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Crossbone Gundam
is a six-volume manga series written and illustrated by Yuuichi Hasegawa based on notes and information by Yoshiyuki Tomino, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine from December 1994 to March 1997 issues. A sequel to the animated theatrical film ''Mobile Suit Gundam F91'', ''Crossbone'' has been officially distributed only in Japan and Italy. Numerous sequels written and illustrated by Hasegawa without Tomino's involvement have been published in ''Gundam Ace''. Plot In Universal Century (UC) 0133, ten years after the events of ''F91'', Crossbone Vanguard forces attack a transport ship called the Smashion as it heads to the space colonies run by the Jupiter Empire. Tobia Arronax, a 13-year-old boy aboard the ship, flies out in a Batara mobile suit to fight the Crossbone Vanguard, who have long been derided as space pirates. Unfortunately, he is captured by Crossbone Vanguard ace pilot Seabook Arno, who now goes by the name Kincade Nau and brought be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Science Fiction
Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction and military fiction that depicts the use of science fiction technology, including spaceships and science fiction weapons, weapons, for military purposes and usually principal characters who are members of a military organization, usually during a war; occurring sometimes in outer space or on a different planet or planets. It exists in a range of media, including literature, comics, film, television and video games. A detailed description of the conflict, belligerents (which may involve extraterrestrials), tactics and weapons used for it, and the role of a military service and the individual members of that military organization form the basis for a typical work of military science fiction. The stories often use features of actual past or current Earth conflicts, with countries being replaced by planets or galaxies with similar characteristics, battleships replaced by space battleships, small arms and artillery replaced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN stations). It is the fourth TV anime installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, first series in the franchise released in Japan's Heisei period, and the final full series to be set in the Universal Century calendar until '' Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX''. Plot ''Victory Gundam'' is set in UC 0153, and succeeds the Federation Force and Crossbone Vanguard conflict of '' Mobile Suit Gundam F91''. The Earth, still loosely controlled by the greatly weakened Earth Federation, comes under attack by BESPA, the armed forces of the space colony–based Zanscare Empire. Only a ragtag resistance movement, the League Militaire, stands in BESPA's way as they swiftly conquer much of space and start their invasion of Earth, with the advanced mass-produced mobile suit, the Victory Gundam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Corporation Franchises
Kadokawa may refer to: *Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group **Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker **Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publishing side of Kadokawa with its brand companies ***Kadokawa Shoten, a publishing house, or its subsidiaries; currently a brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing ** Kadokawa Light Novel Expo, an event held yearly by Kadokawa Corporation, dedicated to news for their various light novel series. **Kadokawa Daiei Studio, the film production branch, at various times called Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc., Kadokawa Shoten Pictures, Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures **2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico On the morning of June 8, 2024, Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa's website and the Japanese video-sharing platform Niconico suffered a ransomware cyberattack by a Russian-linked hacker group called Royal (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam Anime And Manga
is a Japanese military science fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam
is a Japanese military science fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with '' Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the " real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025. Published eight times per year, ''Forbes'' feature articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400, ''Forbes'' 400), of 30 notable people under the age of 30 (the Forbes 30 Under 30, ''Forbes'' 30 under 30), of America's wealthiest celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam Build Fighters Try
is a 2014 Japanese science fiction anime television series based on Sunrise (company), Sunrise's long-running ''Gundam'' franchise, and a sequel to the 2013 series ''Gundam Build Fighters''. Like its predecessor, and in contrast to other ''Gundam'' series, ''Gundam Build Fighters Try'' features a tournament-based storyline where Gundam model, Gunpla models are built, customized, and battled. The series is directed by Shinya Watada and written by Yousuke Kuroda, who wrote the first series. Character designs were done by both Kenichi Ohnuki and Suzuhito Yasuda. The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on May 15, 2014, and began airing on TV Tokyo in Japan while streaming on YouTube in limited areas internationally on October 8, 2014. A novel spinoff is currently running in Hobby Japan starting in December 2014. Story Seven years after the events of ''Gundam Build Fighters'', the rules of Gunpla have been renewed, and the sport becomes even more popular. However, one acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam Build Fighters
, often abbreviated as GBF, is a 2013 Japanese science fiction anime television series based on Sunrise's long-running ''Gundam'' franchise. The series is directed by Kenji Nagasaki of '' No. 6'' and written by Yōsuke Kuroda of ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''. Character designs were done by both Kenichi Ohnuki and Suzuhito Yasuda. The series was first unveiled under the name "1/144 Gundam Mobile" project by Sunrise, before its official announcement. In contrast to other ''Gundam'' series, ''Gundam Build Fighters'' focuses on the Gundam model (Gunpla) aspect of the franchise. The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on July 2, 2013, during the series's live press conference as part of Gundam's 35th anniversary in 2014. It premiered on TXN stations in Japan and on YouTube in limited international markets on October 7, 2013. One Manga adaptation and two photonovels were also announced by Sunrise, and currently running on '' Gundam Ace'' (''Gundam Build Fighters Amazing''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Robot Wars
''Super Robot Wars'', known in Japan as is a series of Japanese tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto. Starting out as a spinoff of the '' Compati Hero'' series, the main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to team up or battle one another. The first game in the franchise was released for the Game Boy on April 20, 1991, and later spawned numerous games that were released on various consoles and handhelds. Due to the nature of crossover games and licensing involved, only a few games have been released outside Japan, and in English; '' Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation'' and its sequel were the first of these in 2006. The franchise celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016, and its 30th anniversary in 2021, and ''Super Robot Wars 30'' was also released overseas. Games Most are standalone game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha
This list provides an index of video game titles in Banpresto's ''Super Robot Wars'' franchise, known as ''Super Robot Taisen'' in Japan. Most of the games in the series are tactical role-playing games, but several games representing other genres were also released. List is divided by video game genre and ordered by initial release date. Only the original games, ''Neo Super Robot Wars'' and ''Super Robot Wars Compact'', had final bosses that were not directly created by Banpresto. Tactical role-playing games Other genres Notes References External links Super Robot Wars Official WebsiteSuper Robot Wars Official 20th Anniversary Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Super Robot Wars video games Super Robot Wars, Video games Lists of video games by franchise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SD Gundam G Generation
is a series of strategy-RPG video games that focus on the ''Gundam'' anime franchise. History The ''G Generation'' series is a follow-up series to six games released by Bandai for their Nintendo Super Famicom Sufami Turbo add-on. ''A Generation'' focused on the One Year War, ''B Generation'' focused on the Gryps Conflict, and so forth up to ''F Generation'', which covered the plot of '' G Gundam''. Instead of making a ''G Generation'' game themed about ''Gundam Wing'', Bandai optioned the title for its new series of games, using the same gameplay. Since "G" was often used as an abbreviation for "Gundam", it was decided that ''G Generation'' would represent the series as a whole. When it was finally released in 1998 for the PlayStation, ''G Generation'' covered the plot for ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' through '' Char's Counterattack'' and featured characters from the remaining Universal Century series, as well as '' G Gundam'', ''Gundam Wing'' and ''Gundam X''. Starting with POR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
is the third installment in Sunrise's long running '' Gundam'' franchise and the last TV series in the franchise released in Japan's Shōwa period. A direct follow up to '' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'', it is directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of ''Zeta Gundam''s animation directors, and mechanical designers Makoto Kobayashi, Yutaka Izubuchi and Mika Akitaka. Initially airing on Nagoya Broadcasting Network and affiliated ANN stations in Japan, the series was later aired by the anime satellite television network Animax across Japan and its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, South Asia, and other regions. The now-defunct video streaming website Daisuki had the rights to stream the series worldwide. Sunrise themselves released the series on home video via Right Stuf Inc. to North America in 2015. On June 24, 2022, the series was made available ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
