Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim is an American science-fiction franchise owned by Legendary Pictures, comprised of films, comics, books, video games, and tie-in merchandise. Pacific Rim, directed by Guillermo del Toro and released theatrically in 2013 by Warner Bros., depicts the conclusion of a twelve-year war between humanity and a succession of kaiju who emerge from an interdimensional portal in the Pacific Ocean. Humanity's ultimate weapons in this fight are Jaegers, giant mechas whose pilots act in unison to control them through a brain-sharing process known as Drifting. It began as a spec script written by Travis Beacham. Del Toro returned as a producer for the sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising, which was directed by Steven DeKnight and distributed by Universal Pictures in March 2018. An animated series continuing the story, Pacific Rim: The Black, premiered on Netflix in 2021.

Media

Films and TV

• Pacific Rim (2013)
• Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
• Pacific Rim: The Black (TV 2021-2022)

Comics

• Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero - 2013 graphic novel detailing the first kaiju attack in San Francisco, the invention of the Jaegers and the Drift, Stacker Pentecost's adoption of Mako Mori, and a love triangle involving the Beckett brothers; written by Travis Beacham with art by Sean Chen, Yvel Guichet, Pericles Junior, Chris Batista, and Geoff Shaw
• Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift - four-issue miniseries published from 2015 to 2016, chronicling the last missions of the Jaeger Tacit Ronin and its married pilots, Duc and Kaori Jessop; written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Travis Beacham with art by Marcos Marz
• Pacific Rim: Aftermath - six-issue miniseries published in 2018, featuring Stacker Pentecost's son Jake, former Jaeger pilot Joshua Griffin, and a West Coast crime boss called the Mech Czar; written by Cavan Scott with art by Rich Elson
• Pacific Rim: Amara - six-episode comic published through WEBTOON in 2018, focusing on Amara Namani's backstory and the inventors of a miniature, "unofficial" Jaeger called Scrapper; written by Cavan Scott and Zhang Ran with art by BigN; published as a graphic novel by Legendary Comics in 2019
• Pacific Rim: Blackout - graphic novel prequel to Pacific Rim: The Black published in 2022, focusing on Hercules Hansen; written by Cavan Scott with art by Nelson Dániel
• Pacific Rim Ultimate Omnibus - collects all previous Pacific Rim comics; published in 2022

Books

• Pacific Rim: Man, Machines & Monsters - artbook for Pacific Rim by David S. Cohen
• Pacific Rim: The Official Movie Novelization - written by Alex Irvine
• Pacific Rim Uprising: Ascension - murder mystery set shortly before the events of Pacific Rim Uprising, in which cadets Ou-Yang Jinhai and Vik Malikova struggle to clear their names following the sabotage of a Jaeger
• The Art and Making of Pacific Rim Uprising - written by Daniel Wallace
• Pacific Rim Uprising: PPDC Jaeger Pilot Dossier - in-universe handbook written by Abbie Bernstein
• Pacific Rim Uprising: Official Novelization - written by Alex Irvine
• Pacific Rim Uprising: The Junior Novel - written by Rebecca Matheson

Video games

• Pacific Rim: Kaiju Battle - 2013 browser game by Qualcomm, available through Google Play
• Pacific Rim: Jaeger Combat Simulator - 2013 browser game by Qualcomm, available through pacificrimmovie.com
• Pacific Rim: The Video Game - 2013 fighting game by Yuke's, formerly available for XBox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Windows
• Pacific Rim: The Mobile Game - 2013 fighting game by Reliance Games for iOS and Android devices
• Pacific Rim: Breach Wars - 2018 puzzle RPG by Kung Fu Factory for iOS and Android devices

Theme park attractions

• Pacific Rim: Shatterdome Strike - 2019 dark ride at Trans Studio Cibulbur in Jakarta, Indonesia

Board games

• Pacific Rim HeroClix: Mini-Game - 2013 miniature wargame pitting Gipsy Danger and conventional military forces against Slattern; eight other characters were available through booster packs
• Pacific Rim: Extinction - 2018 miniature wargame by River Horse

Gallery

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  GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle x Pacific Rim Uprising collaboration poster

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  GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle x Pacific Rim Uprising clear file

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Trivia

• Actress Jing Tian played roles in both Pacific Rim Uprising and the Monsterverse film Kong: Skull Island.
• The Monsterverse film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire contains two references to Pacific Rim: Gipsy Danger's arm appearing in the blueprint of the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, and graffiti of Knifehead on a wall.
• Pacific Rim Uprising director Steven S. DeKnight has stated that, if he was hired to direct a third Pacific Rim movie, he planned to incorporate the possibility for a crossover with the Monsterverse in future installments.

External links

• Pacific Rim Wiki

References

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