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Title (English) Gundam Wing

Title (Japanese) Shin Kido Senki Gundam Wing

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Robot anime, 1995
English name: New Mobile Report Gundam Wing
Dates: April 7, 1995-March 29, 1996; Number of episodes: 49
Production Company: Sunrise; Creator(s): Hajime Yadate and Yoshiyuko Tomino; Series Director: Masashi Ikeda

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Synopsis Another saga in the sprawling and inconsistent Gundam universe.
The date is the next century or thereabouts, and there are space colonies orbiting earth, under the hegemony of the Earth Military Alliance. Dissident elements in the colonies send five Gundams to Earth, disguised as meteorites, in order to introduce new weapons to the Earth.
Indeed, as mobile suits go, the Gundams are far better than anything on Earth, except the rather similar "Tallgeese" prototype.
Meanwhile, an organisation known as OZ is scheming to disrupt and defeat the Earth Alliance from within. They do so, at the same time neutralising the Gundam threat by targeting the colonies with missiles and threatening to press the button.
Principal characters are the OZ leader and his assistant, the thoroughly hissable Lady Aun, the maverick Lieutenant Zek and his lover, then there is Ralina Peacecraft, daughter of a dynasty associated with the quest for peace, and the five teenage boys who pilot the Gundams. Ralina is in love with one of them.

Review Starts out being quite entertaining, as the Gundams kick ass, destroying everything in their way while not even getting their paint scratched. Lots of exciting action in the first few episodes. However I gave up in exasperation after 10 episodes of the Cartoon Network English version, tired of the endless moralising and unconvincing scenarios, and crypto-fascist worship of military force. The clincher was the scene where Ralina leans out of the door of a jet aircraft in flight, clutching a piece of paper and yelling at two mobile suit pilots to stop having an unnecesary honor duel.

Credits Character Designer(s): Shuko Murase, Kunio Okawara (mecha), Hajime Katoki (mecha), Junja Ishigaki (mecha)
Voice Actors (regular characters): Hikaru Midorikawa (Hiiro Yui), Toshihiko Seki (Duo Maxwell), Ai Orikasa (Trowa Barton, Quatre Laberba), Ryuzo Hoshino (Chang Wu Fei)

Episodes 49

Release US:TV, UK:TV, US:DVD, US:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1995

Production Sotsu Agency, Sunrise, Nagoya TV

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Gundam Wing
Title (Japanese)	Shin Kido Senki Gundam Wing
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Robot anime, 1995 English name: New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Dates: April 7, 1995-March 29, 1996; Number of episodes: 49 Production Company: Sunrise; Creator(s): Hajime Yadate and Yoshiyuko Tomino; Series Director: Masashi Ikeda
Classification	-
Synopsis	Another saga in the sprawling and inconsistent Gundam universe. The date is the next century or thereabouts, and there are space colonies orbiting earth, under the hegemony of the Earth Military Alliance. Dissident elements in the colonies send five Gundams to Earth, disguised as meteorites, in order to introduce new weapons to the Earth. Indeed, as mobile suits go, the Gundams are far better than anything on Earth, except the rather similar "Tallgeese" prototype. Meanwhile, an organisation known as OZ is scheming to disrupt and defeat the Earth Alliance from within. They do so, at the same time neutralising the Gundam threat by targeting the colonies with missiles and threatening to press the button. Principal characters are the OZ leader and his assistant, the thoroughly hissable Lady Aun, the maverick Lieutenant Zek and his lover, then there is Ralina Peacecraft, daughter of a dynasty associated with the quest for peace, and the five teenage boys who pilot the Gundams. Ralina is in love with one of them.
Review	Starts out being quite entertaining, as the Gundams kick ass, destroying everything in their way while not even getting their paint scratched. Lots of exciting action in the first few episodes. However I gave up in exasperation after 10 episodes of the Cartoon Network English version, tired of the endless moralising and unconvincing scenarios, and crypto-fascist worship of military force. The clincher was the scene where Ralina leans out of the door of a jet aircraft in flight, clutching a piece of paper and yelling at two mobile suit pilots to stop having an unnecesary honor duel.
Credits	Character Designer(s): Shuko Murase, Kunio Okawara (mecha), Hajime Katoki (mecha), Junja Ishigaki (mecha) Voice Actors (regular characters): Hikaru Midorikawa (Hiiro Yui), Toshihiko Seki (Duo Maxwell), Ai Orikasa (Trowa Barton, Quatre Laberba), Ryuzo Hoshino (Chang Wu Fei)
Episodes	49
Release	US:TV, UK:TV, US:DVD, US:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1995
Production	Sotsu Agency, Sunrise, Nagoya TV
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.