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Story Date: Universal Century 0153
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With this 1993 television series, Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino once again attempted to start a new Gundam saga. Just as Gundam F91 was set thirty years after Char's Counterattack, V Gundam moved the clock forward an additional thirty years for another fresh start. It also features the youngest Gundam hero ever; at thirteen, Usso Ebbing is two years younger than Amuro Ray in the original series, and a year younger than runner-up Judo Ashita.

Despite its simplistic animation and gaudy design work, V Gundam proved to be as grueling and intense as Z Gundam. Still, though it ran a record 51 episodes, V Gundam failed to spawn a new Gundam franchise, and as of this writing it represents the end of the Universal Century saga (if you don't count Tomino's Gaia Gear novels, that is).

Format: Television series, 51 episodes Aired: April 2, 1993 to March 25, 1994 Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino Character design: Hiroshi Osaka Mecha design: Junya Ishigaki Hajime Katoki Kunio Okawara Mecha design cooperation: Hirotoshi Sano

Mobile Suit Gundam, Z Gundam, Gundam ZZ, Char's Counterattack, Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Gundam F91, Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon, Gundam: The 08th MS Team, and Gundam W: Endless Waltz are copyright Sotsu Agency and Sunrise. V Gundam, G Gundam, Gundam W, and Gundam X are copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and TV Asahi. Turn A Gundam is copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and Fuji TV.