Super Deformed Gundam or SD Gundam is a series that spawned from the Gundam series. This series takes the mobile weapons and characters and express them in super deformed style. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Chibi be merged into this article or section. ...

Origins

SD Gundam originated from a contributed illustration of a junior high school student from Nagoya by the name of Koji Yokoi to the "Model News" magazine that Bandai was issuing in the 1980s. The illustration is of a Gundam but with an unusual proportion where the overall height of the Gundam is equal to 2 of its head. This illustration interested the chief editor and so leading to Koji Yokoi serializing SD Gundam in 4 frame comics in "Model News". This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ...

The super deformed design was suitable for capsule toys and so SD Gundam started merchandising with the Gashapon series "SD Gundam World" in 1985. Although at first SD Gundam started out as a parody of the Gundam series by the 1990s SD Gundam spawned many spin-off series, SD Sengokuden (Musha Gundam) which has a Sengoku setting, SD Gundam Gaiden (Knight Gundam) which has a fantasy medieval setting and SD Command Chronicles which has a modern military style to name a few. It has been suggested that Chibi be merged into this article or section. ... Gachapon Gachapon (ガシャポン or sometimes ガチャポン in katakana), also referred to as capsule toy, is a Japanese onomatopoeia, made up of two sounds: gacha for the turning of a crank on a toy vending machine, and pon for the sound of the toy capsule dropping into the receptacle. ... For explanation of the Super Deformed Gundam unit, see SD Sengokuden. ... The Sengoku Period (戦国時代 Sengoku jidai) or warring-states period, is a period of long civil war in the History of Japan that spans through the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. ... Knight Gundam is part of the SD Gundam franchise, a sub-franchise of the popular Gundam anime. ... SD Command Chronicles ) is a branch of the SD Gundam franchise. ...

With its popularity, SD Gundam merchandise expanded to include manga, trading cards, anime and video games. Carddas (カードダス kadodasu) is a name given to Bandais card vending machines and, thus, a generic term given to the cards sold by these machines. ...

Model kits

An SD-Gundam model of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed's GAT X-105 Strike.

Although the stories themselves are parody, SD Gundam models is a serious business. While regular Gundam model lines strive for realism by introducing High Grade, Master Grade, and Perfect Grade models, SD Gundam models are designed for (and sometimes by) the customization crowd. Many SD Gundam models are designed such that variations of the stock models, as seen by SD Gundam comics, can be made by using parts from other SD Gundam kits. Modifying SD models is very popular in Japan, more so than the full-sized counterparts. In addition to made-up robots contributed to SD Gundam comics, Bandai also held monthly contests for custom Gundam (usually Musha-based) models. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ), shortened to Gundam SEED, is an anime television series by Sunrise and Bandai Visual. ...

The model kit series is called "SD Gundam BB Senshi". Coming 2007 it will be reaching it's 300th kit. Forming the bulk of the series are Musha Gundam kits, the Musha kits have standard gimmicks like detachable armour and other gimmicks like combination of parts between kits and compatibility with parts of other kits. As of early 2006, the current line are designed as combiners. Whilst each kit can build a Gundam with at least two forms, all of the kits are designed to double as part of a combined form in various ways. In recent years the G Generation kits introduced a new proportion and enhanced poseability.

There was another model kit series called "Ganso SD Gundam" but it has been discontinued in the 1990s. The series pretty much covered all the SD Gundam series but mainly focus on Knight Gundam kits. These kits are made made from more durable plastic and are bigger than the BB Senshi kits. They can be found selling at auction sites at high prices.

Century number releases (100, 200, 300, etc) are often marked as special occassions. 2007 saw the release of the 300th BB Senshi kit in official numbering. However, the previous kit had been BB 295. Bandai retroactively filled in the missing five kits alongside releases of kits with the 300+ numbering. These retroactive kits were of units from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, many being recolours of existing kits. Additionally, popular Musha Gundam kits were re-released a week after the release of BB 300. Many of these consisted of lead characters and their allies. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny ) is the second TV series set in the Cosmic Era universe of Gundam by Sunrise and Bandai Visual. ...

Animation works

Some of the SD Gundam animation works, a more complete list is available at the Japanese wiki entry.

• 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)
• Doozy Bots (1991)

An attempt to market SD Gundam in North America, but wasn't picked up. A rarity among Gundam fans.

• SD Gundam Side Story (1990)
• SD Gundam Scramble (1991)
• SD Gundam: Dawn Of Paparu (1991)
• SD Gundam Festival (1993)
• SD Gundam Mushaparaku (2001)

A short music video produced by Sunrise D.I.D. (Digital Imaging Department?) that first appeared in Tokyo Hobby Show in 2001/10/13. The video uses cel-shaded versions of SD Gundam Mushamaruden characters. The video is bundled with the limited special color clear version of BB Senshi #178.

• SD Gundam Mushaparaku 2 (2003)

Debuted in 42nd Shizuoka Hobby show 2003 on 2003/5/17, this video uses SD Gundam Mushamaruden 2 and 3 characters.

• SD Gundam Force (2003)

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Manga works

In Japan, SD Gundam comics are published in the assembly maual of the BB Senshi kits, titled 'Comic World' (drawn by MARSHI a.k.a Susumu Imaishi). The popularity of the SD Gundam series led to stand-alone publications of SD Gundam comics, initially serialized in Comic Bom Bom by Kodansha. The Comic World stories may contain differences from their expanded counterparts. In later BB Senshi kits, especially the musha-themed kits, contain side story for the separately published series. Comic Bom Bom ) is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kodansha. ... The head office of Kodansha Kodansha Limited ) is the largest Japanese publisher of literature and manga, headquartered in (Bunkyo), Tokyo. ...

Most of the SD Gundam manga were serialized in Kodansha's Comic Bom Bom with the exception of Musharetsuden ZERO which was serialized in Hobby Japan. HobbyJAPAN CO. is a Japanese hobby magazine and publishing company, specializing in roleplaying, war, and tabletop games, as well as action figures, toys, and artbooks for succesful anime and manga franchises. ...

Some of the SD Gundam books are translated into Chinese and published by Rightman Publishing Ltd. in Hong Kong.

Below is a rough list of manga works, a more accurate and complete list is available at the Japanese wiki entry.

Musha Gundam series

• SD Musha Gundam Fuunroku by Koichi Yamato (9 volumes)

contains the stories of Musha Shichinin Shuu to Densetsu no Daishougun

• Shin Musha Gundam Shichinin no Choushougun by Masahiro Kanda (2 volumes)
• Shin Musha Gundam Chou Kidou Daishougun by Masahiro Kanda (3 volumes)
• Chou Musha Gundam Bushin Kirahagane by Masahiro Kanda (2 volumes)
• Chou Musha Gundam Touba Daishougun by Masahiro Kanda (2 volumes)
• Shin Musha Gundam Tensei Shichinin Shuu by Masahiro Kanda (2 volumes)
• Shin Musha Gundam Musha Senki Hakari no Hengen Hen by Masahiro Kanda (2 volumes)
• SD Gundam Musha Generation by Masahiro Kanda (no takubon yet)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden by Masato Ichishiki (2 volumes)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden 2 by Masato Ichishiki (2 volumes)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden 3 by Masato Ichishiki (3 volumes)
• SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden Bukabuka Hen by Masato Ichishiki (3 volumes)
• Musharetsuden Zero by MARSHI a.k.a Susumu Imaishi (serializing in Hobby Japan)
• Musha Banchō Fūunroku by Masato Ichishiki (2 volumes, ongoing)

SD Sengokuden Musha Shichinin Shuu Hen ) is the first work in the long running Musha Gundam series. ... Shin SD Sengokuden Densetsu no Daishougun Hen ) is the fifth work of the Musha Gundam series. ... Shin SD Sengokuden Shichinin no Choushougun Hen ) is the sixth work of the Musha Gundam series. ... Shin SD Sengokuden Chou Kidou Daishougun ) is the seventh work of the Musha Gundam series. ... Chou SD Sengokuden Bushin Kirahagane ) is the eigth work of the Musha Gundam series. ... Chou SD Sengokuden Touba Daishougun ) is the ninth work of the Musha Gundam series. ... Shin SD Sengokuden Tensei Shichinin Shuu ) is the tenth work of the Musha Gundam series. ... Musha Senki Hakari no Hengen Hen ) is part of the SD Gundam franchise, a sub-franchise of the popular Gundam anime. ... SD Gundam Musha Generation is part of the SD Gundam franchise, a sub-franchise of the popular Gundam anime. ... SD Gundam Mushamaruden ) is a multi-part SD Gundam manga, a spin off from the popular Gundam anime. ... Masato Ichishiki (一式まさと) is a comic artist, born in 1971-11-12. ... SD Gundam Mushamaruden ) is a multi-part SD Gundam manga, a spin off from the popular Gundam anime. ... SD Gundam Mushamaruden ) is a multi-part SD Gundam manga, a spin off from the popular Gundam anime. ... Running alongside the Japanese release of the TV show Superior Defender Gundam Force, SD Gundam Force Musha Retsuden is a barely connected sidestory. As there is always a yearly SD Gundam manga/model kit line running in Japan, the title seems to only reference the show in the hopes of... SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden Zero is a prequel to SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden This anime/manga-related article is a stub. ... HobbyJAPAN CO. is a Japanese hobby magazine and publishing company, specializing in roleplaying, war, and tabletop games, as well as action figures, toys, and artbooks for succesful anime and manga franchises. ... SD Gundam Musha Banchō Fūunroku [SDガンダム武者番長風雲録] is an SD Gundam manga, a spin off from the popular Gundam anime. ...

Knight Gundam series

• SD Gundam Gaidan Knight Gundam Monogatari by Ryuuichi Hoshino (10 volumes)
• SD Gundam Gaiden Knight Gundam Monogatari Special by Ryuuichi Hoshino (3 volumes)
• Knight Gundam Kikoushin Densetsu by Ryuuichi Hoshino (3 volumes)
• Knight Gundam Maryuu Zero no Kishidan by Ryuuichi Hoshino (2 volumes)
• Knight Gundam Gold Saga by Ryuuichi Hoshino (3 volumes)
• Knight Gundam Gaitoushin Senki by Ryuuichi Hoshino (2 volumes)
• Knight Gundam Seiden by Ryuuichi Hoshino (3 volumes)
• Knight Gundam Kishidan (Powered) by Ryuuichi Hoshino (no takubon yet)
• SD Gundam Eiyuden by Koichi Tokita (5 volumes)

Koichi Tokita ( Tokita Kōichi) is a mangaka that is best known for his Gundam manga. ...

Others

• SD Gundam Daibokan G Vehicle (serialized in Comic World and Comic Bom Bom Secial Edition)
• SD Gundam Fullcolor Gekijou by Azuma Yuki <あずま 勇輝> (8 volumes, ongoing)

this series is based on the SD Gundam Fullcolor Gashapon toy line, which are capsule toys for SD Gundam figures.

Gachapon Gachapon (ガシャポン or sometimes ガチャポン in katakana), also referred to as capsule toy, is a Japanese onomatopoeia, made up of two sounds: gacha for the turning of a crank on a toy vending machine, and pon for the sound of the toy capsule dropping into the receptacle. ...

Game works

In the past most of the SD Gundam games are turn-based strategy games but recent SD Gundam games started appearing in other genres. A turn-based game, also known as turn-based strategy, is a game where each participant plays in turn. ...

Below is a rough list of game works, a more accurate and complete list is available at the Japanese wiki entry.

• SD Gundam Gachapon Senshi series
• SD Sengokuden series
• SD Gundam Side Story series
• SD Gundam Eiyūden series
• SD Gundam G Generation series
• SD Gundam Force
• SD Gundam Force: Showdown!
• Gundam: True Odyssey (MS Saga: A New Dawn) (2005)

The SD Gundam designs were also used throughout the earlier Super Robot Wars games (up through SRW F and F Final, stopping at SRW Alpha for the PS1), as can be seen by the pupils present in the eyes of the various Mobile Suits that appeared. From SRW Alpha and beyond, however, the eyes of Mobile Suits remain blank, though the robots themselves are still super-deformed (just as all mechs represented in typical SRW games are). SD Gundam G Generation is a series of strategy-RPG video games that focus on the Gundam anime franchise. ... Superior Defender Gundam Force ) is Japanese anime. ... Superior Defender Gundam Force ) is Japanese anime. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ...

External links

Information sites

• Gundam Comic Chronicle - detailed information on all SD Gundam comics ever published (Japanese)
• Inugoya's homepage - information on all SD Gundam timelines (Japanese)
• SD Gundam history page (Japanese)
• STRIPE's home page (Japanese)
• ToYaMeI's homepage (Chinese)
• SD Gundam Mushaparaku press release (Japanese)
• SD Gundam Mushaparaku 2 news release (Japanese)
• SD Gundam Papercrafts (English)

Plastic Model links

• Bandai Hobby Site (Japanese)

Publisher links

• Comic Bom Bom official site (Japanese)
• Hobby JAPAN magazine official site (Japanese)
• Rightman Publishing Ltd. official site (Chinese)
• Sunrise SD Gundam Mushamaruden site (Japanese)