"Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" (2000) TV series

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Writer:

Rika Takahashi (translation)

Release Date:

6 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

A squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Mobile Suit | Giant Robot | Robot | Conspiracy

Cast

Mark Hildreth	...	Heero Yuy (voice)
Scott McNeil	...	Duo Maxwell (voice)
Kirby Morrow	...	Trowa Barton (voice)
Brad Swaile	...	Quatre Raberba Winner (voice)
Ted Cole	...	Chang Wufei (voice)
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Relena Peacecraft (voice)
Brian Drummond	...	Milliardo Peacecraft, aka Zechs Marquise (voice)
Saffron Henderson	...	Lucrezia Noin (voice)
David Kaye	...	Treize Khushrenada (voice)
Enuka Okuma	...	Lady Une (voice)
Cathy Weseluck	...	Dorothy Catalonia (voice)
Campbell Lane	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Alcantar	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Byrnes	...	Duke Dermail
Jessie Cody	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ian James Corlett	...	Quinze Barton / Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Dobson	...	Lt. Otto / Additional Voices
Paul Dobson	...	Lt. Nichol / Additional Voices
Samantha Ferris	...	Sally Po (2nd Half of series) (voice)
Andrew Francis	...	Additional Voices
Marcy Goldberg	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Leslie Hopps	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kim Kondrashoff	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Mackay	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Brent Miller	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Richard Newman	...	Tsuberov (voice: English version)
Mark Oliver	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ty Olsson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ward Perry	...	Howard / Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Sicoly	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Moneca Stori	...	Sally Poe (1st Half of Series)
Dave 'Squatch' Ward	...	Doctor J / Master Long Shirin / Additional Voices (voice)

Also Known As:

"Gundam Wing" (USA)

Runtime:

30 min (49 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Lompoc, California, USA

Company:

Sunrise

Trivia:

Scott McNeil thought of the time his wife accidentally ran over his motorcycle to get himself in the proper frame of mind for Duo's infamous scream in episode 20.

Quotes:

Quatre Raberba Winner: Outer space has lost all reason. That's why I'm gonna destroy everything.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Superhero Movie (2008)

Soundtrack:

Just Communication

One of The Greatest...

This was one of the first anime's I ever saw...I remember staying up late to watch it unedited on Cartoon Network.

The story follows Heero Yuy, a young asassin trained to pilot a Gundam Mobile Suit. Him and his team of other Gundam pilots, Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Chang, against the corrupt and oppressive Earth-Sphere alliance.

The Earth Sphere alliance is lead by Treize Kushrenada and the mysterious Zechs Marquise, who wears a mask almost constantly.

However, the story quickly unfolds into much larger implications.

This is a great anime and in my opinion the best in the saga. The anime has extremely well developed characters with several problems and inner demons. The plot is also great. The animation is smart and the dialog witty.



There are really only a things I didn't like about this show, one was that it didn't really tread much new ground since its predecessors.

I give it an 8/10.