Editing Gundam (section)

==Impact==
{{Main|Cultural impact of Gundam}}

''Gundam'' is a [[Culture of Japan|Japanese cultural]] icon and a multi-billion-[[Japanese yen|Yen]] annual business for [[Namco|Bandai Namco]]. Annual revenue for the franchise reached ¥54.5 billion by 2006,<ref>Nekkei BP mook, Otona no Gundamu Perfect (Gundam for Adult's Perfect), Business & History+Character+Mechanic, Nekkei Entertainment, {{ISBN|978-4-8222-6317-1}}</ref> {{JPY|80.2 billion}} by 2014,<ref name="bandainamco.co.jp" /> and {{JPY|145.7 billion}} by 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024 |url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/ir/financialstatements/pdf/en_20240509_Complement_2.pdf |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=Bandai Namco Financial Statements / Presentation}}</ref> Stamps have been issued, an Agriculture Ministry employee was reprimanded for contributing to the [[Japanese Wikipedia]] ''Gundam''-related pages,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7029685.stm|title=Japanese workers in Wikipedia row |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref> and the [[Japan Self-Defense Forces]] has code-named its developing advanced personal-combat system Gundam. Based on a December 16, 2023 survey conducted by ''[[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei Entertainment]]'', the fanbase of ''Gundam'' within Japan has an average age of 42 years, and a male-to-female ratio that skews 90:10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xtrend.nikkei.com/atcl/contents/18/00960/00001/|title=今、本当に推されている「人」「作品」が分かる 最旬"推し"新潮流|date=February 2, 2024|author1=Ayase Hirashima|author2=Eri Hatano|website=[[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei Cross Trend]]|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222142208/https://xtrend.nikkei.com/atcl/contents/18/00960/00001/|archive-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref>

The impact of ''Gundam'' in [[Japan]] has been compared to the impact of ''[[Star Wars]]'' in the [[United States]].<ref name="Stuckmann2018" />