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Books : Teens : Manga : By Series : Gundam
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Called "a cornerstone of anime SF," Japan's Gundam franchise that began in 1979 now boasts a worldwide cult of devotees. In the Gundam universe, the Earth Federation battles rebellious off-world colonies, and "Newtype" warriors with evolved mentality pilot gargantuan suits of high-tech armor. This novelization presents creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's unvarnished vision for his own core series, with richer characterizations and a shocking ending. Controversial when it first appeared in English in 1990, the trilogy is being brought to fans in a single re-edited volume.
Introduction by Gundam expert Mark Simmons.
Yoshiyuki Tomino is a writer and one of Japan's best known SF directors. Translator Frederik L. Schodt has written extensively on Japanese culture and lives in San Francisco.
"For anyone unfamiliar with the Gundam cultural phenomenon, this could be the perfect introduction." -- The Asian Reporter
"Gundam viewers can enjoy a rendition that departs significantly from its animated counterpart, exploring the future world in greater detail, yet retains the visionary science fiction themes of exploration, change, and the struggle to adapt and survive in a technology-driven era scarred with conflict." -- Midwest Book Review
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In the distant future, man has found a new way to settle disputes between nations- one-on-one Gundam battles with the Earth as the arena! But this 13’th annual Gundam battle is different from the rest because a new nanotechnological weapon has entered the fray. Gundam pilot Domon Kashu has joined the tournament, not only to win the gold, but also to find and eliminate this new "Devil Gundam." G-Gundam Technical Manual is the ultimate guide to the newest Gundam series in America.
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While enroute to Jaburo, the White Base faces Ranba Ral and his deadly forces. Ranba Ral himself sets out in his Mobile Suit, the Gouf, to battle the White Base and the Gundam. Have Amuro and the Gundam finally met their match? One of the Gundam's legs is blown off at the knee joint. Disturbed by all that he is forced to go through, Amuro leaves the White Base with the Gundam.
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Based on the hit movie seen on Cartoon Network, Endless Waltz continues where Battlefield of Pacifists ends. After the Gundam pilots defeated Treize, the leader of the shadow society OZ, the Earth Sphere seems on the verge of peace. The pilots long to forget the war, but one helr's claim to power will soon make peace a distant memory.
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Brady Games Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
Official Strategy Guide
BradyGames' Mobile Suit Gundam:Federation vs. Zeon Official Strategy Guide provides a complete walkthrough to guide players through all 200 missions and every vast level. Expert coverage of the Mobile Suits, including detailed stats of each weapon. Battle tactics to ensure victory for both the Earth Federation and the Zeon Forces. Game secrets and multiplayer strategies revealed!
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The One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon has begun--and the newest Mobile Suits are tested for battle! Captain Matt Healy leads his team into dangerous territory as the leader of a Special Forces Experimental Unit. Ken Bederstadt is a Foreign Legion Lieutenant working in alliance with Zeon. These two heroes are trying to keep everyone alive...for tomorrow! Set in the original Gundam universe!
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A father goose said to his child: "You were suppose to be a swan, so why are you still ugly?" The mother goose said, "It can't be helped." The child goose replied, "I'm a goose. Why can't I remain a goose?" The father goose said, "We received an egg from a swan. You were supposed to be a swan." The year is 0085 of the Universal Century. Asuna Elmarit is a student at the Mobile Suits military academy called "Ecole du Ciel." Asuna is the lowest in the class, and her nickname among her classmates is "Dame dame-chan (Can't do anything girl)." But with the help of her best friends Emilu Voigtlander and Shin Barnack, Asuna trains vigorously on her own in simulation rooms and does physical training. During her self-training, Asuna reveals to Shin that she was given high expectations from her father even before she was born. Asuna's father was a former professor at the National Defense University, but was expelled from it, and he is now in a foreign country in hiding. Meanwhile, Professor Forma has been secretly observing Asuna and the other students to report back to an organization called the "council." The "council" is the overseer of Ecole du Ciel, and they have ulterior motives for supervising the school; they built the school in order to raise and seek out potential "new types." The "council" believes that "new types" emerge when an individual is placed in extreme anxiety during combat. During a battle simulation one day, Asuna and Professor Yahagi discover that the weapons they carry hold actual weapons. Yahagi senses that the switch in weapons was not an accident, and it was actually the "council's" plan. After seeing Yahagi help Asuna evacuate, the students start to spread a rumor that Yahagi is a "new type."
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This complete guide to the top-rated anime series on the Cartoon Network covers all the TV series, movies, comics, graphic novels, video games, and model kits from the world of Gundam. Included are detailed synopses of all the different Gundam episodes.
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A mysterious mobile suit approaches research colony Mendel. As Lowe Gear intercepts in the Red Frame, the pilot opens fire! Remarkably, the Red Frame survives the blast, but the mystery behind the attack reveals an even greater threat to our junk tech hero... and thus begins another exciting adventure set in the popular Gundam Seed universe! Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray continues where Gundam Seed Astray R left off!
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Gundam Seed Astray (Gundam (Tokyopop) (Graphic Novels)), Vol. 1 (Gundam (Tokyopop) (Graphic Novels))
Year 70 of the Cosmic Era. During a routine mission, a salvage team inadvertently discovers a top-secret mobile suit known as Red Frame. Their lives are forever changed as devious minds attempt to steal Red Frame away from the group. Their lives turn into an endless adventure as they attempt to evade their enemies and save a nearby colony from destruction.
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After a generation of warfare, the Gundam boys finally brought peace between Earth and the colonies when they helped defeat the Oz and White Fang armies. Now, out of the rubble, the surviving soldiers are re-emerging and clustering together into new factions. Heero Yuy has become a vigilante pacifist, tracking down weapons stashes and destroying them, while Relena, former Queen of the Earth Sphere, is now trying to maintain the peace politically. But an unmanned weapons factory has been discovered somewhere near Mars, and now the Gundam boys are going to have to dust off their mechs for one more battle if peace is to stand a chance of lasting. Bridging the gap between the GUNDAM WING TV series and the movie Endless Waltz, Battlefield Of Pacifists is a must-read for any Gundam fan, and is only available in manga format!
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Before the outbreak of the colony war, forces were working to shape the future and prepare its players, the Gundam pilots, for war. As children, each of the pilots — Duo, Heero, Trowa, Quatre, and Chang — endured extraordinary hardships. This episode visits their youth when the events of a universe gone mad makes desperation just another part of daily life and shows what motivates these young warriors to keep fighting.
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The G-Boys discover that world peace has a price. Trowa meets a comrade from the old days who wants to buy his Gundam. But who are the killers tracking Relena and the Gundam pilots?
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Asuna has defied the odds, surviving countless attacks and dangerous situations. As the war continues and casualties mount, can she find the strength to go on? To make matters worse, Elisia's "readjustment" is complete along with her heightened abilities as a boosted human. She is immediately dispatched to finish off Asuna for good, but Asuna is ready for her, armed with a Newtype custom-made Gundam! Who will win in this Gundam battle of the fittest?
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WAR WITHOUT END
Shinn Asuka is the ZAFT Empire’s ace pilot. And it’s not just his elite combat skills that make him such a fearsome soldier. He has a burning hatred for the Earth Alliance, the Empire’s enemy in a long and terrible war. But then Shinn meets someone who makes him question everything he believes. Stella Loussier is beautiful and innocent–and a pilot for the Earth Alliance. She also might be the victim of a horrifying military research experiment, one that shocks even the battle-hardened Shinn. Now Shinn is determined to give her a new life, away from war, destruction, and death. But as Shinn risks his life to return Stellar to her friends at the Alliance, he may be headed for heartbreak.
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Following the fall of Odessa Base, the region falls under the overwhelming control of Federation forces. The 03rd MS Team conducts repairs on its Mobile Suits while putting a new batch of rookies through training to pilot the Federation's ever-expanding MS forces. Suddenly, new orders arrive: the rookies will accompany the team on its next mission. 2nd Lt. Matt follows the order reluctantly, fearing bringing raw rookies into combat - he wants these young men to live. Meanwhile, Mei's father's political connections have arranged for a new model MS barely entering production to be dropped from space for use by Ken's Zeon expatriate unit. For this to occur after the loss of Odessa is quite remarkable. However...the drop point is in what is now Federation territory...and Matt's team, augmented by the rookies, is already on the scene, guarding the H(eavy) L(ift) V(ehicle) that has landed And so, Matt and Ken meet on the battlefield once again. The rookies are taken by surprise; one is quickly killed. Jack and Gusky's Zakus keep Anish and Raury busy while Ken slams Matt's Gundam against the HLV and pins it while he and Mei hurry inside. Soon, the new Mobile Suit - possessing a Beam Rifle, a weapon previously reserved for prototype Gundams themselves - emerges. Ken ransoms the life of a surviving rookie for safe passage. Matt knows that if he doesn't stop Ken here, he and this MS might kill many more Federation soldiers but, Ken says he is not fighting to kill, but to survive. Matt...believes him, and both lower their weapons. Ken says Matt is a failure as a soldier...every bit as much as he himself is. Matt is court marshaled and briefly imprisoned for his actions before being sent back to the South American subterranean HQ base - Jaburo, just in time for a major airmobile assault on the base by 12 heavy bombers and Zeonic MS' dropping down into the jungles. Matt learns that Ken's MS has gone to the Eastern front and won't appear here. However, Matt's ideals catch up with him. He stops Raury from firing on a heavily damaged Zaku; Anish finishes the Zaku off with a beam saber stab from above. However, a stray shot has struck Raury's cockpit anyway...leading to the Ensign's death. As Anish's heart hardens, Matt undergoes a crisis of ideals. The others - including Annie the mechanic, who is transferring to a Pegasus class carrier and leaving the team, heading off to space, the new front line - do their best to convince him his path is correct. Also, that they, and even Anish, believe in his ideals and to shed the least amount of blood possible. Before long, the 03rd's new mission has arrived - heading East to find the new model MS and destroy it. Meanwhile, while Ken and Gusky have sortied to do battle with Federation Mobile Suits, their base camp is attacked. Corporal Yuuki is mortally wounded in the process, though Jack barely stopped the ground force. With her dying words, Yuuki urges Ken to get at least Mei to space, knowing that Ken sees Mei the same as his own daughter...and so, Ken's heart hardens as well. When Matt discovers the name of his foe - the MS known as the Gelgoog - he also discovers that Ken has undertaken a murderous rampage. Both sides converge on Biconnel Space Base. Ken's forces reach the base first and prepare to send Mei into space, whatever it takes, with Jake escorting her for safety. Ken refuses Mei's pleas to say goodbye in person, or even on camera. He does not want her to see him as he is now...Federation ground forces arrive. In spite of Matt's admonishments to Anish that hatred will solve nothing, Anish wants nothing more but to slay his foes, wounded or not, fleeing or not. He is determined not to end up like Raury. And so, Matt and Ken meet on the field of battle once more...Matt asks Ken what happened to his noble words. Ken says that his friend was killed by Federation troops like him and that he would collect the wages of their sin - in blood. Matt, who has lost his own friend, cannot back down, or allow Ken to prolong the war...As the two clash, Noel informs Matt and Anish that an HLV is preparing to launch. Anish breaks off and retrieves a Long Range Rifle (a sniper's beam rifle) with only one maximum charge shot. One shot, though, will be enough to shoot the HLV down before it reaches space. But Matt will not allow it. Matt breaks off his duel and, to Ken's astonishment, puts his own MS directly in Anish's line of fire. Anish threatens to fire but...he does not. The HLV escapes and reaches space. Ken recognizes that his duty is done...and Matt's mission will continue. There is no reason to continue the battle today. For it shall resume soon enough.
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The Official Adaptation of the thrilling Television Show! Includes Volumes 1 & 2 and special extras after the story. Special Edition published for The Science Fiction Book Club in January 2006.