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Today, 30 years ago, Gundam Wing is ready to change everything

Thirty years ago in Japan today, Heero Yuy notoriously tore down Relena Peacecraft’s birthday invitation and threatened to kill her, not just meme history has changed. It will take five years to happen, but Gundam Laid the foundation for its first major strike outside of Japan and brought the idea of ​​its large robot and even bigger to a whole new audience.

Release in Japan on April 7, 1995 – Celebration Gundam The 16th anniversary of the franchise was established on the same day –Gundam wing It is the second inclination of the second timeline of the series, beyond the iconic main continuity of the series, namely the Universal Century. Its predecessor, Mobile fighter G Gundamwhere have been there until then, Gundam Ever worked hard to trade the extensive celestial world building in exchange for more influence from Shonen and Super Robot. wing Then, Jiving will be returned to Jiving, setting a precedent where nearly every alternative universe series follows: new characters, new environments, but the themes and stories resonate with them, and talk to them, and build the ideas first in these universal century stories.

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Schedule for the year after the colony in 195 wing Build a familiar one Gundam Scene: Humans have entered a series of space colonies within the stars and solar system, but the latter hopes to rule independently away from dissent between the former sparks a violent tension. Unlike the world century, colonies are the protagonist and heroic viewpoint, a group of scientists work together to build five Gundams, powerful mobile suits and send them to Earth with young, especially trained pilots, initially not knowing each other, but specifically used to bring the colonies from the Earth Yale (Earth Yoke Oke Earth Oke Militaryism) at any cost.

if G Gundam Push the franchise to the one with the highest potential, and then wing Interested in the more rooted aspects of the Gundam First, stories about youth and war, about peace politics, may even be more rooted than this, largely avoiding wonderful ideas, such as the more meaner inspirational science of Xintai to portray a more solid reality, but of course, giant robots shoot one another a loving hell. wing Instead found its fansy in the high melodrama of its interpersonal relationships, giving the five members of the Gundam Team—Heero, Quatre, Trowa, Wu Fei, and Duo a feisty, fractured relationships that created plenty of drama (and, inevitably in the vein of fujoshi interest before it with Char and Amuro, plenty of material for a thriving fan shippers—there's a reason why perhaps wing More than most Gundam There are many promotional artworks on the show that depict life scenes or casts in a boy band).

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But in Japan, it goes beyond the five boys' own layer of interest, Gundam Wing Just a marginal success. What is it wing When it becomes the first, the important five years won't happen again Gundam Series Play Toonami – Introducing Western audiences not only for their own vision of what they are Gundam Yes, but for many people, what is the franchise completely. Waving a wave of anime interests, with Pokémon and Dragon Pearl Before this, Gundam WingThe arrival of 2000 is another landmark that consolidates the media's popularity in the West. Without its adaptation GundamThe location outside of Japan will be very different – fundamentally changing the relationship that has developed over the past 25 years, now Gundam The film is the latest show in theaters around the world as well as the day and dates.

Maybe it was suitable then wingThe 30th anniversary falls on the eve of a new era Gundam. gquuuuuuxthe latest show in the franchise – itself crossing the lines of storytelling in alternative universes and having a direct connection to the Universal Century in a fascinating way – will begin this week, a new generation of new generations Gundam Fans from all over the world. Entering a wider world Gundam In the years since then, it may be a bit out of some wingThe gloss of nostalgia; it's a show that has more and more ideas for its best as the show continues to grow and explores other parts of the franchise in a more interesting way. But even then, it's still hard to imagine a better series introducing the world to Gundam Overall, at the most perfect moment, it can attract a new generation of anime fans. This is a gateway that shows you that giant robots are pretty cool, but the ideas behind them may be cooler.

Gundam Wing Streaming on crunchyroll, but especially those nostalgic 30-year-olds who like to communicate.

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