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Less than a year after the abrupt and mystifying conclusion of the Gundam W television series, this three-part original video series arrived to wrap up the hit alternate-universe story. Endless Waltz is both a sequel and a prequel to the television series, depicting a new crisis one year after the series's final battle and throwing in relevant flashbacks from the heroes' hitherto-mysterious pasts. More details are available in writer Katsuyuki Sumisawa's Endless Waltz novelization and in his "Episode Zero" comic.

Featuring revamped Gundam designs by fan favorite Hajime Katoki, sporting a lavish animation budget, and answering all manner of lingering questions about the five "G-boys," the video series was a definite hit. Ironically, the creators concluded Endless Waltz by eliminating the Gundams forever; while ideologically satisfying, this did pretty much kill the franchise just as it was taking off. A "special edition" theatrical release is now in the works, promising extra footage and extended sequences of the Gundams kicking butt.

New Mobile Chronicle Gundam W: Endless Waltz Format: Original video series, 3 episodes Released: Volume 1: January 25, 1997 Volume 2: April 25, 1997 Volume 3: July 25, 1997 Director: Yasunao Aoki Scenario, screenplay: Katsuyuki Sumisawa Character design: Shuko Murase Mecha design: Junya Ishigaki Hajime Katoki Kunio Okawara Costume design help: Yutaka Izubuchi Cast: Heero Yuy Hikaru Midorikawa Duo Maxwell Toshihiko Seki Trowa Barton Shigeru Nakahara Quatre Raberba Winner Ai Orikasa Chang Wufei Ryuzo Ishino Relena Darlian Akiko Yajima Zechs Merquise Takehito Koyasu Lucrezia Noin Chisa Yokoyama Lady Une Sayuri New Mobile Chronicle Gundam W: Endless Waltz, Special Edition Format: Theatrical motion picture Premiered: August 1, 1998 Director: Yasunao Aoki Scenario, screenplay: Katsuyuki Sumisawa Character design: Shuko Murase Mecha design: Junya Ishigaki Hajime Katoki Kunio Okawara Costume design help: Yutaka Izubuchi Cast: Heero Yuy Hikaru Midorikawa Duo Maxwell Toshihiko Seki Trowa Barton Shigeru Nakahara Quatre Raberba Winner Ai Orikasa Chang Wufei Ryuzo Ishino Relena Darlian Akiko Yajima Zechs Merquise Takehito Koyasu Lucrezia Noin Chisa Yokoyama Lady Une Sayuri

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