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Everything about Universal Century totally explainedUniversal Century is the English name for the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. It is also called "Uchuu Seiki", meaning "The Century of Space", in Japanese, but the official English name UC (abbreviation of Universal Century) is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo and MG model instructions and official pages(for example www.gundam.info).
The Universal Century starts with the migration of humanity to populate space, after construction of the first space colony at Side 1 was completed. By far the most proliferative background universe, Universal Century makes up the dominating majority of the entire franchise. While many new Gundam stories are told in their own parallel universe with independent timelines, giving them a greater degree of creative freedom, the original UC storyline continues to be extremely popular for a variety of reasons. It established the series, and delivered many of its best moments, and nostalgia for the oldest of the Gundam shows (and Gundam's resulting status as a pop-culture icon in Japan) is still a major factor in its continuing success.
Universal Century Gundam series and films
List of Universal Century Gundam animated series and movies and live-action films in the order of their release:
Universal Century Manga and Novels
Manga
Stampede: The Story of Professor Minovsky (Stampede: Minovsky Hakase Monogatari, 1988) - by Masaya Takahashi (Story), Hajime Oki (Illustration),
(2002 - ) - by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The second, broader manga adaptation, which follows the same storyline, but with different details
Outer Gundam (1990 - 1992) - by Masafumi Matsuura,
Developers: Mobile Suit Gundam Before One Year War (2002 - 2003) - by Hosui Yamazaki,
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979 - 1982) - by Yu Okazaki. The manga adaptation of the original series and movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079, 1993 - 2005) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. The manga adaptation of the original series and movie.
Mobile Suit Variations: Ace Pilot Story (Mobile Suit Variation: Ace Pilot Retsuden, 1984) - by Masahiro Oda (Story), Ken-ichi Ishibashi (Illustration).
Mobile Suit Gundam: Record of MS Wars (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Senki, 1984) - by Masaya Takahashi (Story), Kazuhisa Kondo (Illustration). A side story set in the One Year War, about the young pilot, Frederick Brown.
Operation Buran (1990) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. A short manga about Operation Buran, set after the Battle of Solomon, about the pilot Frederick Brown. Serialized on Hobby Japan.
Mobile Suit Gundam: MS Generation (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Generation, 1989 - 1990) - by Rei Nakahara. Isolated short stories, set in the One Year War.
Magical Ensign Blaster Mari (Mahou no Shoui Blaster Mari, 1989 - 1990) - by Kei Ikeda.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 Visual Comic (1989) - omnibus.
Night=Hawks! (1990 - 1991) - by Ayumi Konomichi.
(Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: The Blue Destiny, 1997) - by Mizuho Takayama. A manga retelling of the three Blue Destiny Sega Saturn games.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079 (Vol. EFSF) (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de... (Renpou Hen), 1999) - by Tomohiro Chiba (Story), Hideyuki Matsurioka (Illustration). A manga adaptation of the TV games.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079 (Vol. Zeon) (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de... (Zeon Hen), 2000) - by Tomohiro Chiba (Story), Tomotake Kinoshita (Illustration). A manga adaptation of the TV games.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles (Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles, 2002) - by Masato Natsumoto. Set during the One Year War, it follows the missions of a special "guinea pig" MS team, whose mission is to test, in battle, the newest MS models.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Space, To the End of a Flash (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Utyu, Senkou no Hate ni, 2003) - by Tomohiro Chiba (Story), Masahito Natsumoto (Illustration).
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO: Ichinen Sensou Hiroku, 2005 - ) - by MEIMU. The manga adaptation of CGI series.
(Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou, 1989) - by Shigeto Ikehara. The manga adaptation of the OVA series.
Record of MS Wars II (Shin MS Senki, 1988 - 1994) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. Short stories set between U.C.0079 and U.C.0093, about the pilot Frederick Brown and others.
Mobile Suit Vor!! (1988 - 1989) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. A short manga set in the earlier stages of the Zeon invasion of Earth, about the deployment of the pre-Gundam RX-79 prototypes, the RX-75 Guntank and the RX-77 Guncannon; also about the Second Battle of Solomon, the pilot Frederick Brown and others, in U.C.0088. Serialized on Bandai B-Club.
Go! Go! Our V Gundam (Ike! Ike! Bokura no V Gundam!!, 1992 - 1994) - by Tsukasa Kotobuki. Short stories set between U.C.0079 and U.C.0153.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet (2001 - ) - by Hiroyuki Kitazume. Beginning just after the One Year War, it follows Char as he goes to Axis, where he meets a young pilot named Haman Kahn, covering their relationship across many years, up to the events in Char's Counterattack.
War in the Pocket (Pocket no Naka no Sensou, 1994) - by Kenji Mizuhara. An after story of the OVA series.
Jupiter Mirage (1989) - Vol.1 by Hitoshi Niki, Vol.2 by Makoto Kobayashi, Vol.3 by Masato Tanaka.
(Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, 1992) - by Mitsuru Kadoya. The manga adaptation of the OVA series.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Hero of Stardust (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Hoshikuzu no Eiyu, 2000 - 2001) - by Masafumi Matsuura. The manga adaptation of the OVA series.
Program Master (1989) - by Masafumi Matsuura.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0084: Psi-trailing (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0084: Psi-trailing, 1993) - by Kenji Mizuhara.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel (Kidou Senshi Gundam Ecole du Ciel: Tenku no Gakko, 2002 - ) - by Haruhiko Mikimoto. French for School Of The Sky, it takes place during the early wars, where a young girl struggles to come to grips with her identity, as she enrolls in a Federation school, previously as a Zeon.
Advance Of Zeta: The Flag Of Titans (2003 - ) - by Bin Konno (Story), Tatsu Mizuki (Illustration). Set in U.C.0084, is the story of one of the first Titans' units, the Black Outer. Serialized on Dengeki Daioh.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Day After Tomorrow - From Kai Shiden's Report (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Day After Tomorrow - Kai Shiden no Report Yori, 2005 - ) - by Tsukasa Kotobuki.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam, 1985 - 1986) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. The manga adaptation of the original series.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam I: Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono, 2005) - by Hisao Tamaki. The manga adaptation of the movie.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation II: Lovers (Kidou Senshi Z Gundam II: Koibito-tati, 2005 - 2006) - by Kotoni Shiraishi. The manga adaptation of the movie.
Zeta Gundam: Side Story (Side Story of Gundam Z, 1987) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. An alternate retelling of the events from the original Zeta Gundam series.
Gundam Sentinel: The Day Before (1989) - by Hajime Katoki. A photonovel detailing a cleanup operation in the final days of the Gryps Conflict and the beginning of the Axis/Neo-Zeon war.
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ, 1986 - 1987) - by Toshiya Murakami. The manga adaptation of the original series.
Artificial Newtypes Story: Another Zeta Gundam Story (Kyouka Ningen Monogatari: Another Z Gundam Story, 1991 - 1992) - by Kaoru Morishita.
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ: Seaside Panic (Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ: Seaside Panic, 1993) - by Kenji Mizuhara.
(Double-Fake: Under the Gundam, 1989) - by Yuji Ushida. A side-story that focuses on a decoy operation, launched by Char, in U.C.0090.
Gundam F90
Mobile Suit Vs. Giant God of Legend: Gigantis' Counterattack (Gundam vs Ideon) (1990) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A crossover story where the Federation has Amuro hire Judau to investigate a Zeon remnant group's plan to resurrect a buried giant mecha. This non-canonical story implies that the universe created by Ideon's destruction is the Universal Century's world.
(Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char, 1987) - by Toshiya Murakami. The manga adaptation of the original movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char, 1998 - 1999) - by Koichi Tokita. The manga adaptation of the original movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Revival of Zeon (1988) - by Kazuhisa Kondo. Set in U.C.0092, it's about a Federation attack on a Zeon base in Scandinavia, about the pilot, Frederick Brown.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Moon Crisis (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Moon Crisis, 1993 - 1994) - by Masafumi Matsuura. A side-story about a Neo-Zeon remnant group attempting to destroy the Moon and throw its remains at Earth.
Mobile Suit Gundam REON (Kidou Senshi Gundam REON, 1994 - 1995) - by Masafumi Matsuura.
Mobile Suit Gundam F90 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F90, 1990 - 1991) - by Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Story), Rei Nakahara (Illustration). Zeon remnants steal a prototype Gundam, and the Federation chases them to Mars to get it back.
Mobile Suit Gundam F90 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F90, 1990 - 1991) - by Masahiro Kanda. The manga adaptation of the original manga for children.
Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122, 1991) - by Toshiya Iwamura. The manga adaptation of the TV game.
Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122, 1991) - by Daisuke Inoue The manga adaptation of the TV game.
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91, 1991) - by Daisuke Inoue. The manga adaptation of the original movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam Silhouette Formula 91, 1992 - 1995) - by Hiroshi Yasuda. A side-story where Anaheim Electronics runs afoul from cruel Federation soldier, months before F91's events.
Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in U.C.0123 (Vol. Cluster Gundam) (Kidou Senshi Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in U.C.0123 (Cluster Gundam Hen) , 1993) - by Toshiya Iwamura.
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (Kidou Senshi Crossbone Gundam, 1994 - 1997) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yuichi Hasegawa. The sequel to the movie, Gundam F91, it continues the story of Seabook Arno (aka Kinkedo Nau) and Cecily Fairchild (aka Berah Ronah), 10 years after the events.
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam Side Story: Skull Heart (Kidou Senshi Crossbone Gundam Gaiden: Skull Heart, 2003 - 2004) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A series of short stories focusing on the second Crossbone Vanguard.
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: The Seven of Steel (Kidou Senshi Crossbone Gundam Gaiden: Hagane no Shichinin, 2006 - ) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A continuing, sequel to Crossbone Gundam, taking place 3 years after the end of the Jupiter Conflict in Crossbone Gundam.
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Kidou Senshi V Gundam, 1993 - 1994) - by Toshiya Iwamura. The manga adaptation of the original series.
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Side Story (Kidou Senshi V Gundam Gaiden, 1993) - by Yuichi Hasegawa. A side-story where Usso teams up with an old junk dealer to battle Zanscare remnants.
Mobile Suit Gundam Almarya (Kidou Senshi Gunda Almarya, 1989) - by Yuji Ushida. An after story of Double Fake.
G-Saviour (1993) - by Takuto. The manga adaptation of the TV game.
Artificial Newtypes Story: Mad Wang 1160 (Kyouka Ningen Monogatari: Mad Wang 1160, 1994 - 1995) - by Kaoru Morishita.
Novels
Look for Avenir (Avenir wo Sagasite, 1995) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Set before the adoption of the Universal Century timeline.
Mobile Suit Gundam (Kidou Senshi Gundam, 1979 - 1980) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. An alternate version of the original series.
Mobile Suit Gundam (Kidou Senshi Gundam, 1980) - by Masaaki Nakane. The novel adaptation of the original series and movies.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Secret Rendezvous (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Mikkai - Amuro to Lalah, 1997) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
For the Barrel (2000) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. An alternate version of the original series, movie and original novel.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079 (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de..., 1999 - 2000) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the TV game.
Zeonic Front: Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (Zeonic Front: Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079, 2001) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the TV game.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles (Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Last War Chronicles, 2002) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the TV games
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Space, To the End of a Flash (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Utyu, Senkou no Hate ni, 2003) - by Ikki Miyamoto.
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO: Ichinen Sensou Hiroku, 2005) - by Joji Hayashi. The novel adaptation of the CGI series;
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou, 1989) - by Kyosuke Yuki. The novel adaptation of the original OVA series.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: The Blue Destiny, 1997) - by Yuka Minagawa. The novel adaptation of the TV game.
(Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shoutai, 1999) - by Ichiro Okochi. The novel adaptation of the original series.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, 1992) - by Hiroshi Yamaguchi. The novel adaptation of the original OVA series.
Advance Of Zeta: The Flag Of Titans (Advanced of Z: Titans no Hata no Moto ni, 2002 - ) - by Bin Konno.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel (Kidou Senshi Gundam Ecole du Ciel: Tenku no Gakko, 2002 - ) - by Kenichi Nakahara. The novel adaptation of the original manga.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Four Story - And to a soldier… (Kidou Senshi Zeta Gundam: Four Story - Soshite Senshi ni…, 1986) - by Akinori Endo.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Kidou Senshi Zeta Gundam, 1985 - 1986) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The novel adaptation of the original series.
Gundam Sentinel (Gundam Sentinel: Alice no Zange, 1988 - 1990) - by Masaya Takahashi.
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ, 1986 - 1987) - by Akinori Endo. The novel adaptation of the original series.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Hi Streamer (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Hi Streamer, 1987 - 1988) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The novel adaptation of the original movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char - Beltorchika's Children, 1988) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. An original novel about the events later animated in the original movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (working title, scheduled for 2007) - by Harutoshi Fukui. A Zeon remnant, led by a mysterious Char-like figure, fights the Earth Federation, with a "secret" event which occurred 95 years earlier that plays an important role in the story.
(Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway, 1989) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The story of Hathaway, Bright Noah's son, after the events of Char's Counterattack, that follows the canon of Beltorchika's Children.
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam F91, 1991) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The novel adaptation of the original movie.
Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 (Kidou Senshi Gundam Silhouette Formula 91, 1992 - 1993) - by Sunrise.
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Kidou Senshi V Gundam, 1993 - 1994) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The novel adaptation of the original series.
Gaia Gear (1987 - 1989) - by Yoshiyuki Tomino. A non-canonical side story, set in the U.C.0200s, where an anti-Federation group creates a clone of Char to battle Manhunter.
G-Saviour (2000 - 2001) - by Yoshie Kawahara. The novel adaptation of the original movie.
Note: Before the official release of the novel version of Gundam Unicorn, the Japanese major Gundam-magna Gundam ACE said that Unicorn will be made into an anime after some stages. In Japan's Chara Hobby Show 2007, there's a promotional movie of Gundam Unicorn including short animation clips, as well as Gundam Unicorn will be made into Master Grade model, planned to be released on December, 2007, further proving that Unicorn will be show on media in some days, probably after Gundam 00
Original design series/variations
Due to the sheer popularity of the Gundam franchise, especially the Mobile Suit design, several Original Design series were published. These series are drawings and precise specifications for additional Mobile suit units not found in the original animated material.
Mobile Suit Variations (1983) - also known as MSV, the variations from the One-Year War, considered to be official and canonical
Mobile Suit X (1984) - also known as MSX, new models for a proposed but never produced new animation series, considered to be official and canonical
Z-MSV - variations from the Zeta Gundam series
ZZ-MSV - variations from the Double Zeta Gundam series
CCA-MSV - variations from the Char's Counterattack movie
Kunio Okawara's MS Collection (M-MSV) - Kunio Okawara's personal reinterpretations
F91-MSV - variations from the F-91 movie
V-MSV - variations from the Victory series
Video Games
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam: EX Revue
Mobile Suit Gundam: the Card Builder
Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirits of Zeon Dual Stars of Carnage
Mobile Suit Gundam VS Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon DX
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A.E.U.G. vs. Titans
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A.E.U.G. vs. Titans DX
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam
Quiz Mobile Suit Gundam: Monsenshi
Universal Century Gundam Online
Mobile Suit Gundam Network Battle
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Away to the Newtype
Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Wars 0122
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam v.2.0
Gundam Battle Assault
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Greed, Blood of Zeon
G-Saviour
Mobile Suit Gundam: The One Year War
Mobile Suit Gundam Z: AEUG vs. Titans
Gundam Battle Tactics
Gundam Battle Royale
Gundam Battle Chronicle
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Kouhen
Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Zenpen
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Greed
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Vol. 1
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Vol. 2
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Vol. 3
Gundam Battle Online
Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren's Greed - Blood of Zeon
Chronology
In a pre-production memo, Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino wrote that the first series takes place in 2066 AD, which would have the Universal Century calendar starting in 1988 AD. However, a "2079" date stamp in the first Gundam series's episode 26 and a "2087" date stamp in Zeta Gundam's episode 8 indicated a 2001 AD starting date. The date stamps were not included in the subsequent movie versions of these series, and these dates have since been contradicted by works not written by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Based on a dated newspaper shown in the last episode of the Gundam 0080 OVA series written by Gainax's Hiroyuki Yamaga (Monday, January 14, 0080) and in Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam, Axis Zeon became Neo Zeon on 29th Feb, 0088, the Universal Century can be pinpointed to begin in several specific years, including 2053, 2081, 2109, and 2149. In the Universal Century chronology, the last dated entry of the AD system was 2045 AD, leading to the common misconception that UC 0001 followed immediately afterwards. A few early unofficial sources even listed UC 0001 as 2046 AD (or even 2045, using bad math), but current official materials indicate the presence of a gap of years between the AD and UC calendar systems. Therefore the first year of the Universal Century calendar is deduced on the official Gundam website in North America as being 2053, 2081, 2109, or possibly later, meaning UC 0079 would correspond to 2131, 2159, 2187, or later.
Since the mid-1990s, new official Universal Century chronologies have avoided the inclusion of AD dates before UC 0001. The following are AD dates that were once published with Universal Century chronologies:
1957.10.04 AD » The Soviet Union successfully launches Humankind's first artificial satellite—Sputnik 1.
;1961.04.12 AD » The Soviet Union successfully launches a manned artificial satellite—Vostok 1.
1969.07.20 AD » America successfully lands on the Moon's surface with Apollo 11.
;1969 AD » Dr. G.K. O'Neill and others announce their space colony concept.
1990s AD » In every region of the world, border disputes and regional conflicts repeatedly erupt.
;1999 AD » The Earth Federation government is established. The human space colonization program is announced.
2005 AD » The first solar generating satellite is successfully launched.
;2009 AD » Earth Federal Forces is established.
2026 AD » The Jupiter Energy Fleet launches from Lunar orbit.
;2045 AD » Construction of the first colony begins.
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