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9th May '13 7:58:12 AM Greenygal

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The franchise bearing the name '''Gundam''' can be considered the {{anime}} equivalent of ''Franchise/StarTrek''. In 1979, a planned 52-episode series got cut down to 43 due to low {{ratings}}, but ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' (''Kidou Senshi Gundam'' in Japanese) became easily one of the two most well-known and long-running series of the HumongousMecha genre (the other most well-known being ''{{Macross}}'') Created by YoshiyukiTomino, it's a veritable merchandising empire encompassing manga and video game tie-ins, plastic models and toys, ([[http://aeug.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html#2850537631007634108 theme park rides]] and [[http://aeug.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html#7388144419372959180 race team sponsorships]]). The comparisons to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' line up in the rousing success of reruns, movies and the sequel series ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', which solidified its status as a franchise, and where a western show would have a {{Trekkie}}, a Japanese show is likely to include a ''Gundam'' fanatic. Theme-wise, however, the franchise could be considered an antithesis of what Roddenberry's work represented; if there are strange new worlds to see, expect them to have a lot of the same problems we deal with on Earth.

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The franchise bearing the name '''Gundam''' can be considered the {{anime}} equivalent of ''Franchise/StarTrek''. In 1979, a planned 52-episode series got cut down to 43 due to low {{ratings}}, but ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' (''Kidou Senshi Gundam'' in Japanese) became easily one of the two most well-known and long-running series of the HumongousMecha genre (the other most well-known being ''{{Macross}}''). Created by YoshiyukiTomino, it's a veritable merchandising empire encompassing manga and video game tie-ins, plastic models and toys, ([[http://aeug.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html#2850537631007634108 theme park rides]] and [[http://aeug.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html#7388144419372959180 race team sponsorships]]). The comparisons to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' line up in the rousing success of reruns, movies and the sequel series ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', which solidified its status as a franchise, and where a western show would have a {{Trekkie}}, a Japanese show is likely to include a ''Gundam'' fanatic. Theme-wise, however, the franchise could be considered an antithesis of what Roddenberry's work represented; if there are strange new worlds to see, expect them to have a lot of the same problems we deal with on Earth.

30th Apr '13 7:39:34 AM NativeJovian

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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is the official English title, so that's what we'll go with

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30th Apr '13 1:05:04 AM CommandoDude

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30th Apr '13 1:02:08 AM CommandoDude

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