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Encyclopedia > Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing title screen
新機動戦記ガンダムW
(New Mobile Report Gundam W)
Genre Mecha, Action, Science Fiction
TV anime
Directed by Masashi Ikeda
Studio Sunrise
Network Flag of Japan Animax, TV Asahi (1995)
Original run April 7, 1995March 29, 1996
No. of episodes 49
OVA: Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor
Directed by Masashi Ikeda
Studio Sunrise
No. of episodes 2
Released April 25, 1996 & October 10, 1996
Manga
Authored by Koichi Tokita (art)
Publisher Flag of Japan Kodansha
Serialized in Flag of Japan Comic Bom Bom
Original run April 1995 – April 1996
No. of volumes 3
Manga: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Battlefield Of Pacifists
Authored by Koichi Tokita (art)
Publisher Flag of Japan Kodansha
Serialized in Flag of Japan Haoh Magazine , Comic Bom Bom
Original run 1997 –
No. of volumes 1
OVA/Movie
  • Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz (1997)

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam W (新機動戦記ガンダムW Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Uingu?),[1] is a televised anime series, which aired across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, and the terrestrial TV Asahi network. It ran for forty-nine half-hour episodes, beginning in 1995. Initially directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers) with music by Ko Otani, the series was loosely based on the original 1979 Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate. Image File history File links Gundamw. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Television (disambiguation). ... 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Gundam Wing is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline. It is the second alternate universe in the Gundam media franchise, following Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Gundam Wing was the first anime in the Gundam franchise to be dubbed and released in English, airing on Cartoon Network in the United States in 2000.[1] Since then, the series has also been dubbed into French, German, Arabic, and Portuguese. The After Colony timeline refers to the Gundam fictional universe where the Gundam W series take place. ... Mobile Fighter G Gundam ), or G Gundam, is an anime series set in the Future Century timeline of the Gundam metaseries. ... In filmmaking, dubbing refers to the recording of voices for a movie. ... Cartoon Network is an American cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ...

Contents

Background

Mankind has colonized space (with clusters of colonies at each of the five Earth-Moon Lagrange points), and, down on the Earth, the nations have united as the United Earth Sphere Alliance. Unfortunately, the Alliance rules the colonies with an iron fist. The colonies wanted a peaceful resolution to the situation, with the movement being headed by the pacifist Heero Yuy. Unfortunately, in the year After Colony 175, he is shot dead by an assassin (believed to be Odin Lowe), forcing the colonies to search for other paths to peace. The assassination also prompts five disaffected scientists from the Organization of Zodiac, much more commonly referred to as OZ, to turn rogue after the completion of the mobile suit prototype Tallgeese. A contour plot of the effective potential (the Hills Surfaces) of a two-body system (the Sun and Earth here), showing the five Lagrange points. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this section may require cleanup. ... Tallgeese is the name given to three designs of fictional mobile suit depicted in the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing anime and deriviative works (refered to collectively as the After Colony era). ...


Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story of Gundam Wing begins in the year After Colony 195, with the start of Operation: Meteor; the scientists' revenge against the OZ military organization. It centers around five young boys who have been chosen and trained by the five rogue scientists, then sent to Earth in extremely advanced Mobile Suits, one designed by each of the scientists, known as "Gundams". Their Mobile Suits are called Gundams, because they are constructed from a rare and astonishingly durable material known as Gundanium alloy, which can only be created in outer space. Total of 49 episodes Categories: | ... Mobile Suits are humanoid weapon systems in the Gundam anime series. ...


The five Gundam Pilots, Heero Yuy (his code name, not to be confused with the assassinated leader), Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton (also not his original name and known as Nanashi (No-Name)), Quatre Raberba Winner, and Chang Wufei, originally have no knowledge of each others' existence, and on their first meeting, each pilot believes the others to be new OZ mobile suit designs. Once the young pilots realize that they have the same objective of destroying OZ and in some cases, are given the same mission, they band together to help each other complete their ultimate goal. Heero Yuy [Lit. ... Duo Maxwell , derived from Latin duo, lit. ... Trowa Barton , derived from French trois, lit. ... Quatre Raberba Winner , derived from French quatre, lit. ... Chang Wufei , Chinese: 張 五飛 Zhāng Wǔfēi) derived from Mandarin Wǔ (five) is a fictional Chinese character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. ...

Spoilers end here.

Media information

Gundam Wing had a run on Cartoon Network's Toonami, premiering on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 5:30 PM EST. It was broadcast in two formats; an edited version was show in the daytime and an uncut version aired at night. Examples of the edits included the removal of blood, obscene language, and the word kill being replaced by the word destroy. (This was extended to Duo's nickname, "The God of Death", with it being changed to "The Great Destroyer", forcing the alteration of two episode titles.) The uncut version, shown at midnight, was completely unedited - a first for Cartoon Network, which at the time had never shown an unedited anime. Cartoon Network is an American cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... For Toonami, the television channel in the United Kingdom, see Toonami (UK). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ...


Due to the popularity of the series, two OVAs, compiling various scenes from the series along with a few minutes of new footage, were released in 1996 as Gundam Wing: Operation: Meteor I and II. A three-volume OVA series, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, was produced in 1997 as a sequel to the TV series; plot-wise, it closes out the After Colony saga. A year later in 1998, a movie version of the OVA series was made, with new footage and a different ending (Last Impression). Still from an episode of the Casshan OVA Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz is the sequel to Gundam Wing, which is set in an alternate universe to the original Gundam series in the After Colony timeline. ...


Manga sidestories have also been produced. A prequel, detailing the events leading up to the launch of the Gundams to Earth, is Episode Zero. Several sequel manga, occurring between Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz have been written, titled, Gundam Wing: Blind Target, Gundam Wing: Ground Zero,and Battlefield of Pacifists. A coincident storyline is presented in Last Outpost (G-Unit). The Gundam Wing, Battlefield of Pacifists, and Endless Waltz manga series are published in English by TOKYOPOP, while Blind Target, Ground Zero, and Episode Zero are published by Viz Communications. Manga )   (pl. ... A side story in fiction is a form of narrative that occurs alongside established stories set within a fictional universe. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. ... Viz, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American manga publisher. ...


In 1996, a fighting game called Gundam Wing: Endless Duel was released for the Super Famicom in Japan. The game was never released in the United States or Europe, but has gained some popularity through the emulation of older video games. This article is about emulation in computer science. ...


Like most Gundam works, Wing has also appeared in the SD Gundam sub-franchise. It was the main focus for Musha Senki and the basis for Superior Defender Gundam Force's interpretation of Lacroa, established hub of the Knight Gundam series. Super Deformed Gundam or SD Gundam is a series of anime, a super deformed parody of the Gundam metaseries. ... Musha Senki is part of the SD Gundam franchise, a sub-franchise of the popular Gundam anime. ... Superior Defender Gundam Force ) is Japanese anime. ...


Gundam Wing is considered by media and fans to be the most popular and most-liked of all Gundam series made[citation needed]. Gundam ) is one of the longest running series of anime featuring giant robots or mecha. ...


Cast and characters

Character Japanese Actor English Actor
Heero Yuy Hikaru Midorikawa Mark Hildreth
Helena Peacecraft Akiko Yajima Lisa Ann Beley
Duo Maxwell Toshihiko Seki Scott McNeil
Trowa Barton Shigeru Nakahara Kirby Morrow
Quatre Raberba Winner Ai Orikasa Brad Swaile
Chang Wufei Ryuuzou Ishino Ted Cole
Zechs Merquise Takehito Koyasu Brian Drummond
Treize Khushrenada Ryotaro Okiayu David Kaye
Lucrezia Noin Chisa Yokoyama Saffron Henderson
Lady Une Sayuri Yamauchi Enuka Okuma
Dorothy Catalonia Naoko Matsui Cathy Weseluck
Duke Dermail Osamu Kato Michael Dobson
Catherine Bloom Saori Suzuki Moneca Stori & Cathy Weseluck
Sally Po Yumi Touma Moneca Stori & Samantha Ferris [2]
Hilde Schbeiker Kae Araki Marcy Goldberg
Narrator Akio Ohtsuka Campbell Lane

This article is a list of fictional characters who appear in the After Colony timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries, primarily Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz. ... Heero Yuy [Lit. ... Hikaru Midorikawa ) (born May 2, 1968 in Tochigi) is a popular voice actor (seiyÅ«) in Japan. ... Mark Hildreth, has been working as an actor since 1986. ... Akiko Yajima ), née Akiko Ogasawara (小笠原 æ™¶å­ Ogasawara Akiko, born May 4, 1967), is a seiyÅ« who was born in Niigata and raised in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. ... Lisa Ann Beley is a Canadian voice actor. ... Duo Maxwell , derived from Latin duo, lit. ... Toshihiko Seki (é–¢ 俊彦 Seki Toshihiko, born June 11, 1962) is a veteran Japanese voice actor (seiyÅ«) who has voiced characters in anime, drama CDs and video games. ... Scott McNeil (born September 15, 1962 in Brisbane, Australia), is a voice actor. ... Trowa Barton , derived from French trois, lit. ... Nakahara Shigeru (中原 茂) is a veteran seiyu who was born on January 22, 1961 in Kanagawa. ... Kirby Morrow (born August 28, 1973 in Jasper, Alberta) is an accomplished voice actor, stand-up comedian, and television and stage actor. ... Quatre Raberba Winner , derived from French quatre, lit. ... Ai Orikasa ), born Kikue Orikasa , born December 12, 1963) is a popular Japanese veteran seiyÅ« and singer. ... Brad Swaile, born December 26, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a voice actor. ... Chang Wufei , Chinese: å¼µ 五飛 Zhāng WÇ”fÄ“i) derived from Mandarin WÇ” (five) is a fictional Chinese character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. ... Ishino Ryuuzou(石野 竜三) is a seiyu who was born on December 12, 1962 in Chiba Notable anime and video game voice roles Wu Fei Chang in Gundam Wing Tommy in Hyper Police Gettle Deple in V Gundam Luzzu in Final Fantasy X Trommell Guado in Final Fantasy... Ted Cole is a voice actor from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Zechs Merquise, as he appeared in Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. ... Takehito Koyasu (子安 武人 Koyasu Takehito, born May 5, 1967) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan is a seiyÅ« (voice actor). ... Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969 in Salmon Arm, BC) is a Canadian voice actor. ... Treize Khushrenada, as he takes power in the Gundam Wing episode Crossfire at Barge. Treize Khushrenada is a fictional character in the anime/manga series Gundam Wing. ... Ryotaro Okiayu (置鮎 龍太郎 Okiayu Ryōtarō, born November 17, 1969) is a seiyÅ« who was born in Fukuoka. ... David Kaye (born 14 October 1964) is a Canadian voice actor. ... Lucrezia Noin , taken from German neun, lit. ... Chisa Yokoyama (横山 智佐 Yokoyama Chisa, born December 20, 1969) is a well known seiyÅ« (voice actor/actress), born in Tokyo. ... Saffron Henderson (born December 27, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian voice actor. ... Lady Une ) is a major character in the anime series New Mobile Report Gundam Wing, and is the loyal aide to Treize Khushrenada. ... Sayuri Yamauchi (b. ... Enuka Okuma (b. ... Dorothy Catalonia, as seen in Endless Waltz. ... Matsui Naoko(松井 菜桜子) is a Japanese voice actress(seiyu), born on April 4, 1961 in Hokkaido. ... Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian/American voice actress who works for distributing companies FUNimation, & Marathon Productions, she is credited with providing the voice for many characters in various anime series. ... For other persons of the same name, see Michael Dobson. ... Catherine Bloom, as she appeared in Gundam Wing. ... Moneca Stori is a Canadian voice actor known mostly for her role as Kagome Higurashi in the English version of InuYasha. ... Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian/American voice actress who works for distributing companies FUNimation, & Marathon Productions, she is credited with providing the voice for many characters in various anime series. ... Sally Po, as seen in Endless Waltz. ... Yumi Touma (冬馬 由美 Tōma Yumi, born December 20, 1966) is a seiyÅ« and J-pop singer who was born in Chiba. ... Moneca Stori is a Canadian voice actor known mostly for her role as Kagome Higurashi in the English version of InuYasha. ... Samantha Ferris (born in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian actress and former television reporter for Bellingham, Washington KVOS TV-12 in the mid-1990s. ... Hilde Schbeiker (left) and Duo Maxwell (right). ... Kae Araki (荒木 香恵 Araki Kae), born Yoshie Abe (阿部 佳恵 Abe Yoshie, born November 6, 1966) is a seiyÅ«. As of 2005, Kae Araki is employed by 81 Produce. ... Akio Ohtsuka, 2006. ... Campbell Lane is a Canadian actor who primarily does work in Vancouver. ...

Openings, endings, and insert songs

Openings
  • Just Communication by Two-Mix (ep. 1-40) (YTV Broadcast: 1-49)
  • Rhythm Emotion by Two-Mix (ep. 41-49)
  • Gundam Wings "أجنحة كاندم" (Arabic) [All episodes]
Ending
  • It's Just Love by Rumi Oishi (ep. 1-49)
  • Just Communication (Instrumental Version) by Kou Ootani (Toonami Broadcast, ep. 1-49)
Insert songs
  • Just Communication by Two-Mix (eps. 3 & 49)
  • Rhythm Emotion by Two-Mix (eps. 36, 38, 39, and 41)

TWO-MIX TWO-MIX is a Japanese pop group formed in 1995. ... TWO-MIX TWO-MIX is a Japanese pop group formed in 1995. ... For Toonami, the television channel in the United Kingdom, see Toonami (UK). ... TWO-MIX TWO-MIX is a Japanese pop group formed in 1995. ... TWO-MIX TWO-MIX is a Japanese pop group formed in 1995. ...

Footnotes

  • ^  The translation New Mobile Report Gundam W is used by the R2 DVD releases in Japan, and thus is used extensively by the English-language fanbase in order to differentiate it from the Universal Century Gundam series. While the use of the term "report" in the title is not necessarily incorrect, it does not convey the full meaning of the original-language terminology. The Japanese word senki (戦記) has a specific meaning of "military history." Some official translations in the past have used the translation New Mobile War Chronicle Gundam Wing as well, and some of the official art uses The New Mobile History Gundam Wing, and at least one Japanese book has used Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
  • ^  Moneca Stori voiced Sally Po throughout episodes 3 to 12 of the English dub. Samantha Ferris, who had previously voiced minor characters in the anime, voiced the character from episode 20 until the end of the series, and in Endless Waltz.

Universal Century (or UC for short) is one of the timelines of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... Moneca Stori is a Canadian voice actor known mostly for her role as Kagome Higurashi in the English version of InuYasha. ... Samantha Ferris (born in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian actress and former television reporter for Bellingham, Washington KVOS TV-12 in the mid-1990s. ...

Trivia

  • Scott McNeil thought of the time his wife accidentally ran over his motorcycle to get himself in the proper frame of mind for Duo's infamous scream in episode 20[citation needed] , which was in fact re-recorded for the scene's use in a later episode.
  • There were a number of production problems with the series, which culminated with head writer Katsuyuki Sumizawa stepping down from his position about halfway through the show. He became story supervisor. As a result, the backstories for the main cast, which were intended to be animated as part of the series, were cut, eventually becoming the manga, Episode Zero. Rumors state that director Ikeda also quit some time into the show, replaced by Shinji Takamatsu (who would go on to direct Gundam X), but this is untrue.
  • A fair number of the characters' names are puns off of various languages' words for numbers. For example, Heero's name derives from Japanese words for "one" and "alone", Zechs is a variant of the German word for "six", "Quatre" French for "four", and so on. This trend was somewhat continued in the various spinoffs, with G-Unit's Adin Barnett (from the Russian word for "one") and Tiel's Impulse's Tiel Noembreux (from the French word meaning "numerous").
  • OZ (which itself stands for Organization of the Zodiac) names its production-model mobile suits for the signs of the Western Zodiac. The major exception to this rule is the ground-combat Tragos, whose name comes from the Greek word for "goat", and can be considered a stand-in for Capricorn.
  • Several references to The Wizard of Oz are present throughout the series. The most obvious example is the OZ organization, but also notable are a character named Dorothy, a small space force named Scarecrow, and various symbols of characters placed on uniforms and logos. A lion, a tiger and a bear can be seen in Catherines' circus. This is additional to the concept that the Gundams are giant "Tin Men".
  • The animation staff snuck several Easter eggs into the series in the form of quick snippets of joke text. In Episode 3, the medical readouts on Heero include the readme file for the TWAIN plugin for Adobe Photoshop; similarly, in Episode 8, a chip labeled "Intel Outside" can be seen. There are also several references to the Universal Century timelines, as seen in the mobile suit schematics, such as references to mega particles, movable frames, Gundarium, and the ALICE System from Gundam Sentinel.

Scott McNeil (born September 15, 1962 in Brisbane, Australia), is a voice actor. ... After War Gundam X (or Gundam X) is an anime television series from Japan. ... Capricorn may refer to: The constellation Capricornus, one of the constellations of the zodiac The astrological sign Capricorn represented by this constellation The Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn is also the name of a novel by Henry Miller Capricorn, a character and villain of the Ink trilogy by Cornelia... For the film, see The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a childrens book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. ... The first easter egg. ... Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. ... Universal Century (or UC for short) is one of the timelines of the Gundam anime metaseries. ...

See also

Total of 49 episodes Categories: | ... Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz is the sequel to Gundam Wing, which is set in an alternate universe to the original Gundam series in the After Colony timeline. ... The After Colony timeline refers to the Gundam fictional universe where the Gundam W series take place. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this section may require cleanup. ... This is a list of fictional weapons from the After Colony timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... This article deals with technology from the After Colony timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... This article is a list of fictional characters who appear in the After Colony timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries, primarily Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz. ...

External links

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Characters

Gundam Pilots This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Civilians Heero Yuy [Lit. ... Duo Maxwell , derived from Latin duo, lit. ... Trowa Barton , derived from French trois, lit. ... Quatre Raberba Winner , derived from French quatre, lit. ... Chang Wufei , Chinese: 張 五飛 Zhāng Wǔfēi) derived from Mandarin Wǔ (five) is a fictional Chinese character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. ...

Organization of Zodiac (OZ) Relena Peacecraft (also known as Relena Darlian), a fictional character, is one of the central characters in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and its various spinoffs. ... Catherine Bloom, as she appeared in Gundam Wing. ... Sally Po, as seen in Endless Waltz. ... Hilde Schbeiker (left) and Duo Maxwell (right). ...

Others Zechs Merquise, as he appeared in Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. ... Treize Khushrenada, as he takes power in the Gundam Wing episode Crossfire at Barge. Treize Khushrenada is a fictional character in the anime/manga series Gundam Wing. ... Lucrezia Noin , taken from German neun, lit. ... Lady Une ) is a major character in the anime series New Mobile Report Gundam Wing, and is the loyal aide to Treize Khushrenada. ...


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