Claim: Sunrise created anime from 1979 to 2008.
Evidence: Among Japan 's largest and most famous studios , Sunrise is renowned for several critically lauded and popular original anime series , such as Gundam , Cowboy Bebop , Space Runaway Ideon , Armored Trooper Votoms , Yoroiden Samurai Troopers , Future GPX Cyber Formula , Crush Gear Turbo , The Vision of Escaflowne , Love Live School Idol Project , Witch Hunter Robin , My-HiME , My-Otome , Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion , Tiger & Bunny , Cross Ange : Rondo of Angel and Dragon , as well as its numerous adaptations of acclaimed light novels including Dirty Pair , Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and Accel World , and manga such as City Hunter , InuYasha , Outlaw Star , Yakitate !!	Gundam	Gundam	Cowboy Bebop	Cowboy Bebop	Space Runaway Ideon	Space Runaway Ideon	Armored Trooper Votoms	Armored Trooper Votoms	Yoroiden Samurai Troopers	Ronin Warriors	Future GPX Cyber Formula	Future GPX Cyber Formula	Crush Gear Turbo	Crush Gear Turbo	The Vision of Escaflowne	The Vision of Escaflowne	Love Live School Idol Project	Love Live School Idol Project	Witch Hunter Robin	Witch Hunter Robin	My-HiME	My-HiME	My-Otome	My-Otome	Tiger & Bunny	Tiger & Bunny	Dirty Pair	Dirty Pair	Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere	Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere	Accel World	Accel World	manga	manga	City Hunter	City Hunter	InuYasha	InuYasha	Outlaw Star	Outlaw Star
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The franchise started on April 7 , 1979 , as an anime TV series called Mobile Suit Gundam , which was revolutionary in that it defined the real robot genre of anime by featuring giant robots in a militaristic war setting.
It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13 , 1996 and concluded on June 18 , 2008 , with the chapters collected into 56 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan.