What is Gundam?
Gundam (Japanese: ガンダム, Hepburn: Gandamu), also known as the Gundam series (ガンダムシリーズ, Gandamu Shirīzu), is a Japanese
military science fiction media franchise/media mix created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise and, as of March 2020,
indirectly fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsidiaries Sotsu and Sunrise. The franchise features giant
robots (mecha) with the name "Gundam" (after the original titular mecha). The franchise began on April 7, 1979 with
Mobile Suit Gundam, a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile
suits 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, as well as a whole industry of model robot kits known as
Gunpla (plastic Gundam model).
Gunpla makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series
as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated
TV series.
Gundam retail in Japan 🇯🇵
The Gundam franchise had grossed over $5 billion in retail sales by 2000. By 2014, annual revenue of the Gundam
franchise reached ¥80 billion per year, ¥18.4 billion of which was retail sales of toys and hobby items. As of
2018, Gundam is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, estimated to have generated more than $20
billion in total revenue.
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