Mobile Suit Gundam is said to have changed Japan’s animation industry with its realistic style of portraying characters and incorporating world views. It was also said to be a monumental series for mecha robot animation. And since 1979, when the series first came onto the scene, Gundam continues to thrive 40-years later.
And with NHK BS Premium, a database covering over 56 anisongs, 56 animated films, more than 2,000 characters and mobile suits have been developed.
And NHK hosted an “Zen Gandamu dai tōhyō” (All-Gundam Major Votes) which allowed viewers to select and vote for different categories.
The results of the “All-Gundam Major Voting” was revealed on May 5, 2018 with Part 1 airing at 9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and Part 2 airing on 11:45 at 0:45 a.m.
The results are as follows:
Top 10 Gundam Anime Series:
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Counter Attack
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded ORPHANS
- Mobile Suit Gundam UC
- Mobile Fighter G Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 STARDUST MEMORY
Top 10 Mobile Suits:
- V Gundam (New Gundam) (Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counter Attack)
- Z Gundam (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)
- Strike Freedom GUNDAM (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY)
- Wing Gundam Zero (EW version) (New Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz)
- Freedom Gundam (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
- Momoshiki (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)
- Cubeleigh (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)
- Sotheby (Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counter Attack)
- Gundam F91 (Mobile Suit Gundam F91)
- Gundam (Mobile Suit Gundam)
Top 10 Characters:
- Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam: Mobile Suit Z Gundam/Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack / Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN / Mobile Suit Gundam UC)
- Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack / Mobile Suit Gundam/Mobile Suit Z Gundam/Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN / Mobile Suit Gundam UC)
- Olga Itsuka (Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans)
- Kira Yamato (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY)
- Graham Acre (Mr. Bushido) (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 / Mobile Suit Gundam 00 -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-)
- Setsuna F Seiei (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 / Mobile Suit Gundam 00 -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-)
- Camille Bidan (Mobile Suit Z Gundam/Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ)
- Anabelle Gateaux (Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 STARDUST MEMORY / Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 – The Afterglow of Zeon -)
- Haman Karn (Mobile Suit Z Gundam/Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ/Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 STARDUST MEMORY / Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 – Zeon’s Afterglow -)
- Athrun Zala (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY)
Top 10 Gundam Songs:
- Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete – Moriguchi Hiroko (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)
- Ai Senshi – Inoue Daisuke (Mobile Suit Gundam II Ai Senshi-hen)
- ETERNAL WIND~Hohoemi wa hikaru kaze no naka – Moriguchi Hiroko (Mobile Suit Gundam F91)
- BEYOND THE TIME ~Mobius no Sora o Koete~- TM NETWORK (Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack)
- Arashi no nakade kagayaite – Yonekura Chihiro (Mobile Suit Gundam 08 MS Platoon)
- Freesia – Uru (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded ORPHANS)
- JUST COMMUNICATION – TWO-MIX (Mobile Suit Gundam W)
- Meguri Ai – Inoue Daisuke (Mobile Suit Gundam II Meguri Ai uchu-hen)
- Z koku o koete – Ayukuwa Mai (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)
- RE:I AM – Aimer (Mobile Suit Gundam UC)