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#Gundam kingdom series#

Most of the series protagonists are Newtypes, genetically advanced humans adapted for space. The cockpit is located in the torso, while the head serves as a camera to transmit images back to the cockpit. Most Gundams are large, bipedal, humanoid vehicles controlled from a cockpit by a human pilot. In keeping with the concept, Gundams are depicted as prototypes or limited-production, with higher capabilities than mass-produced units. Tomino changed it to Gundam, suggesting a unit wielding a gun powerful enough to hold back enemies like a hydroelectric dam holding back water. The Yatate team combined the English word 'gun' with the last syllable of the word 'freedom' to form the portmanteau Gundom. Early production had a number of references to freedom: the White Base was originally 'Freedom's Fortress', the Core Fighter was the 'Freedom Wing' and the Gunperry was the 'Freedom Cruiser'. The series was originally entitled Freedom Fighter Gunboy (or Gunboy) for the robot's gun, with teen boys the primary target demographic. Mobile Suit Gundam was developed by animator Yoshiyuki Tomino and a changing group of Sunrise creators with the collective pseudonym of Hajime Yatate. By 2014, annual revenue of the Gundam franchise reached ВҐ80 billion per year, ВҐ18.4 billion of which was retail sales of toys and hobby items. The Gundam franchise had grossed over $5 billion in retail sales by 2000. ДЄs of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsidiaries Sotsu and Sunrise.

#Gundam kingdom tv#

ДЄcademics 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. 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. The franchise began on Apwith 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. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise, the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name 'Gundam'. Gundam Series) is a Japanese military fiction media franchise/ media mix. Gundam ( Japanese: г‚¬гѓігѓЂгѓ г‚·гѓЄгѓјг‚є, Hepburn: Gandamu ShirД«zu, lit. Through Sotsu and Sunrise, both wholly owned subsidiaries