Our Special Guest Star Archive of music videos grows rich in another anime: Mobile Suite Gundam Wing!
As we use to do, besides to enjoy you with 3 music videos of as many creators, we offer an interesting info schedule made by Zechs, a very Mobile Suit fan since the first RX78!!
Action... more action... and feelings: these are things we can find in the music videos of this Gundam Special:
       - the first music video, by Hot Fudge Productions, "Invincible", is dedicated to five Gundam pilots ... "we will be invincible", as from the words of Pat Benatar song;
       - a tribute to Heero Yuy... "How can you not like this guy?" says Dan Milliken - Outlawed about his video "Professional Badass";
       - and to come to a great end... "Gundam Wing - Born to Raise Hell", a very frantic music video made by our friend Akira, full of action and with an excellent timing! ^__-
by Veggie

"Over half a century has passed since, due to overpopulation, part of the Earthlings has been drived to live in colonies in outer space. These colonies are now a second homeland for these populations who live, work, procreate, in short do the same life they were used on Mother Earth.
It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century: the colonies of Side 3, the furthest from the Earth, have declared themselves the Duchy of Zeon and have launched a war of independence against the United Earth Government, with the aim to dominate all the other colonies. An apocalyptic war is engaged between the Confederation and the Duchy of Zeon. During the first month of war, over 10 milions of people died and the battle had been dragged for over 8 months, with no winner nor looser."

With these prologue begins one of the most popular animated robot series in the history. We are talking, of course, about the very long series dedicated to the White Mobile Suit by Sunrise that, althought 25 years have passed, still remains a clear memory in the mind of the ones who had the possibility to enjoy the deepness and complexity of the story. Born from the mind of the genius GO Nagai and from the pencil of Kunio Okawara, the same author of the mecha design of Daitarn III, and inspired to Heinlein's romance "Space Infantry", the Gundam series became a symbol for a country in economical recovery as Japan.
The anime describes the battle in UC 0079 between the United Earth Government and the Duchy of Zeon, space colony that declares itself indipendent and ready to dominate all the others.

Similes and differences: Gundam Wing compared with the first 0079...
Shown in Japan in 1995 , this series is one of the most involving anime ever realized, and for technical production and for settings. Comparable for many aspects to the first series of 1979, it describes the conflicts among the space colonies and the United Earth Government that is dominating the pacifiest colonies. So it's born the Meteor Operation that will see five kids piloting five battle gundams, who have the task to stop on Earth the Terrestrial Army. Leaded by the rebel and misterious Heero Yuy, the five kids (Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, Chang Wufei) will fight for a common ideal against the army leaded by Treize Khushrenada and Zechs Merquise. Zechs is a member of the specials (terrestrial fighting elite) who, together to the five boys, will remain involved in the dramatic development of the war that will take, just like in the original series, to the consciousness that peace is the only force that can keep the people united. Although, in fact, the gundam pilots were originally sent on Earth to fight and destroy in the name of the freedom for the colonies, at the end, joining Relena's forces (Zechs's sister), they will lead a crusade in order to put peace among all the parties.
With an extraordinary mecha design, in Gundam Wing we find again Okawara Kunio, designer of the original series. Even maintaining a style very similar to the original one, the new look of the battle mobile suit is more suiting an animation style much more accurate and advanced.
Gundam Wing represents one of the best anime inspired to the more famous series by Sunrise. In fact, by returning to talk about the original themes, Masashi ikeda has been able to pick the true essence of the original series, joining, with wisdom, the characters profiles (always very deep and quite indefinite) to the frantic action typical of the robot series. With a mecha design of first order realized by Junya Ishigaki, Hajime Katoki and Kunio Okawara, the 49 episodes, full of action and feelings, are the first real occasion to see the new adventures of the series.


Not everyone knows that...

The name G.U.N.D.A.M. means General purpose Utility Non Discontinuous Augmentation Maneuvering Weapon System.

The right pronunciation of "Gundam" is "Gandam"; while in Japanese it is pronunced "Gandamu".

The Gundam saga is inspired to Heinlein's romance Space Infantry.

Mobile Suit means Mobile Space Utility Instruments Tactical.

The abbreviation RX means Robotic Mobile Weapon Experimental.

The name Gundam was one of the three names chosen for the Jasdam Base of Danguard; discard for the series, it was then used by Bandai to produce the robot models.


About Gundam Wing...

Heero Yuy "heero" derives from the Japanese "Hiro" that means "first" and "yuy" means "alone" in Japanese.

Duo Maxwell "duo" derives from the Italian "due" that means "two", but it can also means "group formed by two people".

Trowa Barton "trowa" probably derives from the French "trois" that means "three".

Queatre Raberba Winner "quatre" is "four" in French.

Wu Fei Chang "wu" is "five" in Chinese.

Treize Kuhshrenada "treize" is "thirteen" in German ("dreizehn").

Zechs Marquise "zechs" means "six" in German ("sechs").

Miliardo Peacecraft "miliardo" is "billion" in Italian.

Lucrezia Noin "noin" is "nine" in German ("neun").

Lady Une "une" is "one" in French.

Catherine Bloom "Catherine" derives form the French "quatrine" which means "fourteen".

Generale Septem "septem" derives form latin and means "seven".

Generale Nobenta "nobenta" is "ninenty" in Spanish.

Luogotenente Otto "otto" is the Italian "eight".

Dekim "dekim" may derives from the latin "decem" that's "ten".

Quinze "quinze" is "fifteen" in French.

by Zechs