Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Series, 1995, The TOM years, Set in After Colony 195
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is #9 of 16 in release order and #9 of 16 in chronological order in the Toonami Classics.
The story
After Colony (A.C.) 195. Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic weapons called Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, these Gundams carry the hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor!
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing recap
In the year After Colony 195, space colonies send five teenage pilots to Earth in Gundams to strike at the Earth Sphere Alliance: Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner and Chang Wufei. They are soon fighting OZ, a secret military group inside the Alliance led by the elegant Treize Khushrenada, whose ace, the masked Zechs Merquise, becomes Heero's rival. Heero keeps crossing paths with Relena, a girl who turns out to be the heir of the pacifist Sanc Kingdom and Zechs's sister. OZ takes over, then splits, and the war spreads to space. Zechs eventually leads White Fang, a group of colonists who seize the giant battleship Libra and plan to drop it on Earth, while Treize leads the Earth forces against them.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ending explained
In the last battle, Wufei kills Treize in a duel, Heero beats Zechs, and the Gundam pilots destroy a section of Libra falling toward Earth. Zechs is presumed dead, and peace finally takes hold. The follow-up Endless Waltz (1997) is set a year later: the pilots send their Gundams toward the sun, then have to use them one more time against a coup led by Treize's daughter Mariemaia.
Where to watch Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is streaming on Hulu and Crunchyroll in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 8.0/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mobile Fighter G Gundam, before Rurouni Kenshin.
- Chronological order: after Mobile Fighter G Gundam, before Rurouni Kenshin.
Cast
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Heero Yuy (voice)
- Akiko Yajima as Relena Darlian (voice)
- Toshihiko Seki as Duo Maxwell (voice)
- Shigeru Nakahara as Trowa Barton (voice)
- Ai Orikasa as Quatre Raberba Winner (voice)
- Ryuzou Ishino as Chang Wufei (voice)
- Takehito Koyasu as Zechs Merquise (voice)
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Treize Khushrenada (voice)
- Chisa Yokoyama as Lucrezia Noin (voice)
- Sayuri as Lady Une (voice)
- Saori Sugimoto as Catherine Bloom (voice)
- Yumi Touma as Sally Po (voice)