Gundam Action Figures
As of Jan 21, 2008, the Gundam franchise is a 50 bn. yen trademark. In the 2008 ranking of average sales figures for anime copies sold in Japan ( 1970-2008 total sales figures averaged by episode ), Gundam series were in 4 of the top five places : Mobile Suit Gundam ranked 2nd, with Mobile Suit Gundam Destiny 3rd, Mobile Suit Gundam 4th, and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 5th. Also, New Mobile Report Gundam Wing ranked 18th and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ ranked 20th. Gunpla's ( Gundam Plastic model ) income is ninety percent of the Japan character plastic model market's income.
Gundam is a metaseries of Eastern anime made by sunrise studios that features giant androids ( or "mecha" ) called "Gundam." The metaseries started in 7 April 1979 as a serial television show called Mobile Suit Gundam. That first television series has since spawned a franchise which has come to incorporate works released in many media. Titles have appeared in the form of multiple television series and OVAs, films, manga, books and video games, among other modes. The tale from the first 1979 series has been considerably extended with follow ups, prequels, side stories and alternate timelines. As a result, the title "Gundam" has changed into a collective term for the seven distinct but related timelines that can be pieced together from the stories that appear in the Gundam franchise. Generally speaking, the timelines don't intersect, but they do contain a few common elements such as the titular war machines called Gundam. However, all Gundam timelines / worlds long after their own anime series will at last intersect and combine back to one in the series Turn A Gundam.
The original timeline for the Gundam series was the Universal Century ( UC ) series, which included Mobile Suit Gundam ( 1979 ) and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ( 1985 ). Since the 1990s, alternative timelines have been produced and developed, including the Future Century, After Colony, After War, Correct Century, Cosmic era and Anno Domini timelines.
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