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New Mobile Report Gundam W (also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) is a televised Anime series, which ran for 49 episodes beginning in 1995. The series was loosely based on the original 1979 Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate.
Gundam Wing is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline, year 195. The story centers around the pilots of extremely advanced Mobile Suits known as "Gundams" because they are constructed from Gundamium alloy. They represent the space colonies, against an organization on Earth known as OZ (an acronym for Organization of Zodiac) which is (at least initially appearing to be) heading an attempt to take over the space colonies.
The series is also well known for its unexpectedly large female fanbase, who have produced a surprising bulk of yaoi fanwork, including doujinshi. The naming scheme for such slashing is based on the number each character's name is derived from. Hence a HeeroXDuo story is 1X2, with Heero being dominant.
The producers of the series grudgingly acknowledge the existence of the fanwork, but their reaction appears mixed, particularly due to the large amount of merchandise these fans buy. Traditional fans of Gundam, largely military sci-fi fans, were less pleased with the show, citing perceived poor quality of battle sequences and shoddy philosophy.
Due to the popularity of the series, two OVAs compiling various scenes from the series along with a few minutes of new footage were released in 1996 as Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor I and II. A brand new, 3 volume OVA series, was made in 1997 as a sequel to the TV series and closes out the After Colony saga.
Manga sidestories have also been produced.
A prequel detailing the events leading up to the launch of the Gundams to Earth, is Episode Zero . A sequel manga, following Endless Waltz is called Battlefield of Pacifists . A coincident storyline is presented in Last Outpost (G-Unit) .
The Gundam Wing, Battlefield of Pacifists, and Endless Waltz manga series are published in English by TokyoPop, while Blind Target, Ground Zero, and Episode Zero are published by Viz CommunicationsViz, LLC headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American manga publisher. Viz also produces a manga and anime review magazine, Animerica; as well as an English language version of Shueisha's Shonen Jump ( shonen manga) magazine; and Animer.
1 Characters
The Gundam WingGundam series Anime Manga New Mobile Report Gundam W (also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is a televised Anime series, which ran for 49 episodes beginning in 1995. The series was loosely based on the original 1979 Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam creat characters include the Gundam pilots and many other side characters all of which have names which mean a number in some other language.
1.1 Gundam Pilots
- Heero Yuy (Real name: Unknown), JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honshese of origin, Heero is the pilot of the Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam Zero. He is often called the perfect soldier. He speaks in a monotone voice and never shows any emotion. The boy was trained from youth to be a merciless killing machine so that he could efficiently pilot his Gundam. His devotion to the completion of his mission is his defining characteristic. The few things about his past that are known is that he was once taken care of by Odin Lowe, an assassin. After Odin Lowe died, he was taken in by Professor J, who trained him to become a Gundam pilot.
- Duo Maxwell, AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in of origin, Duo is the pilot of the Gundams Deathscythe, Deathscythe Hell, and Deathscythe Hell Custom (the original Deathscythe was destroyed and all of the pilots got revamped models of their Gundams for Gundam Wing - Endless WaltzGundam series Anime Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz is the sequel to Gundam Wing, which is set in an alternate universe to the original Gundam series in the After Colony timeline. Trieze Krushrenada died, and Oz came to an end. Time passes before Mariemaia Kru). He is a flamboyant fifteen year old who dresses in black and wears a priest's collar. His hair is worn in a waist-length braid. He calls himself Shinigami or The God of Death. The reason for this handle is that when he was younger, whoever got close to him died shortly after the encounter. Therefore, he believed that Death followed him.
- Trowa Barton (Real name (assumed): Triton Bloom), nationality unknown, but probably EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sean of origin, Trowa is the pilot of Gundam Heavyarms. In his off time he works in a circus as a clown and high wire act. He is another very quiet pilot and rarely speaks more than three lines consecutively. Trowa seems to have many problems with amnesia. He does not remember his past or his name and is again beset with temporary amnesia during the series. He has been a soldier on the battlefield as long as he can remember and was known only as "no-name." Trowa took the name of Trowa Barton, Dekim Barton's son, after the original Trowa was shot by Dr. S for intending to carry out Operation Meteor with the Heavyarms. Trowa is assumed to be Catherine Bloom's long lost brother, who was feared dead in an incident long ago.
- Quatre Raberba Winner, ArabThere are three factors which may assist to varying degrees in determining whether someone is considered Arab or not: Political: whether they live in a country which is a member of the Arab League (or, more vaguely, the Arab World); this definition coversian of origin, Quatre is the pilot of the Gundam Sandrock. He is a very kind young man who loves animals and is the greatest believer in pacifism of the five Gundam pilots. He believes that Earth and the colonies should not be fighting. He has twenty-nine older sisters. All of his sisters were test tube babies, because of the numerous problems experienced in natural pregnancy during the colonists' first arrival in space. The problem was later solved, except for the Winner family who have been in space since the formation of the colonies, and Quatre is the only child who was born naturally (His mother died giving birth to him) and is the heir to the Winner family.
- Chang Wufei(張 五飛), Chinese of origin, Chang is the pilot of Gundam Shenlong("神龍"=God Dragon) which he calls Nataku. Later in the series he pilots the Gundam Altron("二頭龍"pinyin:Ertoulong, Double-headed Dragon). Chang despises weakness in character and body. When he was younger he was too weak to save his wife. (Chang is a member of the Dragon clan in which members are obligated to marry at the age of 13.) He fights for justice and named his Gundam after his wife, who believed that she was a war god.
