Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
The series aired in Japan on the terrestrial TV Asahi network. It ran for 49 episodes; beginning on April 7, 1995 and ending on March 29, 1996. It received multiple manga adaptations, as well as video games. Four original video animation (OVA) episodes were produced including a retelling of the series, "Operation Meteor", and a direct sequel, "". In 2010, Sumizawa started writing the novel "", another sequel to the series. While the series fared modestly well in Japan, it found greater success in the United States and popularized the "Gundam" franchise in the West.
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Tomino is noted for directing several well-known anime series throughout his career, such as his most notable work, the "Mobile Suit Gundam" series, beginning in 1979, and which was later followed onto numerous sequels, spinoffs and merchandising franchises, "Aura Battler Dunbine", "Brave Raideen" (in which he directed the first 26 episodes), and numerous others. His newer work includes "Brain Powerd" (1998), "Turn A Gundam" (1999), "Overman King Gainer" (2002) and most recently, "Gundam Reconguista in G" (2014).