History Literature / GaiaGear

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: Despite being a ''Gundam'' story picking up on threads from the original series, ''Zeta'' and ''Char's Counterattack'', it's notable for being one of two UC Gundam stories that lacks "Mobile Suit" in it's title, and doesn't even have "Gundam" in the title either.

* OfficialCouple: Afranche Char and Everly Kay are in a relationship from the start of the story.

* CharClone: In a more literal sense than usual, Afranche Char is a literal clone of Char Anzable who leads a terrorist organization against a PoliceState Earth Federation and initially pilots a mobile suit with a red color scheme, the Zorin Soul, which is retrofitted, mass-produced version of Char's Sazabi from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''.

** The Zorin Soul was based on a mass produced [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack MSN-04 Sazabi]] prototype.

* CharClone: In a more literal sense than usual, Afranche Char is a literal clone of Char Anzable who leads a terrorist organization against a PoliceState Earth Federation and initially pilots a mobile suit with a red color scheme, the Refined Zorin Soul, which is retrofitted, mass-produced version of Char's Sazabi from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''.
* ContinuityNod: One of the mobile weapons possessed by Metatron is the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam ORX-005 Gaplant]].

The novel is centered around the conflict between the Man Hunting Attachment (MHA), an extension of the tyrannical Earth Federation, and a group of rebels known as Metatron. In order to improve their chances of winning, Metatron creates a memory clone of one Char Aznable. Said clone, a man known as Affranchi Char. After discovering his origins, Char takes command of Metatron, commanding the organization as the pilot of a mech known as Gaia Gear.

* CharClone: In a more literal sense than usual, Affranchi.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: Despite being a ''Gundam'' series, it's notable for being one of two UC Gundam series not to have "Mobile Suit" in it's title, and it's also notable for not having "Gundam" in the title either.
* OfficialCouple: Affranchi Char and Everly Kay.

''Gaia Gear'' is a novel in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series, later adapted into a radio drama, taking place in the year U.C. 203, 104 years after the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. Created before the conception of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'', those series have since pushed this novel into AlternateContinuity (although not to the same extent as other AlternateUniverse ''Gundam'' series).

* CanonDiscontinuity: As noted above, due to ''F91'' and ''Victory Gundam'', this isn't considered canon[[note]]as Sunrise's policy is anything that's animated is canon; if it's not animated, at best, it's BroadStrokes[[/note]], but in particular, it's pushed into this specifically by, of all things, ''Film/GSaviour'' showing a different future than what's depicted in this novel. Although it's worth noting that ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' ''did'' give this series somewhat of a CallForward (possibly) by having [=ECOAS=]/The Manhunters shown, as well as the fact that, outside of one cameo by the titular mech from ''G-Saviour'' in ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'', Sunrise doesn't exactly like to talk about ''G-Saviour'', it's possible that some version of it happened (and given that ''Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash'' got a similar treatment to ''Gaia Gear'' before it got a movie trilogy, it's possible that Sunrise might be moving to change the canon status of ''Gaia Gear'').

* CanonDiscontinuity: As noted above, due to ''F91'' and ''Victory Gundam'', this isn't considered canon[[note]]as Sunrise's policy is anything that's animated is canon; if it's not animated, at best, it's BroadStrokes[[/note]], but in particular, it's pushed into this specifically by, of all things, ''Film/GSaviour'' showing a different future than what's depicted in this novel. Although it's worth noting that ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' ''did'' give this series somewhat of a CallForward (possibly) by having [=ECOAS=]/The Manhunters shown, as well as the fact that, outside of one cameo by the titular mech from ''G-Saviour'' in ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'', Sunrise doesn't exactly like to talk about ''G-Saviour'', it's possible that some version of it happened.

* OfficialCouple: Affranchi and Everly Kay.

* CanonDiscontinuity: As noted above, due to ''F91'' and ''Victory Gundam'', this isn't considered canon[[note]]as Sunrise's policy is anything that's animated is canon; if it's not animated, at best, it's BroadStrokes[[/note]], but in particular, it's pushed into this specifically by, of all things, ''Film/GSaviour'' showing a different future than what's depicted in this novel. Although it's worth noting that ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' ''did'' give this series somewhat of a CallForward (possibly) by having [=ECOAS=]/The Manhunters shown, meaning that it's possible that some version of it happened...possibly.

While the novel has not been released stateside, 23 of the 26 episodes of the Radio Drama are available on Youtube [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB451oAFqPIBNa-8qEsDVqA/videos here]], and the owner of the Toutube channel is currently working on uploading the remaining 3 episodes.

* HumungousMecha: What else are you expecting from an entry in this franchise?
* InsistentTerminology: The mechs in this series are called Man Machines.