Mobile Suit Gundam Wing - Complete Operations Boxed Set
Gundam Wing(1995-96), a 49-part series in the Alternate  Universe continuity, scored a hit in the U.S. when it aired on the Cartoon Network.  In the year 195 A.C. (After Colony), much of humanity has emigrated to orbiting  Space Colonies; those who remained on Earth are governed by the oppressive  United Earth Sphere Alliance. But the real power is wielded by the sinister  Romefeller Foundation, whose directors plot to control Earth and the Colonies  through their puppet military entity OZ, led by Zechs Marquise and Treize  Khushrenada. Five teenage pilots in Gundam mecha suits strike at  Earth, hoping to aid the rebel Colonists: sullen Heero Yuy, happy-go-lucky  Duo Maxwell, former circus acrobat Trowa Barton, sensitive Quatre Raberba, and  icy WuFei Chang. The convoluted story line pits the Romefeller Foundation, the  rebellious "Treize Faction" of OZ, the Gundam Pilots, and royal pacifist  Relena Peacecraft against each other. But it's primarily a battle between the  adherents of a samurai-style code of honor and the soulless adherents of  realpolitik. When the Romefeller Foundation begins manufacturing Mobile Dolls  (pilotless battle robots), the Gundam pilots, Zechs, and Treize object, not  because they can make the Foundation all-powerful, but because they will  deprive human warriors of the singular emotions experienced through heroism  in battle.The uninitiated may have trouble following the plot: strange  revelations abound (e.g., Relena discovers Zechs is her long-lost brother) and  characters disappear for a dozen or more episodes, only to return when a  deus ex machina is needed. ButGundamfans aren't interested in  tightly woven story lines or credible character arcs, andGundam Wingdelivers plenty of battles between the splendidly designed robots. It's a  classic confrontation between good guys with invincible weapons and soulless  bad guys who can't hit the broad side of a robot. (Rated 13 and older: occasional  profanity, robot vs. robot violence)--Charles Solomon