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Gundam Characters
is a Japanese military 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 mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. 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. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsidiaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajime Yatate
is a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff. Name "Hajime Yatate" is considered to be named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's ''Oku no Hosomichi'': Credited series This collective entity is credited as the of most original Sunrise works, including, but not limited to: * The various ''Gundam'' series * ''Trider G7'' (1980) * ''Aura Battler Dunbine'' (1983) * ''Choriki Robo Galatt'' (1984) * ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'' AKA ''Ronin Warriors'' (1988) * ''Mashin Hero Wataru'' (1988) * ''Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei'' (1992) * '' Cowboy Bebop'' (1998) * ''Infinite Ryvius'' (1999) * ''Z-Mind'' (1999) * ''Witch Hunter Robin'' (2002) * ''Machine Robo Rescue'' (2003) * ''My-HiME'' (2004) * '' Idolmaster: Xenoglossia'' (2007) * ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Space'' (2009) * ''Sacred Seven'' (2011) * ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' (2013) * ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' (Season 2, 2017) See also Collective pseudonyms under the Toei Group: * Saburō Yat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |