Editing Gundam (section)

===Genre & Innovation===
''Mobile Suit Gundam'' reportedly pioneered the [[real robot]] subgenre of [[mecha anime]].<ref name="Oppliger">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2007/10/12/ask-john-which-gundam-series-have-had-the-most-impact-on-anime/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616111552/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2007/10/12/ask-john-which-gundam-series-have-had-the-most-impact-on-anime/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2009|title=Ask John: Which Gundam Series Have Had the Most Impact on Anime?|first=John|last=Oppliger|author-link=AnimeNation#John Oppliger|date=October 12, 2007|access-date=July 28, 2009|publisher=[[AnimeNation]]}}</ref> In contrast to its [[super robot]] cousins, ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' attempted realism in its robot design and weaponry by running out of energy and ammunition or malfunctioning. Its technology is derived from actual science (such as [[Lagrange points]] and the [[O'Neill cylinder]] in space, and the use of [[helium-3]] as an energy source) or feasible technology requiring only a few fictional elements to function (such as Minovsky Physics).<ref>"Gundam Science, the High Frontier - G.K. O'neil's Space Colonization Plan, Gundam Century", ''[[Out (magazine)|Out]]'' special edition, Renewal Version</ref> The series itself has also been described as a [[space opera]] for its broad plots revolving around politics.<ref name="Stuckmann2018">{{cite book |author=Chris Stuckmann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFxZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 |title=Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows that Changed the World of Japanese Animation |date=May 15, 2018 |publisher=Mango Media Inc. |isbn=978-1-63353-733-0 |page=42}}</ref>

However, there is a secondary element to many series that runs counter to this image. Most of the series' protagonists are something called {{vanchor|Newtypes}}, genetically advanced humans adapted for space. Newtypes have [[extrasensory perception|psychic abilities]] that enable them to do a variety of superhuman feats that differ from series to series. These range from an ability for instant understanding of other Newtypes' thoughts and desires, an enhanced sense perception that is regularly tied to piloting skills, and the capacity to utilize special mobile suits and weapons that tap into these newtype senses.