Mobile Suit Gundam has some of the most iconic designs in all of the Gundam and here's our ranking of the top ten.

So when mecha designers like Kunio Okawara employed more samurai type influences for mecha design in anime such as Zambot 3 and Gundam, this was done because it capitalized on a shared cultural ...

This in particular was very interesting, I’d known of the samurai styling of the early Gundam designs for a while, ... Same with Chirico's helmet in VOTOMS, that was the character designers.

With massive red-and-white shoulder protectors, powerful robotic legs and headgear reminiscent of a samurai warrior’s helmet, Ueda says he was hooked after building his first “Burning Gundam ...

So as you can guess, this helmet is even more powerful now. Not even Char would try to mess with this Gundam suit, and if he did, then the Zeon baddie would come to regret it!