Gundam Wing
"In the distant future, mankind has reached the stars."
The year is After Colony 195, and the Earth has surrounded itself by orbiting space colonies. Tired of oppression at the hands of the corrupt Earth Sphere Alliance, key forces within the colonies have decided to fight back. Armed with state of the art mobile suits called "Gundams," each colony sends one young pilot to wage guerilla warfare against the Alliance and their elite military origination Oz.
Gundam Wing made its Toonami debut on March 6th, 2000. This date is especially notable because Gundam Wing actually premiered two versions on Toonami. The first broadcast at 5:30 pm and was edited to Cartoon Networks (then) current daytime broadcasting standards. The second aired at midnight and was uncut, a first for both Toonami and Cartoon Network. The first series of the Gundam franchise to be broadcast in North America, Gundam Wing’s popularity insured that the series received multiple runs on Toonami as well as several other Gundam series making their North American debut on Toonami in the following years. Unfortunately to date no other Gundam series has shared Gundam Wing’s immense popularity on Toonami.
The year is After Colony 195, and the Earth has surrounded itself by orbiting space colonies. Tired of oppression at the hands of the corrupt Earth Sphere Alliance, key forces within the colonies have decided to fight back. Armed with state of the art mobile suits called "Gundams," each colony sends one young pilot to wage guerilla warfare against the Alliance and their elite military origination Oz.
Gundam Wing made its Toonami debut on March 6th, 2000. This date is especially notable because Gundam Wing actually premiered two versions on Toonami. The first broadcast at 5:30 pm and was edited to Cartoon Networks (then) current daytime broadcasting standards. The second aired at midnight and was uncut, a first for both Toonami and Cartoon Network. The first series of the Gundam franchise to be broadcast in North America, Gundam Wing’s popularity insured that the series received multiple runs on Toonami as well as several other Gundam series making their North American debut on Toonami in the following years. Unfortunately to date no other Gundam series has shared Gundam Wing’s immense popularity on Toonami.
.:Episode Guide
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1: The Shooting Star She Saw 2: The Gundam Deathscythe 3: Five Gundams Confirmed 4: The Victorian Nightmare 5: Relena's Secret 6: Party Night 7: Scenario for Bloodshed 8: The Treize Assassination 9: Portrait of a Ruined Country 10: Heero, Distracted by Defeat 11: The Whereabouts of Happiness 12: Bewildered Warriors 13: Catherine's Tears 14: The Order to Destroy 01 15: To The Battleground Antarctica 16: The Sorrowful Battle 17: Betrayed by Home, Far Away 18: Tallgeese Destroyed 19: Assault on Barge 20: The Lunar Base Infiltration 21: Grief-Stricken Quatre 22: The Fight for Independence 23: Duo, The Great Destroyer Once Again 24: The Gundam They Called Zero 25: Quatre VS. Heero |
26: The Eternal Flame of the Shooting Stars 27: The Locus of Victory and Defeat 28: Passing Destinies 29: The Heroine of the Battlefield 30: Reunion with Relena 31: The Glass Kingdom 32: The Great Destroyer Meets Zero 33: The Lonely Battlefield 34: And Its Name Is Epyon 35: The Return of Wufei 36: Sanc Kingdom's Collapse 37: Zero VS. Epyon 38: The Birth of Queen Relena 39: Trowa's Return to the Battlefield 40: A New Leader 41: Crossfire at Barge 42: Battleship Libra 43: Target: Earth 44: Go Forth, Gundam Team 45: Signs of the Final Battle 46: Milliardo's Decision 47: Collision in Space 48: Takeoff Into Confusion 49: The Final Victor |
.:Misc.
- Gundam Wing is also known as "New Mobile Report Gundam Wing" and "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing."
- Toonami’s two minute long promo for the series is considered one of the best Toonami made promos of all time. In fact it’s so good that Bandai used it to replace the DVD preview they made for the show.
- Despite being the first Gundam series to air on Toonami, Gundam Wing is not the first Gundam television series to have been created. Five other Gundam series were broadcast in Japan before Gundam Wing premiered there in 1995.
- Gundam Wing’s story is concluded in the sequel OVA, Endless Waltz.
- Gundam Wing, and its sequel Endless Waltz, take place in an alternate universe and outside of some common themes are not related to any of the other Gundam series.
- In the series SD Gundam Force, the dimension of Lacroa is based heavily on Gundam Wing.
