The Official Gundam Board FAQ

Hyaku-Shiki · November 26th, 2002, 06:35 PM

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 · November 26th, 2002, 06:35 PM

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 · November 27th, 2002, 11:28 AM

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

FlakMan · November 27th, 2002, 11:31 AM

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 · November 27th, 2002, 11:44 AM

Quote:

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

Quote:

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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:02 PM

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 · November 27th, 2002, 12:27 PM

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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:34 PM

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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:40 PM

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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:49 PM

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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:52 PM

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 · November 28th, 2002, 11:16 PM

Time to add some more info.....

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

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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 · November 30th, 2002, 09:36 AM

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 · November 30th, 2002, 04:24 PM

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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 .

December 1st, 2002, 01:16 PM

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.

November 26th, 2002, 06:35 PM	#1
Hyaku-Shiki BUY ZETA GUNDAM! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Aboard the Argama Posts: 40	The Official Gundam Board FAQ 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. 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November 26th, 2002, 06:35 PM	#2
Hyaku-Shiki BUY ZETA GUNDAM! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Aboard the Argama Posts: 40	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! __________________ "Be careful around me, the Hyaku Shiki's new paint job will attract attention." - Char Aznable Kidou Senshi Gundamu! Believing in a Sign of Zeta! Anime Jya Nai! Member of: The Gundam Club, AN Otaku Syndicate, Noise Junkies and former member of The AN Galactic Empire. Read the Shiki Chronicles. <== Now Illustrated! Last edited by Sharp-kun; May 4th, 2004 at 01:05 PM.

November 27th, 2002, 11:28 AM	#3
NovaExx Heaven and Earth Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Anyone from Northeastern Pennsylvania? hears crickets Posts: 2	How many of the UC series are Amuro and Char the main characters? __________________ In this world only the fittest survive, if you're strong you live, if you're weak you die. - Shishio It's not about strength or power, you gotta be fluid, you have to be like water. - Spike Grab the opportunities life hands you. - Char Aznable Proud member of AN Rurouni Loyal member of the AN Shirt Ninja Clan

November 27th, 2002, 11:31 AM	#4
FlakMan これを読むことができれば余りに近い Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: I live in a state of being Posts: 2	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. __________________ My DVD Collection / Anime I've Seen Currently reading: Fullmetal Alchemist Currently watching: Mobile Suit Gundam, Naruto

November 27th, 2002, 12:27 PM	#7
AngryBlack Just as ANGRY as EVER!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Currently residing at none of YO DAM Business!! Posts: 441	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. __________________ Still A Loyal Disciple of SHAQ FU Still looking for MR. Brownstone.

November 27th, 2002, 12:02 PM	#6
Green Diver Guest Posts: n/a	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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:34 PM	#8
Green Diver Guest Posts: n/a	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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:40 PM	#9
Green Diver Guest Posts: n/a	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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:49 PM	#10
Green Diver Guest Posts: n/a	Here's the Gundam Universe from another perspective. 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.

November 27th, 2002, 12:52 PM	#11
Green Diver Guest Posts: n/a	Gundam Universe from another perspective (cont.) 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.

November 30th, 2002, 09:36 AM	#13
DufFuS101 A person... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Fort Polk, LA Posts: 4	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. __________________ Sankon Tetsusou!! (Soul Scattering Iron Claw)

December 1st, 2002, 01:16 PM	#15
RPGZeta Guest Posts: n/a	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.