Overwatch 2 is back with another anime crossover, and this time it’s one that is sure to be nostalgic for anime fans who grew up in the early 2000s: Gundam Wing.
For those who watched anime on Cartoon Network’s Toonami block back in the day, Gundam Wing was likely their first exposure to the sprawling mecha franchise. Despite middling ratings and reception when it originally aired in Japan, the anime found new life in North America several years later thanks to its after-school time slot. The show, with its dramatic mech-on-mech action and even more dramatic sci-fi melodrama, almost single-handedly established a foothold for the entire Gundam universe in the West. In the process, it created an entirely new generation of Gundam fans eager for more, helping to bring more Gundam shows overseas and creating a new market for the franchise’s popular Gunpla plastic model kits.
Flash forward to 2025, and Gundam Wing is celebrating its 30th anniversary in a number of ways, among them crossing over with Blizzard’s free-to-play shooter with four premium skins that pay homage to some of the show’s most popular Mobile Suit designs. Mercy takes on the starring role as Gundam Wing Zero, while Soldier: 76 transforms into the iconic Tallgeese piloted in the show by the masked Zechs Merquise. Ramattra, meanwhile, transforms into the fearsome Gundam Epyon. And, of course, Overwatch’s designated edgelord himself, Reaper, adopts the mantle of none other than Gundam Deathscythe.