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.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, "Char's Counterattack" is the culmination of the original saga begun in "Mobile Suit Gundam" and continued through "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam" and "Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ", marking the final conflict of the fourteen-year rivalry between the characters Amuro Ray and Char Aznable. It was adapted from "Mobile Suit Gundam: High Streamer", a novel written by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino.