The term mecha may refer to both scientific ideas and science-fiction genres that center on giant robots or machines (mechs) controlled by people. Mechas are typically depicted as humanoid walking vehicles. The term was first used in Japanese:'mecha',after shortening the English loanword 'mechanism' or 'mechanical',but the meaning in Japanese is more inclusive,and 'robot' or 'giant robot' is the narrower term.
Gundam Wing:Endless Waltz,known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing:Endless Waltz,is the sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam Wing,both of which are set in the "After Colony" timeline,an alternate universe to that of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Aside from being a continuation to the Gundam Wing TV series,it also reveals details regarding the pasts of the five Gundam pilots and the true objective behind "Operation Meteor."
The Zaku is a fictional line of manned robots (mecha) from Mobile Suit Gundam,part of the Universal Century fictional universe,where they are the Principality of Zeon's most commonly fielded Mobile Suits. The most widely known model is the MS-06 Zaku II series. It is redesigned by Kunio Okawara based upon the earlier draft by the series director Yoshiyuki Tomino,in which only the name was kept. The Zaku II has seen various redesigns and variants for hundreds of pieces of merchandise,and the Japanese post office has two stamps with Zaku IIs on them. The Zaku's aesthetic can be seen in more symbolic homages in the Gundam mythos,such as the GINN and ZAKU Warrior from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED,the Busshi from Mobile Fighter G Gundam,and the Jenice from After War Gundam X.
Zone of the Enders,officially abbreviated as Z.O.E.,is a 2001 third-person shooter hack-and-slash video game that was developed and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2. The game is based around mecha combat in outer space. Over the course of the game,the player obtains new weapons and has to protect towns from enemies.
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam is a six-volume manga series written by Yoshiyuki Tomino and illustrated by Yuichi Hasegawa,first serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine from December 1994 to March 1997. A sequel to the animated theatrical film Mobile Suit Gundam F91,Crossbone has been officially distributed only in Japan and Italy.
Zone of the Enders:The 2nd Runner,known in Japan as Anubis:Zone of the Enders,is a third-person shooter hack and slash video game that was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The sequel to Zone of the Enders is based around mecha combat with the player once again controlling the "Orbital Frame" Jehuty. Unlike its predecessor,the game is now centered on action elements with the player not needing to protect civilians in need and instead Jehuty contains more weaponry than in the previous game.
Z.O.E. Dolores,I is a Japanese anime television series set in the Zone of the Enders universe. The television series was produced by Sunrise,aired from 7 April –29 September 2001,spanning a total of 26 episodes.
Gaia Gear is a series of novels created and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Part of the Gundam metaseries,but not part of the canonical Gundam. The novel was later adapted into a 26-episode radio drama.
Zone of the Enders:The Fist of Mars,known in Japan as Zone of the Enders:2173 Testament,is a video game that was developed by Winkysoft and published by Konami in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance. The game is story-orientated,and is based around turn-based strategic mecha combat.
This is a list of occurrences of space elevators in fiction. Some depictions were made before the space elevator concept became fully established.
Metal Armor Dragonar is a 48-episode mecha anime series,created by Nippon Sunrise and aired from 1987 to 1988. Devised shortly after the release of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ,Dragonar was intended to be both a "starter" series to get new fans into mecha anime,and a potential successor to the Gundam franchise. In fact,its concept is to be the renewal of the first Gundam;and the mecha are designed by Kunio Okawara,the mechanical designer for most of the Gundam series. Though the series enjoyed good ratings and earned a loyal fan following,it failed to surpass Gundam and ended up as a single series,probably due to its light,ZZ Gundam–like take on the real robot mecha genre. Game developer Banpresto had Dragonar appear in two of its popular franchises,Super Robot Wars and Another Century's Episode;fans responded positively,and Sunrise acknowledged them in 2005 by releasing a memorial DVD collection of the series,a remastered version of the previous two-part laserdisc box set releases years before.
Zone of the Enders is a video game franchise created by Hideo Kojima and Konami that focused around combat in space with mecha called Orbital Frames. The original Zone of the Enders was released for the PlayStation 2 in March 2001. A sequel,Zone of the Enders:The 2nd Runner was released for the same system in 2003. In 2012,the two games were re-released in high-definition for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as Zone of the Enders HD Collection. Zone of the Enders:The Fist of Mars was released for Game Boy Advance in 2001. Zone of the Enders:2167 Idolo,an original video animation was released in March 2001. A twenty-six episode anime television series Z.O.E. Dolores,I ran from April to September 2001.
Super Robot Wars W is part of the Super Robot Wars franchise and was published for the Nintendo DS by Banpresto. It is the first Super Robot Wars game released for the Nintendo DS. Like some DS games,special features can be unlocked by starting a new game with any of the Game Boy Advance era games inserted into SLOT 2. On February 27 2022 a fan-translated English patch was released.
Universal Century technology refers to technology created in the fictional Universal Century timeline of the Gundam anime media mix. Although they are only fictional technologies,they form a base that of the Real Robot genre of anime originates from. These technologies and their theory are now influential to factual academic research C I T A T I O N N E E D E D. They have also influenced creations in other Animation series.
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie:A wakening of the Trailblazer is a 2010 Japanese anime science fiction film part of the Gundam metaseries and directed by Seiji Mizushima. The film is set two years after the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00,as the film sees Celestial Being against a group of hostile aliens known as ELS. The film is notable for being the first entry in Gundam to feature aliens as its antagonists. The film premiered on September 18,2010,and was released on Blu-ray &DVD in Japan on December 25,2010.
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE is a 2011 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the twelfth installment in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series was first announced in the July issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic,and has gaming company Level-5's President Akihiro Hino in charge of the story.
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE is a mecha action role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Namco Bandai Games. Considered as an adaptation of the anime of the same name,the game is divided into two versions:Universe Accel and Cosmic Drive,with each version having differences in the additional content. Both games were released on August 30,2012.
Mobile Suit Gundam:Iron-Blooded Orphans,also known as Gundam IBO and G-Tekketsu (Gの鉄血),is a 2015 Japanese mecha anime series and the fourteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise,succeeding Gundam Reconguista in G. The series is directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and written by Mari Okada,a team which previously collaborated on Toradora! and Anohana:The Flower We Saw That Day. It aired in Japan on MBS and other JNN stations from October 4,2015 to March 27,2016,making this the first Gundam series to return to a Sunday late afternoon time slot since Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. A second season would premiere the following year on October 2,2016.
