The Official Gundam Board FAQ

[Hyaku-Shiki]

This FAQ was made to handle redundant questions concerning Mobile Suit Gundam. Most likely, you will find an answer here to your questions. Feel free to browse and give input as to what should be included.

What is Gundam?

Gundam is an anime series made in 1979 that has spawned an entire industry of “realistic mecha.”

What is UC Gundam?

UC stands for Universal Century. It’s where most of the Gundam series are based. (timeline-wise) All of the alternate universes (AU’s) have a different calendar system. The original series started out in UC 0079.

What UC series takes place where?

Mobile Suit Gundam – 1979 (UC 0079) 43 episodes, 3 compilation movies
Gundam 08th MS Team – 1995 (UC 0079) 12 episodes
Gundam 08th MS Team: Miller's Report – 1996 (UC 0079) compilation movie
Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket – 1989 (UC 0079) 6 episodes
Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory – 1991 (UC 0083) 13 episodes
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon – 1992 (UC 0083)compilation movie
Zeta Gundam – 1985 (UC 0087) 50 episodes
ZZ Gundam – 1986 (UC 0088 ) 47 episodes
Char's Counterattack – 1988 (UC 0093) Movie
Gundam F91 – 1991 (UC 0123) Movie
Victory Gundam – 1993 (UC 0153) 51 episodes
G - Saviour – 1999 (UC 0223) Live Action-Movie

Can you give me more information on the series themselves?

Sure.

Mobile Suit Gundam (TV Series/3 Compilation Movies)

Due to overpopulation on earth, humans strike out into space and create enormous colonies called "Sides". Years later one of these Sides declares a war of independance on Earth. Calling itself the Duchy of Zeon it launches an all out assault. Amuro Ray, a citizen of Side 7 discovers his father's Mobile Suit. A Suit unlike anyone had ever seen before. This was Gundam. Amuro, piloting the Gundam, and the crew of the White Base fight for Earth against the forces of Zeon in the One Year War that takes place in the Universal Century 0079.

Gundam 08th MS Team (OAV)

The year is UC 0079, the Federation has begun mass production of the prototype Gundams for use by their ground forces. Shiro Amada, commander of the 08th MS Team must lead his squadron through fierce fighting on the ground.

However, the Zeons are developing a secret project which could tip the balance of power! Can Shiro and his ragtag team of cast-offs, rejects, and bad attitudes save the Federation?

Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OAV)

The "One Year War" is nearly at an end. In a peaceful space colony far removed from the front-lines, an experimental Gundam becomes the target of a desperate commando mission. As the battles draw near, Al finds his love war become tragically all too real.

Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (OAV)

Three years of peace have followed the Earth Federation's victory over the Duchy of Zeon. Now, in the year 0083, the last remnants of Zeon begin their plan for revenge by stealing a prototype Gundam armed with a nuclear warhead. Can rookie Federation pilot Kou Uraki challenge the legendary ace Anavel Gato, and prevent the cataclysmic rebirth of Zeon?

Zeta Gundam (TV Series)

Following Operation Stardust (see Gundam 0083), the Federation has created an elite force to hunt down renegade Zeons and suppress anti-Federation movements in the colonies. This group, the Titans, soon proves to be nothing more than a gang of jackbooted thugs. In UC 0085, Titans forces commanded by Colonel Bosque Ohm suppress a spacenoid demonstration at Side 1's "30 bunch" (its 30th colony) with deadly force; pumping nerve gas into the colony, the Titans kill the colony's 3 million inhabitants.

Though the "30 Bunch incident" is successfully hushed up, word of the Titans' massacre spreads among the spacenoid resistance groups. The AEUG ("Anti-Earth Union Group"), a paramilitary force composed of both renegade Federal Forces members and former Zeon soldiers, dedicates itself to opposing the oppression of the Titans. Thanks to the backing of powerful corporations, in particular the moon-based Anaheim Electronics, this resistance group is able to amass a small but well-equipped force. In UC 0087, the AEUG makes its first move, entering the Titans' stronghold at Side 7 to investigate reports that a new Gundam project is under way...

ZZ Gundam (TV Series)

Gundam Double Zeta follows the story of Gundam Zeta. The war still continues between A.E.U.G and Axis. Judua and company fight against Haman’s Zeo Zeon forces. ZZ hits a very lighthearted note when compared to every other Gundam show. Don’t let that deter you at all, it is a classic.

Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counter Attack (Movie)

Char's Counterattack, which takes place fourteen years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam series, concludes the long-running rivalry between hero Amuro Ray and his nemesis Char Aznable. After years of conflict between Earth and the space colonies, Char has devised a radical solution: by bombarding Earth with asteroids, he will render the planet uninhabitable and force all of humanity to live in space. All that stands in Char's way are Amuro and one small Earth Federation fleet, and now the destiny of the human race will be decided by the final clash between these two Newtype warriors.

Gundam F91 (Movie)

After Char's rebellion come thirty years of peace and prosperity. Side 4, destroyed during the One Year War, is renamed the Frontier Side and construction of new colonies begins.

At the same time, a new force is preparing to challenge the Federation. Recruited, equipped and trained in secret, the Crossbone Vanguard are an elite private army in the employ of the aristocratic Ronah family. They are dedicated to the Ronah family's "cosmo nobility principle", which holds that humanity should be led by the best, the wisest, the most courageous - not by petty bureaucrats and corrupt politicians. Now they plan to establish a perfect society based on these ideals, and they've chosen the Frontier Side to become their "Cosmo Babylonia." In UC 0123, the Crossbone Vanguard make their move.

Victory Gundam (TV Series)

The Earth Federation has finally moved its base of operations from Earth to the Moon. Earth has become nature preserve, with a handful of humans living in specially designated areas. But the space colonies' desire for independence from the increasingly irrelevant Federation has never been stronger. The radical political movement known as Zanscar plans to re-colonize the Earth with "true believers" from Side 2. It's up to the resistance organization known as League Militaire to use their state-of-the-art Mobile Suits, known as the Victory Gundam series, to kick *** and take names.

G Saviour (Live Action Movie)

"G-Saviour" is set in the far future of the Universal Century era, 144 years after the original "Mobile Suit Gundam". While many people live in space settlements in Earth orbit, social crises as overpopulation, food and energy shortages, and environmental pollution are even worse than today. A handful of young people, desperate to bring forth an agricultural revolution for all mankind, come to rely on a new breed of mobile suit called "G-Saviour" fighting through incredible battles in outer space.

G-Saviour should be avoided like the plague.:uhoh:

Anything Else?

Well, there is the iMAX movie, Green Divers, which takes place during the last stages of Zeta Gundam. (UC 0087)

Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers
Story Date: U.C.0087.12.06

Green Divers, a multimedia addition to the Gundam franchise, is a short film which debuted at the domed E-Field theater inside the Cultural Center building in Tokyo's Shibuya district and premiered on August 10, 2001. The 23-minute presentation combines cel-animated characters and computer-animated mobile suits, with side screens to display extra material like science lectures and spaceships' online help systems.

Green Divers is set during the last part of the Zeta Gundam television series. Its heroes, two siblings named Asagi and Takuya, are passengers aboard a civilian transport ship that is caught in the crossfire between AEUG and Titans mobile suits. In order to survive, the children must steer their lifeboat safely through atmospheric re-entry and reach Earth. Along the way they're aided by the custom-painted MSZ-006-3 Zeta Gundam, whose unseen pilot sounds uncannily like ace pilot Amuro Ray.

[Hyaku-Shiki]

FAQ continued......

Where does Wing fit in?

Wing is an Alternate Universe (AU). Alternate Universe series do not impact anything in UC.

What are the Alternate Universe Series?

G-Gundam – 1994 (FC “Future Century” calendar) 49 episodes
Gundam W - 1995 (AC “After Colony” calendar) 49 episodes
Gundam W: Endless Waltz - 1997 Movie (compiled from 3 OVA's)
Gundam X – 1996 (AF “After War” calendar) 39 episodes
Turn " Gundam – 1999 (CC “Correct Century” calendar) 50 episodes
2 Turn " Gundam movies - 2001 - compilation movie
Gundam SEED – 2002 (CE “Cosmic Era” calendar) 50 episodes

Can you give me more information on the AU’s?

G Gundam (TV Series, 1994)

The year is Future Century 60. To put an end to war, the Gundam Fight has been developed. Every four years, a competition is held. each country sends a Gundam Fighter to compete; the country who claims victory rules the earth sphere for four years. This year's fight, however, is different. Gundam Fighter Domon Kasshu is on a mission. To save his father and clear his family name, he must fight in the competition and also track down the mysterious and sinister Gundam his brother Kyoji escaped to Earth with. Armed with the powerful Shining Gundam, Domon and his partner Rain set out on a journey that will be greater than anything he can imagine!

Gundam Wing + Gundam Wing Endless Waltz (TV Series, OAV, 1995)

It's the year AC (After Colony) 195. Over the past century, humanity has established a number of space colonies, giant wheel-shaped constructs that are home to millions of people. These colonies are grouped in clusters at the five Lagrange points, areas of relative stability in Earth orbit.

For decades, while the Earth's surface was wracked by war and civil strife, the peace and quiet of the space colonies presented an attractive alternative for war-weary settlers. When the terrestrial wars ended, a new world government was established, a "United Earth Sphere Alliance" committed to bringing about peace through force of arms. In the name of peace and justice, the Alliance seized control of the colonies.

Under the pretext of restoring order to the colonies, the Alliance staged a second military intervention, using humanoid fighting machines called mobile suits to crush all opposition.

Gundam X (TV Series, 1996)

Gundam X is the story of those survivors of the Seventh Space War trying to live among the ruins of their civilization. "Vultures", scavengers of war material and ruined cities roam the wasted Earth. Unknown to all, the leaders of the warring factions have been plotting to regain their lost glory, and using enhanced human "Newtypes", they aim to dominate the world. But Jamil Neate, would-be hero of the war and once-pilot of the monstrous Gundam X, the plucky teen Garrod Ran, and Newtype girl Tiffa Adil aim to find a way to save the human race from another round of self-destruciton.

Gundam SEED (TV Series, 2002)

The confrontation between the Earth Alliance (Naturals) and Zaft (Coordinators), which originated in economic friction, reached a stalemate. Ultimately, the two sides opted for the last resort of diplomacy - in other words, they went to war. Our story begins roughly a year later. Heliopolis, a resource satellite belonging to a neutral nation, is suddenly attacked by a Zaft mobile suit force. Their goal is to seize the Atlantic Alliance's newest Gundam mobile suits, which the Alliance has produced here amid total secrecy. The raid is successful, and Zaft captures four of the Gundams. Kira Yamato, a student at an industrial college, is drawn into the conflict when he is reunited with his old friend Aslan Zara. Tragically, Kira finds that his comrade Aslan and the other Coordinators are now his enemies. For patriotism's sake, Aslan sets out to defeat Kira. One against four... the battle of the Gundams begins!

Either (Can be UC or AU)

Turn " Gundam (TV Series, 1999)

It is the far future, in the year 2345 of a new calendar - two thousand years, that is, after the dawn of the space age. After centuries of peace, the people of Earth have lost the technology they once possessed and forgotten that they once traveled in space. But a lost tribe of lunar settlers, the Moonrace, have retained the scientific arts... and now they regard their mother planet with envious eyes.

Hoping to return to their ancestral home, the Moonrace contact Earth's feudal lords and attempt to negotiate the transfer of a chunk of the planet's territory. But soon, unable to make a deal with Earth's rulers, the Moonrace decide to seize the land they desire by force. Anticipating an extraterrestrial invasion, Earth's feudal lords organize militias armed with cars and biplanes to do battle with the Moonrace's army of giant two-legged war machines.

Caught in the middle of this war of the worlds is a youth named Loran Cehack, who finds a mysterious artifact - a relic of Earth's forgotten space age - entombed in stone. Will this ancient mobile suit enable Loran to avert the conflict and make peace between Earth and moon?

Why is Turn-A both AU and UC?

The title Turn A (upside down A) is a mathematical term that means “all given characters in a set.” Tomino has repeatedly stated that Turn-A is a UC show. However, it uses footage from all of the previous Gundam shows in an attempt to bring them under one banner. Watch it, and you will see. ;)

Ok, that’s a lot of information! But where can I buy some merchandise?

Well, there is www.gundamshop.com

This dedicated Gundam online store, brought to you by Outer Limits Stores, has a great selection of import model kits, the complete lineup of domestic videos and comics, and assorted other goodies like T-shirts and Gundam Marker paint pens. The site also offers message boards, modeling tips, galleries of reader-submitted model photos, and other fun features.

www.animenation.com

A popular anime specialty retailer, with a wide range of domestic and import merchandise. AnimeNation offers a good selection of import books, a large assortment of import toys and models, and the full lineup of domestic video releases.

http://www.amazon.com/

The would-be Walmart of the Web sells everything from teddy bears to lawn furniture, including just about every domestic Gundam product. Amazon has good prices on videos, DVDs, books, graphic novels, toys, and model kits, though we've found that they tend to run out of the rarer items.

http://www.hlj.com/

A popular alternative for hardcore import-model fans, this Japan-based online store offers all the latest toys and model kits at low, low prices, though remember you still need to pay for (and wait for) international shipping.

http://www.rainbowten.co.jp/

Another Japan-based model importer. The site's not nearly as user-friendly as HobbyLink Japan, but it has a good reputation for customer service and now has an English version of its main website!

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/

This Japan-based retailer specializes in round shiny things - in other words, import DVDs, laser discs, and CD soundtracks. Low low prices, plus the obligatory international shipping costs.

Wow, so much merchandise! But, I’m interested in the model kits. How do I start building them? What are the different “Grade” sizes?

An FAQ based only on the model world of Gundam would be much much much longer than this FAQ. I can, however, give you a few nice links courtesy of Newtype-Asylum.

Different Grades?
http://newtype-asylum.com/model/series.htm

Model Building 101:
http://newtype-asylum.com/model/guide/index.htm
You should also check out the modeling board here at AN.

Well, that’s it. This FAQ will be updated as time goes on. Please give any feedback as to what should be included!

Special thanks to Sharp-kun for writing most of it! :)

[NovaExx]

How many of the UC series are Amuro and Char the main characters?

[FlakMan]

I have to ask, is there any way of getting or seeing Green Divers and Last Blitz of Zeon? I couldn't find them on iMesh and I was just wondering if they had been fansubbed and available for download somewhere.

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by NovaExx
How many of the UC series are Amuro and Char the main characters?

Off the top of my head:

Gundam 0079
3 Mobile Suit Gundam movies
Zeta Gundam
ZZ Gundam (very brief Amuro and Char cameo in opening)
CCA


Originally posted by FlakMan
I have to ask, is there any way of getting or seeing Green Divers and Last Blitz of Zeon? I couldn't find them on iMesh and I was just wondering if they had been fansubbed and available for download somewhere.

Green Divers is an iMax movie, so the chances of someone sneaking in a videocamera and taping the huge screen is slim to nill. I don't forsee this coming to America even if Zeta Gundam is a huge success. I believe, Green Divers only runs for a few minutes.

Last Blitz of Zeon will be released on DVD/Video soon (if it hasn't already). Basically, its a recap of Gundam 0083 and you can live without it.

[Green Diver]

Thanks for adding Green Divers to your FAQ Hyaku-Shiki. Cause I was thinking about it anyhow, yet I decided to keep it in the other thread with hopes that you would pick it up.

[AngryBlack]

This question might be OT but how crappy is the sub/translation for ZZ/ZZ Remix?? I heard the ZZ series is just as bad as recent FF games, so i want to get the series and judge for myself.

[Green Diver]

And by the way...

What is Gundam?

Gundam is the definitive Japanese mecha series. Many people consider it the "Star Trek of Japan" because of several striking similarities. The first series in each franchice suffered poor ratings in their initial runs, only to enjoy massive success in reruns. Both were resurrected as feature films, and both enjoyed continued success with many spinoff series. In the case of Gundam, this success has created 9 TV series, 4 OAV series, and 3 movies to date. Until 1998, all of the Gundam series were only available in fansubs. When Bandai Entertainment opened in the U.S., some of the first things it released included the Gundam movie trilogy, Gundam 0080, and Gundam 0083. The franchise was rather low key here until Cartoon Network broadcast Gundam W in 2000 and it became a runaway success.

More Gundam arrived in the U.S. with the original series, The 08th M.S. Team and Gundam 0080 airing in 2001. Gundam 0083 also aired on TV in 2002, and the movie G-Saviour was released on DVD. The next wave of Gundam includes the movie Char's Counterattack and the TV series G Gundam. Bandai has recently confirmed that Z Gundam is in production for a U.S. release. As for what's new in Japan, the new series Gundam SEED is now airing on TV.

[Green Diver]

I don't really know how crappy the sub/translation for ZZ/ZZ Remix is since I only have the original untranslated LDs, but:

Z Gundam was a bonafide hit when it aired from 1985-86. A follow-up was to be expected, and it came in the form of Gundam ZZ. Originally, the intention was to make Gundam ZZ a second season of Z Gundam. In the end, it was decided to feature a new cast. Following the end of the Gryps War, Haman Karn and the Axis Zeon become the Neo Zeon and make their power play for control of the Earth Sphere. The AEUG, having lost pilots such as Kamille Bidan and Char Aznable, is severely weakened. Enter loudmouthed Judau Ashta and his friends.

While this series is a direct sequel to Z Gundam, it is quite different in several ways. Where Z Gundam was a dark and serious show, Gundam ZZ has a very comic tone because its target audience was small children. Also, the series was rewritten by Tomino halfway through to match with what he planned for the feature film Char's Counterattack, which premiered less than a year after the end of the series. Because of the comic antics and rewrites, many fans consider this to be a poor show. It should be noted though that Tomino's rewrite significantly changes the tone of the show and brings it close to the quality of Z Gundam. In 2002, Bandai released the series on DVD in Japan. It is currently not available in the U.S., but since Z Gundam is coming soon, this series probably will too.

[Green Diver]

The Universal Century & The One Year War

The majority of the series in the Gundam saga are set in the Universal Century (UC) timeline. With more 'UC shows' arriving in the U.S. now, it is helpful to know what the background for this extensively developed universe is. In the new Universal Century calendar, humanity began a space colonization program to ease overcrowding on Earth. After living in space for decades, 'Spacenoids' began to thirst for independence from 'Earthnoids'. In the year UC 0079, after years of tension, the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon at the Side 3 colonies went to war. Hoping to end the war in one attack with Operation British, the Zeon attempted to drop a colony on the Federal Forces headquarters in Jaburo, South America. The colony was knocked off course and instead impacted on Australia and destroyed most of the country. The use of nuclear weapons combined with the colony drop seriously altered the environment. In the first week of the war, over four billion people were killed.

The Federation and Zeon quickly sign the Antarctic Treaty, which outlaws the use of mass destruction weapons. Following this, the war enters months of stalemate. It is during this stalemate that the Federation began Project V to develop mobile suits to combat the powerful Zeon Zaku II. This period of the war is the setting for the original 1979 Gundam series as well as 1996's The 08th M.S. Team and 1989's Gundam 0080. The 08th M.S Team examines the One Year War from the perspective of a Federation mobile suit team fighting the Zeon in a vicious ground war in Southeast Asia. Gundam 0080 focuses on the neutral colony of Libot and a young boy's chance encounter with Zeon soldiers that changes his life forever. Towards the end of UC 0079, the Federation uses combat data from Amuro Ray's Gundam and creates the GM, their first mass produced mobile suit. With the GM they are able to turn the tables on the Zeon. They eventually push the Zeon off of Earth and take the battle to space, emerging victorious on January 1, 0080 at the Battle of A Baoa Qu.

Post One Year War & The Gryps War

Following the war, the Principality of Zeon was disbanded and became the Republic of Zeon once again. In UC 0083, Zeon rebels led by Aiguille Delaz and Anavel Gato attempted to revive Zeon by starting their own rebellion. This story is explored in the 1991 OAV series Gundam 0083. After stealing a nuclear-equipped Gundam, they expose the hypocrisy of the Federation. As a show of force, they drop a colony on North America and make most of it uninhabitable. Their terrorist actions cause the Federation to create the Titans task force to seek out all Zeon rebels. Unfortunately, the Titans are commanded by the devious Jamitov Hymem and his lackey Bask Om. The Titans quickly evolve into a fascist organization that slowly takes control of the Federal Forces. By UC 0085, the Titans are committing atrocities such as gassing millions of colony citizens at Side 1's 30 Bunch Colony who opposed them. It was because of these atrocities that Federation officers and others formed the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) to fight them. The story of the Titans and AEUG is chronicled in the series Z Gundam, which aired from 1985-1986. As the Gryps War begins in UC 0087, civilian Kamille Bidan has a hatred for the Titans and joins the AEUG. He uses his emerging Newtype powers and the Zeta Gundam to fight the Titans. During the latter half of the series, the Axis Zeon led by Haman Karn enter the war to carve out their own kingdom and resurrect the Zabi dynasty. In early UC 0088 the Titans are wiped out, but the AEUG loses most of its pilots, including Char Aznable, who vanishes in the last battle. Another casualty is Zeta Gundam's pilot Kamille Bidan, who is mentally crippled by Titans leader Paptimus Scirocco's Newtype powers.

The Neo Zeon Wars

Though the Titans are gone, the Axis Zeon remain. Renamed Neo Zeon, they begin to appease citizens of the colonies to join their effort in Gundam ZZ, which aired from 1986-1987. The AEUG again recruits citizens to fight for their cause, this time Judau Ashta and several of his loser friends. Like Kamille Bidan before him, Judau develops his Newtype powers and uses the and the powerful Double Zeta Gundam to fight the Neo Zeon. The Neo Zeon begin their campaign of conquest by invading Earth and occupying the Federation capital in Dakar, Africa. The AEUG is involved in a running fight from Dakar to Dublin, where the Federation brass hands over Side 3 to Haman. To speed up negotiations, she steals a colony from Side 4 and drops it on Dublin, which annihilates the city. After returning to space, Haman is pursued by Judau and his friends. As the war nears its end, Glemy Toto begins a rebellion against Haman, with the AEUG caught in the middle. The first Neo Zeon War ends in UC 0089 with the deaths of Haman and Glemy. Afterwards, the AEUG soldiers are reincorporated into the Federal Forces and become part of Londo Bell. Londo Bell's mission is the same as the Titans, but they do not use the same cruel methods. After years of peace, the threat of war returns in UC 0093 from Char Aznable, who has formed his own Neo Zeon group. He plans to bring humanity to its next evolutionary level and make everyone a Newtype. His plan for doing this involved dropping asteroids on Earth to force Earthnoids to migrate to space. The final part of his plan is to drop Axis on Earth, which will make the planet uninhabitable. He is stopped by his rival Amuro Ray, as seen in the 1988 film Char's Counterattack. The conflict between the Zeon and the Federation is at last over.

Late Universal Century

The last parts of the UC saga take the story far to the future. After 30 years of peace, Earth is threatened again in UC 0123. The 1991 film Gundam F91 is the story of the Crossbone Vanguard, the private army of the wealthy Spacenoid Ronah family. Much like the Zeon, they believe that Spacenoids are superior to Earthnoids, and they plan to create a utopia named Cosmo Babylonia. Opposing them is Newtype Seabook Arno with his Gundam F91. Unfortunately, the movie is a retooled version of a never filmed TV series that does not complete this storyline. A continuation can be read in the manga series Crossbone Gundam. Jumping ahead to UC 0153 provides the setting for the last animated UC series, V Gundam. In this series, which aired from 1993-1994, Earth has been left almost uninhabited to allow it to heal from humanity's abuse of it. Now that it has healed, the religiously fanatic Zanscare Empire plans to make it their sanctuary. With the Federation divided and incompetent, only the civilian rebel group League Militaire stands in the way of the Zanscare Empire. Young Newtype Uso Evin joins the League and pilots the Victory Gundam and V2 Gundam in his fight against the Zanscare. Ultimately, the Zanscare Empire attempts to use a psychic battle fortress named Angel Halo to mentally slaughter the citizens of Earth. Fortunately, Uso and the League foil their plans and end the war. Seventy years later in UC 0223, the Federation has collapsed and is replaced by the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT). However, CONSENT is just as bad as the Federation and attempts to control the colonies. In the live action movie G-Saviour, Gundam pilot Mark Curran uses the title mobile suit to fight them and save an invention that could feed the starving masses under the oppression of CONSENT.

[Green Diver]

The Future Century timeline

Aside from the UC saga, there are many Gundam series that are set in alternate universes, each with their own calendar and history. These series were created by Bandai to draw in more fans and sell new merchandise. Following after V Gundam, the first alternate universe series is G Gundam which aired from 1994-1995. This universe uses the Future Century (FC) calendar, where elitist colony citizens use ravaged Earth as a battleground in the Gundam Fight to decide who the new leader of the colonies will be. In FC 60, the 13th Gundam Fight begins when Neo Japan pilot Domon Kasshu wins a battle. Throughout the year, Domon searches for his lost brother, who was experimenting with nanotechnology to restore Earth. After a terrible accident, the nanotech transformed the Ultimate Gundam into the gigantic and evil Devil Gundam. With his mother dead and his father in cryogenic freeze, Domon wants to find his brother, for revenge. As the Gundam Fight continues, Domon meets four Gundam Fighters who are fated to join his quest. He also encounters his mentor Master Asia, who has become a servant of the Devil Gundam. After the Gundam Fight ends, the final battle begins in space. With the help of his God Gundam and his friends from the Shuffle Alliance, Domon destroys the Devil Gundam and is reunited with his love Rain Mikamura. This series is set to air in the U.S. beginning in late summer 2002.

The After Colony timeline

Everyone is familiar with Gundam W, which aired in the U.S. in 2000 and originally aired in Japan from 1995-1996. This second series uses the After Colony (AC) calendar. In AC 175, a colonial independence leader named Heero Yuy was assassinated by the mysterious OZ organization. For the next two decades, the colonies begin to resent the control of the oppressive United Earth Sphere Alliance. This resentment leads to the creation of Operation Meteor in AC 195. Five young Gundam pilots are sent to Earth to fight a guerilla war against the United Earth Sphere Alliance. Over the course of the conflict, the UESA is destroyed from within by OZ, which is backed by the aristocratic Romefeller Foundation. As OZ makes overtures to the space colonies, Gundam pilots Heero, Duo, Trowa, Wufei and Quatre find that their homelands have rejected them. Still, the Gundam pilots continue to fight off OZ and the Romefeller foundation. As an internal conflict splits OZ, the space colonists decide to fight back and create a rebel army named White Fang. Judging White Fang to be too dangerous, the Gundam pilots fight them off during what becomes known as the Eve Wars. Following the Eve Wars, the Earth Sphere United Nation is created, and nearly all mobile suits are destroyed. However, just one year later war begins again with the attack of the Mariemaia Army in the 1997 OAV series Endless Waltz. The Gundam pilots return one last time to wipe out the enemy and bring a lasting peace to Earth.

The After War timeline

The next alternate universe series is 1996's Gundam X, which uses the After War (AW) calendar. This series poses a 'what if' on the end of the Universal Century's One Year War and uses it as a springing board for a new story. After a terrible war between the Earth Federation and the Space Revolutionary Army, the SRA drops dozens of colonies on Earth and kills nearly all Earth's inhabitants. In the post-apocalyptic wasteland, there is only chaos. Renegade mobile suit pilots terrorize civilians, and scavenger groups known as Vulture look for old weapons for their survival and profit. In this chaotic world, the New Earth Federation and the SRA are secretly rebuilding their power for an eventual confrontation. In AW 0015, a young boy named Garrod Ran is drawn into this conflict when he rescues a young Newtype girl named Tiffa Adill, finds a Gundam X and joins Vulture. Constantly harassed by the villainous Frost brothers, the Vulture ship Freeden journeys around the world in search of Newtypes. As the New Federation begins to re-conquer Earth to reunite it, Garrod steals the powerful new Gundam Double X. The New Federation moves the conflict into space and picks up the war where it left off. After discovering the true secret of Newtypes, Garrod uses his Double X to defeat the Frost brothers and end the war. Peace is finally restored between both sides, and Garrod lives happily ever after with Tiffa. Unfortunately, this series was moved into a bad timeslot and canceled 10 episodes short of its intended 49 episode run.

The Correct Century timeline

As part of the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration, creator Yoshiyuki Tomino returned after six years to create the series " Gundam, which ran from 1999-2000. This alternate universe follows the Correct Century (CC) calendar and takes place in CC 2345. More than 2000 years have passed since mankind began space travel. Led by Queen Dianna Soriel, the Moonrace want to establish their own nation on Earth due to overcrowding and a lack of resources on the Moon. However, because of the Dark History the Earth has degenerated in these millennia to the technological level of World War I. The key to this war is the discovery of entombed ancient Turn A Gundam, used by Moonrace defector Loran Cehack. As the Earth Militia fights back with its crude weapons, the discovery of entombed mobile suits and the spaceship Willgem puts them on a more level playing field with the Moonrace. As the Militia takes the conflict to space, it is revealed that not all support Dianna's rule. Furthermore, it is revealed that the Turn A itself was responsible for the destruction of all technology on Earth. As the conflict winds down, Loran fights against the traitorous Gym Ghingnham and his powerful Turn X mobile suit. The conflict ends with the destruction of Gym's forces and the cocooning of both the Turn A and Turn X.

The Cosmic Era timeline

Following the conclusion of Turn A Gundam in 2000, the next TV series is 2002's Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. The series is currently in production and will begin airing in October. This series uses the Cosmic Era (CE) calendar and takes place in the year CE 70. In this universe, a new type of human has evolved and is known as a Coordinator, while regular humans are known as Naturals. The Coordinators live in space colonies called Plants, and their desire for independence causes a war to break out. As the Earth Alliance develops five secret prototype Gundam mobile suits, ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) conducts a raid and steals four of the Gundams. A 16-year-old student named Kira Yamato is drawn into the conflict when he discovers that his old friend Aslan Zara is a ZAFT pilot. From what little information is available, this new series seems to be an updated retread of the original series.

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Time to add some more info.....

What is the Famous Lost Episode from Mobile Suit Gundam? Why didn't it come to America?

Originally posted by Green Diver
I got my hands on the lost Mobile Suit Gundam episode last week on LD, and decided to give the info about it to the forum if nobody had seen it yet. And some facts & opinions to go with it.

(Original) Episode 15: Kukurus Doan's Island

The Gunperry takes off from the White Base with Ryu piloting it. The Gunperry prepares to release the Gundam modules so that they can dock with Amuro's Core Fighter. Fraw informs Bright that they are receiving an automated distress signal from a nearby location. He orders Amuro to separate the Core Fighter from Gundam and fly over to the location of the signal to investigate. The Gundam gets down on all fours, and Amuro ejects the Core Fighter and flies off.

Ryu comes in with the Gunperry to pick up the modules because he doesn't want to see the Gundam looking like a dog. As Amuro flies over the ocean, he approaches an island where the distress signal is coming from. He spots a downed Federation fighter and lands his Core Fighter nearby. He approaches the fighter and sees the two pilots are wounded and tied to their seats with ropes. He reports this to back to Bright, and Bright tells Mirai to prepare battle stations in case it's a trap. Amuro unties the pilots and lays them down on the beach to examine their wounds. One of them dies, and when he goes to look at the other he gets pelted with rocks. He grabs the pilot and takes him to the plane for shelter, but the pilot dies from his wounds. Amuro shoots his gun at where the rocks are coming from and runs up a hill. Flaming sticks are thrown at him, and he sees that three kids are responsible. They tell him to leave their island, so he runs back to the Core Fighter.

A Zaku piloted by Kukurus Doan appears, and he asks Amuro to surrender. Amuro says he can't do that, and Doan says he doesn't want to fight. Amuro takes off and begins firing missiles at Doan. Doan dodges one of the missiles and throws a boulder at the other. The brightness and proximity of the blast blinds Amuro and causes him to crash the Core Fighter into the ocean. Amuro wakes up in a log cabin and meets a young woman named Rona. He collapses to the ground, and she tells him he shouldn't be moving so soon. Amuro finds Doan and asks for his Core Fighter, but Doan refuses. He says he knows the Zeon will come for him soon, and he has to protect the children. Amuro says he needs the Core Fighter to defend himself from the Zeon, and Doan says Amuro will attack him if he hands it over. The kids tell Amuro to leave, and he says he will find the Core Fighter on his own.

Amuro stands on top of a waterfall to survey the island. He doesn't think that Doan could have moved the Core Fighter very far from its original position. After taking a swim, Amuro sits on the beach and is joined by Rona. She tells him he can't even appreciate how beautiful the sunset is, and he says nothing is beautiful in war. She tells him that Doan said he could be a good soldier if he cut out his childish behavior. He wonders why Doan is conning those kids to stay with him, and Rona tells him he shouldn't speak if he doesn't know the situation.

Ryu searches the islands in a Core Fighter and has no luck finding Amuro. Bright orders him to return to the ship for the night, and Fraw worries about Amuro. On the island, Doan sleeps and has a nightmare flashback. He remembers piloting his Zaku in battle and seeing the kids crying over the bodies of their parents. He wakes up and begins to search the radar for the Zeon. He tells Rona that they are not safe on the island and will have to leave if they can't change Amuro's perspective.

The next day, the White Base continues the search for Amuro. Fraw detects several objects moving towards the area Amuro went to, and Bright has Mirai change course to that direction. Amuro continues his search for the Core Fighter, and the kids start throwing rocks at him again and tell him to leave. He hears a noise and sees a Luggun approaching with a Zaku holding on to it. The Luggun shoots at the kids, and Amuro saves the girl from a fall. They run back to the log cabin, and Amuro asks Doan for the Core Fighter. The Zaku lands on the ground and destroys the cabin. Doan leads Amuro to a cave behind the waterfall where the Core Fighter and Zaku are hidden.

Ryu approaches the island with his Core Fighter, and Amuro launches from the waterfall. Doan attacks the Zaku and falls under fire from the Luggun. Amuro asks Bright if he can do a midair conversion, and Bright tells him to return to the ship. Amuro converts the Core Fighter to Gundam and returns to fight. He destroys the Luggun, but Doan tells him to leave the Zaku alone. Doan attacks the Zaku and says he will fight as long as the kids live. Amuro doesn't understand, and Doan explains he accidentally killed the kids' parents. When he was ordered to kill them too, he took them and fled. Doan destroys the Zaku and knocks it into the ocean. Afterwards, he says they are no longer safe, and Amuro throws the Zaku into the ocean. The kids start yelling, and Doan tells them that what Amuro did was right.

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So this is the infamous 'lost episode' that will never be seen in America. Tomino felt it wasn't up to the standard of the rest of the series and had it cut. Since this is a standalone, its deletion does not affect the main story of the series. However, I don't think it was necessary to cut the episode. If anything should have been cut because it sucked, it should have been episode 14. That episode is far worse than this one.

This episode also features horribly inconsistent animation, so that may have also been a factor in its deletion. What we have here is a story that shows not all Zeon are evil. Much like Big John from episode 8, Kukurus Doan is a nice guy who cares about other people, and he is willing to die to amend for the sin of killing the parents of the kids. I must say though that these kids are incredibly annoying, so I imagine living with them must be a pain.

On another note, I noticed that Doan's island looks exactly like South Ataria Island from Macross. Since the staff from Macross were Gundam fans, I wonder if the design of that island was a nod to this episode. If you can find this episode somewhere, it's worth at least one viewing since it will never air on TV or be available on DVD (unless Bandai changes their minds with a possible BoxSet).

[DufFuS101]

What are the specs for Hi-Nu Gundam and the other mobile suit Char piloted in the Novel. Also are there an noticable differences between the movie and the book?

Tanks in advance.

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by DufFuS101
What are the specs for Hi-Nu Gundam and the other mobile suit Char piloted in the Novel. Also are there an noticable differences between the movie and the book?

Tanks in advance.

From www.mahq.net :

Hi-Nu:
Unit type: mobile suit
Head height: 20.0 meters
Base weight: 27.9 tons
Full weight: unknown
Power generator output: unknown
Rocket thrusters: unknown
Vernier thrusters/apogee motors: unknown
Sensor radius: unknown
Armor: gundarium alloy
Armament: beam rifle x 1, beam saber x 2, í hyper bazooka x 1, beam cannon x 1, missile x 4, vulcan gun x 2, fin funnel x 6, hyper mega bazooka launcher x 1

Nightingale:
Unit type: mobile suit
Overall length: 27.8 meters
Head height: 22.5 meters
Base weight: 48.2 tons
Full weight: 105.7 tons
Power generator output: 6760 kW
Vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 42
Sensor radius: 23420 meters
Armament: mega beam rifle x 1, funnel x 10

Unfortunately we have slim pickings in terms of information on those two suits.

The novel is very different from the movie. Chan isn't Amuro's love interest, its actually a pregnant Belotchika. Instead of the psycho frame, it was the power of Amuro's unborn child inside Belotchika that caused all of the weird Newtype-goodness seen in the film.

I can't really tell you more, seeing as how I've never read the novel, however I will try to get as much information as I can so stay tuned to this thread .

[RPGZeta]

In the Char's Counterattack novel, the psyco frame is in there, but unlike the movie, it's a huge, huge part of the plot. Here are some differences between the two:

1. As mentioned before, Beltochika's unborn child has extreme amounts of Newtype powers, and even saves Beltochika from being killed by Gyunei.

2. Quess is killed by Hathaway. Quess is about to kill Amuro who is preparing the Hi-Nu's Hyper Mega Beam Bazooka Launcher to bombard Axis, and Hathaway is left with little choice.

3. It's heavily hinted Nanai Miguel is pregnant, which leads people to believe (along with other evidence) that Victory Gundam's Usso Ebbing is a decendant of Char.

4. Axis' thrusters actually end up failing. So Char takes action and pushes it with the Nightengale.

5. There's a lot less melee combat.

6. It's made clear that both Amuro and Char die at the end, no question about it.

[RPGZeta]

Originally posted by bennator0
Hey, do any of you know any details about Gundam Sentinal? I've built a model kfrom that Manga (I know it was fan written), but does anybody know the story or whatnot?

It's the year UC 0088. The war with the Titans is finally over and the war with Haman Khan's Neo Zeon is going to begin soon. But, a small group of Feddies at a Federation asteroid hear of the stories of what was once the Titans. They make the final decision to secede from the Earth Federation and declare themselves the New Desides, a group which follows the Titans' ideas of Earth superiority. They lead their war against their enemies with their Gundam Mark V and exerimental mass production MS.

[Alfred]

Originally posted by Hyaku-Shiki
Why is Turn-A both AU and UC?

The title Turn A (upside down A) is a mathematical term that means “all given characters in a set.” Tomino has repeatedly stated that Turn-A is a UC show. However, it uses footage from all of the previous Gundam shows in an attempt to bring them under one banner. Watch it, and you will see. ;)Really? Tomino said that Turn A Gundam's a UC Gundam series? Where did you get that info?

PS: How did you get the "A" to go upside down?

[LotD]

Originally posted by RPGZeta
6. It's made clear that both Amuro and Char die at the end, no question about it.

Yeah that was my question. The movie is very ambiguous as to whether or not they die. Since Axis did not impact Earth and the new Gundam as well as Char's little escape pod seemed to be able to withstand the re-entry inferno, it didn't seem like there was anything that could kill them. So why exactly did they die? A result of the enormous mental energy required to prevent Axis from impacting Earth?

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by Alfred
Really? Tomino said that Turn A Gundam's a UC Gundam series? Where did you get that info?

PS: How did you get the "A" to go upside down?

Tomino said that Turn-A is UC in numerous interviews.

PS: click on "quote" on the post in question and you will see. I usually type the symbol into Word and cut it, paste it into my post and use [font=symbol].

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by LotD
Yeah that was my question. The movie is very ambiguous as to whether or not they die. Since Axis did not impact Earth and the new Gundam as well as Char's little escape pod seemed to be able to withstand the re-entry inferno, it didn't seem like there was anything that could kill them. So why exactly did they die? A result of the enormous mental energy required to prevent Axis from impacting Earth?

That's exactly it, its supposed to be ambiguous. If you believe they live, then they live. I like to think that they both gave up their lives showing the Earth the warmth of the human soul.

But Tomino stated that he is no longer working with these characters again (ever), so they are in fact, dead.

[Alfred]

Originally posted by Hyaku-Shiki
Tomino said that Turn-A is UC in numerous interviews.

PS: click on "quote" on the post in question and you will see. I usually type the symbol into Word and cut it, paste it into my post and use .Can you give me a link to any of those interviews? I'm not calling you a liar; I just want to show it to someone that has a hard time believing in word of mouth on the internet. -o-;

Since I no longer have Word Perfect, I just copied & pasted that prhase from one of your posts & put do that.

Turn " Gundam

I guess it did work. -o-;

But now my entire post is messed up. -_-; And I only put the Font symbols around the ".

It's probably due to the fact, there's not endfont for that first "[font=symbol];" I'll fix that.

[Gato]

Æ

The Anaheim Electronics symbol

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by Alfred
Can you give me a link to any of those interviews? I'm not calling you a liar; I just want to show it to someone that has a hard time believing in word of mouth on the internet. -o-;

Ugh, I can't do that. Do you know how long that would take?

But, I'll ask around (and bookmark it) and PM it to you.

[RPGZeta]

And you know, another thing that I never understood when I read the CCA novel/Beltochika's Children. Early in the novel, Amuro has an odd question . . .

"I need the Zeta Gundam."

Hold on a minute, the Zeta was destroyed in ZZ! So that makes no sense. And the soldier replies with "We have it in heavy storage, sorry Sir."

And the scene seems to pass very quickly. It's really odd.

I sort of take it as symbolism that maybe Tomino wanted Amuro to use the Zeta's biosensor, considering that he's probably heard stories about the Zeta's capabilities with that menacing Newtype weapon. Maybe Tomino originally wanted Amuro using Camille's biosensor against Char's psyco-frame? It would've been interesting, considering the biosensor could act as a symbol as a powerful ally used against the Titans in the former AEUG while the psyco-frame could act as a symbol that former AEUG members that joined Neo Zeon (such as Char) turned their back on their old ideals . . .

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by RPGZeta
And you know, another thing that I never understood when I read the CCA novel/Beltochika's Children. Early in the novel, Amuro has an odd question . . .

"I need the Zeta Gundam."

Hold on a minute, the Zeta was destroyed in ZZ! So that makes no sense. And the soldier replies with "We have it in heavy storage, sorry Sir."

You could say that the novels are a different continuity from the series. I mean, Amuro dies at the end of the MSG novel, but he makes an appearance in the CCA novel.

I sort of take it as symbolism that maybe Tomino wanted Amuro to use the Zeta's biosensor, considering that he's probably heard stories about the Zeta's capabilities with that menacing Newtype weapon. Maybe Tomino originally wanted Amuro using Camille's biosensor against Char's psyco-frame? It would've been interesting, considering the biosensor could act as a symbol as a powerful ally used against the Titans in the former AEUG while the psyco-frame could act as a symbol that former AEUG members that joined Neo Zeon (such as Char) turned their back on their old ideals . . .

Very interesting. :( Why must you make me buy the novels when I'm broke?

[Char Aznable]

Well,Its not that hard..memorizing OYW generator outputs are hard...or memorizing the list of Zaku and Gm variants with production numbers.......

@_@ if somone would know that off the top of their head... holy god..

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Beam Weapons
The new weapons derived from Minovsky physics are referred to by the generic term "beam weapons." There are actually two distinct varieties of beam weapon - one that uses regular Minovsky particles, and another that employs the mega particles formed by fusing positive and negative Minovsky particles. As beam weapons continue to evolve, the technology is used to produce defensive devices and even propulsion systems.

The Mega Particle Cannon
The ubiquitous mega particle cannon - variously referred to as the beam cannon, beam gun, mega beam cannon, ad nauseum - is the standard armament of the Gundam world's warships and mobile armors. This weapon fires a focused beam of massive, high-velocity mega particles, which cannot be deflected by magnetic fields and tears through any conventional armor material.

To create the mega particles, a cannon-toting vehicle must first gather Minovsky particles from the vehicle's fusion reactor. The Minovsky particles are collected in a device called an energy condenser, where they are compressed in a high-density I-field until they fuse into mega particles. The performance of the mega particle cannon is thus limited by the reactor's ability to produce Minovsky particles.

Though it quickly becomes the standard armament of space warships, the mega particle cannon's high energy requirements and the sheer bulk of the energy condenser at first preclude its use in mobile suits. The Duchy of Zeon's MS-05 Zaku and MS-06 Zaku II are thus armed with conventional projectile and missile weapons, rather than beam weapons.

The Beam Rifle
In order to work around the mega particle cannon's energy demands, the Earth Federal Forces develop the E-cap (a contraction of "energy capacitor"). This device stores Minovsky particles in a high-energy compressed state, so that only a small amount of additional energy is required to trigger their fusion into mega particles. The E-cap is charged by energy condensers at the mobile suit's home base or carrier ship, and then functions like a battery until its supply of particles is exhausted, at which point the weapon becomes useless. During the One Year War the Federal Forces perfect the E-cap and use it to create a miniaturized mega particle cannon called a beam rifle, with which their first prototype mobile suits are equipped.

The limited capacity of the E-cap proves to be a significant shortcoming. The RX-78 Gundam, for example, can only fire about 15 shots from its beam rifle before exhausting the E-cap's supply. Shortly after the end of the war, the beam rifle is further refined to use a removable E-cap module called an E-pack. A mobile suit equipped with spare E-packs can thus swap them in during a battle to replenish its beam rifle's particle supply.

Mega Particle Cannon Variants
The basic principles of the mega particle cannon and beam rifle are employed by a long list of spinoffs. Here are a few variations on this weapon design...

The self-sufficient mega bazooka launcher used by the MSN-00100 Type 100 combines a powerful mega particle cannon with a dedicated reactor. The mega bazooka launcher even has its own thruster system, making it independently mobile - the only thing it needs the mobile suit for is aiming.

The FXA-08R Mega Rider, a development of the mega bazooka launcher which also serves as a support craft for transporting mobile suits, has its own cockpit so that it can be operated independently. Meanwhile, the MSZ-006 Z Gundam's hyper mega launcher is a scaled-down version of the mega bazooka launcher. Lacking its own propulsion system, the mega launcher must be carried by the mobile suit.

The MSA-010 ZZ Gundam's hyper mega particle cannon is a powerful built-in mega particle cannon, powered by the mobile suit's own reactors. Its mega particles are produced by a highly compact mega condenser. However, firing the weapon depletes the ZZ Gundam's energy reserves, rendering it powerless and immobile.

The beam smartgun used by the MSA-0011 S Gundam and MSZ-006C1 Z Plus is likewise powered by the mobile suit's reactor. The frame structure that connects the beam smartgun to the mobile suit serves as a conduit for both energy and sensor data, making the weapon highly accurate.

The Variable Speed Beam Rifle or VSBR, a new type of beam weapon introduced around UC 0120 and first installed in the F90-V and F91 Gundams, lets the pilot change the velocity of the emitted mega particles. A slow beam produces increased raw damage over a wider area, while a fast beam yields higher penetration - in this mode, it's capable of piercing a beam shield! Despite the "beam rifle" nomenclature, the VSBR is actually connected directly to the mobile suit's reactor. It's typically integrated into the mobile suit's movable frame structure, and is equipped with apogee motors to increase the mobile suit's manueverability.

The beam launcher, or beam bazooka, is another application of this speed-control technology. This bazooka-like weapon, powered by an ordinary E-pack rather than by the mobile suit's reactor, fires slow-moving mega particles for increased damage. It's introduced simultaneously as an optional weapon for the F90III-Y Cluster Gundam, F91 Gundam and XM-07 Vigna Ghina, and later becomes a fairly common weapon.

At the same time, the RX-99 Neo Gundam and its Generative Beam Rifle Device, or G-BRD, are introduced. This VSBR-like weapon is powered by its own built-in reactor and includes supplemental thrusters, enabling it to serve as a booster for the Neo Gundam's core fighter.

The mega beam rifle used by the LM312V04 V Gundam and LM314V21 V2 Gundam, and the mega beam cannon wielded by the ZMT-S29 Zanneck, are later applications of the VSBR's mega particle acceleration technology. The Zanneck's cannon, capable of firing on ground targets from the stratosphere, is likely the most powerful weapon ever wielded by a mobile suit.

The Beam Saber
Unlike the beam weapons discussed above, the beam saber doesn't use mega particles. Instead, it emits high-energy Minovsky particles to form a blade-shaped I-field, and then fills this I-field shell with superheated plasma to produce a lethally effective cutting blade. The Minovsky particles are stored by E-cap in the beam saber's hilt, which is recharged by the mobile suit's reactor when the saber is returned to its socket. Thus, once activated, beam sabers don't rely on the mobile suit's reactor and can be thrown or discarded as decoys (as demonstrated in Gundam 0083).

As the beam saber's I-field enclosure repels plasma, it not only keeps the blade's contents in but also keeps other blades' contents out, allowing one beam saber to block another. And, since the I-field can be formed into a variety of simple shapes, it's pretty trivial to create exotic variants like the beam tomahawk, beam sword, beam sword/axe, beam fan, beam mace, beam cutter and beam tonfa - glorified beam sabers, all. Here are a couple of less trivial spinoffs...

The beam jitte attached to the RX-78GP01 Gundam's beam rifle is a specialized beam saber designed to catch enemy beam sabers, allowing the Gundam to ward off enemy blades on those occasions when there isn't time to draw its own full-sized beam saber.

The whimsical beam flag used by the Crossbone Vanguard's command mobile suits is strictly for show. This uses beam saber technology to generate a customized symbol so that squadron leaders can be easily identified by their underlings.

The Beam Shield
The first defensive application of beam saber technology is the beam barrier projected by the RX-93 Nu Gundam's fin funnels. This barrier creates a geometric shell around the mobile suit, with a fin funnel at each vertex and planes of energy akin to beam saber blades forming the surfaces of the shell. Unlike the classic I-field barrier, this beam barrier deflects physical attacks and missiles as well as beam weapons. It can, however, be collapsed by a sufficiently powerful attack.

By about UC 0120, the decreased size and increased power output of modern mobile suits make it possible to use a simplified version of this barrier on all mobile suits. This beam shield is composed of a simple plane of energy, radiating from a central generator unit, which can be used like a physical shield to deflect enemy attacks. Since the edges of the beam shield are as deadly as a beam saber blade, the mobile suit's computer automatically deactivates sections of the shield that would otherwise lop off the mobile suit's own limbs.

Though it's limited to a single direction - and, like its beam barrier ancestor, can be collapsed by a powerful attack - the beam shield's lower energy requirements and effectiveness against every type of weapon make it a perfectly satisfactory alternative to the I-field barrier. By about UC 0150, even some warships are equipped with beam shields.

The mega beam shield wielded by the LM314V24 V2 Assault Gundam is a throwback of sorts to the Nu Gundam's beam barrier. In addition to a central generator unit, it uses three remote-controlled barrier bits to form the vertices of an oversized beam shield.

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Beam Weapons as Propulsion Systems
The sophisticated technology of the beam shield is eventually applied to create a combined defensive device and propulsion system. The beam rotor, developed by the Zanscare Empire around UC 0150, generates a shield using spinning beam blades rather than a solid plane of energy. As a side-effect, the rotating blades create lift in exactly the same fashion as a helicopter. This allows a beam rotor-equipped mobile suit to fly through the air without expending its finite propellant supply, while using just a fraction of the power required by a Minovsky craft system.

A far more advanced use of beam weapon technology is the V2 Gundam's incredible Minovsky drive system. Much like the ion drive contemplated by real-world physicists, this system uses the particle-acceleration technology introduced by the VSBR to boost Minovsky particles to relativistic speed. Now moving at a substantial fraction of the speed of light, the accelerated particles are redirected by an external I-field to create up to 20 gees of thrust in the desired direction. The "wings of light" generated by the V2 Gundam's Minovsky drive units can also function as giant beam sabers or beam shields, and can be extended up to a kilometer in length!

Minovsky Physics
Almost all the high technology of the Gundam world derives from one underlying scientific miracle - the wondrous discipline of Minovsky physics. This wide-ranging field of study is named after its pioneer, whose name has been variously given as Doctor T.Y. or Y.T. Minovsky. Though at first glance you might be inclined to write off the entire subject as a bunch of hokum, twenty years of earnest effort by Gundam creators and fans have given us a surprisingly coherent theory to account for the manifold mysteries of Minovsky physics.

Dawn of the Fusion Era
The discoveries that lead to the field of Minovsky physics begin with an ambitious project to develop a practical nuclear fusion reactor. This effort is launched in UC 0047 by Side 3's Minovsky Physics Society, and after years of research Dr. Minovsky and his colleagues complete the Minovsky-Ionesco reactor. Unlike traditional fusion reactions, which emit neutron radiation that can only be shielded by several feet of concrete, the Minovsky-Ionesco reactor uses a "clean" fusion reaction that emits no neutrons:

2He3 + 1H2 -> 2He4 + p (energy released: 18.35 MeV)

The reaction uses a rare isotope of helium known as helium-3, which fuses with deuterium atoms to form normal helium. The reaction also emits a proton, a charged particle than can be easily contained with magnetic fields. The one problem with this process is that helium-3 is extremely rare; Earth has very little helium in its atmosphere, and helium-3 makes up only 1/700,000 of this amount. Though lunar soil has been found to contain large amounts of helium deposited by the solar wind, the Gundam world's fusion reactors rely on the constant supply of helium imported from the outer solar system by the Jupiter Energy Fleet.

The Minovsky Particle
In UC 0065, the researchers of the Minovsky Physics Society notice a strange electromagnetic wave effect within the Minovsky-Ionesco reactor that cannot be explained by conventional physics. Within a few years, they've identified the cause: a new elementary particle generated by the helium-3 reaction, which is named the Minovsky particle.

The Minovsky particle has near-zero rest mass - though, like any particle, its mass increases to reflect its potential or kinetic energy - and can carry either a positive or negative electrical charge. When scattered in open space or in the air, the repulsive forces between charged Minovsky particles cause them to spontaneously align into a regular lattice structure called an I-field. The I-field creates an interference effect, called the Minovsky effect, that blocks low-frequency electromagnetic waves such as radio and microwave transmissions - even infrared radiation is affected, though not blocked entirely. The I-field itself is invisible, and can be detected only by its effects.

Early Applications
With the rise to power of Archduke Degin Zabi and the creation of the Duchy of Zeon, the Zeon military immediately seizes on the military applications of this discovery. In UC 0070, Zeon military researchers confirm that, by scattering large quantities of Minovsky particles, they can temporarily nullify radar and radio communications and reduce combat to visual range. Minovsky particle scattering is a standard feature of the Gundam world's space warships, though most mobile suits lack this capability.

In UC 0071, Zeon researchers create the super-compact Minovsky fusion reactor. Instead of the conventional magnetic field, this improved version of the Minovsky-Ionesco reactor uses an I-field to confine and compress the reactor fuel, triggering a fusion reaction. The Minovsky particles produced as a byproduct of the helium-3 fusion reaction are thus recycled to keep that reaction going. The Minovsky particles that form the I-field lattice also help catalyze the fusion reaction, in a process similar to the muon-catalyzed fusion investigated by real-world scientists during the 1950s. This super-efficient design is only a fifth as large as an equivalently powerful Minovsky-Ionesco reactor.

Other I-field Applications
Since it's made up of charged particles, the I-field is unable to permeate through metal, water, the Earth's surface, or other electrically conductive materials. Thus, at low altitudes it's possible to generate an I-field cushion between the underside of a vessel and the ground, yielding a gravity-countering buoyancy. This principle is used in the Minovsky craft system introduced during the One Year War and eventually made standard on all space warships, though it's not until decades later that the Minovsky craft system is miniaturized enough to be installed in mobile suits.

Another application of the I-field, and probably the one most familiar to the viewer, is the I-field barrier. This generates a dense I-field in the space surrounding the barrier generator, which can deflect the beam weapons derived from Minovsky physics. The barrier has no effect against lasers or against physical attacks such as missiles, and within the barrier's radius beam weapons function with their usual lethality.

Though the high power requirements and immense heat of the I-field barrier rule out its use on all but the most exceptional mobile suits, it's used by mobile armors such as the MA-08 Big Zam and the MRX-009 Psyco Gundam. Even in a full-sized mobile armor, the heat factor is still problematic, and the Big Zam is able to sustain the barrier for only 15 to 20 minutes. Since the basic principle of the I-field barrier is similar to that of the Minovsky craft system, it's relatively easy to combine the two systems, and a mobile armor with one of these gimmicks often has the other.

The Mega Particle
The magical art of Minovsky physics has one more trick up its sleeve. Due to the repulsive forces between positive and negative Minovsky particles, large amounts of energy are required to compress an I-field lattice. If enough energy is applied, and the I-field sufficiently compressed, the Minovsky particles ultimately fuse into massive, electrically neutral mega particles.

The energy used to create the mega particles is expressed as both mass and velocity. No longer subject to the electrical forces that maintain the I-field lattice, the particles burst out of the I-field. This stream of heavy, fast-moving particles, unlike a conventional charged-particle beam, cannot be deflected with magnetic fields. In UC 0070, Zeon researchers exploit this phenomenon to create the fearsome mega particle cannon.

[David Gill]

Mark Simmons is the North American authority on all things Gundam. He also worked as a series consultant for Bandai when they adapted Mobile Suit Gundam.

[RPGZeta]

Actually, you can visit the defunct Gundam Project in it's entirety:

1. Go here: http://web.archive.org/collections/web.html

2. Type in "www.gundamproject.com".

3. It will come up with a list of dates, go to the most recent one, Nov. 27, 2001.

4. The Gundam Project! In all of its glory before it were shut down!

[RPGZeta]

Hey, HS, you don't mind if I use some of the information here to make an FAQ on a non-Animenation forum. Most notably your series descriptions, since you have some pretty good ones.

[Nanai Miguel]

On Newtype Asylum (and I know for a fact MAHQ) they have something called "Gundam for Dummies".

[HimuraProns]

When was the year 0079 exactly?

[David Gill]

The U.C. calendar was created after 2045 A.D. so 0079 is the year 2124 A.D.

[MajinMailMan]

wow! that's awesome,and the ms's are each about 100 to 150 feet right?

[j_wong00]

Originally posted by MajinMailMan
wow! that's awesome,and the ms's are each about 100 to 150 feet right?

I don't think it's quite that large.

The average MS ranges from 12 meters to 19 meters, or 39ft to 62ft.

The largest actual MS I believe would be the Psycho Gundam, comming in at 40m in height, or 131ft.

[j_wong00]

Originally posted by MajinMailMan
how many feet in a meter?

1 meter is about 3.0284 feet.

I think US, and Great Britan are the only large contries still using the old Imperial system, pretty much everywhere else uses metric.

It's just easier to break down.

[Hyaku-Shiki]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
When was the year 0079 exactly?

http://dyarstraights.com/msgundam/timeline.html

[kamidake90]

i believe that the year 2045 is what the fans have agreed upon when the universal century began, to my knowledge however i don't think that bandai , sunrise, or tomino himself have ever said exactly when uc starts. it could be as short as a few decades from now or centuries in the future and it is this little detail thati believe makes gundam so great, people aren't going to look at this like say terminator and laugh in the future because the creator said something was going to happen on this date and didn't

[HimuraProns]

Was the gelgoog machine gun around in 0079?

[HimuraProns]

If the psycho gundam is the bigest gundam, isant the WaDom the biggest mobile suit? i mean the turn a Gundam went up to its ankle or something, so is the psycho gundam biger then the Wadom?

[Sharp-kun]

Psyco Gundam was 41m tall.

WaDom was only 40m, with the Turn A being 20m tall.

[HimuraProns]

why isant this thread Sticky anymore?



In char's counter attack form what ive seen char's all dropping metorites on the earth to cuase a ice age, however, wouldnt dropping a colony(s) do the same thing?

[bennator0]

Yes it would, but Char would never harm a colony. Unlike the Zabi family which fought for spacenoid independence only if you happened to live in Side 3, otherwise you were expendable, Char actually cared about spacenoids, and would never destroy/ damage a colony.

[HimuraProns]

What about all the abandoned Colonies? Or did they just invent those for 0083?

[j_wong00]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
What about all the abandoned Colonies? Or did they just invent those for 0083?

There were abandoned colonies during the OYW, namely the Texas colony near Side 5 (if memory serves me).

It's just that even abandoned colonies would be needed by Char to fullfill his father's dream.

When all those people have to leave Earth, they have to go somewhere, and then those empty colonies (if any were in existance at this point), would come in handy.

[Sharp-kun]

Also what do you think would have the greater destructive force? A big rock, or something made of glass and metal.

[HimuraProns]

Well it apears that colonies are biger then the metorites (excuse me i dont know how big the metorites and how big the colonies are) however, i do know a piece of a colony that burnt up in the atmosphere destroyed Sydney, so image how a entire colony would do it?

[okendri]

The meteorites have more mass than the colonies, so they would throw up more debris than a colony.

[HimuraProns]

BTW: This thread should be stickied


Anyway, i was wondering i heard Tomino origanaly wanted gundam to be live action would it be a 52 episode series or a movie or what if it was live action?

Off topic: Whats the point of showing a movie on TV calling it uncut but still censoring the F word?

[j_wong00]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
BTW: This thread should be stickied


Anyway, i was wondering i heard Tomino origanaly wanted gundam to be live action would it be a 52 episode series or a movie or what if it was live action?

Off topic: Whats the point of showing a movie on TV calling it uncut but still censoring the F word?

I believe Tomino did consider Gundam as a live action, but technology at the time was very limited (it was 1979), and what he wanted just couldn't be done with the equipment, and techniques available at the time.

Even then, the original series was suppose to run 52 eps., for 1 full year, but was shortened to 36 due to poor ratings; pleadings from the staff got it exteneded to the current 43 (or 42; whatever).

To the last point, there's a difference. Uncut, is that they leave all the scenes in, while taking out the "F" word, is censoring, these are 2 completly different things, which is why we have the line "Uncut and uncensored".

[HimuraProns]

Originally posted by Hyaku-Shiki
It would, but the mods are tired of deleting spam....


Yea i guess there are alot of people saying stuff like "okay thanks" or "Oh that makes sense" and so on and so forth.


So i hear the mech desinger for Turn A gundam was american? and did Tomino (except for seed) have any at all influnence in the alternate universe, and if not how did sunrise make all these gundams without his permision?

[j_wong00]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
Yea i guess there are alot of people saying stuff like "okay thanks" or "Oh that makes sense" and so on and so forth.


So i hear the mech desinger for Turn A gundam was american? and did Tomino (except for seed) have any at all influnence in the alternate universe, and if not how did sunrise make all these gundams without his permision?

The mech designer for Turn A was Syed Mead, of Bladerunner, and Aliens fame.

Technically, Tomino does have an influence on the other Gundam shows he didn't do, since he is credited with the old line "Based on..." tag.

While Tomnio created Gundam, Sunrise can probably use the name since I believe Tomino was an employee of Sunrise at the time. It's complicated, and I don't have enough legal knowledge, nor the background of how things were meshed out.

[bennator0]

Tomino had little (if anything) to do with 0080, 0083, G, Wing, X, and 08th MS Team. However, he was the driving force behind Turn A Gundam.

[Sephiroth]

NB was cool. He pwned you MMM. Anyway, is Anime Jya Nai originally from Zeta or Double Zeta?

[David Gill]

Originally posted by Squall Leonhart
NB was cool. He pwned you MMM. Anyway, is Anime Jya Nai originally from Zeta or Double Zeta?

That is the first opening to Double Zeta.

[HimuraProns]

If you can ansewer me this without spoilers, how come there werent any Zaku III's (or whatever variaton of zaku will be around) in the mountans in Turn A gundam?

[Bernard_Monsha]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
If you can ansewer me this without spoilers, how come there werent any Zaku III's (or whatever variaton of zaku will be around) in the mountans in Turn A gundam?

Unless stored away underground all technology was destroyed in a disaster. Mechs from Zeta and ZZ make an appearence as well as the Zaku's

[HimuraProns]

So i hear they flash back to gundam X, but do they ever have any mechs from Gundam X?

[Bernard_Monsha]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
So i hear they flash back to gundam X, but do they ever have any mechs from Gundam X?

No, no gundam X mecha make a showing. The scene you speak of has scenes playing from every Gundam series produced so you see Wing, G, X, Zeta, ZZ, MSG respectively.

[Sharp-kun]

I'm resticking this thread, and hopefully I'll be able to clean it every so often, like I've just done.

Try and keep it spam free, this is a useful thread, and should be kept that way ^_^.

[HimuraProns]

ya know how in the manuals of the model kits, well sense newtype asylum went down (even with the wayback machine site) i cant get to the color translations becuase teh wayback machine site wont let me get to it claiming they couldnt find it. so where can i get the translation chart?

[HimuraProns]

okay i ordered the 1:100th scale F91 scale RGM 109 and F71 and i need that color chart to figure out what colors i need

[Hiroshi Seishi]

Hi everybody, I'm new here, but im a big Gundam Fan, I've seen alot of it. I was wondering one thing though do we ever hear about the Kampfer or see it ever again past 0080? I havnt seen it in 0083 or Zeta, or F-91, or CCA, or......ughh...G-Saviour.

*SPOILERS* I Know it was destroyed but so were many zakus.

[Sharp-kun]

Originally posted by Hiroshi Seishi
Hi everybody, I'm new here, but im a big Gundam Fan, I've seen alot of it. I was wondering one thing though do we ever hear about the Kampfer or see it ever again past 0080? I havnt seen it in 0083 or Zeta, or F-91, or CCA, or......ughh...G-Saviour.

*SPOILERS* I Know it was destroyed but so were many zakus.
Please don't lie. We can spot previously banned members Mr MajinMailMan ;) -_-;


Kampfer was never seen again in a series, only in a few mangas and games.

It was the same as the Gyan. One of the designs competing against the Gelgoog. The Gelgoog won.

[HimuraProns]

if i paint a model woudlnt the colors drip all over other parts? and wouldnt spray paint just like acidently spray over other parts to?

[Faust]

Paint won't drip unless you use too much of it. If you're gonna use spray paints, you'll have to do it before you put the parts together. You can always put tape over the specific parts you don't want to get painted.

[Sephiroth]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
if i paint a model woudlnt the colors drip all over other parts? and wouldnt spray paint just like acidently spray over other parts to?

My advice is don't Spray paint. Either get some flat colors you can paint on easily or you can do gloss but I recommend doing gloss only if you can get ahold of a good airbrush.

[Bernard_Monsha]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
if i paint a model woudlnt the colors drip all over other parts? and wouldnt spray paint just like acidently spray over other parts to?

Mask what your going to paint with either masking tape of wet news paper/tissue paper. Also when you use spray paints or airbrushes use short quick strokes to avoid pooling and runnning.

[HimuraProns]

What do you do when you missplace, say the little black joint that ataches the leg to the rest of the body, what do you do?

[Bernard_Monsha]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
What do you do when you missplace, say the little black joint that ataches the leg to the rest of the body, what do you do?


Pop the model apart and turn it around, unless you glued it toghether then you are screwed.

[HimuraProns]

well i managed to save The RGM but it has a very flimsy leg now, my mom took a knife and cut down the insert and we used a leftover (why the hell were there leftovers?) joint that was smaller and used that

[HimuraProns]

is the 1/100th rgm-109 model from f91 come with sword?

[HimuraProns]

If f91 was "only the begining" what was f90 "A little before the begining"?

and also if Ironmask from f91 never takes his mask off, how dose he sleep!?!?

[Cool_Vash]

I found out some interesting little bits of info, mostly just a bit of trivia, but in case anyone asks, I found out when the UC began, as well as the formation of thew federation:

Federation forms: 1999
Federal army forms: 2009
Colony construction begins: 2045
UC 0001: 2046

[j_wong00]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
If f91 was "only the begining" what was f90 "A little before the begining"?

and also if Ironmask from f91 never takes his mask off, how dose he sleep!?!?

The same way "The Man in the iron mask" sleeps :P.

[HimuraProns]

Why is Mcdonnalds still around in UC 0087? wouldnt that mean its the longest surviving resturant ever?

[RPGZeta]

That's not "McDonalds", read the sign, it's "McDaniels".

And it's good for the Ped Comet so he can buy Happy Meals for his underage dates.

[HimuraProns]

In Victory gundam whats the name of the guy with the short black hair who looks like hes from the movie akira thats been hanging around sheki (or whatever her name is) the dog and suzie? IM ONLY 4 episoes in on posting this so dont spoil

[AnalyticalWrath]

Anybody know where to find a good synopsis of the major non-anime novels and manga? Or maybe whe can have it added to this thread.

[HimuraProns]

Ive got a V Gundam question for everything try and see if you ansewr it without spoilers: How the hell did Oliver get put in charage of a team of 6 hot women, and what episode does usso have sex with them all :cheers:

[Bernard_Monsha]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
Ive got a V Gundam question for everything try and see if you ansewr it without spoilers: How the hell did Oliver get put in charage of a team of 6 hot women, and what episode does usso have sex with them all :cheers:

He doesn't ***********Spoiler alert*********************
















They all die at least so far as I remember

[HimuraProns]

i need to work on my essay im going to write on the gundam franchise so can anyone ansewer or give me a information source (preferbly indepth) about tominos insperations to create gundam, gundam Zeta, gundam zz (and so on) why tomino wanted to make a sequal to gundam 5 or 6 years after the origanal came out and any other interesting tidbits about the gundam franchise, i want to get as much information as posible on the gundam franchise.

[RayType]

Originally posted by HimuraProns
i need to work on my essay im going to write on the gundam franchise so can anyone ansewer or give me a information source (preferbly indepth) about tominos insperations to create gundam, gundam Zeta, gundam zz (and so on) why tomino wanted to make a sequal to gundam 5 or 6 years after the origanal came out and any other interesting tidbits about the gundam franchise, i want to get as much information as posible on the gundam franchise.
Dang, I wish there were some sites like that...

Anyways, If I remember correctly, Tomino-sama didn't always wanted to create a new Gundam series, he wanted to end everything in MSG however, Bandai/Sunrise/Sotsu/whatever, pressured him to continue after the sudden popularity of Gundam so he went on to create Zeta.

Hope that helps. :)

[WonderboyFMG]

In what order should Gundam be watched? By the series timeline or by when they were produced

[Levon]

You can start with any of these in any order:

Mobile Suit Gundam
Gundam 08th MS Team
Gundam 0080

Alternate Universe Gundam:

Gundam Wing
G Gundam
Gundam SEED
Gundam X
Turn A Gundam

You can watch any of those.

Gundam 0083 & Zeta Gundam, I think you should watch Mobile Suit Gundam at least first. Although I guess 0083 would be fine to watch for newbies but I don't reccomend it for newbies.



I highly reccomend you see Mobile Suit Gundam. Wether it be the movie version or TV version.

[Jinpun]

Why is it that everyone (including this FAQ page) says that Gundam SEED has 52 episodes when The Anime News Network, here (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=883), says 50?

I have never seen the series so who is right? Is it 50 or 52?

[Red_Comet]

It only has 50.

[Sharp-kun]

Why is it that everyone (including this FAQ page) says that Gundam SEED has 52 episodes when The Anime News Network, here (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=883), says 50?

I have never seen the series so who is right? Is it 50 or 52?When the FAQ was written it was though that there were going to be 52 eps. Instead, SEED simply didn't air for 2 weeks. It has been corrected.

[Jinpun]

When the FAQ was written it was though that there were going to be 52 eps. Instead, SEED simply didn't air for 2 weeks. It has been corrected.
Allright, cool. I just wasn't sure, and saw that there were a few different episode counts by different people and sites. ^_^

[teknoman]

I have never seen the series so who is right? Is it 50 or 52?

Say you guys (Jinpun & Red_Comet) are you guys talking about or refering to the 5 minute epilogue. Go to this link & check it out

http://mahq.net/animation/gundam/seed/gsepe.htm

[teknoman]

And I also found out that there's also a Special Edition of Gundam Seed which is the conclusion to the anime T.V. show (Gundam Seed). It's only 6 episodes here's the information about it

http://mahq.net/animation/gundam/seed/setoc.htm

[thx3876]

And I also found out that there's also a Special Edition of Gundam Seed which is the conclusion to the anime T.V. show (Gundam Seed). It's only 6 episodes here's the information about it

http://mahq.net/animation/gundam/seed/setoc.htm
It's not a conclusion of the show, it's just a retelling of the series.

[Sharp-kun]

Say you guys (Jinpun & Red_Comet) are you guys talking about or refering to the 5 minute epilogue. Go to this link & check it out

http://mahq.net/animation/gundam/seed/gsepe.htm
No, as I said, when SEED was originally announced it was said that it would air for 52 weeks. As such we assumed it would be 52 eps. Instead they didn't air it for 2 weeks, making it 50 eps. The epilogue wasn't announced at that time.

[Captain Tylor]

Hey, i just came from the Gundam shop in Osaka's Den Den district.
I bought a metal card holder that says "TITANS"

what in the world is that?? hehe

The store was great and had all the merchandise from SEED and the older series. I also bought some sprite sized gundams and the NEWTYPE guide on F91.

^_^

Anyways, come to Osaka!! hehe

I will go back to Korea, cause thats where i live now, but man that would be fun to live here in Osaka...

Gundam is mania here still, so you can get anything you want. The models are relatively cheap too.

[MagicianCamille]

Hey, i just came from the Gundam shop in Osaka's Den Den district.
I bought a metal card holder that says "TITANS"

what in the world is that?? hehe

The store was great and had all the merchandise from SEED and the older series. I also bought some sprite sized gundams and the NEWTYPE guide on F91.

^_^

Anyways, come to Osaka!! hehe

I will go back to Korea, cause thats where i live now, but man that would be fun to live here in Osaka...

Gundam is mania here still, so you can get anything you want. The models are relatively cheap too.


THe Titans are an elite faction of the Federation from Zeta Gundam, they are the bad guys.

[Porco Rosso]

Can anyone tell me what "Gundam SEED Special Edition" is?

EDIT: Nevermind, My question was answered, like, five posts up. ;)

[wingzero]

can any1 fill me in on what happened in last night's episode, i forgot to record it

[Sharp-kun]

Note to self. Tidy up thread this week.

[Zubbus]

Hi!
I've been a Gundam fan since I was a kid but only now I realized it was so well translated into English. I really want to know about the details of the UC world, especially right from the start.

I am most interested in statistics and specifics, like who piloted what, who beat whom, the main characters and their ranks over time. I would be really grateful if somebody points out a site that specializes in these things.

On the other hand, if anyone has been wondering how to get into the NES games SD Gundam - Gachapon Senshi 1, 2 or 3, I'm your guy :smokin:

Thanks in advance.

[j_wong00]

Hi!
I've been a Gundam fan since I was a kid but only now I realized it was so well translated into English. I really want to know about the details of the UC world, especially right from the start.

I am most interested in statistics and specifics, like who piloted what, who beat whom, the main characters and their ranks over time. I would be really grateful if somebody points out a site that specializes in these things.

On the other hand, if anyone has been wondering how to get into the NES games SD Gundam - Gachapon Senshi 1, 2 or 3, I'm your guy :smokin:

Thanks in advance.

Try www.mahq.net

They have a lot of info, reviews, and specs for mobile suits.
Also try www.gundamofficial.com. However they only deal with series' that's been officially released in North America.

[Rabid Monkey]

To any that can help, I have question:

In the Gundam timeline on the official site, the UC calender, certain novels and comics (which I assume means MANGA but I'm not sure) are mentioned to fit in in between certain sereis. I just wondered if these are avalible over in the US or if they weren't published outside of Japan.

They are:

Zeonic Front
Lost War Chronicles
The Blue Destiny
Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes
Encounters in Space
Gundam sentinel
Double Fake
Hathaways Flash
Mobile Suit Gundam F90
Crissbone Gundam
Gaia Gear

EDIT:

Also try www.gundamofficial.com. However they only deal with series' that's been officially released in North America.

So would this go the same for the books and comics then?

[LordJezo]

Can we get Gundam Seed Destiny added in?

[Rahxephon91]

Heres some info from Gundam Sentinel (http://dougram.battletechnology.org/GundamSentinel/MainPage.htm)

[Rahxephon91]

Dear god did anyone watch Seed today. In the Dacoasta(SP) gun fight theres atcually blood,but in the preview for next eps where you see Fllay holding a gun it has a red cap over it

[Levon]

The red cap?

Whats wrong with you bandai!?:lol:

[Solid_Snake]

Can anyone give me a list of American licensed Gundam meaning ones you can find on DVD in the US not bootlegs?

[Levon]

Mobile Suit Gundam TV
Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy
Gundam the 08th MS Team OVA
Gundam the 08th MS Team Miller's Report
Gundam 0080
Gundam 0083
Gundam F91
G Gundam
Zeta Gundam
Char's Counterattack
Gundam SEED(well nearly all release here)
Gundam Wing TV
Gundam Wing Endless Waltz
G-Saviour
SD Gundam Force(still being released on DVD I think......like I care)

[Solid_Snake]

What is G-Saviour, do you know when it was made,can I find it for sell on AN?

[MagicianCamille]

G-Saviour is a live action movie, it is supposed to be set in the Gundam Universe since it has mobile suits and such, but it was terrible, so it got thrown out of the timeline. *waves* Don't spend any money on it, and if you want to know wether or not you can find it for sale on AN, I have a very crazy idea, try looking.

[Solid_Snake]

G-Saviour is a live action movie, it is supposed to be set in the Gundam Universe since it has mobile suits and such, but it was terrible, so it got thrown out of the timeline. *waves* Don't spend any money on it, and if you want to know wether or not you can find it for sale on AN, I have a very crazy idea, try looking.
Well I did look before I posted that but I was meaning anywhere on the Internet but I dont want it anymore. Thanks.

[Solid_Snake]

I might start a collection of Gundam Model Kits, and I was wondering what kind of paint I need, where can I buy it, and how much does it cost? Thanks.

[Levon]

Just buy paint at your local Wal-mart or hobby shop, they should be where all the models are. I use Model Master or Testors. Both are great IMO.

Testors cost around just $1 for a 7.4 ML bottle, while the Model Master can cost around $2 for a 14.7 ML bottle. There cheap.

[Hellmaster Inu]

Just buy paint at your local Wal-mart or hobby shop, they should be where all the models are. I use Enamel or Testors. Both are great IMO.

Testors cost around just $1 for a 7.4 ML bottle, while the Enamels can cost around $2 for a 14.7 ML bottle. There cheap.

Yes, go with Testors. I bought a bunch of them from a crafts store near me and they are as cheap as Levon says. Speaking of which, I need to work on some of mine. I started painting my Sword Strike Gundam, but haven't touched it in over a week. And I still got my Tallgeese III, Freedom, and Justice kits to mess with.

[Levon]

I still need to paint my Hi-Zach MG. & I need to finish painting my Qubeley MG(mostly just the pink & purple).

[Hellmaster Inu]

Ok... I was painting my Sword Strike Gundam model and accidently got some paint on an area where there isn't suppossed to be any. Is there anything I can use/buy to get it off?

[Levon]

Paint over it:P Unless of course you painted a dark color [like black] over white then it would be hard to paint a light color over a dark. I paint the light colors first.

Lightly strach or rub that color off as soon as you make the mistake, thats what I do.


Or if you really must use some paint cleaner/removal.

[Hellmaster Inu]

Or if you really must use some paint cleaner/removal.

That's probably my only option at this point. Trust me, the part I painted over doesn't look like it's suppossed to be painted from the way the picture of the Sword Strike model looks.

[Hellmaster Inu]

One more question... Do they sell Testors paints with specific colors like purple and pink? When I had went to that crafts store, they didn't have either, and I just now noticed I need pink paint for the blade part of the Sword Strike's sword.

[Levon]

Every color & many diffrent blends, it just depends on where you look. Some places might be out of stock on some.

I went crazy looking for purple paint once(for my Four resin^_^), I couldn't believe all the stores I went to diddn't have any, even a hobby shop with about every color possible was out of stock on purple, but then I went to Wal-mart & they had one left. Purple must be popular here:lol:

[Hellmaster Inu]

Every color & many diffrent blends, it just depends on where you look. Some places might be out of stock on some.

I went crazy looking for purple paint once(for my Four resin^_^), I couldn't believe all the stores I went to diddn't have any, even a hobby shop with about every color possible was out of stock on purple, but then I went to Wal-mart & they had one left. Purple must be popular here:lol:

I was talking to one of my friends and he showed me these Gundam paint markers that are suppossed to be designed for use with the Gundam model kits. I'm thinking about getting those.... To be honest, it'd probably be a lot easier for me than using a paintbrush.

http://img208.exs.cx/img208/8560/littlethingsmeanalot1837797238.jpg

There's a pic of one of the packs of them, though there are more with different colors.

[Levon]

I have black Gundam markers for the panel lines. I don't really like them at all, I think there crap.

For the panel lines I use a Pilot precise extra fine rolling ball pen, works great & looks really great.


I never painted with markers, that just seems weird & I'm sure the quality wouldn't look right.

[TheNewtype]

If any of you read Hobby Japan, a japanese magazine for model kits, they include instructions on how to paint your gundam models better. They recommend that you use the Gundam markers. Also, from what I have seen of them on a model, I think that they looked pretty good on the models.

[Levon]

It just seems odd to paint models with markers:P

And I don't think a marker could reach some narrow parts of the model if the marker is to big.

[nanai]

I have weathering marker set.
Use the markers with Q-tips, that will work great.

[Hellmaster Inu]

Kinda of an out of the blue question, but I just began to wonder..... What was the more popular Gundam series in Japan? G Gundam or Gundam Wing?

[CrossboneGundam]

Wing, sadly.

[Hellmaster Inu]

Wing, sadly.

I figured that would be it. <_<

[abayo]

In Zz Gundam....... Lu Luka, Mondo Agake And Becher Oleg Are Newtypes?

[Levon]

Kinda hard to tell but I'd have to say yes. Durring a battle when Camille was speaking to them, I don't know how else they could have heard him.

[CrossboneGundam]

All of the ZZ kids, including Roux Ruka are Newtypes.

[darth_maldo]

What's the less favorite Gundam show in japan?

[Mr Gundam]

What's the less favorite Gundam show in japan?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's SD Gundam Force.

On Animenfo.com, all the other Gundam series are at least rated at 7/10 or higher. SD Gundam Force was only rated 1/10 or 2/10 if I'm not mistaken.

[darth_maldo]

On Animenfo.com, all the other Gundam series are at least rated at 7/10 or higher. SD Gundam Force was only rated 1/10 or 2/10 if I'm not mistaken.
That's not very good... well, it's a crappy show.

[HitokiriShadow]

SD Gundam Force doesn't even deserve a full digit on a rating scale.

[darth_maldo]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Sushikins]

Quick question on 0083. Does anyone know what the GP stands for in the RX-78 GP series by AE? Thought it'd be better to ask this here than make a whole thread.

[Bernard_Monsha]

Quick question on 0083. Does anyone know what the GP stands for in the RX-78 GP series by AE? Thought it'd be better to ask this here than make a whole thread.


Gundam Prototype


Off topic sorta, has anyone seen or heard from Shiki? I haven't seen hide nor hair of him in a dogs age

[Sushikins]

Gundam Prototype

Thanks...add that to the list of questions Ive asked lately that I shoulda knew the answer to

[kenshinbebop]

Where does SD fit in...with the mini guys...sorry, I'n a noob to the Gundam unierse. :D

[Solid_Snake]

It has nothing to do with the other series.(Chronolagy wise)

[Matsu'o Tsurayaba]

There is only a handful of Gundam anime`s not aired on tv.I might buy the DVD`s because..one could say that i was an old gundam fan back in the day.

The Gundams not released are..

Z
ZZ
F-91
X [I think they showed this before]
Turn A
Seed Astray and Destiny
Superior Defender

^Thats all NOT shown.

[CrossboneGundam]

There is only a handful of Gundam anime`s not aired on tv.I might buy the DVD`s because..one could say that i was an old gundam fan back in the day.

The Gundams not released are..

Z
ZZ
F-91
X [I think they showed this before]
Turn A
Seed Astray and Destiny
Superior Defender

^Thats all NOT shown.

What are you trying to say, here?

Zeta, F91 and SD Gundam Force are all currently out in the US, and SD Gundam Force was on US TV.

Astray is manga, and it's available stateside.

[HitokiriShadow]

And Destiny is liscensed with the first volume coming out in March.

I think Turn-A, X, ZZ, and the Zeta movies are the only ones not licensed yet. And SD Gundam (the original SD, not Superior Defender) which will probably never get released in the U.S..

[NeMaCa]

Is there any website still around that have translated Gundam Manga to download? specifically Crossbone and Blue Destiny.

[CrossboneGundam]

Is there any website still around that have translated Gundam Manga to download? specifically Crossbone and Blue Destiny.

No. And Blue Destiny was licensed and released stateside a long time ago.

[Jinpun]

Just wanted to say thanks to whoever put this guy back, I think its a really great thread that alot of work was put into. Nice to see that my voice can be heard as well :bow:. So thanks to, Zim, Sharp, whoever did it!

[Kevin]

No problem at all.

[Soluzar]

Just wanted to say thanks to whoever put this guy back, I think its a really great thread that alot of work was put into. Nice to see that my voice can be heard as well :bow:. So thanks to, Zim, Sharp, whoever did it!

Yeah, a lot of work has gone into this thread. Speaking of which, it would be nice to see an updated version soon. I'm sure my own Gundam knowledge isn't extensive enough, though.

[master terrence]

what is Gundam Evolve?

just watched ep.2 and still don't get what is going on.

[GUNDAMPILOT]

From what I know to date not that Ive delved into it much but gundam evolve was just a bunch of short eps that show case a certain mobile suit, gundam or a MS pilot combo that was packed with certain model kits. Its not actually a show so there is nothing plot wise to understand or follow.

So say you picked up the 1/144 dendro you would get the GP03/dendro Gundam evolve dvd packed in with the kit.

[jackyidol]

FAQ continued......

Ok, that’s a lot of information! But where can I buy some merchandise?

Well, there is www.gundamshop.com

This dedicated Gundam online store, brought to you by Outer Limits Stores, has a great selection of import model kits, the complete lineup of domestic videos and comics, and assorted other goodies like T-shirts and Gundam Marker paint pens. The site also offers message boards, modeling tips, galleries of reader-submitted model photos, and other fun features.

www.animenation.com

A popular anime specialty retailer, with a wide range of domestic and import merchandise. AnimeNation offers a good selection of import books, a large assortment of import toys and models, and the full lineup of domestic video releases.

http://www.amazon.com/

The would-be Walmart of the Web sells everything from teddy bears to lawn furniture, including just about every domestic Gundam product. Amazon has good prices on videos, DVDs, books, graphic novels, toys, and model kits, though we've found that they tend to run out of the rarer items.

http://www.hlj.com/

A popular alternative for hardcore import-model fans, this Japan-based online store offers all the latest toys and model kits at low, low prices, though remember you still need to pay for (and wait for) international shipping.

http://www.rainbowten.co.jp/

Another Japan-based model importer. The site's not nearly as user-friendly as HobbyLink Japan, but it has a good reputation for customer service and now has an English version of its main website!

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/

This Japan-based retailer specializes in round shiny things - in other words, import DVDs, laser discs, and CD soundtracks. Low low prices, plus the obligatory international shipping costs.

Wow, so much merchandise! But, I’m interested in the model kits. How do I start building them? What are the different “Grade” sizes?

An FAQ based only on the model world of Gundam would be much much much longer than this FAQ. I can, however, give you a few nice links courtesy of Newtype-Asylum.

Different Grades?
http://newtype-asylum.com/model/series.htm

Model Building 101:
http://newtype-asylum.com/model/guide/index.htm
You should also check out the modeling board here at AN.

Well, that’s it. This FAQ will be updated as time goes on. Please give any feedback as to what should be included!

Special thanks to Sharp-kun for writing most of it! :)

Additional option to get Gundam series or ZOIDS:
http://oohjapan.com/stores/category/hobby/toy01.htm

[germanturkey]

here's a question, what can you guys tell me about Gundam Evolves?

[Vaikyuko]

The Gundam Evolve series usually tells/retells in each scenario part of a battle or something from another series; for example, there's a CCA one involving Nu Gundam and the Alpha Azieru that, IIRC, has a different ending than the movie did. They're played in model shops and packaged with certain models, so it's not like they're meant to tell a cohesive story.

It's worth a watch if you're familiar with their subject matter, but save it for later or skip it if you're new to Gundam, as each one tends to draw from a different series/random battle.

[Garma3]

So I finally took the plunge into Zeta Gundam, and about 30 episodes in I'm still puzzled. Originally I thought that the Titans' goal was to completely wipe out colony life and move the entire populous back to earth. However, around episode 23ish Scirocco declares that the Titans and the Zeons have the same goal. However, wasn't the goal of the Zeons' independence, and ultimately the abandonment of Earth? Which completely contradicts the Titans' views. So can someone please clear this up for me. What are the Titans' ideology? I understand the basic premise of the series (Titans are ruthless, 30 bunch, oppression, etc.) But what do they/the Earth Federation want for the future of the Earth that is soo terrible besides the means?

[Bernard_Monsha]

Paps has his own agenda all will be revealed later on.

[Levon]

Scirocco just joined the Titans when he enters the story, he doesn't care for the Titans.

http://www.absoluteanime.com/gundam/paptimus.htm
Warning: Spoilers!


Paps has his own agenda all will be revealed later on.

Like when he kills the leader of the Titans(Jamitov) & blames it on Haman:lol:

In a way he is like Yazan, maybe thats why they actually got along.

[Garma3]

So all Jamitov and Bask wanted was power? And they just used the Delaz and AEUG incidents to gain control for themselves and not for a greater good/ideal like Char had in mind in CCA?

[Bernard_Monsha]

So all Jamitov and Bask wanted was power? And they just used the Delaz and AEUG incidents to gain control for themselves and not for a greater good/ideal like Char had in mind in CCA?

Well Char is far from civic minded in CCA.


He set everything up for a rematch with Amuro, not any great ideals.

[Garma3]

Well Char is far from civic minded in CCA.


He set everything up for a rematch with Amuro, not any great ideals.

That and he believed by dropping Axis on Earth he could force humanity to move to the stars completely. By doing that the Earth would be allowed the heal from the damaged that humanity has caused to it and humanity would be forced to evolve further as newtypes thrive in space. He wanted to do what he thought was a necessary evil for the progress of humanity.

[Black Knight]

According to, IIRC, Tomino's Zeta novels Jamitov's actual hidden agenda is indeed to force the entire population off Earth and into space. But first, he needs to be the Evil Overlord of humanity, and thus the Titans' power-grabbing strong-arm tactics.

Garma3: Char said all of that in order to have enough power to do what Bernard_Monsha said; all the philosophy & idealizing was just a means to the end, not Char's actual beliefs.

[MSGRX-79]

What happend to Char and Amuro?



Did they burn up in the earths atmosphere, or did they become some sort of psycho energy. As seen circling the earth at the end of the movie.

[Vaikyuko]

Tomino left it open, but in the novel they die, and I'd say it's pretty clear in the film they die as well.

[Levon]

Yeah I believe Tomino said its up to the viewer. I do think they died.

[Phantom]

I never thought they could be alive after that. I really wish i didn't watch CCA a long time ago now that im finally watching the earlier shows.

[Sephiroth]

Boy do I miss Shiki.

[nick2951]

I have heard from various Durandal Fanboys that Fukuda said that Kira&Co were the villians in Gundam Seed Destiny; is this true and if so, is there a link to the actual interview where he said that?

[Otani]

wow. Amazing FAQ and thread. I came with a zillion questions about Gundam and feel reasonably armed with information now, and I didn't even have to pose any annoying questions.

I feel vaguely...thwarted. Curse you, Amazing FAQ!! *shakes fist*

Shame a lot of the links are out of date though. A couple major sites mentioned seem to be occupied by ad-link holder pages. The waybackmachine doesn't work for the cached version of one major site anymore, blocked by robot.txt.

Still, pretty amazing. I can now see about taking in some Gundam aside from the few episodes I saw on Cartoon Network some years ago...there is so much!

Also tempted to try to find Gundam Savior just to see if it's as bad as advertized ;) As an MST3K fan, I feel that sometimes movies can be bad enough to be pretty entertaining ;)

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The only problem with the original FAQ is that it kind of forgets to explain that alternate universe shows don't have anything to do with UC shows. It's just implied :)

[Sharp-kun]

This needs an update at some point to include 00.

I'd also like to include some stuff on G Gen.

I'll probably do this over the next week during lunch breaks, but since it was Hyaku that posted it (can't remember why I didn't) I'll need one of you kind mods to edit the posts (Bernard.....).

[Sharp-kun]

This needs an update at some point to include 00.

I'd also like to include some stuff on G Gen.

I'll probably do this over the next week during lunch breaks, but since it was Hyaku that posted it (can't remember why I didn't) I'll need one of you kind mods to edit the posts (Bernard.....).

[The Million Dollar Prons]

This needs an update at some point to include 00.


I liked it better when Gundam 00 didn't exist.

[Sharp-kun]

I liked it better when Gundam 00 didn't exist.
Come on, it wasn't "teh most awesome thing evar!!1111", but it was decent until S2.

[Bernard_Monsha]

This needs an update at some point to include 00.

I'd also like to include some stuff on G Gen.

I'll probably do this over the next week during lunch breaks, but since it was Hyaku that posted it (can't remember why I didn't) I'll need one of you kind mods to edit the posts (Bernard.....).



Write it up and I will splice it in.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Come on, it wasn't "teh most awesome thing evar!!1111", but it was decent until S2.

Yes it was decently uninspired and uninteresting.

[dbg297]

looking 4 gundam action figures.. not the models.. live in orange county... can any one help me and let me know where 2 find them..

[adadqgg]

looking 4 gundam action figures.. not the models.. live in orange county... can any one help me and let me know where 2 find them..

Too bad, action figures sucks and the models are easy to assemble.

[PrinceAshitaka]

I thought Gundam 00 was pretty awesome. Even if you did think the story was uninspiring and uninteresting, which I didn't, can't you at least appreciate the animation and excellent battle sequences? Also, the Gundam designs were very cool.

[old hat]

The Gundam 00 story wasn't any worse than the Gundam Wing story and the animation was better.

[jamesretro]

best Gundam Doujinshi I’ve found http://www.tokyobookstore.com/gundam_hentai_doujinshi_page1.html :teehee:

[sidjtd]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170578447590&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_1070wt_1387

Can anyone find me a cheaper Region Free version of this? I've found other websites in Japanese that have a Region 2 version but I'd rather get a region Free one.

I want the one on the link but there's just no way in hell I can afford 1 grand for a DVD player.....even for a Char one.

[moonlai]

Does anyone know if any of Tomino's Gundam novels have been translated into english either officially or online? Specifically that one that takes place in the future with the cloned Char and the novel version of Char's Counterattack.

[Zerotaku]

Does anyone know if any of Tomino's Gundam novels have been translated into english either officially or online? Specifically that one that takes place in the future with the cloned Char and the novel version of Char's Counterattack.

Yes. I'm not sure if it's official or not, but google "english gundam novels" and it's the first choice in all caps.

[moonlai]

Hm, that does seem interesting, but unfortunately it doesn't contain Gaia Gear or Char's Counterattack :(. I'll keep looking I guess.

[Siendra]

Some of them were translated in the early nineties with some odd naming errors and whatnot. Supposedly they're all set for an editted rerelease at some point in the near future.

[Digimon_Somm...]

Q: How can we get Cartoon Network to air Gundam Wing or other GUNDAM shows on Adult Swim? I don't know how many GUNDAM fans are still around, so I refrained from throwing "maybe petition the network" in there. I'd really love to see this show return to stateside TV...

[Bernard_Monsha]

No, Adult Swim hates Anime now.

[Levon]

SyFy channel aired Gundam 00 these last few years. Its clear CN/AS doesn't want Gundam anymore after SEED failed(what a mess that was). They almost never revive old anime anymore so the chances are very low.

I miss Toonami & Adult Swim when they actually had a lot of anime but those days are dead.

Just buy the DVD's -_-; Uncut, better quality, no commercials, choice of sub or dub, extras, and you can watch the shows whenever you want at your own pace.

[Sharp-kun]

I'm still trying to get G Gundam licensed Europe-side :(