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0079, Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny,
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Mobile
Suit Gundam Themes:
Space,
Shounen, Sci-Fi, Military, Mecha, Drama, Adventure
Mobile
Suit Gundam Plot:
Mobile Suit Gundam is said to have pioneered the real
robot era of mecha anime. Unlike its super robot cousins,
Gundam attempts at realism in robot design and weaponry,
as well as the thematic and ethical roles of the robots
themselves. Zambot 3 was an earlier program by Tomino,
where he began developing the ideas in Gundam".
The
inherent theme of all the various Gundam series is
the harsh depiction of the atrocities of war. All
the machines, including the Gundams, are always depicted
realistically, that is, they run out of energy and
ammunition, they break and malfunction like all machines
do. The technology, at least that of the Universal
Century, is practical and is either derived from true
science, including Lagrange points in space, the O'Neill
cylinder as a living environment, or at least well-explained
technology that is potentially feasible, and/or requiring
only a few fictional elements inserted into real science
to function (Minovsky Physics, as a means of energy
production from helium-3).
The
necessity of developing humanoid robots is also scientifically
explained, albeit fictional. The fictional Minovsky
particle is pervasive in Universal Century, and these
particles prevent the use of radar. Long distance
cruise missiles, anti aircraft guns and missiles,
cannot function automatically due to lack of radar
control. As a result, all weapons control systems
have to rely on human eyes. Warplanes, which largely
relies on auto-guide missiles are useless. On top
of that, early warning system is non-functional. In
Universal Century, humans have colonized space. The
Principality of Zeon, which rebels against Earth Federation,
needed a weapons system that could function outside
of the colony in zero gravity, as well as in gravity.
The weapons system should be able to open and close
air locks, plant demolition charges, engage with enemy
tanks and planes. In such a world, what could be most
dynamic and thus could inflict most damage is a robotic
giant, in the form of mobile suits. Once mobile suits
have been developed by one side, the opposing force
had to develop a similar system, just as British invention
of tanks lead to the development of tanks in Germany,
and eventually lead to tank-to-tank battles.
The
result of such development was Zaku II. With an army
of Zaku IIs, the independent colonists from Principality
of Zeon, were successful in taking many space colonies
that sided with Earth, until Gundam was developed
by Earth Federation. The animated series starts in
a neutral colony, where the earth federation ship
had just docked. Colonists in recon finds Earth Federation
ship and attacks. Amuro Ray and his neighbor Fraw
Bow are swept into battle. Amuro had found and read
technical manuals of his father, who was the brain
behind Gundam's development. Amuro recognizes Gundam
in transportation, and jumps into the cockpit. In
other series, Mobile Suit cockpits are equipped with
airbags to protect pilots from sudden impacts. Most
cockpits are in the shape of a ball that can be ejected
from the damaged mobile suit and serve as a life boat/capsule
in space.
Gundam's
realistic scientific setting has gained its reputation
in the field, as well. On July 18, 2007, as MIT's
Astronautics Department's Professor Dava Newman displays
her biosuit, the normal suit as seen in the Gundam
series was referenced as Mobile Suit Gundam's Normal
Suit is now real by various news. On February 14,
2008, as NASA proposed its beginning of the nuclear
thermal rocket engine research, Technobahn, a scientific
journal in Japan relates it to the Gundam universe,
having wide usage of nuclear thermal rocket engines
on its mobile suits.
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