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 Fighter G Gundam
As a film fanatic, Imagawa perceived that referencing world cinema would help illustrate the real world settings in "G Gundam". The production staff primarily wished to utilize sightseeing guide books, but found that these books did not show the locations from the perspective of everyday people. The battlegrounds in the first several episodes were conveyed using a number of multimedia works including films by Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Yılmaz Güney; films based on Wong Fei-hung; video clips of the band Swing Out Sister; music by the groups Genesis and Magma; and scenery from Monty Python acts. Each episode's introductory narration, provided by the character Stalker, was inspired by American television dramas such as "Star Trek" and "The Twilight Zone". In the same manner, certain "G Gundam" character names and their techniques were drawn from films, most prominently the Hong Kong "wuxia" genre. For instance, the alternate name of antagonist Master Asia, , is taken directly from the Japanese-translated title of a film of the same name. Additionally, the villain Wong Yunfat is based heavily on Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat, specifically the actor's appearance in the movie "God of Gamblers". Some elements in "G Gundam" were taken from other anime and manga. A key scene at the series midpoint involving the Shining Gundam's gold-colored "Super Mode" was inspired by "Saint Seiya". Another instance towards the show's climax, where the hero's rivals join him to fight a greater opposing force, was a commonly used motif in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" comics, most notably "Ring ni Kakero".