Favorites: Mobile Suit Gundam
A classic anime series both here in the US and in it’s original Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam is less a show than an outright industry. TV series, OVAs, movies, games, model kits, novels, toys, trading cards, you name it. If there’s an event to publicize or anything that can be sold in this world, someone, somewhere has plastered a Gundam image on one at some time. Yes, even toilet paper.
Story Intro
Due to the Earth’s overpopulation — some alternate stories state it as due to a global war — space colonies called “Sides” have been built at certain spots in Earth’s and the Moon’s orbit called Lagrange Points, locations where the Earth’s and the Moon’s gravity have equal effect, canceling out any accelerations. Political turmoil and greed being a part of human nature, however, it’s only a matter of time before a resistance movement arises to break free of the current establishment. This occurs in different years, depending on the timeline involved.