Underplayed Gems

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995)

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing poster
Original title
新機動戦記ガンダムW
Genre
military science fiction, mecha, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 49 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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Five teenage pilots are sent from space colonies to Earth to fight a corrupt alliance and its military branch. They pilot powerful mobile suits in a war that questions the morality of violence and the cost of freedom.

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What happens

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, also known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (新機動戦記ガンダムW(ウイング), Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Uingu), 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. It follows five teenaged pilots of a powerful line of mobile suits who are assigned to rebel against the oppressive United Earth Sphere Alliance. In doing so, they launch an assault against OZ, who serves as the Alliance's primary means of defense across the galaxy. 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 helped popularize the Gundam franchise in the West. On July 25, 2025, a new manga was announced, which connects the events of Endless Waltz and Frozen Teardrop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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