Universal Century
Encyclopedia
is the original timeline of the Gundam
anime
metaseries. The official English name U.C. (abbreviation
of Universal Century) is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo
and Master Grade model instructions and official pages (i.e. www.gundam.info).
The Universal Century timeline starts with the migration of humanity to populate space, after construction of the first space colony
at Side 1 was completed.
By far the most proliferative background universe, Universal Century makes up the dominating majority of the entire franchise. While many new Gundam stories are told in their own parallel universe with independent timelines, giving them a greater degree of creative freedom, the original U.C. storyline continues to be extremely popular for a variety of reasons. It established the series, and delivered many of its best moments, as well as setting the standard for realistic hard science fiction
in anime; the original Gundam marked the maturing of the Giant Robot genre. Also, nostalgia for the oldest of the Gundam shows (and Gundam's resulting status as a pop-culture icon in Japan) is still a major factor in its continuing success.
Space colonies are placed at the five Earth-Moon Lagrangian point
s. In most cases, a Lagrangian point is home to more than one group of space colonies. Individual colony groups (single or in pairs) are known as bunches, and a collection of colony bunches that occupy a Lagrangian point are known collectively as a Side. Because Sides sometimes share a single Lagrangian point, it is possible to have two Sides in close orbit to one another. All colonies in the Universal Century are O'Neill "Island 3" type colony cylinders, except for the close-type colonies of Side 3.
The first 50 years of the Universal Century were spent building the various colonies and placing them at the Lagrangian points, as well as colonizing the moon. By U.C. 0050 9 billion of the 11 billion people in the Federation live in space colonies or on the moon. In U.C. 0051 the Federation froze plans for additional colony development, and in U.C. 0084 reorganized the remaining Sides into different Lagrangian Points. With the re-organization of the Sides completed, the Federation announced that the status quo would be maintained. In the latter half of the Second Universal Century the construction of new colonies was restarted.
in space. This Side is located at L5, and was one of the first Sides the Zeon
attacked during the One Year War
.
Perhaps the most infamous Side of them all, Side 3 was the home of Zeon Zum Deikun
, who inspired the people of Side 3 to declare themselves independent of the Earth Federation. After the mysterious death of Zeon Deikun, the Republic of Zeon was renamed the Principality of Zeon by Deikun's deputy Degwin Sodo Zabi
. Under the militaristic rule of Degwin's genocidal son Gihren
, Side 3 declared a deadly war against the Earth Federation in U.C. 0079 under the banner of independence, known as the One Year War
, in which over half of all human population perished. Side 3 regained the name Republic of Zeon after the defeat of the Principality, and received additional colonies in U.C. 0082 and again in U.C. 0083 as part of the Colony Reclamation Project, which sought to ease the overcrowding of Side 3. The Republic of Zeon eventually rejoined the Federation in U.C. 0100s.
's 1st Combined Fleet and Dozle Zabi
's Zeon Attack Forces. Due to the deployment of mobile suits, Zeon eventually won the battle, but at an extremely high price. The battle was known to Universal Century history as the Battle of Loum. During the story of Blue Destiny
, It was in Side 5 where Professor Chlust Morses created the 1st Anti-Newtype system, the Exam System. Coincidentally, months later Side 5 would be the final resting place for the EXAM system, when the last 2 EXAM Gundams, The Blue Destiny Unit-2 & Blue Destiny Unit-3 would both be destroyed. At the end of the One Year War this area became known as the shoal zone, littered with debris of colonies and warships. During the reorganization of the Sides in U.C. 0084, Side 5 was moved to L4.
on April U.C. 0077, and adopted the name Riah Republic. Side 6 declared neutrality
in the opening weeks of the One Year War
, and managed to avoid most of the major conflicts. Side 6 was targeted by the Zeon for a nuclear attack late in the war after a Federation R&D base was discovered here, but was rescued by Federation fleets (Gundam 0080). It was annexed by the Earth Federation sometime after Operation Stardust. During the reorganization of Sides in U.C. 0084, Side 6 was moved to L5.
, Side 7 consisted of a single, incomplete space colony that housed a Federation R&D base involved with Project V
. This Side became famous on September 18, U.C. 0079, when the White Base
and its prototype mobile suit RX-78-2 Gundam successfully fended off an attack by Zeon mobile suits, and in doing so marked the first recorded battle between mobile suits.
, and was built on the landing site of Apollo 11
, which is an industrial city specializing in the manufacture of heavy equipment. It's also home to a branch of Anaheim Electronics, where the prototype mobile suit programs for the Gundam Development Project were developed in U.C. 0083. It is said that whoever controls Von Braun controls the moon. The Albion docked at Von Braun during its pursuit of the Delaz Fleet in November U.C. 0083. In U.C. 0087, the Titans launched Operation Apollo, forcing their way into Von Braun in order to force the AEUG out. It was controlled by the Earth Federation during the One Year War.
. Also, the EFSF (Earth Federation Space Force) used their prototype mass-destruction weapon—the Solar System—during the battle to fight against Zeon. Shortly thereafter, the Earth Federation secured it and renamed the captured base Konpei Island. In U.C. 0083, Zeon ace Anavel Gato used the RX-78GP02 Gundam Physalis to attack the Naval Review at Konpei with an MK-82 nuclear warhead, destroying or crippling 2/3 of the Federation's space forces that took part in it.
and Kycilia Zabi
die over the course of the battle. In Z Gundam, the Titans acquire the base from the Republic of Zeon and rename it the Gate of Zedan. The Axis asteroid base later destroys it in a collision that scatters rock fragments to destroy part of the Titans fleet.
Part of the Battle of A Bao A Qu is also viewed from a different perspective in the OVA series MS Igloo Apocalypse 0079
.
Following the end of the One Year War in Mobile Suit Gundam, several thousand Zeon survivors retreated to Axis to prepare themselves for future campaigns. In Z Gundam, the Neo-Zeon forces bring the asteroid with them to the Earth Sphere and later uses it to ram the Titans' Gate of Sedan asteroid base (formerly A Baoa Qu). In Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Axis serves as the main Neo-Zeon base until rebel leader Glemy Toto uses it to destroy Haman Karn's Core 3 headquarters. The Earth Federation takes over control of Axis after the Neo-Zeon surrenders following the events of the series. A few years later, during the events of the movie Char's Counterattack, the Neo-Zeon successfully buys back Axis from the Federation in exchange for the group's disarmament. However, Char Aznable, who has emerged to command Neo-Zeon, attempts to drop it on Earth to finally force mankind's total migration to space. In the movie's climax, the Londo Bell blows up Axis into two halves, with one of them still primed for orbital entry. Amuro, in his RX-93 ν-Gundam, takes it upon himself to push it back into orbit with help from Federation and Neo-Zeon units, resulting in a psycowave that stops the descent.
series Gundam F90. After the One Year War, a portion of the Zeon fleet that escaped the Earth Sphere did not go to Axis; instead, they established a new base of operations on Mars. They would later accept refugees from the Second Neo Zeon movement, but would remain on their own, unnoticed and uninvolved, until they would initiate conflict with the Earth Federation in U.C. 0120. During this time it was revealed that the Mars Zeon group, as they were called, had converted Olympus Mons
into a gigantic railcannon.
In U.C. 0133 the Jupiter Empire, which has members in the Jupiter energy fleet, plans to conquer Earth but their plans are thwarted by the Crossbone Vanguard.
wrote that the first series takes place in 2066 AD, which would have the Universal Century calendar starting in 1988 AD. However, a "2079" date stamp in the first Gundam series' episode 26 and a "2087" date stamp in Zeta Gundam's episode 8 indicated a 2001 starting date(but not necessarily AD). The date stamps were not included in the subsequent movie versions of these series, and these dates have since been contradicted by later works.
Based on a dated newspaper shown in the last episode of the Gundam 0080 OVA series written by Gainax
's Hiroyuki Yamaga
(Monday, January 14, 0080) and in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Axis Zeon became Neo Zeon on 29th Feb, 0088, the Universal Century can be pinpointed to begin in several specific years, including 2053, 2081, 2109, and 2149. In the Universal Century chronology, the last dated entry of the AD system was 2045 AD, leading to the common misconception that U.C. 0001 followed immediately afterwards. A few early unofficial sources even listed U.C. 0001 as 2046 AD (or even 2045), but current official materials indicate the presence of a gap of years between the AD and U.C. calendar systems. Therefore the first year of the Universal Century calendar is deduced on the official Gundam website in North America as being 2053, 2081, 2109, or possibly later, meaning U.C. 0079 would correspond to 2131, 2159, 2187, or later.
Gundam
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....
anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
metaseries. The official English name U.C. (abbreviation
Abbreviation
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of Universal Century) is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO
is a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
and Master Grade model instructions and official pages (i.e. www.gundam.info).
The Universal Century timeline starts with the migration of humanity to populate space, after construction of the first space colony
Space Colony (Gundam)
In the fictional Gundam anime metaseries, space colonies play a pivotal role in ever-changing stories. Below is an explanation of the colonies in each of the Gundam timelines.-Universal Century:...
at Side 1 was completed.
By far the most proliferative background universe, Universal Century makes up the dominating majority of the entire franchise. While many new Gundam stories are told in their own parallel universe with independent timelines, giving them a greater degree of creative freedom, the original U.C. storyline continues to be extremely popular for a variety of reasons. It established the series, and delivered many of its best moments, as well as setting the standard for realistic hard science fiction
Hard science fiction
Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Islands of Space in Astounding Science...
in anime; the original Gundam marked the maturing of the Giant Robot genre. Also, nostalgia for the oldest of the Gundam shows (and Gundam's resulting status as a pop-culture icon in Japan) is still a major factor in its continuing success.
Universal Century Gundam series and films
List of Universal Century Gundam animated series and movies and live-action films in the order of their release:- Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundamis a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
(TVTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
: 1979; compilation movieFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s: 1981–1982) - Mobile Suit Zeta GundamMobile Suit Zeta Gundamis a television anime, part of the Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs is split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita...
(TV: 1985; compilation movieFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s: 2005–2006) - Mobile Suit Gundam ZZMobile Suit Gundam ZZis a TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino returned to lead the series, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of Zeta...
(TV: 1986) - Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's CounterattackMobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattackis a 1988 anime film set in Gundam's Universal Century timeline of Gundam, specifically U.C. 0093.Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, Char's Counterattack is the culmination of the original saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam and continued through Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit...
(movie: 1988) - Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the PocketMobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocketis a 1989 Japanese science fiction original video animation series, the first such series in the Gundam franchise. Directed by Fumihiko Takayama, it was also the first time anyone other than creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was given a chance to direct a Gundam story. Released in 1989, it serves to...
(OVAs: 1989) - Mobile Suit Gundam F91Mobile Suit Gundam F91is a 1991 anime film, which was Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Char's Counterattack and twenty seven years after Gundam Unicorn. He re-teamed with character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and mecha designer Kunio Okawara for the occasion....
(movie: 1991) - Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryMobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memoryis a 13-episode anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe. The first volume containing two 30-minute episodes was released in Japan on May 23, 1991. Subsequent volumes, containing one 30-minute episode each, followed every one or two months; the final volume went on sale on September 24, 1992...
(OVAs: 1991; compilation movie: 1992) - Mobile Suit Victory GundamMobile Suit Victory Gundam, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi and later by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks...
(TV: 1993) - Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Teamis an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 11-episode series details the adventures of an Earth Federation Space Force ground unit during the One Year War - specifically before the original 1979 Gundam series and into...
(OVAs: 1996, compilation movie: 1998) - Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu (amusement park ride movie: 2000)
- G-SaviourG-SaviourG-Saviour is an live-action made for television movie set in Gundam metaseries, set in the Universal Century timeline. It also officially marks the last events of the Universal Century.-Production:...
(live actionLive actionIn filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
TV movie: 2000) - Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers (specialty format movie: 2001)
- Gundam EvolveGundam Evolve, also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve, is a series of short films set in the different timelines of the Gundam series. Originally there were only five Evolve episodes, produced from 2001 to 2003, Bandai started to create new Evolve episodes in 2004...
(short film series: 2001–2007, all episodes are based on U.C. except Episodes 3, 6, 7, 8 and 14) - Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOMobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOis a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
(CGI movies The Hidden One Year War: 2004; OVAs Apocalypse 0079: 2006) - Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity FrontMobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOis a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
(HDVHigh-definition videoHigh-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
CGI movies 2008) - Mobile Suit Gundam UnicornMobile Suit Gundam Unicornis a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui . The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively...
(OVAs: 2010)
Earth
Although a large percentage of the Earth's population had been relocated to space, people still lived on Earth. Those left on Earth had either received permission to return to the planet and live there or had never left the planet in the first place. Earth still maintains its seven separate continents, and each continent contains at least one noteworthy location.North America
- The California Base: A massive naval installation composed of 20 large bases on the CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
n coast, the California Base was home to the Federation's largest naval yards. After the Zeon captured them in the One Year WarOne Year WarThe is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam metaseries. The One Year War is very similar to World War II, the major difference being that The One Year War is in a science fiction setting and some major battles occurred in space...
the facility was retooled to produce ZeonZeonIn the television anime Mobile Suit Gundam universe, Zeon can refer to the Republic of Zeon, the Principality of Zeon or Neo Zeon. It is also referred to as the Duchy of Zeon or the Zeon Dukedom...
submarines. The California base was recaptured by the Federation during the last month of the war. The story of The Blue DestinyMobile Suit Gundam Side StoryMobile Suit Gundam Side Story is a trilogy of Sega Saturn video games set in the fictional universe of Gundam, released between 1996 to 1997...
takes part in the recapture of the California base. It ends with the destruction of the experimental EXAM suits, the Blue Destiny unit-1, piloted by Yu Kajima, & the MS08TX(EXAM)Efreet Custom, piloted by Zeon Ace Nimbus Schterzen. This battle also lead to the truth about the EXAM system.: A massive battle was fought here during the One Year War, resulting in the elimination of a Zeon Gaw fleet and the death of Garma Zabi. Garma actually met his end near Seattle, if one follows the story based on travel path rather than the script. The White Base falls from space over the southwestern United States and heads north to go around the Zeon bases of California. It is the Gundam world equivalent to New York City of the contemporary real world. - North America, specifically the American Midwest, was the target of the colony drop during Operation Stardust.
- Cheyenne, WyomingCheyenne, WyomingCheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
: Amuro RayAmuro Rayis a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack, voiced by Tōru Furuya , Brad Swaile , Michael Lindsay and Matthew Erickson is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile...
's home in 0087 is in Cheyenne at the beginning of Zeta Gundam; he works as an instructor nearby. However, Amuro's movements are closely monitored by the Federation, leaving him virtually under house arrestHouse arrestIn justice and law, house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all...
until he escapes with Katz KobayashiKatz KobayashiKatz Hawin Kobayashi is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequel Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In the first series, he was one of three children on board the White Base. Seven years later in Zeta Gundam, he joined the AEUG in their fight against the Titans...
to join up with Karaba. Emma Sheen met Amuro in Cheyenne in 0085. - Kennedy SpaceportKennedy Space CenterThe John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program...
: Featured in episode 13 of Zeta Gundam, Kennedy Spaceport is operated by Hayato Kobayashi as a front for Karaba. The center is abandoned and left to the Titans following the Jaburo operation. A war museum on site includes at least one Guncannon from the One Year War. Apolly Bay and several AEUG pilots return to space from Kennedy. - Augusta Newtype Labs: A Federation facility where cyber-newtype Rosamia Badam is trained. Augusta's location is not specifically mentioned.
- Hickory: A spaceport near the ruins of San Francisco, possibly once part of the California Base complex. Quattro BageenaChar Aznable, born is a fictional character from the Gundam franchise. He is originally one of the main antagonists in Mobile Suit Gundam and later becomes one of the protagonists of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In his final appearance in Char's Counterattack, he assumes leadership of the Neo Zeon movement,...
and Katz Kobayashi launch into space from Hickory.
South America
- JaburoJaburoIn the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam metaverse, Jaburo is the headquarters of the Earth Federal Forces during the One Year War and the years after. It is a massive underground complex in the heart of Brazil, which according to Tomino, is roughly the size that Tokyo was in 1979, when the first Gundam...
: The subterranean headquarters of the Earth Federal Forces. During the One Year War Char AznableChar Aznable, born is a fictional character from the Gundam franchise. He is originally one of the main antagonists in Mobile Suit Gundam and later becomes one of the protagonists of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In his final appearance in Char's Counterattack, he assumes leadership of the Neo Zeon movement,...
attempted to infiltrate this base only to be beaten back by Federal Forces. During the Delaz Fleet crisis the Federation thought that Zeon's colony drop would be targeted here. During the Gryps Conflict the Titans self-destructed this base with a nuclear bomb in the hope of destroying AEUG with it.
Africa
- Kimbareid Base: A Zeon stronghold in Africa. During the opening days of Operation Stardust Anavel Gato sought help from this facility while trying to escape into space. Kimbareid base covered his launch, then surrendered to the Federation.
- Mount KilimanjaroMount KilimanjaroKilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
: After abandoning Jaburo in U.C. 0087, the Titans moved their main terrestrial headquarters to a newly-constructed facility at Kilimanjaro, while using a base in New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
as a temporary transfer point. The base would come under attack by the AEUG and Karaba late in 0087. - DakarDakarDakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...
, SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
: Home of the Earth Federation Assembly during the time of the Gryps Conflict. Following the attack on Kilimanjaro, AEUG leader Quattro Bajeena addressed the Assembly and denounced the Titans to the world. In the following year during the first Neo Zeon movement it was taken over by the Neo Zeon group, but they were driven back by the interference of the AEUG and Karaba.
Asia
- The 08th MS TeamMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Teamis an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 11-episode series details the adventures of an Earth Federation Space Force ground unit during the One Year War - specifically before the original 1979 Gundam series and into...
is mostly located in the jungle area of Southeast Asia. - Hong Kong—Home of Luio Company, a financial supporter of the Karaba organization during the Gryps Conflict. The Titans sent the massive Psyco Gundam into battle inside the city in an attempt to force Karaba forces aboard the Auldhumla to surrender. In Char's Counterattack, Hong Kong was the intended target of the Axis drop operation.
- LhasaLhasaLhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...
: The Earth Federation's capital before it was destroyed in the drop of Luna V by Char AznableChar Aznable, born is a fictional character from the Gundam franchise. He is originally one of the main antagonists in Mobile Suit Gundam and later becomes one of the protagonists of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In his final appearance in Char's Counterattack, he assumes leadership of the Neo Zeon movement,...
's Neo Zeon.
Antarctica
- After the catastrophic loss of life in the first week of the One Year War, Federation and Zeon representatives met in Antarctica. The Antarctic TreatyAntarctic Treaty (Gundam)The Antarctic Treaty is a fictional wartime treaty in the Universal Century timeline of the sci-fi mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam.The Antarctic Treaty states that:* All uses of nuclear weapons are prohibited...
was the result of these negotiations. - The Federation had a base here that was raided in December U.C. 0079. Federal Forces stationed here bought enough time for the RX-78NT1 "Alex" Gundam to be launched into space.
Europe
- OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
: A major Zeon base of operations during the One Year War, under the direct command of Captain M'Quve. Several natural resource mines were located in the region. The Federation launched its single largest Earth-based campaign against Odessa. - BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
: Home to a Federation-controlled port, the White Base docked here for repairs and resupply as it continued from Odessa to Jaburo. Char Aznable's Mad Angler squadron deployed amphibious mobile suits in an attack on the White Base, allowing a civilian spy to board the ship. - Dublin, Ireland: The site of a colony drop, ordered by Haman Khan to demonstrate her power, during the first Neo Zeon movement, though the AEUG and Karaba rescue some of the population.
Oceania
- Sydney, Australia: This city was eliminated when an abandoned Space Colony was inadvertently dropped on it. The blast eliminated Sydney and 16% of Australia's total land mass.
- Torrington Base: A Federation base in Australia. On October 13, U.C. 0083, remnants of the Principality of Zeon attacked this base and stole the RX-78GP02A Gundam from this facility.
- New Guinea: A Titans base was established at this location, although it served mainly as a support base for the transfer of the main Titans headquarters from Jaburo to the eventual new headquarters at Kilimanjaro. The New Guinea base provided limited support to the Sudori as it attempted to recapture the Auldhumla at Hong Kong.
Space colonies
Lagrangian point
The Lagrangian points are the five positions in an orbital configuration where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to two larger objects...
s. In most cases, a Lagrangian point is home to more than one group of space colonies. Individual colony groups (single or in pairs) are known as bunches, and a collection of colony bunches that occupy a Lagrangian point are known collectively as a Side. Because Sides sometimes share a single Lagrangian point, it is possible to have two Sides in close orbit to one another. All colonies in the Universal Century are O'Neill "Island 3" type colony cylinders, except for the close-type colonies of Side 3.
The first 50 years of the Universal Century were spent building the various colonies and placing them at the Lagrangian points, as well as colonizing the moon. By U.C. 0050 9 billion of the 11 billion people in the Federation live in space colonies or on the moon. In U.C. 0051 the Federation froze plans for additional colony development, and in U.C. 0084 reorganized the remaining Sides into different Lagrangian Points. With the re-organization of the Sides completed, the Federation announced that the status quo would be maintained. In the latter half of the Second Universal Century the construction of new colonies was restarted.
Side 1
Side 1 is called Zarn, and is the Capital Side of the Earth FederationEarth Federation
The is a fictional organization in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam anime series. The name also made a reappearance outside of the Gundam series in following media.* Godzilla vs...
in space. This Side is located at L5, and was one of the first Sides the Zeon
Zeon
In the television anime Mobile Suit Gundam universe, Zeon can refer to the Republic of Zeon, the Principality of Zeon or Neo Zeon. It is also referred to as the Duchy of Zeon or the Zeon Dukedom...
attacked during the One Year War
One Year War
The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam metaseries. The One Year War is very similar to World War II, the major difference being that The One Year War is in a science fiction setting and some major battles occurred in space...
.
Side 2
Side 2 is called Hatte, and is located at L4. This was one of the first Sides attacked by the Zeon during the One Year War. One of the colonies was hijacked by Zeon forces and dropped onto Earth, known as Operation British. During the U.C. 0150s, the Zanscare Empire was established in Side 2 under the name of Queen Maria Armonia.Side 3
Side 3 is located behind the moon, at L2, and is known as Munzo, and is later renamed to "Sweet Water". Side 3 was the only Side to use closed-type colonies, allowing each colony to house greater populations.Perhaps the most infamous Side of them all, Side 3 was the home of Zeon Zum Deikun
Zeon Zum Deikun
is a philosopher and politician in the fictional Gundam stories, in which he developed Contolism, which was both about Ere-ism and Side-ism . This philosophy was welcomed by Side 3 , which made him leader of the Side...
, who inspired the people of Side 3 to declare themselves independent of the Earth Federation. After the mysterious death of Zeon Deikun, the Republic of Zeon was renamed the Principality of Zeon by Deikun's deputy Degwin Sodo Zabi
Degwin Sodo Zabi
is a fictional character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam universe. He was the absolute dictator of the Principality of Zeon and came to power in UC 0068 after the suspicious death of Zeon Zum Deikun.- Rise to Power :...
. Under the militaristic rule of Degwin's genocidal son Gihren
Gihren Zabi
is a fictional character, and antagonist from the universe of the Gundam anime series. He was voiced by the veteran seiyu, Banjo Ginga in the original Japanese version. In the English dubbed series and movie adaptations the character was voiced by Hiro Kanagawa and Doug Stone respectively.American...
, Side 3 declared a deadly war against the Earth Federation in U.C. 0079 under the banner of independence, known as the One Year War
One Year War
The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam metaseries. The One Year War is very similar to World War II, the major difference being that The One Year War is in a science fiction setting and some major battles occurred in space...
, in which over half of all human population perished. Side 3 regained the name Republic of Zeon after the defeat of the Principality, and received additional colonies in U.C. 0082 and again in U.C. 0083 as part of the Colony Reclamation Project, which sought to ease the overcrowding of Side 3. The Republic of Zeon eventually rejoined the Federation in U.C. 0100s.
Side 4
Side 4 is known as Mua, and is located at L5. Side 4 was one of the first colonies attacked by the Zeon during the One Year War. Side 4 was eventually reconstructed into the Frontier Side in during the U.C. 0120s. During the reorganization of Sides in U.C. 0084, Side 4 was moved to L1.Side 5
Side 5 is known as Loum, and is located at L1. During the One Year War, this Side became a battlefield when the Zeon attempted to capture a colony from Side 5 to drop on the Earth. When the Federation forces arrived and intervened, a massive battle for Side 5 erupted between General RevilGeneral Revil
In the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, General Revil is one of the Earth Federation's leading Space Force commanders...
's 1st Combined Fleet and Dozle Zabi
Dozle Zabi
In the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam series, is the second oldest son of Degwin Sodo Zabi and the Principality of Zeon's Space Attack Force Commander...
's Zeon Attack Forces. Due to the deployment of mobile suits, Zeon eventually won the battle, but at an extremely high price. The battle was known to Universal Century history as the Battle of Loum. During the story of Blue Destiny
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story is a trilogy of Sega Saturn video games set in the fictional universe of Gundam, released between 1996 to 1997...
, It was in Side 5 where Professor Chlust Morses created the 1st Anti-Newtype system, the Exam System. Coincidentally, months later Side 5 would be the final resting place for the EXAM system, when the last 2 EXAM Gundams, The Blue Destiny Unit-2 & Blue Destiny Unit-3 would both be destroyed. At the end of the One Year War this area became known as the shoal zone, littered with debris of colonies and warships. During the reorganization of the Sides in U.C. 0084, Side 5 was moved to L4.
Side 6
Side 6 is known as Riah, and is located at L4. Side 6 declared autonomy from the Earth FederationEarth Federation
The is a fictional organization in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam anime series. The name also made a reappearance outside of the Gundam series in following media.* Godzilla vs...
on April U.C. 0077, and adopted the name Riah Republic. Side 6 declared neutrality
Neutral country
A neutral power in a particular war is a sovereign state which declares itself to be neutral towards the belligerents. A non-belligerent state does not need to be neutral. The rights and duties of a neutral power are defined in Sections 5 and 13 of the Hague Convention of 1907...
in the opening weeks of the One Year War
One Year War
The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam metaseries. The One Year War is very similar to World War II, the major difference being that The One Year War is in a science fiction setting and some major battles occurred in space...
, and managed to avoid most of the major conflicts. Side 6 was targeted by the Zeon for a nuclear attack late in the war after a Federation R&D base was discovered here, but was rescued by Federation fleets (Gundam 0080). It was annexed by the Earth Federation sometime after Operation Stardust. During the reorganization of Sides in U.C. 0084, Side 6 was moved to L5.
Side 7
Side 7 is known as Noa, and is located at L3. At the time of its introduction in the original Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
, Side 7 consisted of a single, incomplete space colony that housed a Federation R&D base involved with Project V
Project V
The Project V was a fictional weapon development program in the mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam-Background History:...
. This Side became famous on September 18, U.C. 0079, when the White Base
White Base
The White Base is a fictional spaceship from the Japanese science fiction anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. It serves as the mothership of the protagonist crew members and the famous mobile suit Gundam...
and its prototype mobile suit RX-78-2 Gundam successfully fended off an attack by Zeon mobile suits, and in doing so marked the first recorded battle between mobile suits.
Side 8
Side 8 is the latest addition to the Universal Century timeline; its first on-screen appearance isn't until U.C. 0223. This Side is agricultural and is located at L1.- Gaea: The only known colony in Side 8, Gaea houses a massive agricultural research lab that plays prominently in the movie G-SaviourG-SaviourG-Saviour is an live-action made for television movie set in Gundam metaseries, set in the Universal Century timeline. It also officially marks the last events of the Universal Century.-Production:...
. This colony was damaged during a military raid by forces of the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT).
Additional colonies
- Moon Moon: A lost "Island 1" type colony, home to a primitive group of space dwellers. Seen in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZMobile Suit Gundam ZZis a TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino returned to lead the series, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of Zeta...
. - Sweetwater: Sweetwater was created through the combination of an Island 3 open-type colony with a closed-type colony as a place for refugees of the One Year War, Gryps Conflict, and first Neo Zeon movement. In U.C. 0090s, Char Aznable used the colony as a base for his own Neo Zeon Movement against the Earth Federation. Due to Aznable's carefulness, Neo Zeon's existence was hidden from the Federation's Londo Bell taskforce until the outbreak of the second Neo Zeon movement.
Von Braun
The first and the largest city on the moon, named after the German rocket scientist Wernher Von BraunWernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.A former member of the Nazi party,...
, and was built on the landing site of Apollo 11
Apollo 11
In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was...
, which is an industrial city specializing in the manufacture of heavy equipment. It's also home to a branch of Anaheim Electronics, where the prototype mobile suit programs for the Gundam Development Project were developed in U.C. 0083. It is said that whoever controls Von Braun controls the moon. The Albion docked at Von Braun during its pursuit of the Delaz Fleet in November U.C. 0083. In U.C. 0087, the Titans launched Operation Apollo, forcing their way into Von Braun in order to force the AEUG out. It was controlled by the Earth Federation during the One Year War.
Granada
A Zeon stronghold during the One Year War. The Federation agreed to meet with Zeon representative in January U.C. 0080 after hearing rumors that a Zeon fleet may have been here. The Zeon's Elite Cyclopes Team was also based here briefly before departing for Side 6 to commence Operation Rubicon. It also serves as a headquarters for the AEUG during U.C. 0087.Amman
Home to a branch office of Anaheim Electronics. The AEUG forces receive support from Amman when the Titans are lurking around Granada. The city is bombarded and destroyed by Titans' missile barrage though the AEUG forces already set off for the Jaburo Drop Operation.- Colony crash site: Several kilometers outside of Amman lie the remains of a crashed colony. Possibly Island Blade, which fell toward the moon as Island Ease fell to North America during Operation Stardust. Kamille Bidan found a mass-production type Haro in the ruins before being ambushed by Jerid Messa's strike team.
Luna II
A former mining asteroid, originally known as Juno and used for the construction of the space colonies, that became the headquarters of the Earth Federal Space Force in U.C. 0060, Luna II serves as a naval base and staging area for the Federation. In U.C. 0070, the base was moved to to help in constructing the new Side 7. During the One Year War the asteroid became the major base in space of the Earth Federation. Its status makes it a tempting target for attack by pro-space sympathizers.Solomon/Konpei Island
One of three asteroids that the Principality of Zeon used as staging points. It is located at L5, amid the ruins of Side 1. On December 24, U.C. 0079, a massive battle was fought here, resulting in the death of Dozle ZabiDozle Zabi
In the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam series, is the second oldest son of Degwin Sodo Zabi and the Principality of Zeon's Space Attack Force Commander...
. Also, the EFSF (Earth Federation Space Force) used their prototype mass-destruction weapon—the Solar System—during the battle to fight against Zeon. Shortly thereafter, the Earth Federation secured it and renamed the captured base Konpei Island. In U.C. 0083, Zeon ace Anavel Gato used the RX-78GP02 Gundam Physalis to attack the Naval Review at Konpei with an MK-82 nuclear warhead, destroying or crippling 2/3 of the Federation's space forces that took part in it.
A Bao A Qu/Gate of Zedan
First appearing in Mobile Suit Gundam, A Bao A Qu was one of the Principality of Zeon's two asteroid bases in the Earth Sphere (Solomon being the other). Named after a Malayan legend, the base serves as Zeon's final defensive stronghold in the last two episodes of the series. The Zeon surrenders the base after both GihrenGihren Zabi
is a fictional character, and antagonist from the universe of the Gundam anime series. He was voiced by the veteran seiyu, Banjo Ginga in the original Japanese version. In the English dubbed series and movie adaptations the character was voiced by Hiro Kanagawa and Doug Stone respectively.American...
and Kycilia Zabi
Kycilia Zabi
In the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam series, is the only daughter of Degwin Sodo Zabi. While Yoshiyuki Tomino's novel version of MSG indicates her as the fourth of his five children and youngest except for Garma, the ongoing Gundam: The Origin manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko identifies her as his...
die over the course of the battle. In Z Gundam, the Titans acquire the base from the Republic of Zeon and rename it the Gate of Zedan. The Axis asteroid base later destroys it in a collision that scatters rock fragments to destroy part of the Titans fleet.
Part of the Battle of A Bao A Qu is also viewed from a different perspective in the OVA series MS Igloo Apocalypse 0079
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO
is a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
.
Axis
First appearing in Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Axis is a massive asteroid colonized for mining that served as a waypoint for the Jupiter Energy Fleet in the asteroid belt. It is recognizable through its four large nuclear pulse thrusters and a smaller asteroid connected on top called the Moussa habitation block.Following the end of the One Year War in Mobile Suit Gundam, several thousand Zeon survivors retreated to Axis to prepare themselves for future campaigns. In Z Gundam, the Neo-Zeon forces bring the asteroid with them to the Earth Sphere and later uses it to ram the Titans' Gate of Sedan asteroid base (formerly A Baoa Qu). In Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Axis serves as the main Neo-Zeon base until rebel leader Glemy Toto uses it to destroy Haman Karn's Core 3 headquarters. The Earth Federation takes over control of Axis after the Neo-Zeon surrenders following the events of the series. A few years later, during the events of the movie Char's Counterattack, the Neo-Zeon successfully buys back Axis from the Federation in exchange for the group's disarmament. However, Char Aznable, who has emerged to command Neo-Zeon, attempts to drop it on Earth to finally force mankind's total migration to space. In the movie's climax, the Londo Bell blows up Axis into two halves, with one of them still primed for orbital entry. Amuro, in his RX-93 ν-Gundam, takes it upon himself to push it back into orbit with help from Federation and Neo-Zeon units, resulting in a psycowave that stops the descent.
Fifth Luna
A mining asteroid. It was secured by Char Aznable's Neo Zeon forces and dropped on Lhasa, Tibet.Beyond the Earth Sphere
While humanity is repeatedly stated to have settlements beyond the Earth Sphere, very little is known about them or how many and where they even are. The Earth Federation appears to have little influence outside of the Earth Sphere, giving the extraplanetary settlements near, if not complete autonomy.Mars
Mars was featured as a location in the mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series Gundam F90. After the One Year War, a portion of the Zeon fleet that escaped the Earth Sphere did not go to Axis; instead, they established a new base of operations on Mars. They would later accept refugees from the Second Neo Zeon movement, but would remain on their own, unnoticed and uninvolved, until they would initiate conflict with the Earth Federation in U.C. 0120. During this time it was revealed that the Mars Zeon group, as they were called, had converted Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on the planet Mars. At a height of almost , it is one of the tallest mountains in the Solar System, three times as tall as Mount Everest and more than twice the height of Mauna Kea the tallest mountain on Earth. Olympus Mons is the youngest of the large...
into a gigantic railcannon.
Jupiter
The gas giant is the source of Helium-3, a critical element in Minovsky fusion. The Jupiter Energy Fleet travels between Earth and Jupiter to collect Helium-3, but little is known about life near Jupiter during the One Year War era. Paptimus Scirocco commanded the Jupiter Energy Fleet's flagship, the Jupitris, and his extensive time spent out at Jupiter led some of his Earth-born Titans allies to view him as more "alien" than their Spacenoid foes, leading some to derogatorily refer to him as "The Man from Jupiter".In U.C. 0133 the Jupiter Empire, which has members in the Jupiter energy fleet, plans to conquer Earth but their plans are thwarted by the Crossbone Vanguard.
Manga
- Stampede: The Story of Professor Minovsky (Stampede: Minovsky Hakase Monogatari, 1988) - by Masaya Takahashi (Story), Hajime Oki (Illustration),
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The OriginMobile Suit Gundam: The OriginMobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN is a manga adaptation of the television anime series Mobile Suit Gundam written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the original series' character designer...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam The Origin, 2002—) - by Yoshikazu YasuhikoYoshikazu Yasuhikois a Japanese animator and manga artist in the anime industry.Yasuhiko dropped out of Hirosaki University and was hired by Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Productions in 1970 as an animator. He later went freelance and worked on various animation productions for film and television. In 1981 he won the Seiun...
. The second, broader manga adaptation, which follows the same storyline, but with different details - Outer Gundam (1990–1992) - by Masafumi Matsuura,
- Developers: Mobile Suit Gundam Before One Year War (Developers: Kidou Senshi Gundam Before One Year War, 2002–2003) - by Hosui Yamazaki,
- Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundamis a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam, 1979–1982) - by Yu Okazaki. The manga adaptation of the original series and movie. - Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079, 1993–2005) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. The manga adaptation of the original series and movie.
- Mobile Suit Variations: Ace Pilot Story (Mobile Suit Variation: Ace Pilot Retsuden, 1984) - by Masahiro Oda (Story), Ken-ichi Ishibashi (Illustration).
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Record of MS Wars (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Senki, 1984) - by Masaya Takahashi (Story), Kazuhisa Kondo (Illustration). A side story set in the One Year War, about the young pilot, Frederick Brown.
- Operation Buran (1990) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. A short manga about Operation Buran, set after the Battle of Solomon, about the pilot Frederick Brown. Serialized on Hobby Japan.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: MS Generation (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Generation, 1989–1990) - by Rei Nakahara. Isolated short stories, set in the One Year War.
- Magical Ensign Blaster Mari (Mahou no Shoui Blaster Mari, 1989–1990) - by Kei Ikeda.
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 Visual Comic (1989) - omnibus.
- Night=Hawks! (1990–1991) - by Ayumi Konomichi.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: The Blue Destiny, 1997) - by Mizuho Takayama. A manga retelling of the three Blue Destiny Sega SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
games. - Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079 (Vol. EFSF)' (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de... (Renpou Hen), 1999) - by Tomohiro Chiba (Story), Hideyuki Matsurioka (Illustration). A manga adaptation of the TV games.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079 (Vol. Zeon) (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de... (Zeon Hen), 2000) - by Tomohiro Chiba (Story), Tomotake Kinoshita (Illustration). A manga adaptation of the TV games.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles (Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles, 2002) - by Masato Natsumoto. Set during the One Year War, it follows the missions of a special "guinea pig" MS team, whose mission is to test, in battle, the newest MS models.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Space, To the End of a Flash (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Utyu, Senkou no Hate ni, 2003) - by Tomohiro Chiba (Story), Masahito Natsumoto (Illustration).
- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOMobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOis a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO: Ichinen Sensou Hiroku, 2005—) - by MEIMUMeimuMeimu , real name , is a Japanese manga illustrator. While attending classes at Osaka University of Arts, he made his debut as a manga artist. Meimu's talents have been featured in various genres of storytelling, from science fiction to horror...
. The manga adaptation of CGIComputer-generated imageryComputer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
series. - Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the PocketMobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocketis a 1989 Japanese science fiction original video animation series, the first such series in the Gundam franchise. Directed by Fumihiko Takayama, it was also the first time anyone other than creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was given a chance to direct a Gundam story. Released in 1989, it serves to...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou, 1989) - by Shigeto Ikehara. The manga adaptation of the OVA series. - Record of MS Wars II (Shin MS Senki, 1988–1994) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. Short stories set between U.C. 0079 and U.C. 0093, about the pilot Frederick Brown and others.
- Mobile Suit Vor!! (1988–1989) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. A short manga set in the earlier stages of the Zeon invasion of Earth, about the deployment of the pre-Gundam RX-79 prototypes, the RX-75 GuntankRX-75 GuntankThe RX-75 Guntank is a fictional weapon from the mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam. The real life Type 87 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of the Japan Self-Defense Forces was unofficially nicknamed as Guntank after the fictional weapon by troopers....
and the RX-77 GuncannonRX-77 GuncannonThe RX-77 Guncannon is a fictional mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam anime series, originally designed and illustrated by Kunio Okawara. One of earliest mecha designs in the Real Robot genre, Guncannon's concept of a heavily armored humanoid machine with dual shoulder cannon became the...
; also about the Second Battle of Solomon, the pilot Frederick Brown and others, in U.C. 0088. Serialized on Bandai B-Club. - Go! Go! Our V Gundam (Ike! Ike! Bokura no V Gundam!!, 1992–1994) - by Tsukasa KotobukiTsukasa Kotobukiis a Japanese character designer for various games and anime series such as Saber Marionette J, VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire, Cyber Team in Akihabara and Battle Arena Toshinden. He also did the art for Sword of the Dark Ones.-External links:* with a Tsukasa Kotobuki...
. Short stories set between U.C. 0079 and U.C. 0153. - Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet (Kidou Senshi Gundam C.D.A. Wakaki Suisei no Shozou, 2001—) - by Hiroyuki KitazumeHiroyuki Kitazumeis a Japanese animator, manga artist, and illustrator. He is often noted for his work with anime studio Sunrise.-TV anime:*Aura Battler Dunbine - Animation Director...
. Beginning just after the One Year War, it follows Char as he goes to Axis, where he meets a young pilot named Haman Kahn, covering their relationship across many years, up to the events in Char's Counterattack. - War in the Pocket (Pocket no Naka no Sensou, 1994) - by Kenji Mizuhara. An after story of the OVA series.
- Jupiter Mirage (1989) - Vol.1 by Hitoshi Niki, Vol.2 by Makoto Kobayashi, Vol.3 by Masato Tanaka.
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryMobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memoryis a 13-episode anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe. The first volume containing two 30-minute episodes was released in Japan on May 23, 1991. Subsequent volumes, containing one 30-minute episode each, followed every one or two months; the final volume went on sale on September 24, 1992...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, 1992) - by Mitsuru Kadoya. The manga adaptation of the OVA series. - Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Hero of Stardust (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Hoshikuzu no Eiyu, 2000–2001) - by Masafumi Matsuura. The manga adaptation of the OVA series.
- Program Master (1989) - by Masafumi Matsuura.
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0084: Psi-trailing (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0084: Psi-trailing, 1993) - by Kenji Mizuhara.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel (Kidou Senshi Gundam Ecole du Ciel: Tenku no Gakko, 2002—) - by Haruhiko MikimotoHaruhiko Mikimotois a Japanese anime character designer, illustrator and manga artist. Mostly active during the 1980s, during that decade he rose to promience and is considered one of the top character designers of his time....
. French for School Of The Sky, it takes place during the early wars, where a young girl struggles to come to grips with her identity, as she enrolls in a Federation school, previously as a Zeon. - Advance Of Zeta: The Flag of Titans (Advanced of Z: Titans no Hata no Moto ni, 2003—) - by Bin Konno (Story), Tatsu Mizuki (Illustration). Set in U.C. 0084, is the story of one of the first Titans' units, the Black Outer. Serialized on Dengeki Daioh.
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Day After Tomorrow - From Kai Shiden's Report (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Day After Tomorrow - Kai Shiden no Report Yori, 2005—) - by Tsukasa KotobukiTsukasa Kotobukiis a Japanese character designer for various games and anime series such as Saber Marionette J, VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire, Cyber Team in Akihabara and Battle Arena Toshinden. He also did the art for Sword of the Dark Ones.-External links:* with a Tsukasa Kotobuki...
. - Mobile Suit Zeta GundamMobile Suit Zeta Gundamis a television anime, part of the Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs is split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita...
(Kidou Senshi Z Gundam, 1985–1986) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. The manga adaptation of the original series. - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam I: Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono, 2005) - by Hisao Tamaki. The manga adaptation of the movie.
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation II: Lovers (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam II: Koibito-tati, 2005–2006) - by Kotoni Shiraishi. The manga adaptation of the movie.
- Zeta Gundam: Side Story (Side Story of Gundam Z, 1987) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. An alternate retelling of the events from the original Zeta Gundam series.
- Gundam Sentinel: The Day Before (1989) - by Hajime KatokiHajime Katokiis a popular Japanese mecha designer. A member of the studio Sunrise, he is highly noted for his work on the Gundam series as well as his work on video games, such as the Virtual On series and Policenauts.-Biography:...
. A photonovelPhotonovelA photonovel is a type of comic book, adapting a film or television episode and using film stills instead of artwork along with the narrative text and word balloons containing dialogue. The photonovel concept was most popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s, before the widespread advent of home...
detailing a cleanup operation in the final days of the Gryps Conflict and the beginning of the Axis/Neo Zeon movement. - Mobile Suit Gundam ZZMobile Suit Gundam ZZis a TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino returned to lead the series, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of Zeta...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ, 1986–1987) - by Toshiya Murakami. The manga adaptation of the original series. - Artificial Newtypes Story: Another Zeta Gundam Story (Kyouka Ningen Monogatari: Another Z Gundam Story, 1991–1992) - by Kaoru Morishita.
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ: Seaside Panic (Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ: Seaside Panic, 1993) - by Kenji Mizuhara.
- Under the Gundam: Double-Fake (Double-Fake: Under the Gundam, 1989) - by Yuji Ushida. A side-story that focuses on a decoy operation, launched by Char, in U.C. 0090.
- Gundam F90
- Mobile Suit Vs. Giant God of Legend: Gigantis' Counterattack (Gundam vs Ideon) (Kidou Senshi Vs. Densetsu Kyojin: Gyakushu no Gigantis, 1990) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A crossoverFictional crossoverA fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, or because of unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common...
story where the Federation has Amuro hire Judau to investigate a Zeon remnant group's plan to resurrect a buried giant mecha. This non-canonical story implies that the universe created by Ideon'sSpace Runaway Ideonis a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise.-Production:Ideon was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, and was the series he produced immediately following his most famous work, Mobile Suit Gundam....
destruction is the Universal Century's world. - Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's CounterattackMobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattackis a 1988 anime film set in Gundam's Universal Century timeline of Gundam, specifically U.C. 0093.Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, Char's Counterattack is the culmination of the original saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam and continued through Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char, 1987) - by Toshiya Murakami. The manga adaptation of the original movie. - Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char, 1998–1999) - by Kōichi TokitaKoichi Tokitais a Japanese manga artist that is best known for his Gundam manga. Most of his works deal with the alternate universe Gundam series such as Mobile Fighter G Gundam, and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing....
. The manga adaptation of the original movie. - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Revival of Zeon (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Zeon no Saikou, 1988) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. Set in U.C. 0092, it is about a Federation attack on a Zeon base in Scandinavia, about the pilot, Frederick Brown.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Moon Crisis (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Moon Crisis, 1993–1994) - by Masafumi Matsuura. A side-story about a Neo Zeon remnant group attempting to destroy the Moon and throw its remains at Earth.
- Mobile Suit Gundam REON (Kidou Senshi Gundam REON, 1994–1995) - by Masafumi Matsuura.
- Mobile Suit Gundam F90 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F90, 1990–1991) - by Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Story), Rei Nakahara (Illustration). Zeon remnants steal a prototype Gundam, and the Federation chases them to Mars to get it back.
- Mobile Suit Gundam F90 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F90, 1990–1991) - by Masahiro Kanda. The manga adaptation of the original manga for children.
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122, 1991) - by Toshiya Iwamura. The manga adaptation of the TV game.
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122, 1991) - by Daisuke Inoue The manga adaptation of the TV game.
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91Mobile Suit Gundam F91is a 1991 anime film, which was Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Char's Counterattack and twenty seven years after Gundam Unicorn. He re-teamed with character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and mecha designer Kunio Okawara for the occasion....
(Kidou Senshi Gundam F91, 1991) - by Daisuke InoueDaisuke Inoueis a Japanese businessman best known as the inventor of the karaoke machine. Inoue, a musician in his youth employed in backing businesspeople who wanted to sing in bars, invented the machine as a means of allowing them to sing without live back-up...
. The manga adaptation of the original movie. - Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam Silhouette Formula 91, 1992–1995) - by Hiroshi YasudaHiroshi YasudaProf. Dr. of Engineering Hiroshi Yasuda is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and works as a Consultant for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone....
. A side-story where Anaheim Electronics runs afoul from cruel Federation soldier, months before F91's events. - Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in U.C. 0123 (Vol. Cluster Gundam) (Kidou Senshi Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in U.C. 0123 (Cluster Gundam Hen) , 1993) - by Toshiya Iwamura.
- Mobile Suit Crossbone GundamMobile Suit Crossbone Gundamis a six volume manga written by Yoshiyuki Tomino and illustrated by Yuichi Hasegawa.-Overview:Crossbone takes place ten years after Mobile Suit Gundam F91, and multiple characters from that movie return as main characters within the manga. The manga has never been officially distributed outside of...
(Kidou Senshi Crossbone Gundam, 1994–1997) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
, Yuichi Hasegawa. The sequel to the movie, Gundam F91, it continues the story of Seabook Arno (aka Kinkedo Nau) and Cecily Fairchild (aka Berah Ronah), 10 years after the events. - Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam Side Story: Skull Heart (Kidou Senshi Crossbone Gundam Gaiden: Skull Heart, 2003–2004) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A series of short stories focusing on the second Crossbone Vanguard.
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: The Seven of Steel (Kidou Senshi Crossbone Gundam Gaiden: Hagane no Shichinin, 2006—) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A continuing, sequel to Crossbone Gundam, taking place 3 years after the end of the Jupiter Conflict in Crossbone Gundam.
- Mobile Suit Victory GundamMobile Suit Victory Gundam, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi and later by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks...
(Kidou Senshi V Gundam, 1993–1994) - by Toshiya Iwamura. The manga adaptation of the original series. - Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Side Story (Kidou Senshi V Gundam Gaiden, 1993) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A side-story where Usso teams up with an old junk dealer to battle Zanscare remnants.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Almarya (Kidou Senshi Gunda Almarya, 1989) - by Yuji Ushida. An after story of Double Fake.
- G-SaviourG-SaviourG-Saviour is an live-action made for television movie set in Gundam metaseries, set in the Universal Century timeline. It also officially marks the last events of the Universal Century.-Production:...
(1993) - by Takuto. The manga adaptation of the TV game. - Artificial Newtypes Story: Mad Wang 1160 (Kyouka Ningen Monogatari: Mad Wang 1160, 1994–1995) - by Kaoru Morishita.
Novels
- Look for Avenir (Avenir wo Sagasite, 1995) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. Set before the adoption of the Universal Century timeline. - Mobile Suit Gundam (Kidou Senshi Gundam, 1979–1980) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. An alternate version of the original series. - Mobile Suit Gundam (Kidou Senshi Gundam, 1980) - by Masaaki Nakane. The novel adaptation of the original series and movies.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Secret Rendezvous (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Mikkai - Amuro to Lalah, 1997) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. - For the Barrel (2000) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. An alternate version of the original series, movie and original novel. - Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079 (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de..., 1999–2000) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the TV game.
- Zeonic Front: Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (Zeonic Front: Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079, 2001) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the TV game.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles (Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Last War Chronicles, 2002) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the TV games
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Space, To the End of a Flash (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Utyu, Senkou no Hate ni, 2003) - by Ikki Miyamoto.
- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO: Ichinen Sensou Hiroku, 2005) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the CGIComputer-generated imageryComputer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
series; - Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou, 1989) - by Kyosuke Yuki. The novel adaptation of the original OVA series.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: The Blue Destiny, 1997) - by Yuka Minagawa. The novel adaptation of the TV game.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Teamis an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 11-episode series details the adventures of an Earth Federation Space Force ground unit during the One Year War - specifically before the original 1979 Gundam series and into...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shoutai, 1999) - by Ichiro Okochi. The novel adaptation of the original series. - Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, 1992) - by Hiroshi Yamaguchi. The novel adaptation of the original OVA series.
- Advance Of Zeta: The Flag Of Titans (Advanced of Z: Titans no Hata no Moto ni, 2002—) - by Bin Konno.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel (Kidou Senshi Gundam Ecole du Ciel: Tenku no Gakko, 2002—) - by Kenichi Nakahara. The novel adaptation of the original manga.
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Four Story - And to a soldier… (Kidou Senshi Zeta Gundam: Four Story - Soshite Senshi ni…, 1986) - by Akinori Endo.
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Kidou Senshi Zeta Gundam, 1985–1986) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. The novel adaptation of the original series. - Gundam SentinelGundam Sentinelis a novel set in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam universe, originally serialized in Model Graphix magazine between September 1987 and August 1988. Gundam Sentinel became a cult hit, due to its super-detailed mechanical designs and an intricate story by veteran writer Masaya Takahashi...
(Gundam Sentinel: Alice no Zange, 1988–1990) - by Masaya Takahashi. - Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ, 1986–1987) - by Akinori Endo. The novel adaptation of the original series.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hi Streamer (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Hi Streamer, 1987–1988) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. An original novel about the events later animated in the movie Char's Counterattack. - Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char - Beltorchika's Children, 1988) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. The novel adaptation of the original movie. - Mobile Suit Gundam UnicornMobile Suit Gundam Unicornis a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui . The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam Yunikōn, 2007) - by Harutoshi Fukui. In U.C. 0096, a Zeon remnant, Audrey Burne, a girl from a nobleNobilityNobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
family, who is actually Mineva Lao ZabiMineva Lao ZabiIn the TV anime Gundam universe, is the last surviving member of the Zabi family and heir to the Principality of Zeon; she is the daughter of Dozle Zabi and Zenna Zabi.Mineva was born during the One Year War...
under a pseudonymPseudonymA pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
, led by a mysterious Char-like figure under the name of Full Frontal, fights the Earth Federation, with a "secret" event which occurred 95 years earlier that plays an important role in the history of the Universal Century later known as "Laplace's Box". This novel is now made into an OVA spanning six episodes with episode one "The Face of the Unicorn" premiering in Japanese cinemas on February 23, 2010. - Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's FlashMobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's FlashMobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash was a series of three Gundam novels written by Gundam-creator Yoshiyuki Tomino from February 1989 to May 1990. They chronicle the later life of Hathaway Noa, the son of Bright Noa, twelve years after the events of the second Neo Zeon movement as seen in Mobile...
(Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway, 1989) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. The story of Hathaway, Bright Noah's son, after the events of Char's Counterattack, that follows the canon of Beltorchika's Children. - Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91, 1991) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. The novel adaptation of the original movie. - Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam Silhouette Formula 91, 1992–1993) - by SunriseSunriseSunrise is the instant at which the upper edge of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east. Sunrise should not be confused with dawn, which is the point at which the sky begins to lighten, some time before the sun itself appears, ending twilight...
. - Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Kidou Senshi V Gundam, 1993–1994) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. The novel adaptation of the original series. - Gaia GearGaia GearGaia Gear is a science fiction story written by Yoshiyuki Tomino with mechanical design of Ito Mamoru and based on Tomino's Gundam series. It first ran as a serial in the Japanese Newtype Magazine from April 1987 to December 1991. Afterwards the story was released in five novels which were released...
(1987–1989) - by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
. A non-canonical side story, set in the U.C. 0200s, where an anti-Federation group creates a clone of Char to battle Manhunter. - G-Saviour (2000–2001) - by Yoshie Kawahara. The novel adaptation of the original movie.
Original design series/variations
Due to the sheer popularity of the Gundam franchise, especially the mobile suit design, several original design series were published. These series are drawings and precise specifications for additional mobile suit units not found in the original animated material.- Mobile Suit Variations (1983) - also known as MSV, the variations from the One Year WarOne Year WarThe is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam metaseries. The One Year War is very similar to World War II, the major difference being that The One Year War is in a science fiction setting and some major battles occurred in space...
, considered to be official and canonical - Mobile Suit XMS-XMobile Suit X, or MS-X for short, is a series of new mecha designs and variations on standard anime mecha designs, from the Mobile Suit Gundam animated series...
(1984) - also known as MSX, new models for a proposed but never produced new animation series, considered to be official and canonical - Z-MSV - variations from the Zeta Gundam series
- ZZ-MSV - variations from the Gundam ZZ series
- CCA-MSV - variations from the Char's Counterattack movie
- Kunio Okawara's MS Collection (M-MSV) - Kunio Okawara's personal reinterpretations
- F91-MSV - variations from the F91 movie
- V-MSV - variations from the Victory Gundam series
Arcade
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam: EX Revue
- Mobile Suit Gundam: the Card Builder
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirits of Zeon Dual Stars of Carnage
- Mobile Suit Gundam VS Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. ZeonMobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. ZeonMobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon is a 2001 arcade video game based on the TV anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. An upgraded edition of the game, Federation vs. Zeon DX , includes 360-degree, zero-G space battlefields...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon DX
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A.E.U.G. vs. Titans
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A.E.U.G. vs. Titans DX
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. GundamMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. GundamMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam is an arcade game that newly crossover with other Gundam in Gundam Vs. series. The game features up to 30 different Mobile Weapons, and a play system similar to previous titles in the Gundam Vs. series....
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
- Quiz Mobile Suit Gundam: Monsenshi
Microsoft Windows
- Universal Century Gundam OnlineUniversal Century Gundam OnlineUniversal Century Gundam Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Universal Century Gundam universe.There was a monthly fee for this game which is ¥1575 for 30 days of access ....
- Mobile Suit Gundam Network Battle
- Mobile Suit Gundam
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mobile Suit Z-Gundam: Hot ScrambleKidou Senshi Z-Gundam: Hot ScrambleKidō Senshi Z-Gundam: Hot Scramble was released on the Nintendo Family Computer console in 1986 by Bandai. The title translates to Mobile Suit Z-Gundam: Hot Scramble and is based on the first Gundam sequel series, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam...
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Away to the Newtype
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Wars 0122
- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Nintendo GameCube
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta GundamMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta GundamMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam is a PS2 and GameCube arcade third-person shooter. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in the U.S. on June 29, 2005. The game takes place seven years after the One Year War Gundam storyline. The game features 31 mobile suits which can be played on five...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Ace PilotMobile Suit Gundam: The Ace PilotKidō Senshi Gundam: Senshitachi no Kiseki is a GameCube-exclusive third-person shooter video game released in 2004 by Bandai. The game was released only in Japan and a part of the Mobile Suit Gundam series....
PlayStation
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam v.2.0
- Gundam Battle Assault
- Gundam Battle Assault 2Gundam: Battle AssaultGundam: Battle Assault is a series of fighting games released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance. The series was developed by Bandai in co-operation with Japanese developer Natsume...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Greed, Blood of Zeon
PlayStation 2
- G-Saviour
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to JaburoMobile Suit Gundam: Journey to JaburoMobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo is a video game for the PlayStation 2. It was released on August 6, 2001. It features voice acting from the original cast, and a hidden mode called "Tactics Battle", where one can pilot Earth Federation and Zeon mobile suits in various combat situations...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic FrontMobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic FrontMobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front is a game for the PlayStation 2, which revolves around a Zeon Special Commando Unit during the One Year War, called the Midnight Fenrir Corp. This MS team was created by Kycilia Zabi and participated in the capture of the California Base during the 2nd Earth...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. ZeonMobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. ZeonMobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon is a 2001 arcade video game based on the TV anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. An upgraded edition of the game, Federation vs. Zeon DX , includes 360-degree, zero-G space battlefields...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War ChroniclesMobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chroniclesis a Sci-Fi Mech Shooter/Mech Simulator Game for the Sony PlayStation 2. This game allows you to play as a regular soldier on either the EFSF or the Principality of Zeon, witnessing events from the One Year War on a grunt unit's point of view. You will be able to fight side by side with the Ace...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in SpaceMobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in SpaceMobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space is a Third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 2 released in 2003. The game is centered on space based mobile suit combat...
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The One Year War
- Mobile Suit Gundam Z: AEUG vs. Titans
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta GundamMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta GundamMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam is a PS2 and GameCube arcade third-person shooter. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in the U.S. on June 29, 2005. The game takes place seven years after the One Year War Gundam storyline. The game features 31 mobile suits which can be played on five...
- Gundam: Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam SEED
- MS Saga: A New Dawn
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C.
- Dynasty Warriors: GundamDynasty Warriors: GundamOn the first day of its release, Gundam Musou sold over a 100,000 copies, making it the first PS3 title to do so on its first day. Also, the game sold about 70 percent of its 170,000 -180,000 launch day shipments, making it rank third in overall sales — after Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam:...
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2, originally released in Japan as , is a tactical action video game based on the Gundam anime series, and the sequel to 2007's Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. It is developed by Koei/Omega Force and is published by Namco Bandai...
PlayStation 3
- Mobile Suit Gundam: CrossfireMobile Suit Gundam: CrossfireMobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire, known in Japan and Europe as , is a PlayStation 3 launch title, published and developed by Namco Bandai, based on Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam franchise...
- Dynasty Warriors: GundamDynasty Warriors: GundamOn the first day of its release, Gundam Musou sold over a 100,000 copies, making it the first PS3 title to do so on its first day. Also, the game sold about 70 percent of its 170,000 -180,000 launch day shipments, making it rank third in overall sales — after Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam:...
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2, originally released in Japan as , is a tactical action video game based on the Gundam anime series, and the sequel to 2007's Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. It is developed by Koei/Omega Force and is published by Namco Bandai...
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3Gundam Musou 3is a tactical action video game based on the Gundam anime series, and the sequel to 2008's Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2. It is developed by Koei/Omega Force and is published by Namco Bandai. The game was revealed in the September issue of Famitsu and was released on December 16, 2010 in Japan...
- Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081
PlayStation Portable
- Gundam Battle (series)Gundam Battle (series)Gundam Battle is a series of games exclusively made for the Sony PlayStation Portable game console, all based on a same game engine. Currently there are 5 games in the series.-Gundam Battle Tactics:...
- Gundam Battle Tactics
- Gundam Battle Royale
- Gundam Battle Chronicle
- Gundam Battle Universe
- Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna
Sega Saturn
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Kouhen
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Zenpen
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Greed
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Vol. 1
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Vol. 2
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Vol. 3
Dreamcast
- Gundam Battle Online
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation Vs. Zeon DX
- Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the AshesGundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the AshesMobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes, also known in Japan by the alternate title of is a video game that was released for the Dreamcast. It is based in the Universal Century timeline of the popular Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. It was developed and published by Bandai...
- Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren's Greed - Blood of Zeon
Xbox 360
- Mobile Ops: The One Year WarMobile Ops: The One Year WarMobile Ops: The One Year War, known in Japan as , is a third-person shooter/First-person shooter for the Microsoft Xbox 360 that is based on the anime series Gundam. The game features combat in mobile suits, on foot and in vehicles , as well as online play...
- Dynasty Warriors: GundamDynasty Warriors: GundamOn the first day of its release, Gundam Musou sold over a 100,000 copies, making it the first PS3 title to do so on its first day. Also, the game sold about 70 percent of its 170,000 -180,000 launch day shipments, making it rank third in overall sales — after Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam:...
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2, originally released in Japan as , is a tactical action video game based on the Gundam anime series, and the sequel to 2007's Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. It is developed by Koei/Omega Force and is published by Namco Bandai...
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3Gundam Musou 3is a tactical action video game based on the Gundam anime series, and the sequel to 2008's Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2. It is developed by Koei/Omega Force and is published by Namco Bandai. The game was revealed in the September issue of Famitsu and was released on December 16, 2010 in Japan...
History
In a pre-production memo, Gundam creator Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
wrote that the first series takes place in 2066 AD, which would have the Universal Century calendar starting in 1988 AD. However, a "2079" date stamp in the first Gundam series' episode 26 and a "2087" date stamp in Zeta Gundam
Based on a dated newspaper shown in the last episode of the Gundam 0080 OVA series written by Gainax
Gainax
is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with...
's Hiroyuki Yamaga
Hiroyuki Yamaga
is a founding member of the Japanese animation studio Gainax, and a anime director. He wrote the screenplay for Gundam 0080 . He is best known for directing the film "Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise" at age 24, directing Mahoromatic & Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi , and an episode...
(Monday, January 14, 0080) and in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Axis Zeon became Neo Zeon on 29th Feb, 0088, the Universal Century can be pinpointed to begin in several specific years, including 2053, 2081, 2109, and 2149. In the Universal Century chronology, the last dated entry of the AD system was 2045 AD, leading to the common misconception that U.C. 0001 followed immediately afterwards. A few early unofficial sources even listed U.C. 0001 as 2046 AD (or even 2045), but current official materials indicate the presence of a gap of years between the AD and U.C. calendar systems. Therefore the first year of the Universal Century calendar is deduced on the official Gundam website in North America as being 2053, 2081, 2109, or possibly later, meaning U.C. 0079 would correspond to 2131, 2159, 2187, or later.