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Quote: The technology, at least that of the Universal Century, is practical and derived from true science, including Lagrange points in space, the O'Neill cylinder as a living environment, and energy production from helium-3 (Minovsky Physics).
Since L-points are mentioned in the article and " Lagrangian point" links to this article, the relation of the L-points and Gundam should be explained in the Gundam article. Besides, the above quote reads as if L-points were technological products, when they actually are a physical phenomenon. Since I'm unfamiliar with Gundam universe, all I can do is to make a comment. -- The Merciful 13:37, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Since this is a general introduction to the Gundam concept, referring to specific less-important exceptions to the usual Gundam characteristics seemed excessive.
Also having an entire section devoted to Gundams different from the norm was wery out-of-place, as every mecha series has always less important models that are different than the namesake. There is really no point in stating this on this page.
If you need this information retained, put it on the specific model's pages.
This page is not a place where state which models are like the "real" gundams and which are not.-- IgorTrieste 15:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Could the Gundam model article be merged here? Kjkolb ( talk) 09:49, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
http://www.gundamofficial.com/features/faq_prod_info.html#order
its in paragraph 7---- i would credit them and post it here, but i dont know the law or whatnot and its not worth me getting into legal problems so follow link for an offical chronology — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.32.82.47 ( talk) 23:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Since there seems to be something of a struggle here, probably wise to start a discussion. Basically, I'm for including a link to the Gundam Evolution message board because it's staffed by the majority of the former staff of Bandai's own GOUF message board and hosts various in depth discussion with notable members like Mark Simmons. MAHQ just seems to get noted on these articles by default. It has a massive mecha database but as several people have noted it's not flawless. I don't see why it's so wrong to have a link to both, especially since GE actually has had a connection with Bandai in the past whilst MAHQ's connection seems to have stopped at news from Jerry Chu. GE also presents very in depth discussion which provides elaboration on various ignored Gundam mysteries as well as common held misconceptions.-- HellCat86 13:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Gundam is one of the most successful meta-series of Sci Fi anime which started with Mobile Suit Gundam by the famous director Yoshiyuki Tomino in 1979. With some variations amongst different series, Gundam is generally set in the near future in which humans fight terrible wars with giant robots. While originally aimed at the young boys demography, Gundam had acquired a large following in teens (both genders) and young adults in many parts of the world. The success of Gundam-related merchandise in the Far East rivals that of Star Wars in North America and Western Europe.
Hello! What do you think about the above intro? - DrCore 2005.09.02
Minor nitpick: Are the Hummingbird series (and by extension the Zetaplus series) considered "Gundams"? How about Re-GZ? If not, perhaps the exception relating to the Hummingbird should be removed from the "defining characteristics" section. -- 165.21.154.8 06:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
His name (アフランシ・シャア) should be "Afranshia Char", or "Afransia Char"?? -- Red Kid 9:24 PM May 29, 2006 (UTC)
Is the correct pronunciation for Gundam, Gun-Dam or Gun-Dum? I believe it's Gun-Dum. I think the correct pronunciation should be added to the article.
For example: Gundam (ガンダム, Gandamu; pronounced _______) is one of the longest running series of
anime featuring
mecha.
Silver Edge 04:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
It'be great if the Gundam Unicorn article could be added into all the links and whatnot, just so it's acknoledged as being in production.
Ok, we really need to iron this out. ESPECIALLY since certain editors are showing bias towards MAHQ. Links as of current edit and my opinion on their use:
Hmm...I think you're one who bias against MAHQ. But lets discuss it using WP:EL guideline instead of our opinion, alright?
I'm not showing any bias to MAHQ. If I were, I would have deleted it. I'm all for it being linked, my argument is against those who go out of there way to protect said links but snipe other noteable fan maintained resources. For Gundam Evolution- as I already pointed out, the place was initially a fan run forum (under the name Gundam Watch) before becoming the basis for Bandai's own Gundam Official User Forum. When Bandai chose to abandon that project, GE carried on as back to a fan resource. If something works well enough that the official owners adopt it, I think that already makes it worthy of mention. The topics discussed there are also fairly noteworthy. Most Gundam forums read like "In episode so and so, why did what's his name do such and such?" or in the worst cases are full of useless fluff like "Wuts yor fave GUndaM?". I'm not trying to badmouth other fan forums (certainly there are good ones out there) but I believe for the purpose of this article GE deserves to be highlighted in External Links-- HellCat86 16:04, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
The "0079" nickname, is not only used by english-speaking fans, but by every fans. Japanese too. I'm going to revert again. Lord Air 08:11, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I think the focus of the Gundam entry is really poor. It reads like a fanboy's catalog of trivia, especially the crazy acronyms Bandai made up to explain what "Gundam" means. How about:
Gundam is a franchise owned by Bandai for a series of robot toys and animated shows produced to sell the toys. It was a modestly successful cartoon during its initial run, and the original toys were designed by the now extinct Clover company as typical robot toys for young children. Bandai figured out they could sell a lot of "realistic" science fiction model kits to slightly older children featuring the Gundam robot and countless sequels have followed.
The Gundam robot has a trademark look of a samurai-like head with two antenna on the forehead in a V-shape, a visored helmet, lightup eyes, and a covered "mouth." The Gundam robot usually carries a shield, rifle, and lightsaber-like "beam sword." The Gundams are usually depicted in the animated shows as thoughtless war machines and the story is told from the point of view of the pilot.
Isn't this better than speculating what G.U.N.D.A.M. stands for? If you are at that point you really don't need an encyclopedia entry to help you... 68.165.9.184 04:21, 17 November 2005 (UTC)nobody
I question whether Gundam is really one of the earliest of the Mecha genre. I remember Gigantor the space-age robot from the late 60s, see [2].
-While it is true that in Japan the word "mecha" embodies all robot genres and the classification prefixes they use to distinguish are "real" and "super", this is the en.wikipida not the jp.wikipidia. People are coming to this page to clarify the specific uses and discriminations and uses of these classifications in English language and culture and as such the page needs to reflect those uses; in this case the fact that "mecha" are characterizd as a different subgenre from "super robot" in Western cultre. If you wish to make a case that this Western variation of subgenre clssification is misleading and erroneous then by all means please do so, but this is not the palce for that argument. This is a catalog, not a forum.
-Robert from Gundam Universe
At about the same time there was another cartoon screened in Australia about someone called Hercules who saved the day each episode by building a robot called the Giant Muscle (to the tune of the Can-can Polka, the chorus of which went "hurry hurry Hercules"). Both were this genre. Whether the second came from Japan I don't know for sure, but it seems to me their contribution should be recognised. Andrewa 15:41, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Regarding the Hercules post above, the song went, "Hurry, hurry Hercules. Time to launch your guided Muscle Missile". It was screened in the US as well.
Would someone please unite all of the ships in the various gundam series' onto one page. Trying to find all of the ship classes and names takes forever, and it seems unfare that every other topic has a "mainpage" per se.
I have removed the link to Gundam Gates, as it's fairly obvious it was added as an advertisement. Jtrainor 09:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
It's another Gundam game! I swear they are pumping these out every month in Japan. Gamevideos snatched some cool import gameplay, it kinda looks like a Dynasty Warriors with robots.
http://gamevideos.com/video/id/9647.
- Jayfresh006 ( talk) 21:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Since even the Gundam Officials and director acknowledge Gundam Century, I think it is at least notable enough to be mentioned in the Gundam article since itself is a notability guide of Gundam. Since it was removed immediately after I added in the info, I guess I should try to discuss this before readding it in. Maybe it is just because of my poor English and need of refining of words. MythSearcher talk 19:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to pull everyone's attention to the point that there is no timelines listed on the page as what YEAR each Gundam series was released. because I can see amuro taking out few zeon mobiles with a "HUGE light saber"??? so 1979 is also the year the STAR WARS came out and i am thinking which one took inspiratin from whom. similarly IRONMAN from Marvel comes later than IRONMAN 028 manga. so no one noticed that i guess. any ways , timelines please. thanks Danraz 13:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
These time lines can be can both for the Gundam universe and a reality base time line for when all parts of the series was released and where.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 22:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Please also stop adding too much detail into the article, the examples are meant to be simple and obvious, not extremely detail and hard to tell the difference. Sorry if it is not your favourite unit that got a place there, but removing the ones that you do not know and placing something that is not that much different from the others is not a good idea. If you insist to change and lengthen the page, it is just going to become a plain speculation section(which it already is) and WP:OR certifies certain deletion acts. MythSearcher talk 18:26, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree. Such subsitutions should be put up to debate in the discussion page. This should be a way for making the article a place of information and not a textual battlefield for the opinions or popularity towards the gundam types.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 22:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
To an outsider this article just doesn't seem to flow very well and makes next to no sense. I've even seen one of the shows and it makes no sense to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.182.229.4 ( talk) 04:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Another problem it seems to happen because of numerous people trying to correct each other with out discussing the changes first.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 23:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Although no Gundam has ever been definitively stated as being sentient, there has been debate by fans over events in Gundam Wing which depict at least three Gundams acting on their own or in some way interacting with the pilot in a manner other than normal. The primary two to be concerned with are Wing Zero and Epyon. Heero speaks to Zero as if holding a conversation with it in episode 44 of the series. He also speaks to Epyon during episode 37, Zero vs. Epyon, while Zechs talks to Zero which appears to answer questions aimed at the machines operating system, such as the fate of the Sanc Kingdom. When Zechs demands to know what the point of the battle he is fighting with Zero is, Zero appears to 'respond' (we are told it's response through dialogue from Zechs) that the point is to kill everyone who's come to kill Zechs. This battle however, pushed both pilots to the point of collapse. During this conflict, Heero tells Zechs to ask Zero if he (Heero) is an enemy, indicating that Zero itself somehow has the capability to communicate with humans, as does Epyon.
At the end of the episode, Heero and Zechs exchange Gundams, but continue to act in a manner as if the two machines are somehow alive or intelligent on their own. In episode, number 49 which was entitled The Final Victor, Heero calls upon Zero for help, with the excat phrase "Zero, please guide me through this." And the system responds to the plea. Furthermore, Heero continues this course of reference to Zero during Endless waltz when talking to Wu Fei saying "Zero will not tell me anything". He also speaks directly to Zero directly before he takes the suit to the scene of the headquarters of the Barton Foundation, where Zero essentially disintegrates.
Briefly in the first part of the Gundam Wing series, Quatre, Wu Fei, and Duo prepare to make their escape back into outer space, and Quatre prepares to sacrifce his own life by activating the self-destruct device in episode 17. During this battle, Quatre speaks directly to Sandrock, urging it back to it's feet after it is struck by a powerful rocket from an opposing mobile suit. After the activation of Sandrock's self-destruct mechanism, the machine opens it's entry hatch of it's own accord to allow Quatre time to escape. It also moves on it's own to confront the oncoming mobile suits attempting to stop their escape.
Fans have picked up on this and in some fanfiction, the Gundams have been depicted as not only sentient, but capable of speech.
In short, the qualifying statement about the fan debate over whether or not certain Gundams, specifically Zero and Epyon, is a legitimate addition to the current statement that the machines themselves are not usually sentient. Please refrain from removing this statement in the future.
Warwolf1 09:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to remove any entries of sentient MS from articles as OR, which it is. Nothing is ever said about it in the series or any other published material. Jtrainor 20:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I think there should be at least room for speculation as to whether or not that the Gundams or other Mobile Suits are indeed Sentient in ther series.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 23:09, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Don't forget Stargazer, which is explicitly stated to have an AI(the start of Stargazer involves them teaching it preceeding the attack)
A few weeks back, someone edited the intro so it now basically mentions every AU except G. As originaly written, the intro had about 2 or 3 AU examples to contrast with the similar UC ones. Now however, I'd suggest we either include G or scale it back to just a handful of AU examples-- HellCat86 ( talk) 10:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
From my understanding, every Gundam series with different calendar system is a self-contained world. However, every series tends to have the same ideas. There are always normal people and advanced people, and the hero is always a teenage boy of the special type. The Gundams always fight cyclops mobile suits. There's always a bad guy in a metal mask. The hero's Gundam is always white, blue, and red. These are all things you expect in a "Gundam" anime. It would be nice if this article more directly addressed these commonalities. 71.197.236.103 ( talk) 09:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Something needs to be done with List of Gundam cast members. In general, cast lists are discouraged and tend to be deleted when put through AfD or PROD (and there are several Prodded right now, in fact). I would have prodded this list with the others, but I don't have any idea which character lists it may be redundant with, and I don't know enough about the Gundam franchise to hunt down the information myself. This article should ultimately be deleted. — Dino guy 1000 21:51, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I added the "Confusing" header to the article because I can't get my head around this article. I looked up Gundam to get to know something about the series, but right from the intro a whole heap of alternative timelines and models and types of mechas are mentioned. If there's anyone here who is familiar with the series, I suggest a good and clear revision should be done on this article. -- Soetermans | is listening | what he'd do now? 21:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
The intro is much better now, great work! Still, the article is in need of a good revision. For example, the section Distinctive characteristics starts with a link to the Japanese wiki (without an apparent reason) followed by: "Gundam is the name or nickname of several mobile suits or mobile fighters, although some works, such as G-Saviour and Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO do not have units containing the term Gundam (Although in the Third episode of MS IGLOO, the RX-78-2 Gundam was seen briefly in grainy footage destroying a Zaku)." -- Soetermans | is listening | what he'd do now? 21:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
The user is using an IP address 118.100.X.X and 124.13.X.X(most recently 124.13.187.202), and persistently adding false info stating a new anime called Gundam aqua will be release in the future. (History from newest to older edits: 124.13.187.202, 124.13.186.73, 118.100.140.170, 124.13.66.111, 124.13.185.44, 124.13.70.46) In which all are registered to TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD, it might be an open proxy, or simply someone who waited for their ISP to change the dynamic IP of their service. Since it is at least the 6th time of this unsourced edit, and is sufficiently notified and even warned of it being false, the persistent addition of such material is simply vandalism, at least should be viewed as such after this publicly announced concern about such material. I will also add a comment inline in the main article to try to stop the addition of such false material. MythSearcher talk 07:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
This blog has many high quality images of the life sized Gundam under construction and finished. http://punynari.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/assembled-life-sized-rx78-gundam-part-1/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
When referring to "gundam machines" (as opposed to the title "Gundam"), shouldn't the "g" be lowercase? I'm not a huge Gundam guy; so I'm relying on you guys to tell me! Thanks, ask123 ( talk) 04:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I made some changes to the lede -- a lot of grammar corrections and some wording changes. If anyone has issues, please bring them up here. I'm happy to discuss. Cheers, ask123 ( talk) 04:31, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Regards, -- 李博杰 | — Talk contribs email 13:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
This is more of a question to adults, scientists or mathematicians... so I am prefering more of a professional answer to this question, so I do not want any opinions on this.
Does anybody know if the construction of a gundam, and the functioning of it are possible without defying any of those common Newton's, Einstein's "Laws?" Oyo321 16:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I figured suddenly that this article have no mention of the SD Gundam series that should be also a very popular spinoff. Anyone with enough knowledge can add a section of it here? —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearcher talk 01:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I have counted 8~9 with DD MM formats against 5 MM DD format(with one being changed from DD MM to MM DD before without revert, I made the original contribution so I am sure about the change). Anyone oppose to changing all to the same DD MM format? —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearcher talk 01:32, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Recently got hold of a 2006 magazine called Characters, the special topic of that issue is Gundam's Legend, and one of the interesting information I see is that the Genre of the series was actually in dispute in the 80's. A critic in the 80's criticized Gundam and denied it being in the Sci-fi genre, and some hardcore SF fans had debates with Gundam fans about this as well. Sounds like good information to be included, anyone got English sources as well? —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearcher talk 02:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
I contend there should be a Formal request to users and guest to specifically add as many pictures as possible to the descriptions of mobile suits. It simply makes no sense to have extensive list(s) and or articles on many different types of mobile suits and yet, to have no clue to as what they look like beyond the textual information already given. To do justice to both the Gundam franchise and it's fan base, and every other viewer of these articles, there should be a picture for a lest every major Mobile Suit in the Gundam Universe. This is for all intents and purposes, an Encyclopedia you know.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 22:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I dont think Gunpla Builders should be shown as the 8th gundam generation, i dont think that its really a gundam series and shouldnt be in the gundam series section at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.247.228 ( talk) 20:36, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-09/level-5-to-help-create-gundam-age-anime-this-fall
Sunrise, I AM DISAPPOINT!
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Been trying to clean up the page a little, split off the card game (a wreck) and the cultural impact of Gundam. This makes it easier to streamline and cuts the dumping ground of the content into something more encyclopedic and authoritative. I'm doing some additional trimmings, but I'm not able to stick them in useful spots. So here is some it below:
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The mobile suit units are considered the representing unit in the " real robot" type of mecha. The games' units are often separated by being "super robots", powerful mecha that often have near-limitless powers and technology, but have a shorter range of movement, and real robots, mecha that are physically weaker, but possess a wider range of movement and accuracy. There have been so many mobile suit units that it is impossible to tell a distinct style, however, mobile suits are extremely agile and have an enormous variety of weapons.
Gundam Century was a book published on September 22, 1981. At first it is an unofficial anime guide of Mobile Suit Gundam, published by Minori books(みのり書房) as an extra appendix of the monthly magazine 月刊OUT. The book served as the basics of all the technology and realistic demonstration of Gundam, in which at publish, it is a collection of fan material along with interviews and off-time works from the original Gundam creators like Yoshiyuki Tomino, Kunio Okawara and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Also collected various real world space exploration science and referenced scientific journals like L5 News, Science, Physics Today. The settings in the book has since then been adopted and endorsed by the official company Sunrise and Bandai. Although most of the numbers and history has since then been changed a few times, (for example, the One Year War started in November 0079 instead of the current official timeline January 0079). [2] [3] the book is regarded as the pioneer of the realism of the Gundam franchise, and is acknowledged in Gundam Official and is republished by as an official publication in the year 2000, named as Gundam Century Renewal Version.
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More can be added and removed as necessary or debated. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 04:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
How should we go about making an introductory article to the Gundam media and works? I think branching off the calender issue would be helpful at this point, as that is more in-depth knowledge. I also wonder if we need a chronology of works instead of a break down of media by series or timelines... someone who knows nothing of Gundam will be confused with such decisions. I'm going to draft some changes off line, but streamlining and getting down "What is Gundam?" should be the focus of this article. Not a list of media or things which exist, but a highly condensed and authoritative introduction without quibbling over the franchise's content. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 05:23, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Zeon is exclusive to that universe only, change the redirect to the Universal Century articlen then make a section detailing its factions.-- Primus1x ( talk) 12:44, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
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Under the list of different gundam series it has a note saying that Tomino himself confirmed MSGundam takes place in 2066. It doesn't provide a source, and after a quick google search all i can find are sites claiming that it was written in a proposal or pre-production memo for the show. I think that this needs a source first of all, and second of all the fact that its only a pre-production memo (or whatever) needs to be clarified. For now im just gonna delete that part. 173.23.76.56 ( talk) 03:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assult Module Is 'GUNDAM' comes from this weird line of words? Flora 02:48, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
In the terms of the series "Gundam SEED", GUNDAM stands for "GeneralUnilateral Neuro-LinkDispersive Autonamic Maneuvere"
No, the SEED definitions are unique to SEED. : Operation X 06:02, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Can we make it normal procedure to include the word Gundam in the title of any article that relates to this series. So rather than Mobile Suit Variations it would be Gundam Mobile Suit Variations. I think this would be less confusing for people searching on the words mobile or suit. DJ Clayworth 16:12, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
With that name, it would be more likely article about MSV in general. L-Zwei 16:37, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In Gundam Wing Gundams were called Gundams because they were made from Gundanium alloy [5] Hackwrench 19:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
That is dependant on the Series of Gundam. For Instance, G Gundam the term Gundam is derived from the Construction Material known as Gundarium, Gundam Wing is Gundanium. Each series it has it's own meaning (minus the Orignal Gundam series, Z, ZZ, 8th MST, 0080, 0083 and other Series in the UC Timeline which are all were based on the original gundam in Mobile Suit Gundam EtanaruKage63 ( talk) 19:50, 15 January 2009 (UTC) EtanaruKage63
Generally, all humanoid-form robots in the Gundam meta-series are called "Mobile Suits". However, the name "Gundam" differs from one timeline into the other. In the start of the Universal Century (UC) timeline (Mobile Suit Gundam, year UC 0079), the name "Gundam" exists only as the name of one of the 3 mobile suits made under Project-V (the other 2 are the Guncannon and the Guntank). In October of UC 0081, the Gundam Development Project was formed by Anaheim Electronics (commissioned by the Earth Federation) to create a series of experimental mobile suits based on the original Gundam (GP00 Blossom, GP01 Zephyrantes, GP01Fb Zephyrantes Full-Vernian, GP02A Physalis, GP03S Stamen, GP03D Dendrobium, GP04G Gerbera). To cut the long story short, the name "Gundam" in this timeline are mobile suits based on the original RX-78-2 Gundam piloted by the civilian (progressed into a official in the later series) Amuro Ray. In the After Colony timeline (Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, G-Unit), the name "Gundam" is applied to the mobile suits constructed with a special, indestructible alloy called "Gundanum Alloy" and applied with the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero (note the tv-series version, not the OVA version; all Gundam units in Endless Waltz are retrograde versions of the originals) and its decendants. In the Future Century timeline (G Gundam), the name "Gundam" denotes the mobile fighters created specifically for use in the Gundam Fight tournament, which are all made of Gundarium Alloy and regulated by the Gundam Fight International Committee. In the After Colony timeline (Gundam-X), the name "Gundam" are applied to mobile suits (and their descendants in AW 0015, with some exceptions) created in AW 0001 to prevent/stop the space colony drop to Earth. In Gundam SEED/Destiny, the name "Gundam" is actually an acronym (note: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Operation_System ). E Wing 16:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
The word GUNDAM has no abbrivation meaning until the era of "GUNDAM SEED" and "GUNDAM SEED Destiny". When the producer deceides to revamp the GUNDAM series so that it acceptable to a new generation of viewers. Also the only models of mobile suits that uses Nuclear Drive were the Zaku I and IIs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.148.99.140 ( talk) 14:15, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
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Can someone add a citation for, or link me to proof of, the 3 "specials" listed for Gundam Unicorn, supposedly made in 2013-2014? Because they're not mentioned in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and as far as I can tell there's only a mention of one special, "Mobile Suit Gundam UC: One of Seventy-Two", on List of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn episodes. Thanks. -- Iritscen ( talk) 17:37, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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Quote: The technology, at least that of the Universal Century, is practical and derived from true science, including Lagrange points in space, the O'Neill cylinder as a living environment, and energy production from helium-3 (Minovsky Physics).
Since L-points are mentioned in the article and " Lagrangian point" links to this article, the relation of the L-points and Gundam should be explained in the Gundam article. Besides, the above quote reads as if L-points were technological products, when they actually are a physical phenomenon. Since I'm unfamiliar with Gundam universe, all I can do is to make a comment. -- The Merciful 13:37, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Since this is a general introduction to the Gundam concept, referring to specific less-important exceptions to the usual Gundam characteristics seemed excessive.
Also having an entire section devoted to Gundams different from the norm was wery out-of-place, as every mecha series has always less important models that are different than the namesake. There is really no point in stating this on this page.
If you need this information retained, put it on the specific model's pages.
This page is not a place where state which models are like the "real" gundams and which are not.-- IgorTrieste 15:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Could the Gundam model article be merged here? Kjkolb ( talk) 09:49, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
http://www.gundamofficial.com/features/faq_prod_info.html#order
its in paragraph 7---- i would credit them and post it here, but i dont know the law or whatnot and its not worth me getting into legal problems so follow link for an offical chronology — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.32.82.47 ( talk) 23:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Since there seems to be something of a struggle here, probably wise to start a discussion. Basically, I'm for including a link to the Gundam Evolution message board because it's staffed by the majority of the former staff of Bandai's own GOUF message board and hosts various in depth discussion with notable members like Mark Simmons. MAHQ just seems to get noted on these articles by default. It has a massive mecha database but as several people have noted it's not flawless. I don't see why it's so wrong to have a link to both, especially since GE actually has had a connection with Bandai in the past whilst MAHQ's connection seems to have stopped at news from Jerry Chu. GE also presents very in depth discussion which provides elaboration on various ignored Gundam mysteries as well as common held misconceptions.-- HellCat86 13:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Gundam is one of the most successful meta-series of Sci Fi anime which started with Mobile Suit Gundam by the famous director Yoshiyuki Tomino in 1979. With some variations amongst different series, Gundam is generally set in the near future in which humans fight terrible wars with giant robots. While originally aimed at the young boys demography, Gundam had acquired a large following in teens (both genders) and young adults in many parts of the world. The success of Gundam-related merchandise in the Far East rivals that of Star Wars in North America and Western Europe.
Hello! What do you think about the above intro? - DrCore 2005.09.02
Minor nitpick: Are the Hummingbird series (and by extension the Zetaplus series) considered "Gundams"? How about Re-GZ? If not, perhaps the exception relating to the Hummingbird should be removed from the "defining characteristics" section. -- 165.21.154.8 06:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
His name (アフランシ・シャア) should be "Afranshia Char", or "Afransia Char"?? -- Red Kid 9:24 PM May 29, 2006 (UTC)
Is the correct pronunciation for Gundam, Gun-Dam or Gun-Dum? I believe it's Gun-Dum. I think the correct pronunciation should be added to the article.
For example: Gundam (ガンダム, Gandamu; pronounced _______) is one of the longest running series of
anime featuring
mecha.
Silver Edge 04:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
It'be great if the Gundam Unicorn article could be added into all the links and whatnot, just so it's acknoledged as being in production.
Ok, we really need to iron this out. ESPECIALLY since certain editors are showing bias towards MAHQ. Links as of current edit and my opinion on their use:
Hmm...I think you're one who bias against MAHQ. But lets discuss it using WP:EL guideline instead of our opinion, alright?
I'm not showing any bias to MAHQ. If I were, I would have deleted it. I'm all for it being linked, my argument is against those who go out of there way to protect said links but snipe other noteable fan maintained resources. For Gundam Evolution- as I already pointed out, the place was initially a fan run forum (under the name Gundam Watch) before becoming the basis for Bandai's own Gundam Official User Forum. When Bandai chose to abandon that project, GE carried on as back to a fan resource. If something works well enough that the official owners adopt it, I think that already makes it worthy of mention. The topics discussed there are also fairly noteworthy. Most Gundam forums read like "In episode so and so, why did what's his name do such and such?" or in the worst cases are full of useless fluff like "Wuts yor fave GUndaM?". I'm not trying to badmouth other fan forums (certainly there are good ones out there) but I believe for the purpose of this article GE deserves to be highlighted in External Links-- HellCat86 16:04, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
The "0079" nickname, is not only used by english-speaking fans, but by every fans. Japanese too. I'm going to revert again. Lord Air 08:11, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I think the focus of the Gundam entry is really poor. It reads like a fanboy's catalog of trivia, especially the crazy acronyms Bandai made up to explain what "Gundam" means. How about:
Gundam is a franchise owned by Bandai for a series of robot toys and animated shows produced to sell the toys. It was a modestly successful cartoon during its initial run, and the original toys were designed by the now extinct Clover company as typical robot toys for young children. Bandai figured out they could sell a lot of "realistic" science fiction model kits to slightly older children featuring the Gundam robot and countless sequels have followed.
The Gundam robot has a trademark look of a samurai-like head with two antenna on the forehead in a V-shape, a visored helmet, lightup eyes, and a covered "mouth." The Gundam robot usually carries a shield, rifle, and lightsaber-like "beam sword." The Gundams are usually depicted in the animated shows as thoughtless war machines and the story is told from the point of view of the pilot.
Isn't this better than speculating what G.U.N.D.A.M. stands for? If you are at that point you really don't need an encyclopedia entry to help you... 68.165.9.184 04:21, 17 November 2005 (UTC)nobody
I question whether Gundam is really one of the earliest of the Mecha genre. I remember Gigantor the space-age robot from the late 60s, see [2].
-While it is true that in Japan the word "mecha" embodies all robot genres and the classification prefixes they use to distinguish are "real" and "super", this is the en.wikipida not the jp.wikipidia. People are coming to this page to clarify the specific uses and discriminations and uses of these classifications in English language and culture and as such the page needs to reflect those uses; in this case the fact that "mecha" are characterizd as a different subgenre from "super robot" in Western cultre. If you wish to make a case that this Western variation of subgenre clssification is misleading and erroneous then by all means please do so, but this is not the palce for that argument. This is a catalog, not a forum.
-Robert from Gundam Universe
At about the same time there was another cartoon screened in Australia about someone called Hercules who saved the day each episode by building a robot called the Giant Muscle (to the tune of the Can-can Polka, the chorus of which went "hurry hurry Hercules"). Both were this genre. Whether the second came from Japan I don't know for sure, but it seems to me their contribution should be recognised. Andrewa 15:41, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Regarding the Hercules post above, the song went, "Hurry, hurry Hercules. Time to launch your guided Muscle Missile". It was screened in the US as well.
Would someone please unite all of the ships in the various gundam series' onto one page. Trying to find all of the ship classes and names takes forever, and it seems unfare that every other topic has a "mainpage" per se.
I have removed the link to Gundam Gates, as it's fairly obvious it was added as an advertisement. Jtrainor 09:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
It's another Gundam game! I swear they are pumping these out every month in Japan. Gamevideos snatched some cool import gameplay, it kinda looks like a Dynasty Warriors with robots.
http://gamevideos.com/video/id/9647.
- Jayfresh006 ( talk) 21:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Since even the Gundam Officials and director acknowledge Gundam Century, I think it is at least notable enough to be mentioned in the Gundam article since itself is a notability guide of Gundam. Since it was removed immediately after I added in the info, I guess I should try to discuss this before readding it in. Maybe it is just because of my poor English and need of refining of words. MythSearcher talk 19:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to pull everyone's attention to the point that there is no timelines listed on the page as what YEAR each Gundam series was released. because I can see amuro taking out few zeon mobiles with a "HUGE light saber"??? so 1979 is also the year the STAR WARS came out and i am thinking which one took inspiratin from whom. similarly IRONMAN from Marvel comes later than IRONMAN 028 manga. so no one noticed that i guess. any ways , timelines please. thanks Danraz 13:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
These time lines can be can both for the Gundam universe and a reality base time line for when all parts of the series was released and where.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 22:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Please also stop adding too much detail into the article, the examples are meant to be simple and obvious, not extremely detail and hard to tell the difference. Sorry if it is not your favourite unit that got a place there, but removing the ones that you do not know and placing something that is not that much different from the others is not a good idea. If you insist to change and lengthen the page, it is just going to become a plain speculation section(which it already is) and WP:OR certifies certain deletion acts. MythSearcher talk 18:26, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree. Such subsitutions should be put up to debate in the discussion page. This should be a way for making the article a place of information and not a textual battlefield for the opinions or popularity towards the gundam types.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 22:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
To an outsider this article just doesn't seem to flow very well and makes next to no sense. I've even seen one of the shows and it makes no sense to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.182.229.4 ( talk) 04:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Another problem it seems to happen because of numerous people trying to correct each other with out discussing the changes first.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 23:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Although no Gundam has ever been definitively stated as being sentient, there has been debate by fans over events in Gundam Wing which depict at least three Gundams acting on their own or in some way interacting with the pilot in a manner other than normal. The primary two to be concerned with are Wing Zero and Epyon. Heero speaks to Zero as if holding a conversation with it in episode 44 of the series. He also speaks to Epyon during episode 37, Zero vs. Epyon, while Zechs talks to Zero which appears to answer questions aimed at the machines operating system, such as the fate of the Sanc Kingdom. When Zechs demands to know what the point of the battle he is fighting with Zero is, Zero appears to 'respond' (we are told it's response through dialogue from Zechs) that the point is to kill everyone who's come to kill Zechs. This battle however, pushed both pilots to the point of collapse. During this conflict, Heero tells Zechs to ask Zero if he (Heero) is an enemy, indicating that Zero itself somehow has the capability to communicate with humans, as does Epyon.
At the end of the episode, Heero and Zechs exchange Gundams, but continue to act in a manner as if the two machines are somehow alive or intelligent on their own. In episode, number 49 which was entitled The Final Victor, Heero calls upon Zero for help, with the excat phrase "Zero, please guide me through this." And the system responds to the plea. Furthermore, Heero continues this course of reference to Zero during Endless waltz when talking to Wu Fei saying "Zero will not tell me anything". He also speaks directly to Zero directly before he takes the suit to the scene of the headquarters of the Barton Foundation, where Zero essentially disintegrates.
Briefly in the first part of the Gundam Wing series, Quatre, Wu Fei, and Duo prepare to make their escape back into outer space, and Quatre prepares to sacrifce his own life by activating the self-destruct device in episode 17. During this battle, Quatre speaks directly to Sandrock, urging it back to it's feet after it is struck by a powerful rocket from an opposing mobile suit. After the activation of Sandrock's self-destruct mechanism, the machine opens it's entry hatch of it's own accord to allow Quatre time to escape. It also moves on it's own to confront the oncoming mobile suits attempting to stop their escape.
Fans have picked up on this and in some fanfiction, the Gundams have been depicted as not only sentient, but capable of speech.
In short, the qualifying statement about the fan debate over whether or not certain Gundams, specifically Zero and Epyon, is a legitimate addition to the current statement that the machines themselves are not usually sentient. Please refrain from removing this statement in the future.
Warwolf1 09:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to remove any entries of sentient MS from articles as OR, which it is. Nothing is ever said about it in the series or any other published material. Jtrainor 20:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I think there should be at least room for speculation as to whether or not that the Gundams or other Mobile Suits are indeed Sentient in ther series.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 23:09, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Don't forget Stargazer, which is explicitly stated to have an AI(the start of Stargazer involves them teaching it preceeding the attack)
A few weeks back, someone edited the intro so it now basically mentions every AU except G. As originaly written, the intro had about 2 or 3 AU examples to contrast with the similar UC ones. Now however, I'd suggest we either include G or scale it back to just a handful of AU examples-- HellCat86 ( talk) 10:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
From my understanding, every Gundam series with different calendar system is a self-contained world. However, every series tends to have the same ideas. There are always normal people and advanced people, and the hero is always a teenage boy of the special type. The Gundams always fight cyclops mobile suits. There's always a bad guy in a metal mask. The hero's Gundam is always white, blue, and red. These are all things you expect in a "Gundam" anime. It would be nice if this article more directly addressed these commonalities. 71.197.236.103 ( talk) 09:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Something needs to be done with List of Gundam cast members. In general, cast lists are discouraged and tend to be deleted when put through AfD or PROD (and there are several Prodded right now, in fact). I would have prodded this list with the others, but I don't have any idea which character lists it may be redundant with, and I don't know enough about the Gundam franchise to hunt down the information myself. This article should ultimately be deleted. — Dino guy 1000 21:51, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I added the "Confusing" header to the article because I can't get my head around this article. I looked up Gundam to get to know something about the series, but right from the intro a whole heap of alternative timelines and models and types of mechas are mentioned. If there's anyone here who is familiar with the series, I suggest a good and clear revision should be done on this article. -- Soetermans | is listening | what he'd do now? 21:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
The intro is much better now, great work! Still, the article is in need of a good revision. For example, the section Distinctive characteristics starts with a link to the Japanese wiki (without an apparent reason) followed by: "Gundam is the name or nickname of several mobile suits or mobile fighters, although some works, such as G-Saviour and Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO do not have units containing the term Gundam (Although in the Third episode of MS IGLOO, the RX-78-2 Gundam was seen briefly in grainy footage destroying a Zaku)." -- Soetermans | is listening | what he'd do now? 21:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
The user is using an IP address 118.100.X.X and 124.13.X.X(most recently 124.13.187.202), and persistently adding false info stating a new anime called Gundam aqua will be release in the future. (History from newest to older edits: 124.13.187.202, 124.13.186.73, 118.100.140.170, 124.13.66.111, 124.13.185.44, 124.13.70.46) In which all are registered to TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD, it might be an open proxy, or simply someone who waited for their ISP to change the dynamic IP of their service. Since it is at least the 6th time of this unsourced edit, and is sufficiently notified and even warned of it being false, the persistent addition of such material is simply vandalism, at least should be viewed as such after this publicly announced concern about such material. I will also add a comment inline in the main article to try to stop the addition of such false material. MythSearcher talk 07:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
This blog has many high quality images of the life sized Gundam under construction and finished. http://punynari.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/assembled-life-sized-rx78-gundam-part-1/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
When referring to "gundam machines" (as opposed to the title "Gundam"), shouldn't the "g" be lowercase? I'm not a huge Gundam guy; so I'm relying on you guys to tell me! Thanks, ask123 ( talk) 04:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I made some changes to the lede -- a lot of grammar corrections and some wording changes. If anyone has issues, please bring them up here. I'm happy to discuss. Cheers, ask123 ( talk) 04:31, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Regards, -- 李博杰 | — Talk contribs email 13:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
This is more of a question to adults, scientists or mathematicians... so I am prefering more of a professional answer to this question, so I do not want any opinions on this.
Does anybody know if the construction of a gundam, and the functioning of it are possible without defying any of those common Newton's, Einstein's "Laws?" Oyo321 16:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I figured suddenly that this article have no mention of the SD Gundam series that should be also a very popular spinoff. Anyone with enough knowledge can add a section of it here? —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearcher talk 01:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I have counted 8~9 with DD MM formats against 5 MM DD format(with one being changed from DD MM to MM DD before without revert, I made the original contribution so I am sure about the change). Anyone oppose to changing all to the same DD MM format? —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearcher talk 01:32, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Recently got hold of a 2006 magazine called Characters, the special topic of that issue is Gundam's Legend, and one of the interesting information I see is that the Genre of the series was actually in dispute in the 80's. A critic in the 80's criticized Gundam and denied it being in the Sci-fi genre, and some hardcore SF fans had debates with Gundam fans about this as well. Sounds like good information to be included, anyone got English sources as well? —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearcher talk 02:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
I contend there should be a Formal request to users and guest to specifically add as many pictures as possible to the descriptions of mobile suits. It simply makes no sense to have extensive list(s) and or articles on many different types of mobile suits and yet, to have no clue to as what they look like beyond the textual information already given. To do justice to both the Gundam franchise and it's fan base, and every other viewer of these articles, there should be a picture for a lest every major Mobile Suit in the Gundam Universe. This is for all intents and purposes, an Encyclopedia you know.-- AKIRA70 ( talk) 22:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I dont think Gunpla Builders should be shown as the 8th gundam generation, i dont think that its really a gundam series and shouldnt be in the gundam series section at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.247.228 ( talk) 20:36, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-09/level-5-to-help-create-gundam-age-anime-this-fall
Sunrise, I AM DISAPPOINT!
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Been trying to clean up the page a little, split off the card game (a wreck) and the cultural impact of Gundam. This makes it easier to streamline and cuts the dumping ground of the content into something more encyclopedic and authoritative. I'm doing some additional trimmings, but I'm not able to stick them in useful spots. So here is some it below:
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The mobile suit units are considered the representing unit in the " real robot" type of mecha. The games' units are often separated by being "super robots", powerful mecha that often have near-limitless powers and technology, but have a shorter range of movement, and real robots, mecha that are physically weaker, but possess a wider range of movement and accuracy. There have been so many mobile suit units that it is impossible to tell a distinct style, however, mobile suits are extremely agile and have an enormous variety of weapons.
Gundam Century was a book published on September 22, 1981. At first it is an unofficial anime guide of Mobile Suit Gundam, published by Minori books(みのり書房) as an extra appendix of the monthly magazine 月刊OUT. The book served as the basics of all the technology and realistic demonstration of Gundam, in which at publish, it is a collection of fan material along with interviews and off-time works from the original Gundam creators like Yoshiyuki Tomino, Kunio Okawara and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Also collected various real world space exploration science and referenced scientific journals like L5 News, Science, Physics Today. The settings in the book has since then been adopted and endorsed by the official company Sunrise and Bandai. Although most of the numbers and history has since then been changed a few times, (for example, the One Year War started in November 0079 instead of the current official timeline January 0079). [2] [3] the book is regarded as the pioneer of the realism of the Gundam franchise, and is acknowledged in Gundam Official and is republished by as an official publication in the year 2000, named as Gundam Century Renewal Version.
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More can be added and removed as necessary or debated. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 04:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
How should we go about making an introductory article to the Gundam media and works? I think branching off the calender issue would be helpful at this point, as that is more in-depth knowledge. I also wonder if we need a chronology of works instead of a break down of media by series or timelines... someone who knows nothing of Gundam will be confused with such decisions. I'm going to draft some changes off line, but streamlining and getting down "What is Gundam?" should be the focus of this article. Not a list of media or things which exist, but a highly condensed and authoritative introduction without quibbling over the franchise's content. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 05:23, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Zeon is exclusive to that universe only, change the redirect to the Universal Century articlen then make a section detailing its factions.-- Primus1x ( talk) 12:44, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
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Under the list of different gundam series it has a note saying that Tomino himself confirmed MSGundam takes place in 2066. It doesn't provide a source, and after a quick google search all i can find are sites claiming that it was written in a proposal or pre-production memo for the show. I think that this needs a source first of all, and second of all the fact that its only a pre-production memo (or whatever) needs to be clarified. For now im just gonna delete that part. 173.23.76.56 ( talk) 03:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assult Module Is 'GUNDAM' comes from this weird line of words? Flora 02:48, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
In the terms of the series "Gundam SEED", GUNDAM stands for "GeneralUnilateral Neuro-LinkDispersive Autonamic Maneuvere"
No, the SEED definitions are unique to SEED. : Operation X 06:02, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Can we make it normal procedure to include the word Gundam in the title of any article that relates to this series. So rather than Mobile Suit Variations it would be Gundam Mobile Suit Variations. I think this would be less confusing for people searching on the words mobile or suit. DJ Clayworth 16:12, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
With that name, it would be more likely article about MSV in general. L-Zwei 16:37, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In Gundam Wing Gundams were called Gundams because they were made from Gundanium alloy [5] Hackwrench 19:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
That is dependant on the Series of Gundam. For Instance, G Gundam the term Gundam is derived from the Construction Material known as Gundarium, Gundam Wing is Gundanium. Each series it has it's own meaning (minus the Orignal Gundam series, Z, ZZ, 8th MST, 0080, 0083 and other Series in the UC Timeline which are all were based on the original gundam in Mobile Suit Gundam EtanaruKage63 ( talk) 19:50, 15 January 2009 (UTC) EtanaruKage63
Generally, all humanoid-form robots in the Gundam meta-series are called "Mobile Suits". However, the name "Gundam" differs from one timeline into the other. In the start of the Universal Century (UC) timeline (Mobile Suit Gundam, year UC 0079), the name "Gundam" exists only as the name of one of the 3 mobile suits made under Project-V (the other 2 are the Guncannon and the Guntank). In October of UC 0081, the Gundam Development Project was formed by Anaheim Electronics (commissioned by the Earth Federation) to create a series of experimental mobile suits based on the original Gundam (GP00 Blossom, GP01 Zephyrantes, GP01Fb Zephyrantes Full-Vernian, GP02A Physalis, GP03S Stamen, GP03D Dendrobium, GP04G Gerbera). To cut the long story short, the name "Gundam" in this timeline are mobile suits based on the original RX-78-2 Gundam piloted by the civilian (progressed into a official in the later series) Amuro Ray. In the After Colony timeline (Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, G-Unit), the name "Gundam" is applied to the mobile suits constructed with a special, indestructible alloy called "Gundanum Alloy" and applied with the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero (note the tv-series version, not the OVA version; all Gundam units in Endless Waltz are retrograde versions of the originals) and its decendants. In the Future Century timeline (G Gundam), the name "Gundam" denotes the mobile fighters created specifically for use in the Gundam Fight tournament, which are all made of Gundarium Alloy and regulated by the Gundam Fight International Committee. In the After Colony timeline (Gundam-X), the name "Gundam" are applied to mobile suits (and their descendants in AW 0015, with some exceptions) created in AW 0001 to prevent/stop the space colony drop to Earth. In Gundam SEED/Destiny, the name "Gundam" is actually an acronym (note: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Operation_System ). E Wing 16:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
The word GUNDAM has no abbrivation meaning until the era of "GUNDAM SEED" and "GUNDAM SEED Destiny". When the producer deceides to revamp the GUNDAM series so that it acceptable to a new generation of viewers. Also the only models of mobile suits that uses Nuclear Drive were the Zaku I and IIs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.148.99.140 ( talk) 14:15, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
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Can someone add a citation for, or link me to proof of, the 3 "specials" listed for Gundam Unicorn, supposedly made in 2013-2014? Because they're not mentioned in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and as far as I can tell there's only a mention of one special, "Mobile Suit Gundam UC: One of Seventy-Two", on List of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn episodes. Thanks. -- Iritscen ( talk) 17:37, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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