Team Avalon and the 7th Panzer Division engage in a 10-on-10 team battle where the first Force to take out the opposing Force's Flag MS wins. Team Avalon enters the asteroid base and split up to look for the 7th Panzer Division's Flag MS. Kyoya engages Rommel and Kurt in one side of the asteroid, but his Gundam AGEII Magnum is pinned against the wall by Kurt's suicide attack. Karuna and Emilia battle a Bawoo elsewhere and discover that both halves of the enemy MS are piloted separately, making them realize there is one more enemy out there than expected. A massive beam attack from a Big Gun destroys Kurt's Geara Doga and heavily damages the Gundam AGEII Magnum, but Kyoya uses the last of his strength to battle Rommel. Before Kyoya and Rommel finish each other off, Karuna and Emilia eliminate a Zudah that is the 7th Panzer Division's actual Flag MS, giving Team Avalon the victory.

| ShortSummary = Riku and Yukio dive for another GBN session to test the Gundam 00 Diver's Trans-Am capabilities. There, they exchange friend requests with Sarah, the girl they met in the previous session, and discover she does not have a registered Gunpla. They take a Collect mission where they can roam freely around the world map and collect fire-weed flowers for Magee. As Riku engages Trans-Am mode, the Gundam malfunctions, and Sarah begs him not to engage the system again. They made it to the fire-weed garden and take a memorial photo of their first mission, not knowingunaware at the time that a certain couple had been there looking for inspiration for gunpla building only a few years agoprior. While roaming around the forest, they encounter Do-ji and Hellfire Ogre before the latter is challenged to a Gunpla Battle by another Force. Riku winds up in the battle while protecting Yukio and Sarah, and he and Ogre defeat the opposing Force's Dom Test Type units before Ogre challenges Riku to a Trans-Am duel. The Gundam 00 Diver's GN Drives explode and the Ogre GN-X prepares the killing blow, but Sarah intervenes. Ogre decides to spare Riku and he and Do-ji retreat. Back at the hangar, Riku promises to Sara that he will never use Trans-Am again until he is strong enough to properly control it. Upon exiting GBN, Riku and Yukio see Momoka, who had followed them, being forced by Nanami to try out different costumes at The Gundam Base.

| ShortSummary = The Build Divers are about to transfer Sarah to the real world when the GBN system goes haywire, creating massive enemies that threaten the entire system. The Coalition and the GBN administrators then join forces with Build Divers and their friends to defeat them. After the battle, Sarah is at last sent to a Gunpla-like body in the real world, where she enjoys her new life with Riku and his friends. But true victory does not come without sacrifce.sacrifice, and Rikutheir willhappy eventuallyending givecame awayat hisa dreamprice......which hethey startedhave withyet to anotherfind sinceout heand wantswill have to eventully live with Sarah as an unmarried couple! A certain former Avalon member is one who can achieve itrebuild.

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