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Introduction To The World Of Gundam!
The Gundam Series (ガンダムシリーズ Gandamu Shirīzu?) is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots (or “mecha”) called “Mobile Suits”(MS), usually the protagonist’s MS will carry the name Gundam. The metaseries started on April 7, 1979 as a serial TV show called Mobile Suit Gundam. That first TV series has since spawned a franchise that has come to include works released in numerous media. Titles have appeared in the form of multiple television series and OVAs, movies, manga, novels and video games, among other modes. The story from the original 1979 series has been considerably extended with sequels, prequels, side stories and alternate timelines. As a result, the title “Gundam” has become a collective term for the seven distinct but related timelines that can be pieced together from the stories that appear in the Gundam franchise. Generally speaking, the timelines do not intersect, but they do contain a few common elements such as the titular war machines called Gundam. However, all Gundam timelines/worlds long after their own anime series will eventually intersect and combine back to one in the series Turn A Gundam.
The original timeline for the Gundam series was the Universal Century (UC) series, which included Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985). Since the 1990s, alternative timelines have been produced and developed, including the Future Century, After Colony, After War, Correct Century, Cosmic Era and Anno Domini timelines.
As of January 21, 2008, the Gundam franchise is a 50 billion yen trademark. A year 2000 press release stated that retail sales of Gundam items had totaled $5 billion. In the 2008 ranking of average sales figures for anime copies sold in Japan (1970-2008 total sales figures averaged by episode), Gundam series were in four of the top five places: Mobile Suit Gundam ranked second, with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny third, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED fourth, and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam fifth. Also, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ranked 18th and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ ranked 20th. Gunpla’s (Gundam Plastic model) holds 90% of the Japan character plastic model market.
Academic fields in Japan have also viewed the series as a good inspiration in research fields, with the Gundam academy (or officially International Gundam Society) being the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. [via wiki]
Animated Series and Films [*Select a series to watch the episodes]
* Mobile Suit Gundam ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0087
* Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0088
* Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0093
* Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* Super Deformed Gundam ~ MSG Date: Unknown
* Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0083
* Mobile Suit Gundam F91 ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0123
* Mobile Suit Victory Gundam ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0153
* Mobile Fighter G Gundam ~ MSG Date: F.C. 60
* Gundam Wing ~ MSG Date: A.C.195
* Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* After War Gundam X ~ MSG Date: A.W. 0015
* Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz ~ MSG Date: A.C.197
* Turn A Gundam ~ MSG Date: C.C. 2345
* Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0087
* Gundam Evolve ~ MSG Date: Various
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ~ MSG Date: C.E.71
* Superior Defender Gundam Force ~ MSG Date: Neotopia
* Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny ~ MSG Date: C.E.73
* Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079 ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer ~ MSG Date: C.E.73
* Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ~ MSG Date: 2307-2312 AD
* Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season ~ MSG Date: 2307-2312 AD
* Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0079
* Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn ~ MSG Date: U.C. 0096
* SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors ~ MSG Date: Mirisha
* Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer ~ MSG Date: 2314 AD
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Movie ~ MSG Date: C.E.
* Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G ~ MSG Date: 2010 AD
* Mobile Suit Gundam AGE ~ MSG Date: A.G. 115