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It began on April 7, 1. Mobile Suit Gundam, a TV series that defined the real robot anime genre by featuring giant robots in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes television series, OVAs, films, manga, novels and video games. In 2. 01. 4 the Gundam franchise generated 8. In the 2. 00. 8 ranking of sales figures for anime sold in Japan. Gunpla plastic Gundam models make up 9. Japanese character plastic model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration in 2. Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. OvervieweditConcepteditMobile Suit Gundam was developed by animator Yoshiyuki Tomino and a changing group of Sunrise creators with the collective pseudonym of Hajime Yatate. The series was originally entitled Freedom Fighter Gunboy or Gunboy for the robots gun, with boys the primary target demographic. Early production had a number of references to freedom the White Base was originally Freedoms Fortress, the Core Fighter was the Freedom Wing and the Gunperry was the Freedom Cruiser. The Yatate team combined the English word gun with the last syllable of the word freedom to form the portmanteau. Gundom. Tomino changed it to Gundam, suggesting a unit wielding a gun powerful enough to hold back enemies like a hydroelectric dam holding back water. In keeping with the concept, Gundam are depicted as unique or limited production, with higher capabilities than mass produced units. Most Gundam are large, bipedal, humanoid vehicles controlled from a cockpit by a human pilot. The mobile suits have a cockpit in their torsos, with cameras built into their heads to transmit images to a cockpit. InnovationeditMobile Suit Gundam reportedly pioneered the real robot subgenre of mecha anime. Unlike its super robot cousins, Mobile Suit Gundam attempted realism in its robot design and weaponry by running out of energy and ammunition or malfunctioning. Its technology is derived from actual science such as Lagrange points and the ONeill cylinder in space or feasible technology requiring only a few fictional elements to function such as Minovsky Physics. TimelineseditMost of the Gundam animation including the earliest series is set in what is known as the Universal Century UC calendar era, with later series set in alternate calendars or timelines. Although many new Gundam stories are told in their parallel universe with independent timelines giving them greater creative freedom, the original UC storyline continues to be popular. It established the series, setting the standard for hard science fiction in anime the original Gundam marked the maturing of the giant robot genre. Nostalgia for the oldest Gundam shows and its status as a pop culture icon in Japan is a factor in its continuing success. SpinoffseditSD Gundam, a spinoff of Gundam which began during the mid 1.