GUNDAM PRODUCTION TIMELINE
ver.1 (1/24/04)
Compiled by James Boren
--along with the assistance of Neo Era, Dafydd Neal Dyar, Colin Cogle, Minovsky-Ionesco, Alex Hopkinson, Mark Simmons, RGZ
Blue = animation
Green = Tomino works (non-gundam)
Red = outside Japan
Orange = model kits
Purple = corporate
Yellow = games
1933
Syd Mead born
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1941
Yoshiyuki Tomino born
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1947
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Kunio Ohkawara born.
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1950
Bandai Co., Ltd. created (1950.07.05)
1951
Dafydd Neal Dyar born
1952
Collier’s Space series, 8 issues (Mar. 1952 - Apr. 1954)
1953
Astro Boy
1954
Tetsujin 28 (Gigantor) birth of robot genre
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1958
Yutaka Izubuchi born.
1959
Haruhiko Mikimoto and Kazuhisa Kondoh born.
1960
Mamoru Nagano born.
1961
Hiroyuki Kitazume born.
Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
1962
Hirotoshi Sano born.
1963
Hiroshi Ousaka and Hajime Katoki born.
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1966
Kimitoshi Yamane born.
1967
Junya Ishigaki born.
1968
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1969
Hobby Japan #1
Man lands on the Moon
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1971
Bandai Models established May,1971
1972
Triton of the Sea, 27 eps (1972.04.01 - 1972.09.30)
Sunrise Studio. Ltd created (72.09)
1973
Clover founded (73.01)
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1976
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space--Gerard K. O’Neill
1977
Zambot 3, 23 eps (1977.10.08 - 1978.03.25)
Sunrise renamed Nippon Sunrise. Inc (77.04)
Banpresto Co., Ltd. created (77.04)
1978
Daitarn 3, 40 eps (1978.06.03 - 1979.03.31)
Bandai America Inc. created (1978.10)
1979
Mobile suit Gundam, 43 eps (1979.04.07 - 1980.01.26)
1980
First Gundam models, 80 kits (1980.07-1984.08)
Space Runaway Ideon, 38 eps (1980.05.08 - 1981.01.30)
1981 Fans make a Statement
Mobile Suit Gundam (1981.03.14)
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981.07.11)
Mobile Suit Gundam Character Collection, 10 figures (1981.06-1981.10)
Mechanic Detail 1/72 model (2) (81.11)
Jan--First Hobby Japan Gundam cover
Feb-- “Anime New Century Declaration”
Jul--How to Build Gundam (first Gunpra book)
Gundam Century (book)
Legendary God Giant Ideon (3 volumes) novels Nov. 1981 - July 1982
1982
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounter in Space (1982.03.13)
Mobile Suit Gundam Real Type Series, 7 models (1982.02-1983.04)
How to Build Gundam 2
Pla-mo Kyoshiro (manga) 6 vol. (82.02 - 86.11)
Combat Mecha Xabungle, 50 eps (1982.02.06 - 1983.01.29)
Bandai establishes Emotion (82.11)
1983
First OVA, Dallos, (83.09)
Mobile Suit Variation MSV, 34 models (1983.04-1984.12)
1/30 scale Bubblecast MS-06R Zaku II (83.11)
Iru pra? first system injection models 1/250 4 kits (83.07)
Aura Battler Dunbine, 49 eps (1983.02.05 - 1984.01.21)
A.E. Planning (Bandai Visual) created (83.08)
Clover goes out of business
1984
100 million Gundam kits sold
High Complete Model (HCM), 12 items (84.6 - 88.11)
Model Graphix Magazine begins
Wings Of Lin (6 volumes) novel Jan. 1984 - Feb. 1986
Heavy Metal L-Gaim, 54 eps (1984.02.04 - 1985.02.23)
1985
Mobile Suit Z Gundam, 50 Episodes (1985.03.02-1986.02.22)
MS Zeta Gundam, 42 models (85.4 - 86.4)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (5 volumes) novel Feb. 1985 - Feb. 1986
Newtype Magazine #1(85.03.10)
B-Club magazine #1 (85.11- ?)
1986
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, 47 Episodes (1986.03.01-1987.01.31)
MS Gundam ZZ, 19 models (86.5- 86.11)
MS Zeta Gundam Hot Scramble (famicom action) first gundam video game (86.08)
Fau Fau Tale (Dunbine tie-ins, 2 volumes) novel Aug. 1986 - March 1987
Record Of Aura Battler Wars ("Aura Battler Senki", 11 volumes) Nov ‘86- Sep ‘92
1987
Mobile Suit Gundam Sentinel, 5 kits (87.7- 88.11)
First SD gundam model
MSG Char’s Counterattack 10 kits (87.12 - 88.10)
Mobile Suit Gundam Sentinel, Model Graphix (1987.09-1988.08)
Newtype Saga Gaia Gear, Newtype Magazine (1987.04-1988.04)
MSG Char’s Counterattack: Hi-Streamer (3 volumes) Dec. 1987 - Mar. 1988
Banjo Haran novel series (Daitarn 3 tie-ins, 4 volumes) May 1987 - Jan. 1992
"Rose War","Melancholy Museum","Hit Couple","Love From Siberia"
Sunrise Inc. established from Nippon Sunrise Inc. (87.06)
1988
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988.03.12)
Mobile Suit SD Gundam, 8 vol. (88.05- 93.06)
Full Color Model Series, 7 models (1988.07-1988.10)
Nov-1/144, 1/100 Hyaku Shiki Gold plated version (first metallic coating gunpra?)
Feb-MSG Char’s Counterattack: Beltochika’s Children (novel)
First SD gundam game
Gaia Gear (5 volumes) Sept. 1988 - Apr. 1992
SD Club magazine (-?)
Cyber Comics, 47 issues(-?)
Shiima Shiima (3 volumes) Dec. 1988 - Sept. 1989
1989
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080, 6 Episodes (1989.03.25-1989.08.25)
MSG 0080, 9 kits (89.03 - 89.08)
Musha gundam 3 kits (89.10 - 89.11)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (3 volumes) Feb. 1989 - May 1990
Gundam Wars III, Model Graphix (1989.09)
Entertaiment Bible (book series) (-?)
The Venus Wars (film) (Yas, Sano, Kobayashi)
Emotion music label created (89.10)
1990
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Gaiden 4 vol. (90.03 - 91.03)
Mobile Suit Gundam F-90, 4 kits (90.12 - 92.01)
Mobile Suit Gundam F-91, 9 kits (90.12 - 91.08)
High Grade Series, 4 models (1990.03-1991.07)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Double Fake, Bandai MJ Magazine
Mobile Suit Gundam F90, Bandai Cyber Comix (1990.10-1991.11)
MS Era (book)
MSG novel trilogy released in U.S. (Awakening1990.09, Escalation1990.11, Confrontation1991.02)
1991
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991.03.16)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories, 13 Ep (1991.03.16-1992.09.24)
MSG 0083 Stardust Memory, 5 kits (91.06 - 92.06)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (2 volumes) novel Feb. 1991 - Mar. 1991
Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Wars 0122 (1991.07)
Mecha Press (-95)
1992
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon (1992.08.29)
MSG F 91: Sillouette Formula in U.C. 0123 7 kits (92.03 - 93.03)
Gerard K. O’Neill dies
Newtype Saga Gaia Gear Radio Drama, 26 Episodes (1992.03)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silhouette Formula 91, Bandai (1992.03-1993.03)
U.C. Herald (Spring 1992) Tonghyun Kim, Lesfeena Lee & Noel Gamboa
Bandai Visual gains control over media department (92.10)
1993
Mobile Suit V Gundam, 51 Episodes (1993.04.02-1994.03.25)
Mobile Suit V Gundam 23 kits (93.04- 94.03
Mobile Suit V Gundam (5 volumes) novels April 1993 - July 1994
MS in Pocket, 14 items (93.04-93.12)
Animerica Magazine
U.C. Herald 2 (Spring 1993) Tonghyun Kim, Lesfeena Lee, Noel Gamboa & Mark Simmons
1994
Mobile Fighter G Gundam, 49 Episodes (1994.04.22-1995.03.31)
Micro Gundam 12 items (94.07 - 95.10)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam 31 kits (94.04 - 95.05)
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam, Shonen Ace (1994.12-1997.03)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (Kondo’s manga) (~)
CRANK!, Issue 1 (Summer 1994) Red Hat, Blood Pencil & Xzero
MSG 0083: Stardust Memory, 13 issues(photo comic)
Sunrise joins Bandai Group (94.02)
1995 Wing rises, Master Grade success
New Mobile Report Gundam Wing, 49 Episodes (1995.04.07-1996.03.29)
After Colony Gundam W, 21kits (95.04 - 96.04)
Master Grade Series, ongoing (1995.07-)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079, Super Famicom (1995.02)
Gundam Fix (Newtype feature) (-99)
MS Selection Gashapon (95.12-) ongoing
Heart Of The King (3 volumes) Mar. 1995 - Nov. 1996
Searching For Avenir (3 volumes) May 1995 - Feb. 1996
Byston Well Saga: Garzey's Wing (5 volumes) May 1995 - March 1997
Gundam Project (website) (-02)
Gundam mailing list
Bandai creates 3 companies in the U.S. -Bandai Holding co., Bandai Digital Ent. co. , Bandai Ent. Inc.
1996
After Colony Gundam W: Endless Waltz, 3 Episodes (1996.01.25-1997.07.25)
Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team, 12 Episodes (1996.01.25-Winter 1998)
After War Gundam X, 39 Episodes (1996.04.05-1996.12.28)
MSG: 08th MS Team, 7 kits (96.04 -
After War Gundam X, 19 kits (96.04 - 96.12)
Limited Model Series, 6 models (1996.08-1997.01)
MSG Side Story: The Blue Destiny, Sega Saturn (1996.09-1997.03)
MSG Side Story: The Blue Destiny, Haoh Magazine (1996.10-1997.03)
Garzey’s Wing (OVA)
1997
A.C. Gundam W: Endless Waltz, 6 kits? (97.02 -
A.C. Gundam W: G-UNIT, 5 kits (97.06 - 97.11)
Gundam: the Battlemaster (ps1 fighting game)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Perfect One Year War (ps1 strategy game)
Mobile Suit Z-Gundam (ps1 action game)
Secret Meeting: Amuro & Lalah (2 volumes, later reprinted as 1) Aug. 1997
After Colony Gundam W: Episode Zero, Anime V (1997.02-09)
After Colony Gundam W: G-UNIT, Comic BomBom (1997.05-1998.03)
SD Gundam Full color Gashapon (97.10 -) ongoing
Gundam 0079 the War for Earth (U.S. developed game)
Bandai Founder Naoharu Yamashina dies (97.10.28) age 79
1998
After Colony Gundam W: Endless Waltz, Special Edition (1998.08.01)
Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team: Miller's Report (1998.08.01)
Perfect Grade Series, ongoing (1998.11-)
Gundam: the Battlemaster 2 (ps1 fighting game)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (ps1 action game)
G20 magazine. 12 issues (1998.9 - 2000.7)
Brain Powerd, 26 episodes
Brain Powerd (3 volumes) novels Dec. 1998 - Feb. 1999
AnimeVillage (announced 6.3, opens 9.1)
Gundam movie trilogy, 0080, 0083 released in U.S.
1999
GUNDAM BIGBANG 20th anniversary
Turn A Gundam, 51 Episodes (1999.04.09-2000.03.25)
Turn A Gundam, 8 kits (99.04 - 99.12)
High Grade Universal Series, ongoing (1999.05)
First Grade Series, 3 models (1999.07-2000.05)
MSiA, ongoing (99.06-)
Kido Senshi Gundam toys ongoing (99.07-)
Dengeki Hobby Magazine
Gundam Archive (99.06)
Mobile Suit Gundam: High Frontier (1999.02.10) Dafydd Neal Dyar
Mobile Suit Arsenal
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (manga) U.S.
2000
G-Savior (live action movie)
Wing Gundam Renewal series, 13 kits (00.07)
G-Savior, 1 kit (00.12)
Gundam the Ride
For the Barrel (Newtype feature)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz,
Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes (Dreamcast Simulation game)
Gundam Battle Assault, ps1 fighting (00.11.18)
"Gundam: MS War" card game released in America (2000.11)
MSiA toys (U.S.)
2001
EX Model Series, ongoing (2001.07)
High Grade Mechanics Series, ongoing (2001.07)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (ps2 action game)
Gundam Fix Figuration, ongoing (2001.01-)
Polystone collection series, 23 items (01.08 - 03.01)
Jumbo Grade, 3 toys (01.10 - 02.11)
1/12 scale HY2M Zaku unveiled at C3 (01.08)
R/C techroid Zaku (2001.12)
Gundam Ace begins
Gundam Officials (01.03.21)
Green Divers
Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (ps2 action game) (U.S. release 01.08)
Bandai Shop opens at Sony Metreon, San Francisco, California
Mobile Suit Gundam air on U.S. TV (01.07)
08th MS Team (U.S.)
2002
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, 50eps (02.10 - 03.09)
Turn-A compilation movies (Earth Light, Moonlight Butterfly)
MS Gundam SEED, 47 kits up to ‘04 (02.08 - )
Mobilefortune Gundam (02.09-)
Gundam Collection, toys (2002.05 -)
Gundam the Origin, 3 action figures (02.09 -
Aug-Mascot Robot Haro
Advanced MSiA, 13 toys (02.12 - 03.10)
Overman King Gainer
Gundam Battle Assault 2, ps1 action (02.07.16)
Newtype USA (nov)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon (ps2 action game)
G-Gundam, G-Savior, Char’s Counterattack (U.S.)
Animerica Gundam Official Guide (2002.03)
2003
The Gundam Base .Side I (03.05.03) Korea. First sunrise official store
R/C techroid Dom (03.06)
GFF ZEONOGRAPHY, ongoing (03.11-)
Bandai Museum: (03.07.19)
SD: Gundam Force (03.09.01-)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space (03.12.04) ps2 action
2004
SD Gundam Force
Zeta, F-91, SEED, MSG novels reissued(U.S.)
Gundam Historica
-Need Dates
Ani-mag
Gundam around the world?
Metreon gundam/bandai store
...any else?