How Gundam Finally Conquered America: The Story of Gundam Wing
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, also known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (新機動戦記ガンダムWウイング, Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Wingu), is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa.
Gundam Wing aired on Cartoon Network's weekday afternoon after-school programming block Toonami, premiering on March 6, 2000 and almost immediately exploded in popularity.
The Gundam franchise was finally big in America, ushering in all kinds of merch and Gunpla, making Gundam more mainstream in the US than it had ever been and paving the way for a broadcast of the original Mobile Suit Gundam and Wing's sequel Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
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That Gundam Wing Toonami promo is still god-tier more than 20 years later. The series was definitely a network-building hit.
That full trailer is goosebump inducing to this day.
@@Invinciblemoron1986 just watched it again. still chills the spine
The Iron Blooded Orphans toonami Promo tried to recreate it. The IBO Trailer was sort of a mixed bag. I like how it was honest with the brutality by having Mika execute somebody on screen. on the other hand, "Those who oppose them... fight." doesn't have the same bite as "Those who oppose them... Die." It also helps that the Wing promo (and the 0080, 08th MS team and 0079) had Optimus Prime hyping up Gundam.
I had a VHS tape in the VCR ready to go to record it, and once I got it I rewatched it countless times.
You can't get any higher than a Peter Cullens narration!
It's SO interesting that Wing was originally written and created to appeal to the female demographic, similar to G being marketed for kids the year before. The five young pilots were even designed to emulate a boy band. But both in Japan AND America, ALL demographics ended up digging it beyond expectations
The aim was Ronan Warriors in Gundams for Wing that worked out for Sunrise who owned both franchises.
It makes sense; the original Gundam had a fairly sizeable female audience as well. ...in fact, the original Gundam had a following in pretty much every demographic EXCEPT the young boys it was originally aimed at.
Sandrock is clearly “the fat one”
sunrise then took their experiences with wing about targeting the female demographic, and upped the "pretty teens with problems" to 11 when they made seed, to even bigger success in japan (although it never truly caught on in the west), also...the female fanbase it garnered caused some...fujoushi opinions to leak out on online forums, to the point some female fans wanted relena dead so heero could be with duo and the like, to boot most fanfiction about wing tended to be yaoi-based rather than focusing on the war or politics...you know...captured pilots interrogated by zechs/treize, which tells you the targeting was successful
Japanese audiences were not over the moon with this series, it was just ok to them not great.
I remember being absolutely blown away by the animation, the tone and the story of Gundam Wing. It truly was so, so different than anything else we had on TV at that time.
That's how I felt when Robotech aired in the mid 80s. Nothing like it before.
Then your find out it released fron 1995. We got it in usa in 2002.
@@Altezza447 2000 :)
It kinda reminded me of robotech. And then I learned robotech was multiple shows stitched together to make the different arcs
Gundam was my first introduction to the mobile suit franchise. But Gundam Wing was the one I loved and made me want to watch more.
_'The Wings of a Boy who Killed Adolescence' starts playing in the background"._
Gundam Wing dubbed in English was also my first introduction into the mecha genre and it has stuck with me throughout my life. There are technically better Gundam shows out there, but none of them hit quite like this one.
There are better series for sure but Wing remains my favorite.
Gundam Wing introduced me to the Gundam series, and was the very first Gundam that I've watched.
@@DiscoFinalBoss which ones are better cause I feel like gundam wing is the best
Everyday of middle school I’d rush home to see this show. Deathscythe and the soundtrack sealed the deal for me. Epic show, I’ve been a gundam fan ever since. Awesome video!
I just bought my nephew his first Deathscythe gunpla for his birthday. He wants sit down and watch the show now. 🤩🤩🤩
I love the modern HGAC kits. Can’t wait for Shenlong and Epyon.
Toonami
Same wing zero and epyon, rrthyem emotions=sold
Yup I remember that too that and g Gundam
When Gundam figures were easily available in almost every US department store, it was heaven for me. There weren't many Gundam figures I didn't grab.
Same Here Man
Try buying one today on ebay, yikes!
You guys still have any of the action figures?! I have a bunch of Bandai one from back in the day. Super cool toys
Golden age
@@masonsheppard1236 Yep, I still got all my Gundam action figures and their accessories. I haven't counted them, but I think I got at least 50 of them...
I still remember the music from the Wing’s transformation, as well as that iconic line…
“ITS A GUNDAM!”
It blew my teenage mind, an uncut anime available on cable rather then expensive DVDs or expensive tape trading websites.
I remember seeing the promos for this on CN and being so curious about it. They had character promos, and I thought as a fairly savvy 10 year old "The main character can't be named Heero can he? That's ridiculous!" Safe to say after the first episode I was hooked. This is still my favorite Gundam series. Duo was and still is my boy.
Loved duo and his Gundam they were my favorite
@@berzerkbankie1342 I loved Duo's Deathsythe Hell Gundam, though I prefer the Endless Waltz version the most. I also loved Zechs Merquise's Gundam Epyon, and Treize Khushrenada's Tallgeese II.
Those Toonami promos got 10-year old me so hyped to watch the series. Loved it immediately too and it’s remained my favorite series in the franchise.
@@Pendragon952007 The Endless Waltz version was so much simpler, and just plain sinister! I remember the giant batwins on my action figure so well.
@@scoobers90 Yup, and the black & grey color scheme with a touch of red was a masterpiece.
Gundam Wing was a big deal to me and my friends from high school. It was something we could be openly fans of without being pegged as nerds. The theme of war and hard action compared to American cartoons gave it an air of “grown up” material despite the fact that its core appeal is really no different than something like Transformers or Power Rangers. We were just watching to see the colorful robots punch each other and used the actual mature themes as a deflection.
That's how the older generation of anime fans felt about robotech and Star blazers.
The reboot StarBlazers 2199 is awesome
Then why the pacing was so damn slow i got bored of it i rather Zeta the real best gundam series.
It's really understated how much of an event Endless Waltz was when it came out on Toonami, and to this day Tallgeese 3 is my favorite mobile suit.
I finally caught it within the last year or two and it's very good. Holy crap it explains a lot of context in Gundam Wing that made zero fkin sense.
"Suit up, again...."
I'm still a fan of the Wing Zero and Deathsythe
The coolest christmas special ever
Who else lost it when Zechs showed up in Lady Une’s office?
Kid-friendly version:
Hiro: I'll destroy you.
Original version:
Hiro: I'll kill you.
From the first episode.
Never knew there was kid version. I watched the one where dammit, bastard, and hell were used regularly.
I remember setting up the VCR to record the uncut episodes. That is how old this show is to me. We had to use VCRs to record programs off of cable. No DVR, just magnetic tape using cassettes. But the show was and still is worth it.
Kids these days have no respect for how tough things were back then. *shakes cane*
My very first Black Friday as a kid was being woken first thing by my big sis asking if I wanted to go to Best Buy. I said yes and what did I get Gundam Wing VHS 1 & 2. The good old of being a kid
I hated rewinding VHS we used to have Tape rewinder that was great Vegas it let us rewind one while watching something else
I was just starting college at the time and would setup my parents' VCR to record every weekday at the exact same time to catch a weeks worth of Wing episodes and then come home on the weekends to switch tapes. Had to leave a note on it so no one touched it lol
I had to buy vhs gundam tapes from a shady asian mall since this was before being televised in America.
I can still remember finding the whole set of 1/144 Gundams hidden in a closet at my house (they were my Christmas presents that I wasn't supposed to know about.) Every weekend, while Mom and Dad were gone to the grocery store, I'd sneak in there and just stare at those boxes. The wait until the holiday seemed like forever.
I'm 36 now, still a Gundam fan, albeit more into Universal Century than the alternate timelines. However, once my baby girls grow up a little and I've got some more time on my hands, I've got a couple Master Grade Gunpla to build. Epyon and, my favorite, the Tallgeese. Winglove runs deep.
Getting that first HORRIBLE(by today's standards) no-grade model kit was something out of a dream. I remember the action figures they would sell for like $20 a pop, and the model kits were so much cheaper, and horrible quality. I'd play with them until they just broke to pieces. I've actually still got some though. Toonami, Bandai, and Gundam Wing itself..thanks for the childhood.
My man just name dropped my two favorites as well! Epyon for that hyper-stylized devilish look and Tallgeese’s centurion crest. Can still remember Zech’s test run and being legit scared the suit would kill him. Ah to be 11 years old again.
The MG Tallgeese was a great build. You've got some cool models ahead of you!
@@basedemt6608my mom was too broke, so I Literally stole them all from my local Target! 🤣🤣🤣
@@ianm1462bruh not even caring about Deathscythe 😂
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. This is the best Gundam channel on all of Gundam TH-cam.
Watch your language! 😁
@@MrQuester1 I honestly wonder which part of the name YT takes more offense to: "Gun", or "dam"?
My money's on "Gun". 😕
Facts
Gundam Wing will always be my favorite Gundam series. Despite its flaws, no one can deny the impact in opening 90s audience in the mecha anime genre in the Philippines. No, sadly we don't have Toonami, but they did release Gundam Wing in a local channel. DBZ, Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurounin Kenshin, Gundam Wing, I'm so glad I grew up watching these anime!
Also, thank you very much for covering everything that happened when Gundam Wing was released in the Western audience. This really shines a new light on Gundam Wing and hopefully new generation of gundam fans would take a look once more on this classic.
Watched every day and every night after school, shenlong, Wing zero and tallgeese were my first builds...soundtrack still slaps....man oh man....what a time to be alive. Thanks toy galaxy!
The soundtrack is on iTunes!
The soundtrack is amazing. I remember buying it on eBay. Couldn’t read a word of it, but it was great! I think I may still have the CD somewhere…
Well I'll be danged, what brings you here, Immortal Red Fox?
@@christiandacanay3086 huge fan of TG, I come for the nostalgia but stay for the stylings of Dan!
@@TheImmortalRedFox Dan is really good on bringing up topics related to toys. He even did toku, and that's a A+ in my book.
Hearing Peter Cullen narrated the trailer to Gundam makes me wish we had a Transformers/Gundam crossover.
If gundam is under Hasbro, you might just see.
@@tendoukiryu6989 You never know, their might be a crossover some day in a Super Robot Wars game? If Diaclone becomes popular again, it could very well happen.
@@tendoukiryu6989 That's Japan, the US is a different story. Nobody thought that in a million years Bandai would give up the Power Rangers toy line, let alone that Hasbro would buy the entire franchise (TV shows and toys) completely. Sure, owning and licensing are two very different things and Hasbro could never own Gundam, but these days Bandai America barely handles Gundam themselves, they have other distributers like Bluefin or Bandai Premium (part of Bandai Japan) do it for them, it isn't impossible for Hasbro to want a piece of that. Bandai's grip on America isn't as strong as it used to be, they've passed on toy lines that people were sure they would license like Yo-Kai Watch many times recently. I'm honestly surprised they haven't pulled out of the market entirely, most of the stuff they sell are niche products like Tamagotchi and the anime figures that Dan mentioned you can buy at Walgreens.
Bandai is no longer a fierce competitor to Hasbro, licensing for a quick crossover isn't entirely impossible if they can convince Bandai Namco. Problem there is that Hasbro practices something in Transformers called "brand unification" with Takara Tomy. Hasbro can't make anything Transformers related that can't also be made available in Japan and vice versa and Takara Tomy could never sell a Gundam product in Japan just like they can't sell a Macross toy (G1 Jetfire).
@@tendoukiryu6989 Not here in the US.
@@tendoukiryu6989 Ahh, I see you don't know how any of this works. As an entertainment company Bandai Namco Holdings is pretty big, but they make the bulk of their revenue from video games and anime. Hasbro's revenue is only $1B less than Bandai Namco's and they're an actual toy company that dabbles in entertainment. Bandai Co. the Japanese toy manufacturer counts for less than half of the revenue of Bandai Namco. In America Bandai Namco's toy presence isn't much at all, walk down a toy aisle and you'll be hard pressed to find their logo printed on anything aside from the small collectibles section near electronics. In reality the three biggest actual toy companies in the world are Lego (by a lot!), Hasbro, and then Mattel with Bandai Co. coming in around fourth place for actual toy sales. Again, Bandai Namco doesn't publish the actual revenue of their 5 core "units", but "Toys and Hobby" make up less than half of their net sales and operating profits with the bulk going to "Network Entertainment" (video games).
Gundam Wing was my absolute jam when it hit the US. 15-year old me was absolutely blown away by everything about it. It got me hooked on the other Gundam series as well, and I still build Gunpla to this day.
One thing not mentioned in this video that also blew my mind was the opening and closing theme songs by Two-Mix. I absolutely loved those songs, even downloading them from online sources (RIP Napster, the only way I could find such music in rural New York at the time), burning them onto CDs and listening to them on the way to school, field trips, etc. Those songs instilled a lifelong love of J-Pop in me that I still indulge in to this day. Thanks for the heady nostalgia trip!
This is what got me into anime. I remember spending most of the day downloading a 50 mb episode on a 28k modem. I loved this show.
Your phone bill must be quite high at that time.
The words, "after colony 195" are cemented in my head.
My first Gundam series was Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory. However, Gundam Wing helped cement my passion for Gundam. Favorite Mobile Suit from the series was the Heavy Arms. Love that Gattling Gun arm!
Whatever gets you engaged with the Gundam franchise is all good. 0083 is one of my favorites (my introduction to the franchise was Char's Counterattack).
Gundam Wing was my introduction to Gundam, I would watch Toonami every weekday after high school and Gundam Wing grabbed my attention straight away.
I still have my Tallgeese 1 kit I bought all those many years ago, and with it being my all-time favorite mobile suit, I've collected quite a few other examples of it in both action figure and model form.
Those trailers Toonami made for all of their shows did incredible jobs of promoting each and really building up the hype for them all, I still go back and watch them every now and then because they're just so well done.
Looking back on it, it's staggering to me how thoroughly anime has taken hold in commercial culture here in America, because I still remember a time when I'd have to get up at 6am just to see a single episode of Dic's Sailor Moon dub back in the early 90s, and I couldn't talk to my friends at school about anime because they'd have no idea what the hell I was talking about.
You really have to credit Cartoon Network and Toonami for planting the seeds and encouraging the growth of anime in the US - I have no doubt anime would still be in the dark ages in the US without them.
The Toonami Bump that has the speech about dreams gives me chills to this day when I watch it.
Tallgesse I is my favorite mobile suit of all time. Love the Roman centurion aesthetic.
What is it with the popularity of Tallgeese? At my site, TG was getting so much traffic to its gallery that I put it up on our Character of the Day list just because it amuses me.
@@melodykubiak5850 Tallgesse has a great look that helps it stand out from the crowd of other mobile suits. Combine that with it's excellent performance and a interesting pilot and you have a winner.
Wing may have brought Gundam to the U.S, but Mobile Fighter G Gundam really cemented it being here.
It's such a 13 years old boy's Gundam. I say this in agreement.
G is the other popular entry in the US, despite it being for lack of a better word, completely insane.
I love it, I bought the boxset with the freaking Tequila Gundam shot glass, but it was insane. It’s on TH-cam right now if anyone doesn’t believe me.
G Gundam is my personal favorite.
From its first American airing to its TH-cam uploads, G Gundam has always held a special place in my heart. But Gundam Wing was my first, and you never forget your first.
sekiha love love tenkyoken, my dudes.
"We need gunDAM pilots" 🤣🤣
Gundam, the pinnacle of childhood and my introduction to model kits! I have not stopped since.
That opening with Just Communication is absolute perfection.
The soundtrack...The animation...Awesome show. Will stay burned into my memory for a long time.
Gundam Wing definitely was brought over at the right time. You had both giant robot fights, but also moody boys who perfectly fit into the boy band model that was dominant at thr time
Gundam Wing was the 1st gundam show I saw as a kid. It sparked an immediate love for the franchise and mech anime in general. Something that I only keep enjoying more and more with age.
I loved Gundam wing back on Toonami and cartoon network
Any Gundam contents are always appreciated!
Even after all these years, Wing still has the most realistic/militaristic looking mook suits. Take the Leo for instance, it just looks like it was designed by the military and not some kind of pseudo samurai.
The most realistic military Gundam series I think is 'M.S.G. 008th Team'. The newer 'M.S.G. Iron-Blooded Orphans' is also good and has a similar feel. 😅
I dunno man, wing gundam having LITERAL angel wing kinda killed that for me lol
@@LowkeyLoki_1 that didn't happen until the movie which had a marked change is visual style.
Yep I remember toonami Peter Cullen and his Narrating made it awesome, I saw one episode and knew why kids enjoyed it
Back when I was in college, when Gundam Wing originally aired, my roommate and I and a couple of friends would head downstairs like clockwork every night to the rec room to watch the uncensored Midnight Run version.
I have the series and Endless Waltz on DVD.
Wing was my start with Gundam, Universal Century is what kept me. I started building gunpla in 2000 and now I'm still building gunpla. Wing was the rallying point for a lot of us in the US with Gundam but 0079, 08th MS Team, 0080, 0083, G and SEED on Toonami and Adult Swim only furthered our love of Gundam here in the West.
I kind of found myself liking the Universal Century less and less, the more over exposed it got.
@@TeamTowers1 Universal Century is really good when gaps get filled via side stories
@@Seirzaku I have two problems with that.
1: I would argue the side stories hurt , just as much as they help the UC setting.
2: The over focus on the UC has pushed the majority of the other timelines out of the limelight more and more as time goes on. EG Super Robot Wars has been way to UC dominant with it's Gundam representation for the past few games.
@@TeamTowers1 non-UC has stuff that I don't really care for. Especially when it comes to SEED, X and Wing with frozen teardrop. 00, IBO and G's side Story stuff I find excellent.
@@Seirzaku X is great though in my opinion. I think it actualy handles new type stuff a lot better than most the UC entries.
Even putting aside quality of the shows, having every SRW game be dominated by UC stuff and retellings of UC plots getting constantly rehashed gets boring after a while. For perspective Gundam 00's plot has only been adapted once in those games and that was a decade ago.
I'm 38 and Im still a fan my favorite Gundam Series. We need a live action movie that's not G-Savior
Duo and his Death Sythe Gundam is my favorite part of the show. He can crack one liners in one moment and go mad the next.
Same
Gundam Wing was my very first Gundam series and my gateway drug into the wider world of mecha anime. I'll never forget flipping through the channels one day and catching an episode on Toonami just as a legless, incomplete Vayeate suddenly activated its beam cannon and nearly succeeded in blowing away the five Gundam scientists, stopped by its brother unit Mercurius's remote-guided "planet defensors" just in the nick of time! Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers had been fun as a kid, but this Gundam stuff was on a whole 'nother level. I was instantly hooked and I've been a lifelong Gundam fan ever since. Wing isn't my favorite series in the franchise by a long shot these days, but it will always hold a special place in my heart.
I'd think that for everyone outside of Japan, Gundam Wing is their introduction to the Gundam franchise. I had the old Wing and Wing Zero model kits before, and when they released the Master Grade versions of both, I jumped on the opportunity to get into a preorder list to get both. I still have all of them, and my collection has slowly grown from not just Gundam Wing kits but to also have some that came from other series, and including the Universal Century series. Gundam Wing may not have the best Gundam story, but it has Gundam that really looks good (both TV version and Endless Waltz version, in my opinion).
Funny enough, Gundam Wing is to the Gundam franchise in the US the same way MMPR was this to Zyuranger and Sentai as a whole.
When I first saw this on Cartoon Network in the late 90’s, I thought I had found some kind of holy grail, lmao. I wasn’t always sure about the story, but the action was siiiiiiiiiick.
@@bigwilly43729 same here took me awhile to get in to the story,man time went on blew my mind
Same here... I had the original 1/100 HG's except for Original Heavyarms and Sandrock. Never could find those🤔
My introduction to Gundam was indeed Gundam Wing on Toonami. I remember being so obsessed with it and wanting more but not being able to find it. To this day Gundam Epyon is still my all-time favorite Gundam/mobile suit although, having watched a lot of the other seasons/series, Wing isn’t my favorite.
I loved Gundam Wing so much when I was a kid and it's still one of my most favorite animes to this day.
I also have most of the US merch that came out for it back in the early 00's, even the pinball machine (yes, that is a thing).
To OG Gundam series and now Gundam Wing(w/including little info of G Gundam)series is so beloved here🇵🇭especially in 90's kids like myself growing up in this show it's good know for the other generation to know whom start liking to watch all series or just collect all Gunpla kits😊
BTW My favorite are Gundam Wing MS are Epyon, Deathscythe, Tallgeese (1 to 3)and Wing Zero Proto/Custom and Thank you Toy Galaxy for this review and hopefully in 2022 MORE Gundam histories come to Merry Christmas 🎄☃️
Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam G, and Gundam Wing
are my Top 3 Gundam as a 90's Kid.
Being born in 88, Power Rangers hit the right buttons at the exact right time, and looking back, it seems that Gundam Wing was almost a natural evolution for a kid who wanted to seem more "grown up." Instead of 5 superpowered teens with their respective giant robots saving the world from aliens, we now had 5 emotionally-compromised teens with their respective giant robots fighting a space war with no aliens whatsoever. it was quite the leap.
Seconded as a guy born in 85 here.
Turn A Gundam is so good. Hope it gets shown here soon.
Utterly insane, but good. Gundam washing machine!
Turn A is, I guess, available via Right Stuf!
I was able to collect all main Gundam Wing gunpla in No Grade 1:144 scale in my first few years working in 2003! It was my entry into the GunPla Collecting & Building hobby. 18 years later... still collecting and building GunPla!
If you are piloting a Mobile Suit Gundam in space, SHEATH is the best underwear to protect your little WING ZERO.
I'll never forget how Hot Gundam became in 2001. I myself was just happy Gundam 0080,0083 and the 1st 3 Gundam Movies were released in the states...dubbed! It all changed when GW hit the waves and it was insane! Modelkits and figures were sold out fast, many fans were diving into anime and whenever Scott McNeil came to a con, he was an instant Media Darling!
Then 9/11 happened and it vanished
It aired on Friday nights on YTV in Canada. I remember loving the opening song...IN the original Japanese
The nearest US audiences will get to the JP opening was an instrumental of the JP opening as the end credits music in the shows end credits.
I remember being in middle school and coming back home from outdoor Ed. ready to watch DBZ on toonami, turned the TV on to cartoon network and toonami came on and the Gundam wing ad came on and I got chills immediately, that cold music and animation, I was in complete shock, first time I saw Wing Gundam I fell in luv with it, to this day Wing Gundam is my favorite Gundam of all time. The seriousness of the series made me treat every episode as if it was a private meeting and I couldn't be bothered while the show was on. Heero Yuy was one of the main reasons I kept watching the show, he cared about nothing more but defeating his opponent and his elevation throughout the show was amazing and incredible, he started out being very careless but slowly became his own person and started to care about what he wanted to care about, starting his mission with 01 Wing Gundam and eventually ending his journey with the iconic 00 Wing Gundam zero custom.
As a kid i wanted a Wing Gundam model kit so bad but toysRus was sold out, I remember being with my Dad one day jus driving around and he stopped at a shopping center to go to a auto shop, and I saw a store near by that had anime posters on the window, I told em I'll be in there and I ran. When I entered the store there were Gundam kits everywhere, and when I kept looking there it was, a 1/144 scale Wing Gundam kit, but I noticed it wasn't the same packaging as the one in toysRus, it seemed a bit older plus everything was in Japanese, eventually my dad got it for me and I was on cloud 9.
Now as an adult I have tons and tons of kits to high grades to master grades to real grades you name it, before as a kid I didn't really take painting my kits or any of that stuff serious I just wanted to build them but now as an adult I have my own shit and now I have my own area where I build and paint my kits and now I'm serious about model kits today and it's so cool and fun
It had a very big impact on my younger years. It was pandora's box to every other Gundam and mech related show from Japan. Gundam Wing was such a big hit with my friends and strangers alike growing up in the USA. Rather odd now that here in Japan, they love Seed and OG but Wing is nothing but an after thought.
I saw Gundam Wing and I clicked harder and faster on a notification then I think I ever have
Gundam Wing aired my senior year of highschool and I remember skipping a college tour specifically to watch the premier. Then stay up till midnight to tape the Uncut version. God I love this show!
Time Warner was killing it during this time period with anime. On Saturday mornings, you had KidsWB! with Pokémon, Yugioh, Cardcaptors, and Megaman NT Warrior. And then during the week, you had Toonami playing DBZ, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, Outlaw Star, and so many other shows.
This was some nice Guncannon. love me some Gundam and have been a life-long fan ever since Wing came out. Iron Blood Orphans was my most recent and I loved it.
I didn't see a gun-cannon in this video did I miss it?
I remember watching Gundam Wing back in the 2000s ... it was no Voltron, but in a good way.
Also, that US toy commercial has about the gun-damned funniest pronunciation of "Gundam" anyone has ever heard.
Actually, the commercial they used in this video was the UK version. The American one had multiple Gundams with 5 levels of skill building, and the tag line: "What's your level of commitment?"
@@wwetnabamafan194 while it is the UK version the one they showed in that ad in the video is of the DX Wing Gundam (aka a action figure of the said Gundam in hard plastic, not the kit), and I was a bit cringed that the guy didn't fully complete the bird mode right.
When Gundam Wing was announced I was SO hyped. I had vaguely heard of Gundam through fanzines, but that was my first real exposure and I had never seen anything like it. And hell yeah I bought some kits!
Or rather…I bought a big Wing Gundam Custom kit that turned out to be a bootleg with a red face and red wings 🤣
There were so many bootlegs of everything back then. I remember the stores in the mall that were nothing but bootleg anime merch. SonMay CDs no one knew were pirated until a few years after they'd been selling through conventions and shops, "official" DVDs of series that hadn't aired in the US yet, model kits, proplicas, all of it. About the only non-bootleg things you could buy at those stores were wall scrolls.
Gundam Wing was my intro to Gundam. I loved it! I have since watch plenty other Gundam titles and spend over 1000 hours thinking about Gundam in general!
I was about 15 when Toonami aired Gundam Wing, it gave me the ultimate chills, and when I got to see it a second time late night, it was simply mind blowing.
Gundam Wing... My fav Gundam series... In a phrase... "Moral ambiguity"... All sides had some valid points.... No bad guys doing evil bcuz they enjoy evil......
Gundam Wing got me into Gunpla. I remember building those No-Grade 1/144 kits. They weren't very accurate appearance-wise but my 10-year-old self just imagined them looking like they did in the show. Those kits were also fragile. I kept breaking my Wing Zeros and Wing Gundams, haha.
I watched Wing, G, and SEED back in the early 2000s, and had the entire Shuffle Alliance in 1/144 model kit form as a kid, plus Deathscythe (I often played with them too as a kid). Slightly before then my uncle from the Philippines got me a 1/144 Heavyarms model as a gift, and I had no idea what it was other than "whoa cool robot".
Got back into Gunpla in 2007 after a trip to the Philippines (they had SEED Destiny kits everywhere at the time, or so it seemed), was into it on-and-off throughout high school, fell out in 2013 in college, and then jumped back into the Gundam anime AND Gunpla full-force in 2018. It's been an on-and-off addiction for me since that last part.
My favorite kits to play with as a kid were the God (Burning) Gundam and the Deathscythe, and I have the modern HG versions of both. Plus I most recently got the Blazing Gundam from Breaker Battlogue (based on the God Gundam), which I'm treating as something of a successor to the specific lineup I had as a kid.
Portman-THEW! Love the nod to the Portmanteau Master, Thew Adams.
So many Gundam model kits over here, the vast majority from Gundam Wing. I remember convincing my coworkers to make a lunch trip to an import shop just so several of us could pick up Perfect Grade Wing Zero Custom kits from Endless Waltz - much fun was had!
Gundam Wing got me interested in the Gundam world. But Mobile fighter G Gundam got me hooked.
"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Here I go! Shining Finger!
Gets me hyped every time.
Smashed the like button and comment before the video even started because it's Gundam wing and you never do a bad video
The Musketeers of Gundam.
*STILL* waiting on their last chapter FROZEN TEARDROP to be adapted into an OVA
I loved Gundam Wing as a kid. I remember going over to my friends place every Friday to watch the latest episode on Toonami before our weekly D&D sessions.
Gundam Wing is what got me interested in Gundam as a kid, but 08th MS Team is what really cemented it for me. Been a lifelong fan ever since!
even though its not my favorite gundam series, wing will always hold a special place in my heart. i remember liking anime way before wing came out, but it never really clicked what anime was in my young mind. when wing came out it all made sense.
i rushed home from middle school to watch it and record the uncut version on vhs at night. i would bug my parents about setting up a paypal account so i could buy gundam wing cds on ebay, opening my eyes to different styles of japanese music. i bugged them to take me to toys r us just so i could buy any wing models they had on the shelves. fridays i would go to my friends house and we would play gundam battle assault on the ps1 or an emulated version of gundam endless duel on his pc and then go play D&D till sunrise.
thanks in major part to gundam wing im a full blown otaku for life. if young me seen what ive become i would be shocked. thanks japan....
Gundam Wing was definitely how I found out about Gundam.
My brother and I, along with our entire D&D circle, started watching Gundam Wing and DBZ (and, once I got everyone else to give it a try, Tenchi Muyo!) and got a bit obsessive about them. (And we weren't exactly kids; we ranged from 20 to 28.) My brother started buying up the DVDs and lots of snap-together Gunpla kits, so every weekend during our D&D games we would be circled by tiny versions of Heavyarms, Sandrock, Deathscythe Hell, and Wing Zero. And I'd have my insanely cool McFarlane Toys Ryoko and Tenchi action figure besides me.
(I'm still a bit obsessive about Ryoko... 😍)
PS - Who else thinks the G Gundam creators had seen Robot Jox?
It's funny thinking about it now, but I remember watching shows like RoboTech and Voltron from back in the day and never knew they were from Japan. MS Gundam Wing is what got me into Japanese anime.
I didn't get into Gundam growing up but I recently decided to check out Gundam Wing because of the meme of Heero being cordially invited to Relena's birthday party and his cordial response.
Duo is the coolest of the main 5 Gundam pilots.
Gundam Wing was my very first Gundam series. And now I'm rewatching the animé to relive my childhood.
I was in 8th grade when Gundam Wing came out. It had cool robots, a very political story and cool characters. It took me a bit of time to get into as a kid, but it's become one of my favorite series in the Gundam brand.
I actually had seen Gundam prior via a friend from Japan. Granted they were raw VHS, and I had no idea about the story, but I still love the action. I actually got that 3 tape movie compilation of the original Gundam on VHS as well as 0080 and 0083 before Wing came out.
I also remember the traveling semi truck from Bandai in 2000 that parked at Walmart featuring a mobile display of every product imaginable. Toys, Models, video games, VHS and DVD.
Ahh my childhood.. gundam wing was so cool with the individual mech types and the pilots also stand out. As a young boy during the late 90s early 20s, my fondest memory was watching it on toonami and my mom taking me to the Japanese imports shop to buy a kit. I discovered G Gundam late but also loved it.
Big thanks for mentioning the Super Robot Tasien (War) games, even in passing. It's a game series that needs more love and exposure.
After growing up on Power Rangers and then getting into anime fighting robots thanks to Toonami's airings of Voltron and Robotech, Gundam Wing was an easy attention-grabber for 9-year-old me. It really was a nice contrast to DBZ too (plus Pokemon), being more complex yet still loaded with action. The English dub of GW was also much more accurate than DBZ too, besides being far less Americanized than Voltron and Robotech (not that it mattered to me back then, since I didn't know the difference between anime and American cartoons). I used to have that big toy version of the Wing Gundam from this video's ad at 9:07 too, but I eventually lost its wings (boo hoo).
Gundam Wing is the series that made me go Dub over subs. Lt. Noin's voice in the Japanese grated on me everytime she spoke.
Fuckin Zachs is Brian Drummond the orginal VEGETA!🤯🤟🏻💯
imo wing is a series i can watch both sub and dub, although i have to admit i like treize and marimeia more in the dub since the japanesse stereotype for aristocratic accents is overblown, compared to the seriousness their english VA's gave them, i had no issues with noin personally, she is great in both versions for me
on another note...the japanese VA's for lady une and more recently catherine bloom have passed away, just a reminder so we can thank the people who worked on wing
Gundom Wing is still my favorite, re watching it as an adult there is so much more to it then I originally remember. its a story about war and the real thought of how terrible war really is.
I friggin loved building the model kits. I still have my Sandrock from all those years ago
Wow, I had just watched the Mobile Suit Gundam video this morning, and this pops up in my notifications right before quitting time!
Like I mentioned there, making Gundam Wing the first series in the franchise the entry point from the view of Bandai Entertainment USA, and getting it to air on Toonami, was a winning strategy. It better fit with DBZ and Sailor Moon, but I did overlook the significance of the uncut version being aired during the Toonami Midnight Run block. I forget which early episode it was, but I remember watching the scene where Heero was locked down to a examination table and could hear something dripping in the room, yet there was nothing to be seen. Had to wait up a few hours to see that episode re-air to see... yep, that was Heero bleeding while laying unconscious. It was crazy to me.
In any case, I was able to buy a VHS with the first 3 episodes on it, some of the action figures (sadly not the Tallgeese III 😔), and some packs of the trading card game; I still have them. Since then, I dove deeper into the franchise and have it as one of my top favorites. Gundam Wing is now more likely to be my 5th or 6th favorite Gundam series, but I may never have had any interest if not for it airing when it did.
Still remember when it aired. Remember them advertising Gunpla during Smackdown. It’s mid in comparison the other shows (I would argue everything Wing did 00 did better), but you have to remember it wasn’t competing with other Gundam shows and other anime. It was competing with Scooby Doo reruns.
Wing was my first Gundam experience and Deathscythe was my first Gunpla build over 20 years ago. Great episode once again. *Newtype sound effect*
I love you for covering this. THIS WAS MY JAM! Toonami Midnight made me the insomniac I am today. Respect for G Gundam too.
Bringing me right back to my Freshman year of High School with this episode. I had a friend who was telling me I was going to love Gundam Wing when it aired. After episode 1, I was hooked. Great video guys!
I’ve been waiting for you guys to FINALLY get around to Gundam Wing. The series that started it all in America .
I’m more a fan of the UC timeline. I have an office in my house I’ve designate as my “Gundam Room”. I have probably every Tamiya paint jar and cans you can buy and probably 40+ kits, anywhere from HG to MG Ver.Ka kits.
It wasn’t a phase, it’s a lifestyle lol
Where are my real deal Gundam fans with a backlog with at least 5+ kits and still working on 3 separate builds simultaneously at the same time lol
No shade at snapfitters either, if you love Gundam, I love you. ❤️
My first Gundam series!
I had heard of Gundam only in whispers before. So when Gundam Wing came to the states I was super excited.😁
Seen Gundam,,there was no question clicking🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember being hyped for the Toonami block Cartoon network when I heard Gundam Wing was going to be on, was wanting Gundam to finally come to the USA. On a side note, I heard part of the success of Gundam Wing in Japan was that the characters were attractive to the female audience, which was what the creators wanted to add more viewership.
Gundam Wing was serious business. Getting in front of the tv at that evening time slot was my sole priority at 12 years old. Nothing since has come close to that in cartoons.
Ah yes. Thank you for bringing back good memories Dan. I remember being 8 and eagerly awaiting 7 o clock on a school night for Toonami to start. I'd eat some cookies and watch Dragon Ball Z,then laugh at Tuxedo Mask getting bailed out by Sailor moon,then finally end my night with Gundam Wing and tell all my friends at school about what I'd seen the next day. Nostalgia city, resident of one.
I love Gundam Wing. It was one of my favorite shows on Toonami. I remember hearing many years later that a lot of people apparently found it boring because of the politics, and that I must have been a weird kid because I LOVED all the politics and interpersonal drama as much as the giant robot fights.
I got the first 4 episodes on VHS from SunCoast and was surprised to see it had been edited for TV and Hero frequently gets bloody
I currently have the entire series on box set and the movie. I also have most of the manga that was available in the US
I had no idea Gundam Wing had this much of an cultural impact! Grounding the fantastic elements in war drama made it compelling. _Colonel Zecks was right!_ Arcane follows that trend by rooting the ridiculously fantastical League of Legends deep into crime drama. It works insanely well and I binged it twice! The second time with my folks this past Thanksgiving. What’s amazing about that is that we would watch the first 30 minutes of Akira immediately following all of Arcane (it was late and some of us would need to head home, but still). Akira was also something a much older relative (who loves his DC/Marvel) had _never_ seen before! Who knew all of this was thanks to a show on Toonami!
Great Stuff, as always!
it still Mediocre
They ran a "clean" version at 8pm and a "dirty" one at 11pm. Lucky for me I am on the west coast and got the 11pm feed at 8 my time.
Ah Gundam Wing. My gateway into the mobile suit world & haven't looked back. Wing started it all for me then I got into Mobile Suit & G. Deathscythe has always been a personal favorite. Fear the great destroyer! Loved the storylines, battles, and the animation!
Hey Dan, thanks for another super well researched episode. This series was a big gateway drug for me growing-up. Endless Duel on Super Famicom was HYPE!
You could buy the game, and play it on your SNES, just cut out the tabs on the cartridge slot and you'll be able to play in on your SNES!