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{{Short description|Japanese media franchise}}
{{About|the Japanese mecha media franchise|the mecha themselves|Gundam (fictional robot)|the first ''Gundam'' TV series|Mobile Suit Gundam}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=August 2023}}
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{{Infobox media franchise
|image = Gundam serpentine.svg
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|title = Gundam 
|creator = [[Hajime Yatate]]<br>[[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]
|origin = ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''
|owner = [[Bandai Namco Filmworks]] (directly and through [[Sotsu]])
| years = 1979–present
|films = [[#TV series, films, and video|See below]]
|tv = [[#TV series, films, and video|See below]]
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|games = ''[[Gundam War Collectible Card Game]]''
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|vgs = [[List of Gundam video games|See list]]
|books = 
|novels = [[List of Gundam manga and novels|See list]]
|comics = [[List of Gundam manga and novels|See list]]
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|toys = Gunpla (plastic [[Gundam models]])<br>The Robot Spirits<br>S. H. Figuarts
|otherlabel1 = Genre
|otherdata1 = [[Science fiction]]<br>[[Military science fiction]]<br>[[Mecha anime and manga#Real robot|Real robot]]
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{{Nihongo|'''''Gundam'''''|ガンダムシリーズ|Gandamu Shirīzu|lead=yes|{{lit.}} ''Gundam Series''}} is a Japanese [[military science fiction]] [[media franchise]]. Created by [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] and Sunrise (now [[Bandai Namco Filmworks]]), the franchise features giant robots, or [[mecha]], with the name "Gundam".  The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', a [[TV series]] that defined the "[[real robot]]" [[mecha anime]] genre by featuring giant robots called [[powered exoskeleton|mobile suit]]s (including the [[RX-78-2 Gundam|original titular mecha]]) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 [[Television show|TV series]], [[film]]s and [[Original Video Animation|OVA]]s as well as [[manga]], [[novel]]s and [[video game]]s, along with a whole industry of [[plastic model|plastic model kits]] known as [[Gunpla]] which makes up 90 percent of the [[Japan]]ese character plastic-model market.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Linder|first=Courtney|date=July 21, 2020|title=Watch Engineers Take Their 60-Foot-Tall Gundam for a Walk|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a33381411/japan-giant-gundam-robot/|access-date=February 9, 2021|website=Popular Mechanics|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gundam Releases First-Ever English Guide to Gunpla|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/gundam-gunpla-first-ever-english-guide-buy/|access-date=February 9, 2021|website=Anime|language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081207100050/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/BodyUrlPdfDown.do?bodyurlpdf=05000892_001_BUP_0.pdf Flow of the Japan toy industry (日本の玩具産業の動向)], Japan Economics Department, Information section (日本経済情報課)</ref>

Academics in [[Japan]] have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Leo|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/gundam-cartoon-academy-to-turn-science-fiction-into-reality-in-japan-zffmrwsvwgj|title=Gundam cartoon academy to turn science fiction into reality in Japan|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=November 1, 2008|access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref>

As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by [[Bandai Namco Holdings]] through subsidiaries [[Sotsu]] and Sunrise. The ''Gundam'' franchise had grossed over {{US$|5 billion|long=no}} in retail sales by 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114029721/the-expositor/|title=Unique toy line encourages creative play|newspaper=The Expositor|page=38|date=December 13, 2000|accessdate=December 3, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ny_bandai_.html|title=Gundam Wing Phenomenon Grows With Addition of New Licensees as Television Ratings and Toy Line Sales Surge|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=June 13, 2000|access-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000821005011/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ny_bandai_.html|archive-date=August 21, 2000|via=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo.com]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gundam+Wing+Phenomenon+Grows+With+Addition+of+New+Licensees+as...-a062704291|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114032/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gundam+Wing+Phenomenon+Grows+With+Addition+of+New+Licensees+as...-a062704291|title=Gundam Wing Phenomenon Grows With Addition of New Licensees as Television Ratings and Toy Line Sales Surge.|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]|archive-date=October 16, 2012|date=June 13, 2000|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref> By 2022, the annual revenue of the ''Gundam'' franchise reached [[Japanese yen|¥]]101.7 billion per year,<ref name="bandainamco.co.jp">[https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/ir/financialstatements/pdf/20220805_en_Complement.pdf Bandai Namco Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Statement]</ref> ¥44.2 billion of which was retail sales of toys and hobby items.<ref name="bandainamco.co.jp"/>

==Overview==
===Concept===
[[File:Gundam.jpg|thumb|[[Gundam (fictional robot)|RX-78-2 Gundam]] by [[Hajime Katoki]]]]''Mobile Suit Gundam'' was developed by animator [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] and a changing group of Sunrise creators with the collective pseudonym of [[Hajime Yatate]]. The series was originally entitled ''Freedom Fighter Gunboy'' (or ''Gunboy'') for the robot's gun, with teen boys as the primary target demographic. Early production had a number of references to [[Freedom (political)|freedom]]: the [[White Base]], the casts home and ship, was originally "Freedom's Fortress", the Core Fighter was the "Freedom Wing" and the Gunperry was the "Freedom Cruiser". The Yatate team combined the English word "gun" with the last syllable of the word "freedom" to form the [[portmanteau]] ''Gundom''. Tomino changed it to ''Gundam'', suggesting a unit wielding a gun powerful enough to hold back enemies like a hydroelectric [[dam]] holding back water.<ref>Gundam Archives, production notes</ref>

In keeping with the concept, Gundams are usually depicted as prototypes or limited-production with higher capabilities than mass-produced units, which are often referred to simply as ''mobile suits''. Most Gundams are large, bipedal, [[humanoid]] vehicles controlled from a [[cockpit]] by a human pilot. The cockpit is regularly located in the [[torso]] with some notable exceptions, while the [[head]] serves as a camera to transmit images back to the cockpit. Throughout the series of shows, movies, and manga, a variety of different suits named Gundam appear with different designs and pilots specific to each series.

===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.

==={{anchor|Narrative}}Timelines===
Most of the ''Gundam'' animation (including the earliest series) is set in what is known as the Universal Century (UC) [[calendar era]], with later series set in alternate calendars or [[alternate future|timelines]]. Many UC shows were directed by series creator Tomino, especially throughout the 80s and 90s. However, many new ''Gundam'' stories are told in their parallel universe with independent timelines (giving jumping on points for newer generations of kids). The original UC storyline continues to be popular, with new installments frequently produced in and around the other established stories. Nostalgia for the oldest ''Gundam'' shows (and its status as a pop-culture icon in Japan) is a factor in its continuing success.<ref>[http://www.mhi.co.jp/news/sec1/020220nl.html] ''機動戦士ガンダムは、同じくバンダイグループの（株）サンライズが制作し、1979年4月～1980年1月にテレビシリーズ第1作が放映されて以来、テレビシリーズ8作品、劇場用映画9作品などが公開され、20年以上にわたり人気を保っています。米国をはじめ、ヨーロッパ、アジアでも作品が放映され、各地で高い人気を得ています。''</ref> 

Other notable timelines include the Cosmic Era, (Gundam Seed, Seed Destiny, and Seed Freedom), Anno Domini (00, 00: Awakening of The Trail Blazer) and many others. These act as much more self contained narratives, re-adapting and playing off of many of the series core tropes in more modern ways built for the times in which they were released in.

===Spinoffs===
''[[SD Gundam]]'', a spinoff of ''Gundam'' which began during the mid-1980s, features [[super deformed]] designs and emphasizes comedy and adventure. ''[[Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G]]'', ''[[Gundam Build Fighters]]'', and ''[[Gundam Build Divers]]'' feature contemporary settings and use Gunpla as plot elements.

=={{anchor|Franchise}}Media==

===TV series, films, and video===
Except for ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', which follows the [[Common Era|current calendar era]] albeit three centuries in the future, all ''Gundam'' series are set in a fictional era, with a new calendar adopted after a drastic event or chain of events and typically involve a major conflict involving Earth and space colonies (and in some cases the Moon and [[Terraforming|terraformed]] planets).{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} An exception is the ''Gundam Build'' timeline, which is set in an alternate present time where all other ''Gundam'' installments are fictional.

Entries marked in '''bold''' are considered the franchise's mainline installments.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Media
! scope="col" | Release date
! scope="col" | Timeline and year
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'''''
| TV series: 43 episodes
| 1979&ndash;1980
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| Compilation movies: 3
| 1981&ndash;1982
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'''''
| TV series: 50 episodes
| 1985&ndash;1986
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0087
|-
| Compilation movies: 3
| 2005&ndash;2006
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]'''''
| TV series: 47 episodes
| 1986&ndash;1987
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0088
|-
| [[Original Video Animation|OVA]]: 2 episodes
| 2009
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]''
| Movie
| 1988
| Universal Century (UC) 0093
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Mobile Suit SD Gundam]]''
| Movies: 5
| 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
| rowspan="3" | 
|-
| OVA: 9 episodes
| 1989&ndash;1991
|-
| Compilation TV series: 8 episodes
| 1993
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]''
| OVA: 6 episodes
| 1989
| Universal Century (UC) 0079&ndash;80
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam F91]]''
| Movie
| 1991
| Universal Century (UC) 0123
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]''
| OVA: 13 episodes
| 1991&ndash;1992
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0083
|-
| Compilation movie
| 1992
|-
| '''''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam]]'''''
| TV series: 51 episodes
| 1993&ndash;1994
| Universal Century (UC) 0153
|-
| '''''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'''''
| TV series: 49 episodes
| 1994&ndash;1995
| Future Century (FC) 60
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]'''''
| TV series: 49 episodes
| 1995&ndash;1996
| rowspan="2" | After Colony (AC) 195
|-
| Compilation specials: 4 episodes
| 1996
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]''
| OVA: 12 episodes
| 1996&ndash;1999
| rowspan="3" | Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| Compilation movie
| 1998
|-
| Special
| 2013
|-
| '''''[[After War Gundam X]]'''''
| TV series: 39 episodes
| 1996
| After War (AW) 15
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]]''
| OVA: 3 episodes
| 1997
| rowspan="2" | After Colony (AC) 196
|-
| Compilation movie
| 1998
|-
| ''Gundam: Mission to the Rise''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-26/gundam-40th-anniversary-promotional-anime-teased-for-this-winter/.151602|title=Gundam 40th Anniversary Promotional Anime Teased for This Winter |work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 26, 2019|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref>
| Short film
| 1998
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Turn A Gundam]]'''''
| TV series: 50 episodes
| 1999&ndash;2000
| rowspan="2" | Correct Century (CC) 2343&ndash;45
|-
| Compilation movies: 2
| 2002
|-
| ''[[G-Saviour]]''
| Live-action TV movie
| 2000
| Universal Century (UC) 0223
|-
| ''Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Diver''<ref>{{Cite web |title=E-field |url=http://www.e-field.gr.jp/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512182900/http://www.e-field.gr.jp/index.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref>
| Specialty format movie
| 2001
| Universal Century (UC) 0087
|-
| ''[[Gundam Evolve]]''
| OVA: 15 episodes
| 2001&ndash;2007
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'''''
| TV series: 50 episodes
| 2002&ndash;2003
| rowspan="3" | Cosmic Era (CE) 71
|-
| Epilogue OVA short
| 2004
|-
| Compilation specials: 3 episodes
| 2004
|-
| ''[[Superior Defender Gundam Force]]''
| TV series: 52 episodes
| 2003&ndash;2004
|
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED#Manga|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV Astray]]''
| Promo OVA shorts: 2 episodes
| 2004
| Cosmic Era (CE) 71
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO|Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War]]''
| OVA: 3 episodes
| 2004
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'''''
| TV series: 50 episodes
| 2004&ndash;2005
| rowspan="3" | Cosmic Era (CE) 73&ndash;74
|-
| TV special
| 2005
|-
| Compilation specials: 4 episodes
| 2006
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO|Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079]]''
| OVA: 3 episodes
| 2006
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer]]''
| [[Original net animation|ONA]]: 3 episodes
| 2006
| rowspan="2" |  Cosmic Era (CE) 73
|-
| Compilation OVA: 1
| 2006
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'''''
| TV series: 50 episodes
| 2007&ndash;2009
| rowspan="2" | [[Anno Domini]] (AD) 2307&ndash;08, 2312
|-
| Compilation OVA: 3 episodes
| 2009
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO|Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front]]''
| OVA: 3 episodes
| 2008
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| ''Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record: Avant-Title''
| OVA
| 2009
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| ''Ring of Gundam''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-21 |title=Part of Yoshiyuki Tomino's 'Ring of Gundam' Previewed (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-21/part-of-yoshiyuki-tomino-ring-of-gundam-previewed |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref>
| Short film
| 2009
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]''
| OVA: 7 episodes, 1 special episode
| 2010&ndash;2014
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0096
|-
| Compilation TV series: 22 episodes
| 2016
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors]]''
| Movie
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| TV series: 51 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer]]''
| Movie
| 2010
| [[Anno Domini]] (AD) 2314
|-
| ''[[Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G]]''
| Specials: 3 episodes
| 2010
| Our Century
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam AGE]]'''''
| TV series: 49 episodes
| 2011&ndash;2012
| rowspan="2" | Advanced Generation (AG) 115&ndash;164
|-
| Compilation OVA: 2 episodes
| 2013
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Gundam Build Fighters]]''
| TV series: 25 episodes
| 2013&ndash;2014
| rowspan="2" | Our Century
|-
| Specials: 3 episodes
| 2014
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam-san]]''
| TV series: 13 episodes
| 2014
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Gundam Reconguista in G]]'''''
| TV series: 26 episodes
| 2014&ndash;2015
| rowspan="2" | Regild Century (RG) 1014
|-
| Compilation movies: 5
| 2019&ndash;2022
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Gundam Build Fighters Try]]''
| TV series: 25 episodes
| 2014&ndash;2015
| rowspan="2" | Our Century
|-
| OVA
| 2016
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin]]''
| OVA: 6 episodes
| 2015&ndash;2018
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0068, 0071, 0074, 0077, 0078, 0079
|-
| Compilation TV series: 13 episodes
| 2019
|-
| '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans]]'''''
| TV series: 50 episodes
| 2015&ndash;2017
| Post Disaster (PD) 323, 325
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt]]''
| ONA: 8 episodes
| 2015&ndash;2017
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| Compilation movies: 2
| 2016&ndash;2017
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS]]''
| ONA: 6 episodes
| 2017
| rowspan="2" | Universal Century (UC) 0096
|-
| Compilation movie
| 2017
|-
| ''[[Gundam Build Fighters|Gundam Build Fighters Battlogue]]''
| ONA: 5 episodes
| 2017
| Our Century
|-
| ''[[Gundam Build Fighters|Gundam Build Fighters: GM's Counterattack]]''
| ONA
| 2017
| Our Century
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Gundam Build Divers]]''
| Prologue ONA
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| rowspan="2" | Our Century
|-
| TV series: 25 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative]]''
| Movie
| 2018
| Universal Century (UC) 0097
|-
| ''[[SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden]]''
| ONA: 10 episodes
| 2019&ndash;2021
| 
|-
| ''[[Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise]]''
| ONA: 26 episodes
| 2019&ndash;2020
| Our Century
|-
| ''[[Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise|Gundam Build Divers: Battlogue]]''
| ONA
| 2020
| Our Century
|-
| ''Mobile Suit Gundam G40''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-21 |title='Mobile Suit Gundam' Releases 40th Anniversary "G40 Project" Special Movie |url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/1/mobile-suit-gundam-40th-anniversary-g40-project |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Hypebeast}}</ref>
| ONA
| 2020
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| ''Gundam Build Real''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1= Rafael Antonio|title=Live-Action Video Project 'Gundam Build Real' Debuts on March 29|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-18/live-action-video-project-gundam-build-real-debuts-on-march-29/.170752|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 15, 2022|date=March 18, 2021}}</ref>
| Live-action net drama: 6 episodes
| 2021
| Our Century
|-
| ''[[SD Gundam World Heroes]]''
| ONA: 24 episodes
| 2021
| 
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway]]''
| Movies: 3
| 2021&ndash;TBA
| Universal Century (UC) 0105
|-
| ''Gundam Breaker Battlogue''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Gundam Breaker Battlogue Anime Theme Song, October 19 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-24/gundam-breaker-battlogue-anime-theme-song-october-19-premiere/.177770|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 24, 2021|date=September 24, 2020}}</ref>
| ONA: 6 episodes
| 2021
| Our Century
|-
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island]]''
| Movie
| 2022
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury]]'''''
| Prologue ONA
| 2022
| Ad Stella (AS) 101
|-
| TV series: 24 episodes
| 2022&ndash;2023
| Ad Stella (AS) 122
|-
| ''[[Gundam Build Metaverse]]''
| ONA: 3 episodes
| 2023
| Our Century
|-
|''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom]]''
|Movie
| 2024
|Cosmic Era (CE) 75
|-
| ''Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-23 |title=Gundam: Silver Phantom Anime Reveals Trailer, October 3 Release |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-23/gundam-silver-phantom-anime-reveals-trailer-october-3-release/.214662 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref>
| VR movie
| 2024
| Universal Century (UC) 0096
|-
| ''[[Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance]]''
| ONA: 6 episodes
| 2024
| Universal Century (UC) 0079
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX]]'''''
| Compilation movie
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| rowspan="2" | Alternate version of Universal Century (UC) 0079, 0085
|-
| TV series: 12 episodes
|-
|''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans|Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr-Hunt]]''
| TBA
| TBA
| Post Disaster (PD) 323
|-
|''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Zero''
| TBA
| TBA
| Cosmic Era (CE) 
|}

===Live-action film===
At the 2018 [[Anime Expo]], [[Legendary Pictures]] and Sunrise announced a collaboration to develop a live-action ''Gundam'' film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/gundam-live-action-adaptation-movie-film/|title='Gundam' Film: Legendary Pictures to Make Live-Action Anime Adaptation|first=Jeremy|last=Fuster|work=The Wrap|date=July 5, 2018|access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref> [[Brian K. Vaughan]] was brought in to write and serve as an executive producer for the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/brian-k-vaughan-gundam-live-action-movie-legendary-1202569112/|title=Brian K. Vaughan To Pen 'Gundam' Live-Action Adaptation For Legendary|first1=Amanda|last1=N'Duka|first2=Geoff|last2=Boucher|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 6, 2019|access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> In April 2021, it was reported that the project had landed at [[Netflix]] and that [[Jordan Vogt-Roberts]] had been hired to direct.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/mobile-suit-gundam-live-action-movie-director-netflix/|title=Gundam Live-Action Movie Heads to Netflix with Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts|first=Megan|last=Peters|work=Comicbook.com|date=April 12, 2021|access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> In October 2024, it was announced that [[Jim Mickle]] would be the new director and writer, and that Netflix is no longer involved.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2024/10/gundam-movie-sweet-tooth-jim-mickle-1236163584/|title= 'Gundam' Movie At Legendary Taps 'Sweet Tooth' Showrunner Jim Mickle To Direct|date= October 31, 2024|access-date= October 31, 2024|first= Justin|last= Kroll|work= Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> In March 2025, ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'' reported that actress [[Sydney Sweeney]] is in talks for a role.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2025/03/sydney-sweeney-gundam-movie-legendary-1236355385/|title=Sydney Sweeney Circling Legendary’s ‘Gundam’|date=March 31, 2025|access-date= April 1, 2025|first= Matt|last=Grobar|work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

===Manga and novels===
{{Main|List of Gundam manga and novels}}

Manga adaptations of the ''Gundam'' series have been published in English in North America by a number of companies, such as [[Viz Media]], [[Del Rey Manga]] and [[Tokyopop]], and in [[Singapore]] by [[Chuang Yi]]. Notable entries include Gundam the Origin, written and drawn by original series character designer [[Yoshikazu Yasuhiko]]. It is a retelling of the first series with additional flashbacks surrounding one of the series main character's Char Aznable. 

===Video games===
{{Main|List of Gundam video games}}
''Gundam'' has spawned over 80 video games for arcade, computer and console platforms, some with characters not found in other ''Gundam'' media. Some of the games, in turn, inspired spinoff novels and manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/altjapan-co-ltd/list-games/|title=MobyGames: Game Browser|website=MobyGames|access-date=October 27, 2016|archive-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212085620/https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/altjapan-co-ltd/list-games/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==={{anchor|Gundam model}}Gunpla===
{{Main|Gunpla}}

Primarily made of plastic, but sometimes paired with resin and metal detail parts, hundreds of Gundam [[scale model|scale plastic model]]s, aka Gunpla, have been released. They range in quality from toolless-build children's toy kits (Entry Grades) to hobbyist and museum-grade models, and most are in common scales such as  1:35, 1:48, 1:60, 1:100 or 1:144 scale. Various Grades exist to target hobbyists, ranging from smaller sized kits such as High Grade and Real Grade, to larger Master Grade and finally Perfect Grade model kits. The Real Grade (RG) Gundam series combined the Master Grade's detailed inner structure with additional colour separation, making the 1:144-scale series complex in design and compact in size, with the final goal of retooling a Gundam to what they might would look like in real life, similar to the real-life Gundam Front Tokyo RX-78-02.

Promotional 1:6 or 1:12 scale models are supplied to retailers and are not commercially available. For ''Gundam''{{'s}} 30th anniversary, a full-size RX-78-2 Gundam model was constructed and displayed at Gundam Front Tokyo, in the Odaiba district;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://appetiteforjapan.com/2015/12/02/gundam-odaiba/|title=Diver City Tokyo: the ultimate Gundam experience|last=appetiteforjapan|date=December 2, 2015|website=Appetite For Japan|access-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref> it was taken down on March 5, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gundam.info/topic/17012|script-title=ja:「実物大ガンダム立像」5年の歴史に幕。そして新たなプロジェクトへ！|work=公式ガンダム情報ポータルサイト「GUNDAM.INFO」|access-date=April 12, 2017|language=ja}}</ref> A new statue of the Unicorn Gundam was erected at the same location, now renamed The Gundam Base Tokyo.

===Other merchandise===
[[Bandai]], ''Gundam''{{'s}} primary licensee, produces a variety of products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://na.gundam.info/index/white|title=GUNDAM.INFO {{!}} The official Gundam news and video portal|website=na.gundam.info|language=ja-JP|access-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026105446/http://na.gundam.info/index/white|archive-date=October 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other companies produce unofficial merchandise, such as toys, models and T-shirts. Products include Mobile Suit In Action (MSiA) action figures and Gundam model kits in several scales and design complexities. Each series generally has its own set of products, MSiA and model lines such as Master Grade and High Grade Universal Century may extend across series. The most popular action-figure line has been the Gundam Fix series, which includes the mecha in the animated series, manga and novels and accessories to create an updated version. In addition to Master Grade and High Grade Gundams, Bandai released a 30th-anniversary series of Gundam models in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Suzuki|first=Toshiyuki|title=RX-78-2 Gundam (RG) (Gundam Model Kits)|url=http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10115841|publisher=Hobby Search Co., Ltd.|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927042523/http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10115841|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the introduction of the RG Gunpla line, Bandai released the Metal Build series in March 2011 (beginning with the 00 Gundam).<ref name="Gundam metal build">{{cite web|title=METAL BUILD FREEDOM GUNDAM|url=http://www.gundamplanet.com/metal-build-freedom-gundam.html|publisher=Gundamplanet.com|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-date=August 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802034225/http://www.gundamplanet.com/metal-build-freedom-gundam.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Internet===
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Bandai maintains several websites to promote ''Gundam'' projects; Gundam Perfect Web is the official Japanese site. Its English-language counterpart is the US-maintained Gundam Official. In 2005, the website hosted the Gundam Official User Forum. The forum was based on the existing fan forum, Gundam Watch, using many of its staff. When the project was retired, Gundam Watch was reborn and became Gundam Evolution.

A number of series-specific websites have been created, often available for a limited time (usually to promote a [[DVD]] release). Common content includes character and mecha listings, lists of related merchandise and pay-for-download content. Special pages are frequent, often presenting downloadable wallpaper or a small game. The ''[[Superior Defender Gundam Force]]'' website has a game in which players take the role of villain Commander Sazabi, attempting to blast his subordinate with weapons.

=={{anchor|Global debut}}Global spread==
Since 1980, ''Gundam'' has also appeared in the following countries and regions:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Region
! Debut year
|-
| [[Italy]]<br />[[Hong Kong]] || 1980
|-
| [[Taiwan]]<br />[[China]]<br />[[Thailand]] || 1981 
|-
| [[Singapore]]<br />[[Malaysia]]<br />[[South Korea]]<br />[[Macau]] || 1982 
|-
| [[Philippines]] || 1983
|-
| [[Indonesia]] || 1987
|-
| [[Americas]]<br />[[Europe]]<br />[[Australia]]<br />[[New Zealand]]|| 1994
|}

==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" />

==See also==
*[[Bandai Museum]]
*''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''
*[[Gundam (fictional robot)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://pgdp.channel.or.jp/ ''Gundam'' Perfect Games] {{in lang|ja}}
*[https://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/gundamdvd/ Bandai Visual's Gundam minisite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204044626/https://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/gundamdvd/ |date=December 4, 2016 }} {{in lang|ja}}
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