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Gundam is a collective term for the Universal Century (UC) series like Mobile Suit Gundam and series in alternative timelines, such as Gundam Wing, made by Sunrise Inc. It is one of the longest running series of animes that feature giant robot mecha in Japan.
Gundam manga is published in English in North America by a variety of companies, such as Viz Communications, Del Rey Manga, and TokyoPop, among others. Gundam manga is also published in English in Singapore by Chuang Yi.
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The animated Gundam series are (in order of release):
- Mobile Suit Gundam - a.k.a. "First Gundam" (the nickname used by Japanese fans) a.k.a. "Gundam 0079" (a nickname derived from spinoff games and manga and primarily used by English-speaking fans) (TV: 1979; compilation movies: 1981–1982)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV: 1985; compilation movies: 2005)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta (TV: 1986)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (movie: 1988)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OVAs: 1989)
- Mobile Suit F91 (movie: 1991)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (OVAs: 1991; compilation movie: 1992)
- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (TV: 1993)
- Mobile Fighter G Gundam (TV: 1994)
- New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (TV: 1995, compilation OVAs: 1996)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (OVAs: 1996)
- After War Gundam X (TV: 1996)
- New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OVAs: 1997, compilation movie: 1998)
- ∀ Gundam: Called Turn 'A' Gundam (TV: 1999, compilation movies: 2002)
- G-Saviour (live action movie: 2000)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (TV: 2002, compilation specials - 2004)
- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War (movies: 2004)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (TV: 2004)
Gundam Worlds:
Most early Gundam works take place in the Universal Century world, which is considered the most developed Gundam world. Later some series take place in alternate worlds: G Gundam takes place in the Future Century calendar system, Gundam Wing takes place in the After Colony calendar system, Gundam X takes place in the After War calendar system, ∀ Gundam takes place in the CC or Seireki calendar system (which can be seen as the distant future of the previous calendar systems), and Gundam Seed takes place in the Cosmic Era. English-speaking fans have interpreted "Seireki" (a wordplay homonym of the Japanese term for the A.D. Western calendar) to mean "Correct Century," but Sunrise itself has not established an English translation for "Seireki" or the English abbreviation expansion for "CC." English-speaking fans have used "Alternative Universe" or "AU" as a nickname for the stories that do not take place in the Universal Century, but this unofficial nickname is not used in Japan.
Super Deformed Gundam
Main article: Super Deformed Gundam
Super Deformed Gundam is a super deformed Gundam parody series. These are wild comedic stories that feature characters, machines, and setting from the "real" series. SD Gundam consists of, in order of release:
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk I (1989)
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II (1989)
- SD Gundam's Counterattack (1989)
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III (1990)
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk IV (1990)
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V (1990)
- SD Gundam Side Story (1990)
- SD Gundam Scramble (1991)
- SD Gundam: Dawn Of Paparu (1991)
- SD Gundam Festival (1993)
- SD Gundam Force (2003)
Manga and Book Expansion
There have been expansions to the Gundam universes in the form of novels and manga. One of the most popular ones is , prequelling Gundam Wing. GW also has a sequel manga, preceding Endless Waltz, , and a coincident storyline, . The Universal Century timeline features several novels, for instance: . Gundam Seed also features a coincident storyline told in manga form, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray , Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray B, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray. The completed list is as follows: Side Story of Gundam Z (1986) ,New MS Senki (1988) , , Mobile Suit Gundam F90 (1990) , ,Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (1994) , Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (1994), Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) , New Mobile Report Gundam W (1995) , , After War Gundam X (1996) , , , , , , ∀ Gundam (1999) , , Char's Deleted Affair (2001) , Ecole du Ciel (2002), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002) , , , , and . In recent times, a new addition to the Gundam SEED Astray series has been added, called Gundam Seed Destiny Astray (2004) .
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Merchandise
Bandai, the primary licensee of the Gundam trademark, makes a variety of products for the Gundam fan. Other companies produce unofficial toys, models, t-shirts, etc.
Categories of products include the Mobile Suit In Action or MSiA action figures, and Gundam Models in several scales and complexity levels. Generally, each series listed above will have its own set of products, although the MSiA and Gundam Models lines, such as High Grade Universal Century may extend across series.
Starcraft Strategy
'Gundam' or 'Gundam Rush', also known as 'Bamboo Rush', is a terran strategy in Starcraft, a computer game, popularized by the professional gamer V-Gundam, it involves attacking your opponent early on with 1 Seige Tank, 2 Vultures, 3 SCV's and about 4 Marines. Used primarily against Protoss opponents.
External Links:
- Gundam Official http://www.gundamofficial.com/ - Official website for Gundam in the United States
- Mecha Anime HQ http://www.mahq.net/ - Contains a vast encyclopedia of Mobile Suits used in all the Gundam series, plus mecha from other anime series.
- The Gundam Encyclopedia http://www.escaflowneonline.com/gundam/ - Has archives of characters, mobile suits, and different terms for different series.
- Bananaphone flashmovie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaphone - Flashmovie which features a wiggling Gundam in a banana suit.
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