From: ez023522@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (Pseudo X-man)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: GUNDAM SAGA = HELP =
Date: 5 Jan 93 09:02:52 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

In article <1i9chaINN74e@sgi.iunet.it> botton@torino.maraut.it (Paolo Botton) writes:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Some years ago I've seen the episodes of the first Gundam (about
>52 episodes, if I remember well).
>About one year ago I've found a lot of soft-vinyl scale models (Bandai) of
>Gundam and Jion mobile suits but they was not the mobile suits I've seen in
>the old anime: I've asked for some info and I started to hear about
>Z Gundam, ZZ Gundam, Char's counterattack, Gundam 0080, Gundam F90, F91, 
>Axis War, Operation X and so on...
>Can someone make order in my mind and tell me which is the proper order
>of the anime and something about the contents ?
>
>If somone could help me I would appreciate it very much.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>			Paolo.
>
	I'll be happy to answer your questions to the best of my knowledge.
I happen to share your fascination with the Gundam universe.  So here's a
chronogy and brief summaries of each.  (It is somewhat incomplete but
hopefully someone out there would be kind enough to fill the gaps...)

	Mobile Suit Gundam (novel)
		The one that started it all.  Written by Tomino, it tells
		a story of a civil war between earth and some of her 
		space colonies.  The war was fought with giant robots
		called mobile suits (MS).  The earth, or Fed, are fighting
		the Jions, a rebellious colony from Side 3.  The tide of
		battle was turned by a young MS pilot named Amuro Rey.  Char
		Aznable was introduced as a Jion ace.  Eventually, the Feds
		won.
	Mobile Suit Gundam (TV series)
		Comprises 43 episodes retelling the general story of the book.
	Mobile Suit Gundam I (movie)
		Amuro saves the RX-78 Gundam MS prototype from a Jion attack.			Char Aznable was introduced and became Amuro's nemesis.  Their
		battles always end in a draw.  The movie ends with the death
		of Char's friend and member of the Jion's ruling family, Garma
		Zabi.
	Mobile Suit Gundam II (movie)
		More battles of Amuro and Char.  The movie ends with Amuro's
		ship, White Base, being used as a decoy for an upcoming Fed
		offensive.  
	Mobile Suit Gundam III (movie)
		Amuro and Char had their final battle, but their mutual object
		of affection dies as a result.  Her name, by the way is Lalah
		Sun.  The Feds won the offensive and the war.  Char escapes and
		returns to .....
	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV series)
		The Anti-Earth Govt. Union, a pro-colony faction, and the Titans		,a Fed sponsored MS unit, are fighting this time.  The AEUG
		sports the cast of Camille Vidan and Quattro Bagina, who is
		actually Char.  The AEUG eventually won.
	Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta (TV series)
		The AEUG this time is fighting against the Axis, a collection
		of old Jion forces led by Khan(?).  The AEUG won.
	Char's Counterattack (movie)
		After the defeat of the Axis, Char returns and leads them.  
		(He was presumed dead in Gundam ZZ)  They are called Neo-Jions
		and they are up against the ill-equipped Lond Bell forces of 
		the earth.  Amuro also returns as one of its pilot.  I think
		they both died in the end.  
	Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OAV)
		A side story happening during the One Year War.  A MS 
		especially built for Amuro was an object of sabotage for 
		a crack Jion unit.  The Fed, of course, won this one.  The MS
		was destroyed but the war was over anyways.
	Gundam F91 (movie)
		This story happened 50 or so years after Char's Counterattack.
		The two sides battling this time are the Feds and a dictator
		ship ruled colony, called the Crossbones Vanguard.  The Feds
		won the battle but the story is not over yet....
	Gundam 0083:  Stardust Memory (OAV)
		Happened two years after the One Year War.  The war is fought
		between the Delars Force, a small ctingent of troops loyal
		to the old Jion archduchy and wants to revive the Jion empire.
		The Feds are testing two prototype Gundams.  The Delars Force
		stole one of them and the story continues as a hunt for the 
		stolen Gundam, piting Gundam against Gundam.  

	Hope this was informative.  If I happen to make a mistake, feel free
to email me or respond to my article.      


                                                   Pseudo X-man

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