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unusual facts about Gundam


Ninja High School

The comic often features parody versions of other comics or television shows, usually Japanese, like Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Harry Potter, Superman, The Powerpuff Girls, Terminator, Ninja Gaiden, Transformers and the Gundam series.


Advanced Generation

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, the AGE (Advanced Generation Era) arc of Gundam anime and manga series

Akatsuki no Kuruma

Coincidentally, the insert song of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Gundam SEED's sequel), Honoh no Tobira, was released exactly one year after this single.

Amuro Ray

He is voiced by Tōru Furuya (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English dub of the original TV series, Char's Counterattack, and the majority of the licensed Gundam video games), Michael Lindsay (English dub of Movies I-III) and Matthew Erickson (English dub of Zeta Gundam and the Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam video game).

Asatsu-DK

Asatsu-DK is also involved in producing and providing its services to numerous anime series, through itself as well as its numerous subsidiaries, including recent installments of Sunrise's famous Gundam series, such as the latest series Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Turn A Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, as well as several other anime.

Ballute

In the animated Gundam series, ballutes are used for ships or mobile suits to reenter Earth's atmosphere, as seen on Episode 11 of Zeta Gundam ("Entering the Atmosphere").

Daybreak's Bell

The Gundam 00 opening version is also playable in the Nintendo DS game Metcha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken.

Gashapon

The gashapon concept is taken to the next level in SD Gundam Gashapon Wars, a game based on the SD Gundam television series, in which a gamer can activate extra characters from the game by buying certain series of SD Gundam gashapon toys in real life, namely SD Full Color STAGE:61, then use the password bundled with the toy to unlock the corresponding character in the video game.

Gundam Mk-II

The RX-178 Gundam Mk-II are three prototype mobile suits developed by the Titans, an elite special unit of the Earth Federation forces, in UC 0087 - the first Gundam units seen in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Lady Une (voiced by Sayuri Yamauchi, and by Enuka Okuma in the English release); another former enemy of the Gundam pilots, now their ally and the head of the Preventers (code name: "Gold").

Sally Po (voiced by Yumi Touma, and by Samantha Ferris in the English release); another ally of the Gundam pilots and a member of the Preventers (code name: "Water").

Jitte

In the 1992 anime Gundam 0083, the first Gundam piloted by the main character was equipped with a short beam blade, designed with the express purpose of blocking enemy blades.

Kanetake Ebikawa

He was also involved with the colouring scheme design of Toyota Team Kraft's "Bandai 00 Dunlop SC430" (participating in 2007 Super GT season), which use the Gundam Exia's colouring scheme with the logo of the anime.

Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel

Keroro points the Gundam's beam rifle up and shoots a hole in the ceiling (This scene is a reference to a scene of the final episode of Mobile Suit Gundam when Amuro Ray and Char Aznable were battling).

Kiku-ichimonji

In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray, the Gundam Astray Red Frame wields a katana named Gerbera Straight, which a literal translation of the name "Kiku-ichimonji".

Magical Battle Arena

It introduces the fighting in a similar manner to modern Gundam video games such as the Gundam Battle Assault series, except the fact that the characters come from the anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Card Captor Sakura, Slayers, Magic Circle Guru Guru, the eroge Visual Novel Magical Girl Kirara and Sarara, and the original characters, Lulu Gelad and Nowel Diastasis who are created in Magical Battle Arena.

Misato Katsuragi

She also makes some Sailor Moon comments when admiring the Nobel Gundam from Mobile Fighter G Gundam on Super Robot Wars MX, and points out similarities in voice with Vega from Gear Fighter Dendoh and Murrue Ramius from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (two other characters voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi).

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

A compilation OVA titled Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden was released on July 26, 2013, focusing on the second protagonist of the series, Asemu Asuno.

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. II

For the console release, a P.L.U.S. Mode was added where the player, as Shinn Asuka, attempts missions based on the events of Gundam SEED Destiny.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon

Exceptions are any captured enemy mobile suits, the Project V units (Gundam, Guntank, and Guncannon), as well as all of Char Aznable's mobile suits (Zaku II, Z'Gok, Gelgoog, and Zeong).

The game follows the Universal Century (UC) Gundam time line and takes place during the infamous One Year War.

MS Saga: A New Dawn

The major focus of the game is the ability to customize their own mobile suits using parts of mecha designs from the early Universal Century Gundam anime series, Mobile Fighter G Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.

MS-06 Zaku II

Design by Kunio Okawara, the MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type (also known as the Zaku II Custom in some sources) looks very similar to the normal Zaku: so much so that the Earth Federation can generally only tell the difference from color schemes most pilots apply to their units and the increased performance of this version.

Raj Ramayya

He has featured as a guest singer/composer with artists ranging from Yoko Kanno (∀ Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain) Tatsuya Oe (Captain Funk, Hotei) Chris Mosdell (Eric Clapton, YMO) and songwriter Ron Sexsmith.

Respect Gundam

Respect Gundam (リスペクト ガンダム) is a mini compilation of Gundam-related work created by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi, Kenki Fujioka, Tohru Fujisawa, Hiro Mashima, Minoru Sugiyama.

Setsuna F. Seiei

He has also appeared in the direct film sequel Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer as well as video games and manga series related with the Gundam franchise.

Space Gundam V

Space Gundam V (스페이스 간담브이) (sometimes spelled Space Gandam V), is a South Korean animated series directed by Kim Cheong-gi, released on July 1983.

Strike Suit Zero

Strike Suit Zero takes its inspiration from numerous different franchises, most notably Elite and related franchises: Homeworld, Freelancer, Colony Wars, Star Wars, Gundam, Macross and Freespace.

Super Robot Wars W

To alleviate environmental pressures and overpopulation, the FEN began expanding into space, constructing space colonies and asteroid cities, as well as an Orbital Space Ring around the Earth, and the development and terraforming of the Moon and Mars.

The Last Outpost

Gundam W G-Unit: Last Outpost, the Tokyopop release of the manga side story Gundam Wing Dual Story: G-UNIT

Toshihiko Sahashi

Together with the London Symphony Orchestra, two symphonic albums have been released, each arranging his compositions from Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny.

Travis Milne

He is also a voice actor, notable for being the new voice actor of Kamille Bidan, the protagonist of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, replacing Jonathan Lachlan-Stewart in the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam games.

Trider G7

Up until now, the series airing on TV Asahi in this timeslot had their soundtracks composed by Takeo Watanabe and Yuushi Matsuyama, but the two were busy working on the soundtrack for the theatrical adaptation of Mobile Suit Gundam, so Kurando Kaya filled in the role.

Ultimate Knight Windom XP

In this version the game-play was modified to resemble the PlayStation 3 Gundam game, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs., and an option to create an account for online game-play was added.

Under the Moonlight

After War Gundam X: Under the Moonlight, a 2004 Japanese manga series related to the 1996 anime series After War Gundam X


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