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Gundam (ガンダム, Gandamu^?) is one of the longest running series of Japanese anime, featuring giant robots or mecha, created by Sunrise. Gundam is the collective term for the Universal Century (UC) series, like Mobile Suit Gundam and series in alternative timelines, such as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing, After War Gundam X, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED or Mobile Suit Gundam 00. In the 2008 Anime average sales figure ranking of copies sold in Japan (1970~2008 total sales figure averaged by episode), Gundam series got 4 positions out of the top 5. While Mobile Suit Gundam ranking second position, the third, fourth, fifth position is Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam respectively. Also, New Mobile Report Gundam Wing ranked 18th and Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam ranked 20th.

Overview

Concept

Mobile Suit Gundam was developed principally by renowned animator, Yoshiyuki Tomino, along with a changing group of Sunrise creators who went under the collective pseudonym \"Hajime Yatate\".

During its conceptual phase, the series was originally titled Freedom Fighter Gunboy or simply Gunboy, because the title included a robot armed with a gun and the target demographic was primarily shōnen. In the early stages of production, there were numerous references to the word \"freedom\", such as the White Base being originally named \"Freedom's Fortress\", the Core Fighter as the \"Freedom Wing\", and the Gunperry named the \"Freedom Cruiser\". The collective Yatate team combined the English word, \"gun\", with last syllable of the word \"freedom\", \"dom\", to form the word Gundom. Tomino then changed the name to the current title, suggesting that the name Gundam signifies a powerful unit wielding a gun that is strong enough to hold back enemies, like a hydroelectric dam holding back floods.

Most Gundams appear as large, bipedal vehicles controlled by their human pilots in cockpits. Like many of the \"mobile suits\" (the name for these vehicles, including the Gundam) appearing in the various series, the machine is usually piloted from the torso area with a camera built into the head, transmitting the image to viewscreens in the cockpit, allowing the pilot to perceive the outside world. Some exceptions have been known to mount cockpits on other areas of the chassis (ie. the Psyco Gundam, where the cockpit is located in the unit's head).

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