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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing - Complete Collection 1 | 
| Actor: Gundam Wing
Studio: Bandai
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 15157
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 625 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.1
MPN: 80193
UPC: 669198801938
EAN: 0669198801938
ASIN: B000CEV3NM
Release Date: March 28, 2006
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Description
Thousands of People live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, their hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor! Genre: Anime Mecha/Sci-fi/Action.
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 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Is A Real Anime Legend August 1, 2006
M. Willis
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I've started watching Mobile Suit Gundam Wing on Cartoon Network. I missed a few episodes, so i piced up Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Anime Legends Complete Collection I.The box set contains special features and extras. There are 25 episodes on 5 DVDs. If you want to know the episode titles. I have included them in this review. Also I have include some characters information.
Disc 01
01.The Shooting Star She Saw
02.The Gundam DeathScythe
03.Five Gundam Confirmed
04.The Victoria Nightmare
05.Relena's Secret
Disc 02
06.Party Night
07.Scenario For Bloodshed
08.The Treize Assassination
09.Portrait Of A Ruined County
10.Heero, Distracted By Defeat
Disc 03
11.The Whereabouts Of Happiness
12.Bewildered Warriors
13.Catherine's Tears
14.The Order To Destroy Zero One
15.To The Battleground Antarctica
Disc 04
16.The Sorrowful Battle
17.Betrayed By Home, Far Away
18.Tallgeese Destroyed
19.Assault On Barge
20.The Lunar Base Infiltration
Disc 05
21.Giref Stricken Quatre
22.The Fight For Independence
23.Duo, The God Of Death Once Again
24.The Gundam Thay Called Zero
25.Quatre VS. Heero
Characters Information
Herro Yuy
Descended from the L1 Colony, Herro is the pilot of Wing Gundam, Wing Gundam Zero , Mercurius and Wing Gundam Zero Custom from the Movie Gundam Wing Endless Waltz. His determination and courage are matched only by his amazing aviation skills. Mercurius is later turn into a mobile doll by the White Fang , they use the battle date from Herro Yuy. To fight Duo in his Gundam Daethscythe Hell. But Duo overcomes Mercurius and defeat the mobile doll.
Duo Maxwell
Raised by the L2 Colony, Duo's cheerful disposition is quite a contrast to the obstinate warrior he becomes during battle. Duo pilots Gundam Deathscythe , Gundam Deathscythe Hell and Gundam Deathscythe Hell Custom from the Movie Gundam Wing Endless Waltz .
Quatre Raberba Winner
Quatre comes from a wealthy Arab family and decides to fight on behalf of L4 Colony, against his father's wishes. He pilots Gundam Sandrock, Gundam Sandrock Space Version Wing Gundam Zero and Gundam Sandrock Custom from the Movie Gundam Wing Endless Waltz. He only pilots Zero for two episodes.
Chang Wufei
Descended from famous Chinese warriors, Wufei believes in the importance of honor. His intolerance of injustice is what drives him in his battle against Oz. Wufei pilots Gundam Shenlong, Altron Gundam , Wing Gundam Zero and Gundam Nataku from the Movie Gundam Wing Endless Waltz. He only pilots Zero for one episode.
Trowa Barton
When Trowa arrived on Earth to pilot Gundam Heavyarms, he disguised himself as a circus clown. Trowa fights only when absolutely necessary and can also play the flute. Trowa also pilots Gundam Heavyarms Space Version, Vayeate, Wing Gundam Zero and Gundam Heavyarms Custom from the Movie Gundam Wing Endless Waltz. Later the Vayeate is turn into a mobile doll by White Fang, they use Trowa Barton battle date. To fight Duo in his Gundam Daethscythe Hell. But Duo overcomes Vayeate and defeat the mobile doll. He only pilots Zero For one episode.
Princess Relena
After discovering her true identity as daughter of Cinq Kingdom's King Peacecraft and younger sister of Miliardo, Relena becomes a leader in the fight against the Romefeller Foundation. She is very found of Herro. Relena later becomes Queen Relena for the Romefeller Foundation. But later Treize stripes away her power and he becomes the leader of the Romefeller Foundation later. She goes into space to talk to Miliardo.
Zechs Merquise
After being disgraced for misconduct, Zechs re-merges as Miliardo Peacecraft to fight the Alliance and restore The Sanc Kingdom. Zechs pilots Tallgeese, Gundam Epyon, Wing Gundam Zero and Tallgeese III from the Movie Gundam Wing Endless Waltz. He only pilot Zero for two or three episode.
My Number One Anime Series... November 25, 2006
Azn Boy (New York)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Mobile Suit: Gundam Wing was the third Anime series I have ever watched (Sailor Moon the first and DragonBall Z the second) and one of a few that I would still return to now that I have grown up and lost interest in other or new Anime. I was only nine-years-old when I started watching Gundam Wing and... wow... did I love it. I remember coming home from school and tuning in to Gundam Wing, at 5:30 P.M., at channel sixty-seven, on Cartoon Network, on Toonami. Now that I am sixteen-years-old, I do not watch cartoons nor Anime. I do not plan to buy Sailor Moon nor DragonBall Z on DVD. I do not even bother watching Cartoon Network (now my favorite channel is HBO). My point is that Gundam Wing stands out as one of the best Anime series of all time and older people or people who do not even watch Anime can still love it. I am still in love with it: the story, the characters, and of course, the mobile suits (Wing Zero being my favorite). In my opinion, these are the best designed mobile suits ever created for a Gundam series. I look at the mobile suits of the other Gundam series and not one appeals to me... not even Gundam Seed. Now, after nearly 7 years, I am still here and am still in love with Gundam Wing.
For a great price, others can return to Gundam Wing instead of buying "The Complete Operations" box set, which is highly expensive and that was the one I almost bought thinking that was better, but it is not. I had bought Endless Waltz to find a way to watch the story because "The Complete Operations" was just too expensive. This Anime Legends: Collection #1 DVD of Mobile Suit: Gundam Wing contains the first twenty-five episodes spread across five discs. I have not watched the series for over four years and this DVD (along with Collection #2) helped me relive the experience. The day I received this, I went straight ahead and watched the first eighteen episodes in six hours. Before watching, I had told myself to savor it and watch only three episodes a day so that it would take me almost seventeen days to watch the whole series. Within those six hours, I could not stop myself and told myself repeatedly "one more episode" during the fourth, fifth, seventh (definitely could not stop there), tenth (great episode), twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and finally I stopped at the eighteenth episode. This proves that this series is addicting.
A word for everyone: Get this Anime Legends: Collection #1, the Collection #2, and also the movie, Endless Waltz, of Mobile Suit: Gundam Wing instead of the individual "operations" or "The Complete Operations". Mobile Suit: Gundam Wing is the best Gundam series and one of the best Anime series out there.
Quintessential Anime Series... Rated: Buy It Now! April 21, 2007
Michael Gmirkin (Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Regardless of what you think of the usual "mecha" tropes of "pretty boys" in nigh "invincible machines" spouting off about "we shouldn't have to fight" while simultaneously mowing down mechas and their human inhabitants in an orgy of killing (okay, this is a less-bloody anime than most I've seen, since it's usually mechas we see being damaged or blown up, rather than humans, though there may be a bit of that here and there too)...
Gundam Wing was a rather good series. It was well animated (granted there might have been a few re-used space battle frames/scenes; considering the length of the series, that's almost inevitable), I recall it had good voice acting, and a great story arc (despite the occasional plot twist and turn and alliances forming, breaking, re-forming, switching sides, or whatnot). And, in some regards, it also helped bring anime to the American audience by making it more accessible to the younger audience, and to the American audience in general. I say that because, often animes tend to deal with real esoterica, which can be off-putting to the casual viewer. Soem anime fans may dislike this series for the same reasons. In some ways, it's a lazy man's anime, or a kids' anime 'cause there aren't these uber-esoteric themes to deal with. But that's part of what I consider to be good about it. It can be watched and enjoyed by pretty much anyone who enjoys "mecha" and/or "fighting" animes. But it has a certain depth to the story that takes it slightly beyond just the simple "fight" or "fight-in-space" genre. I'm not saying it's the deepest or most cinematic thing ever. But it has character development. You can identify with the characters, the plot lines are pretty clear, if occasionally it takes turns that weren't expected.
In all, it's a good series, and I recommend it to anyone who likes good entry level anime in the "space opera," "mecha" and/or "fighting" genres (with the usual "pretty boy" cast; that's pretty much a given, I could care less one way or the other, actually it might be nice to see a show that DOESN'T use "pretty boys" sometime).
Long story short, I recommend this one for novices, or those who like mechas and want to see some pretty good mecha action. Havent' watched the original "gundam" series, so I'm not biased toward or against them. So I speak only for this series itself. I've watched it, and I liked it. It stood on its own, and shouldn't necessarily be compared to other "Gundam" shows, or disparaged because it follows an "alternate timeline."
If you like Gundam Wing, you may also like G Gundam 1 & 2, Gundam 0080, Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Gundam 08th MS Team
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Addendum, having just completed a several day marathon with the first half of the Anime Legends complete collection, I can say that it's all I recall it being. If you like the giant-robot genre and/or the drama/shifting alliances genre, or the "pretty boys kicking butt" genre, you'll probably like this series. There are a few more repeated scenes (mostly in space battles) than I remember, but they're used in ways that unless you're really LOOKING FOR THEM, you probably wouldn't notice. So, I probably shouldn't have said anything lest it taint the viewing experience.
So, yeah, I am quite happy with the quality. Strangely enough, one of the things I don't like is that the trailers included seems to revolve around the same set of like 10 anime titles (had hoped to maybe hear about names I haven't already heard of repeatedly). I was hoping to broaden my horizons slightly. Most people probably won't notice or care about this lack of trailer diversity, tho'.
I Love This Show!!!!! June 13, 2006
Lindsey (USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Gundam Wing is a series that mainly focuses on politics and war. The series follows a group of five 15 year old boys who have been trained to pilot state of the art mobile suits known as Gundams. The Gundam pilots were trained to battle a powerful insurgency known as Oz. As things begin to heat up between OZ and the Gundam pilots, new political groups will form and old ones will dissipate. Old conflicts will end and new ones will arise. To obtain peace the Gundam pilots must come to grips with the events taking place in their world and put an end to all the fighting. But, how far are people willing to go to obtain their goal.
Okay first of all...I Love Gundam Wing! I have to admit its the only gundam series I like. This complete collection is fantastic. I love the box it comes in and its a lot cheaper than buying every single volume for the regular box set. As far as the show goes I can't say enough good things about. The plot is intricate, the characters are interesting and its fun to watch them progress through the show. When most people think of action shows...they think that action is all that they will be getting. Gundam Wing is different. It also deals with politics and the intricacies of war. I highly recommend this show to anyone looking for more than just action. Don't get me wrong, this show has plenty of action but not to the point where its senseless violence.
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