Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム) is a televised Anime that was written and directed by Tomino Yoshiyuki and is made up of 43 episodes that were aired in 1979. Yasuhiko Iwanade[?] did the character designs.

The original Mobile Suit Gundam takes place during the One Year War in the year Universal Century 0079 (U.C. 0079). During this time period humans live in orbiting space colonies called Sides. The ruler of Side 3 declares war against the earth for the independence of the colonies. It is about a crew of Earth Federation[?] Space Forces on a space ship called White Base that fight against the Pricipality of Zeon using human shaped weapons called Mobile Suits. The crew of White Base fight using an advanced Mobile Suit called Gundam that is more powerful than any weapon that the Earth Federation has produced.

Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most famous anime series ever and has spawned numerous sequels and videogames in the last 20 years. A new Gundam series called Turn A Gundam was released in 1999 for Mobile Suit Gundam's 20th anniversary.

Mobile Suit Gundam was released in the U.S. in July 2001 on Cartoon Network but it was later cancelled due to poor ratings before the entire series was shown. Ironically, the original series was also cancelled for the same reasons, but its strong cult following grew during reruns in Japan, and eventually sequels were in demand, in a pattern similar to the one followed by Star Trek.

Characters

• Amuro Rey[?]
• Char Aznable[?]
• Degin Zabi[?]
• Haro[?]
• Bright Noa

See also:

• List of Gundam series.