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 (Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Wingu) | |
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Genre | Mecha, military science fiction |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masashi Ikeda (eps. 1-26) Shinji Takamatsu (eps. 27-49, uncredited) |
Produced by | Hideyuki Tomioka |
Written by | Katsuyuki Sumizawa |
Music by | Kow Otani |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by |
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Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
English network | |
Original run | April 7, 1995 – March 29, 1996 |
Episodes | 49 |
Manga | |
Illustrated by | Kōichi Tokita |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Comic Bom Bom |
Demographic | Kodomo |
Original run | April 1995 – April 1996 |
Volumes | 3 |
Original video animation | |
Operation Meteor | |
Directed by | Masashi Ikeda |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by |
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Released | April 25, 1996 – October 10, 1996 |
Episodes | 4 |
Manga | |
Battlefield of Pacifists | |
Illustrated by | Kōichi Tokita |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Haoh Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | 1997 |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
Episode Zero | |
Written by | Katsuyuki Sumisawa |
Illustrated by | Akira Kanbe |
Published by | Gakushukenkyusha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Anime V |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | 1997 |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
The Last Outpost | |
Written by | Kōichi Tokita |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Comic Bom Bom |
Demographic | Kodomo |
Original run | September 1997 – April 1998 |
Volumes | 3 |
Serial novel | |
Frozen Teardrop | |
Written by | Katsuyuki Sumizawa |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Gundam Ace |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 2010 – November 2015 |
Volumes | 13 |
Manga | |
Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers | |
Written by | Katsuyuki Sumizawa |
Illustrated by | Hajime Katoki Tomofumi Ogasawara |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Gundam Ace |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 25, 2010 – November 25, 2017 |
Volumes | 14 |
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, 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.
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