Gundam Wing was one of the first anime to air in the west without significant editing to the source material, and while it popularized Gundam and the mecha genre in the US, this meant it also broke considerable ground in the release of anime in the west on wider level. Image: Poster released by the Japanese Department depicting the original Gundam, RX, fighting blazes to promote the role exosuit technology could play in Emergency Service work. The first Gundam is also by far the most popular in Japan — in , the Japanese Government classified Gundam RX as culturally significant to the country, marked with the release of several stamps depicting the Mobile Suit and its pilot, Amuro Ray.
Gundam's firm entrenchment in popular culture across the world and particularly in Japan has also been capitalized on to promote interest in engineering and future robotics technology. Not only has the term Gundam become synonymous with mecha the world over, the series has been used to inspire research and development in creating exosuits for military purpose.
Considering how Mobile Suit Gundam was originally shunned by audiences for its all-too-realistic approach to mecha, 36 years later it's interesting to see that it is that sense of realism that has endured for the franchise — and is now inspiring the proliferation of mechanized suits in engineering and military research.
Not bad for a series first cut short before its time. The A. By James Whitbrook. I love the realism of Gundam series! And then there is G Gundam. Mobile Suit Gundam. Photos Top cast Edit. Ross Douglas Narrator as Narrator. Yoshiyuki Tomino episode writer Hajime Yatate.
More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. It is the year of the Universal Century. A war has broken out between the Principality of Zeon, a space colony that wants independence, and the Earth Federation. A teenage boy has to pilot the Federation's new secret weapon when the space colony in which he lives is attacked by Zeon mobile suits, gigantic robots piloted by humans.
That new secret weapon is called the Gundam, a far more powerful mobile suit. The story follows Amuro Ray and many other civilians around his age who have to take over a Federation spaceship and become soldiers in order to survive the war against Zeon's forces throughout the One Year War.
Animation Action Drama Sci-Fi. Did you know Edit. Trivia Tomino's original concept for the series was much darker, with Amuro dying halfway through the series, and the crew of the White Base having to ally with Char who's given a red Gundam, no less , but finally having to battle him after he takes control of the Principality of Zeon.
The original concept found expression in a series of novels written by Tomino soon after the show's conclusion, and elements of the storyline weaved themselves into Z Gundam and Gundam: Char's Counterattack.
Quotes Narrator : It is the year of the Universal Century. Many battle scenes that had no music on the soundtrack are replaced with a background score that was previously played only once. One of the shows insert songs called "Char is Coming" was replaced with an instrumental version, presumably because it was believed to have sounded a little too bizarre and dated. User reviews 19 Review. Top review. The next year the original Mobile Suit Gundam aired on television for the first time and I was attracted by its complexity and depth.
The series was later re-edited for theatrical release, and split into three movies. It is the year Universal Century , and the space colonies have declared war on the Earth Federation under the guidance of the Principality of Zeon.
In one of these colonies, the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX Gundam mobile suit is forced into combat with a civilian pilot and an untested crew before it can be transported to the Federation's HQ on Earth. With few resources available against the Zeon's brightest and best, will they be able to escape, let alone deliver the RX to Earth?
These opening and ending sequences are also used in the Bandai releases from Volume Much like the original Star Trek , the original Gundam was not appreciated by its initial audience, and also like Star Trek , proceeded to spawn a massive sci-fi franchise, spawning numerous sequels, model kits, and video-games up to the present day. It did very well, but it was later canceled before the entire series was shown. This was due to the September 11, attacks occurring.
Immediately following the attacks Cartoon Network, and many other stations, began pulling war-themed content and violent programming as well. However, the last episodes were shown as part of Toonami's "New Year's Eve-il" special on December 31, It is sometimes stated that Mobile Suit Gundam was canceled because of the September 11, attacks.
While this is likely why it was taken off initially, it is not sufficient to explain why the show didn't return. Aside from fan speculation, the source of this seems to be an anonymous report which appeared on the fan-site gundam.
This report can be seen in The Internet Wayback Machine.
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