After Colony

After Colony is the collective name for works related to the "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" anime series, which first aired in 1995. The name comes from the name of the calendar used within the fictional universe, with After Colony 001 (AC 001) corresponding to the construction of the first space colony in Earth orbit.

The fictional events of these works are referred to as the After Colony Era, Timeline, or Period.

The After Colony timeline differs from the Universal Century timeline in that an Earth Federation-like government, (The Earth Sphere Alliance and later the Organization of the Zodiac), keeps control of the space colonies and is more repressive. The struggle of the colonies is for freedom, and the Gundams are built as way of defending the plight of the colonies to escape this repression.

Works

In Continuity

; "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" : The major anime series, first airing on April 7, 1995. Runs for 49 half-hour episodes, over the period between April 7 AC 195 and December 24 AC 195.; "Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor I & II" : Series of four OVA episodes created in 1996, containing clips taken from the series, with new dialogue and some new animation. "Operation Meteor I" dealt with material from the first half of the series, while "Operation Meteor II" contained footage from the second half. The odd-numbered episodes focused on Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, and Chang Wufei, while the even-numbered episodes used Duo Maxwell, Quatre Raberba Winner and other major characters. The new animation is set immediately after the end of the anime, presumably December 25 AC 195.; "" : Series of three OVA episodes created in early 1997. The three episodes were compiled into the "Endless Waltz Special Edition" movie, and was released with additional and reworked footage and material in August 1997. The main events of "Endless Waltz" run from December 24 AC 196 to December 27 AC 196, with the events shown at the end occurring at an unspecified later time.; "" : 8 issue manga first released in 1997. The first six issues deal with the personal history of the five Gundam pilots and Relena Peacecraft (one character per issue), and portray events between AC 187 and AC 194. Issue 7 shows the events leading directly up to the start of the anime (April 6 AC 195). Issue 8, titled "Preventer 5", is set after "Endless Waltz", in April AC 197. The stories were written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, head writer for the first half of the series, and used material originally intended for episode 28; the stories were dropped after schedule mixups. Because Sumisawa was the head writer for the anime, this material is accepted as being in continuity.; "" : 12 volume manga series first released in 1997. The events of the manga run in parallel to the anime series, but due to the remote location (the manga is set primarily in the asteroid belt) there are only passing references to the events of "Gundam Wing".

Not in continuity

This section includes semi-canon, non-canon, and contradictory works.

', ', and "":The three manga series are all set between the events of the "Gundam Wing" anime and "Endless Waltz", during the year AC 196. All three involve the major characters, and all three end with the idea to send the Gundams into the sun, as they are no longer needed, the retrieval of which is one of the major plot elements of "Endless Waltz". The three manga contradict each other, and are accepted to be alternate reality depictions of the events leading to "Endless Waltz".; "" : Fighting game released on the Super Famicom console in 1996.; "Gundam Wing Sidestory: Tiel's Impulse" : Short comic series created in 1998, set in January AC 196.; "Gundam Evolve 7" : CG animation short created by Bandai in 2004. When the short fits into continuity (if it does at all) is not clear, although the conversation between Doctor J and Relena Peacecraft places the short between episodes 43 and 46 of the anime.; "Gundam Wing Sidestory: A Scythe in My Right Hand, You in My Left?": Manga released in January 2005. Setting within timeline unknown.

External links

* [http://www.gundamofficial.com/www_ac/gw/timeline/index.html After Colony Timeline from GundamOfficial.com]