Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
North American cover of the first Gundam Wing DVD volume, featuring the protagonist Heero Yuy and the titular Wing Gundam.
新機動戦記ガンダムW(ウイング)
(Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Wingu)
GenreMecha, military science fiction
Anime television series
Directed byMasashi Ikeda (eps. 1-26)
Shinji Takamatsu (eps. 27-49, uncredited)
Produced byHideyuki Tomioka
Written byKatsuyuki Sumizawa
Music byKow Otani
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
English network
Original run April 7, 1995 March 29, 1996
Episodes49 (List of episodes)
Manga
Illustrated byKōichi Tokita
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineComic Bom Bom
DemographicKodomo
Original runApril 1995April 1996
Volumes3
Original video animation
Operation Meteor
Directed byMasashi Ikeda
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Sunrise
Released April 25, 1996 October 10, 1996
Episodes4 (List of episodes)
Manga
Battlefield of Pacifists
Illustrated byKōichi Tokita
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Tokyopop
MagazineHaoh Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Published1997
Volumes1
Manga
Episode Zero
Written byKatsuyuki Sumisawa
Illustrated byAkira Kanbe
Published byGakushukenkyusha
English publisher
MagazineAnime V
DemographicShōnen
Published1997
Volumes1
Manga
The Last Outpost
Written byKōichi Tokita
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Tokyopop
MagazineComic Bom Bom
DemographicKodomo
Original runSeptember 1997April 1998
Volumes3
Serial novel
Frozen Teardrop
Written byKatsuyuki Sumizawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineGundam Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 2010November 2015
Volumes13
Manga
Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers
Written byKatsuyuki Sumizawa
Illustrated byHajime Katoki
Tomofumi Ogasawara
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineGundam Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 25, 2010November 25, 2017
Volumes14

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, also known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing[a] (新機動戦記ガンダムW(ウイング), Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Wingu), is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the Gundam franchise, taking place in the "After Colony" timeline. As with the original series, the plot of Gundam Wing centers on a war in the future (specifically, the year After Colony 195) between Earth and its orbital colonies in the Earth-Moon system.

The series aired in Japan on the terrestrial TV Asahi network. It ran for 49 episodes, beginning on April 7, 1995, and ending on March 29, 1996. It received multiple manga adaptations, as well as video games. Four original video animation (OVA) episodes were produced including a retelling of the series, Operation Meteor, and a direct sequel, Endless Waltz. In 2010, Sumizawa started writing the novel Frozen Teardrop, another sequel to the series. While the series fared modestly well in Japan, it found greater success in the United States and single-handedly popularized the Gundam franchise in the West.

  1. ^ "Nozomi Rolls Out Big News for "Gundam," "Utena," and "Aria"". Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.


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