A new Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 30th anniversary visual has been released, featuring Heero and Relena in front of a Wing Gundam Zero Cloaked Custom.
The same visual will be featured on an acrylic panel offered by A-on STORE and Premium Bandai as a paid add-on bonus for Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz‘s upcoming special edition 4K remaster release.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing premiered in 1995 as one of the alternate universe Gundam entries. It ran for 49 episodes and was followed by the three-part 1997 OVA Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz (which would later be compiled into a theatrical “Special Edition”). Crunchyroll describes the TV series’ synopsis as such:
The Revolution Has Begun! 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 revolutionaires 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!
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2025 saw the announcement of various 30th anniversary plans for the anime. The year also had the debut of a manga set between Endless Waltz and sequel novel Frozen Teardrop, a Mobile Suit Gundam WIng 30th anniversary panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, a theatrical re-release of Endless Waltz in Japan and America, and a 30th anniversary video.
Masashi Ikeda (Takane no Jitensha, Wistoria: Wand and Sword opening storyboard artist et al.) was the initial director for Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. The anime’s troubled production saw Shinji Takamatsu (RobiHachi) taking over as director partway.
Katsuyuki Sumizawa (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) handled the series composition, while Shuko Murase (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway director) was the character designer. The mechanical designs came from Kunio Okawara (Mobile Fighter G Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed co-mechanical designer, Mobile Suit Gundam), Hajime Katoki (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway co-character designer), and Junya Ishigaki (Expelled from Paradise). Yasunao Aoki (Yakitate!! Japan) directed Endless Waltz.
Source: Gundam website
