Mobile Suit Gundam
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
A brooding, tangled war drama where teenage soldiers wrestle with ideology and loss between explosive mecha battles.
About Japanese anime television series
Genres military science fiction, mecha
Length 49 episodes, 30 min each
Network TV Asahi
Country Japan
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