History Manga / GundamSousei

* ExecutiveMeddling: Shichiro Kuroba, head of Clover (the toymaker that sponsored ''Gundam''), is a subversion of this. He initially comes off as a {{Jerkass}} for wanting the mecha to be more {{Toyetic}} than realistic (specifically, the case for the RX-78-2's "parade" color scheme). However, his reason for doing so is the fact that in order to be able to fund the series, they ''must'' be able to sell toys, which means he can't give Tomino and his team the freedom he would like to.

* TroubledProduction: Practically the whole point of this manga is to show just how troubled it was.

** The role of Ichiro Itano will be played by [[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]].

Every franchise has its humble beginnings, and the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise is no exception. ''Gundam Sousei'' is a manga retelling of ''Gundam's'' rise from obscurity into the legendary franchise it has become today. Sounds pretty simple and boring, right? '''WRONG'''.

Written and illustrated by Hideki Owada, the author of the AffectionateParody gag series ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSan Gundam-san]]'', ''Gundam Sousei'' takes the development team (and a few of the actors) from Anime/MobileSuitGundam and [[{{Dramatization}} cranks up their quirks and personalities]] [[UpToEleven to insane levels.]] The director is a chain-smoking, [[CoolShades shades-sporting]] {{Badass}}, Sunrise's program director is NewMeat {{Moe}}, the character designer is a {{Bishounen}}, the mechanical designer is a [[WrenchWench grease monkey who draws on the side]], the list goes on. If the person was involved in the creation of ''Gundam'', they will be exaggerated. And HilarityEnsues. While most of the story focuses on how outrageous director YoshiyukiTomino is, the manga does take time out to show off some of the weird and peculiar facts surrounding the early years of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' that may have fallen to the sands of time.

Every franchise has its humble beginnings, and the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise is no exception. ''Gundam Sousei'' is a manga retelling of ''Gundam's'' rise from obscurity into the legendary franchise it has become today. It is written and illustrated by Hideki Owada. Sounds pretty simple and boring, right? '''WRONG'''. ''Gundam Sousei'' takes the development team (and a few of the actors) from Anime/MobileSuitGundam and [[{{Dramatization}} cranks up their quirks and personalities]] [[UpToEleven to insane levels.]] The director is a chain-smoking, [[CoolShades shades-sporting]] {{Badass}}, Sunrise's program director is NewMeat {{Moe}}, the character designer is a {{Bishounen}}, the mechanical designer is a [[WrenchWench grease monkey who draws on the side]], the list goes on. If the person was involved in the creation of ''Gundam'', they will be exaggerated. And HilarityEnsues. While most of the story focuses on how outrageous director YoshiyukiTomino is, the manga does take time out to show off some of the weird and peculiar facts surrounding the early years of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' that may have fallen to the sands of time.

->'''Tomino:''' A merry robot action anime about protecting the peace of the world and your neighborhood.

* Blatant Lies: How Tomino sells SpaceRunawayIdeon.

->''"A franchise has to be established for at least as long as ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' has been for anybody to even consider fictionalizing the story of its own creation. In the case of ''Gundam Sousei'', it is to the story of Gundam's production what ''SengokuBasara'' is to the [[FeudalJapan Warring States period]]."''

** In the last chapters, two more voice actors appear; one resembles Kai and thus is probably ToshioFurukawa, while the other is presumably intended to be Creator/YouInoue, despite not looking at all like Sayla.

* CharacterExaggeration: ''Rampant''. ShuichiIkeda is a total drunk most of the time [[spoiler:(but sobers up upon seeing the role of Char)]] , Tomino is a total badass, and Momoe Kusakari (the aformentioned program director) is highly naive. Given that Owada is the creator of TheLegendOfKoizumi, this should not come as a surprise.

* MorphicResonance: RealLife voice actors Creator/ToruFuruya and Rumiko Ukai are drawn ''a lot like'' Amuro Rei and Fraw Bow (respectively)[[note]]In RealLife, Furuya looks a ''lot'' like Amuro, albeit this could be as a side-effect of EnforcedMethodActing he has to do along the years[[/note]]. ShuichiIkeda is much less blatant about this, but you can still see a faint resemblance to Char. For some reason, there also is a Gihren Zabi {{Expy}} as a Bandai rep.

** Creator/KeikoHan resembles Lalah Sune tremendously; before she takes up that role (since she also voiced Icelina), she talks to Creator/ToruFuruya and ShuichiIkeda. The whole scene is an allusion to the episode "A Fateful Meeting", and Amuro, Char, and Lalah's meeting.

* MorphicResonance: RealLife voice actors TohruFuruya and Rumiko Ukai are drawn ''a lot like'' Amuro Rei and Fraw Bow (respectively)[[note]]In RealLife, Furuya looks a ''lot'' like Amuro, albeit this could be as a side-effect of EnforcedMethodActing he has to do along the years[[/note]]. ShuichiIkeda is much less blatant about this, but you can still see a faint resemblance to Char. For some reason, there also is a Gihren Zabi {{Expy}} as a Bandai rep.

** KeikoHan resembles Lalah Sune tremendously; before she takes up that role (since she also voiced Icelina), she talks to TohruFuruya and ShuichiIkeda. The whole scene is an allusion to the episode "A Fateful Meeting", and Amuro, Char, and Lalah's meeting.

* MorphicResonance: Real-world seiyuu TohruFuruya and Rumiko Ukai are drawn ''a lot like'' Amuro Rei and Fraw Bow (respectively). ShuichiIkeda is much less blatant about this, but you can still see a faint resemblance to Char. For some reason, there also is a Gihren Zabi {{Expy}} as a Bandai rep.

* {{Bishounen}}: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c002/2.html Yasuhiko]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c011/15.html Yoshikazu]], the character designer.

** The role of [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c019/2.html Ichiro Itano]] will be played by [[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]].
* CharacterExaggeration: ''Rampant''. ShuichiIkeda is a total drunk most of the time [[spoiler:(but [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c003/9.html sobers]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c003/12.html up]] upon seeing the role of Char)]] , Tomino is a total badass, and [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c004/1.html Momoe Kusakari]] (the aformentioned program director) is highly naive. Given that Owada is the creator of TheLegendOfKoizumi, this should not come as a surprise.

* {{Gonk}}: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c008/1.html Hajime Yatate]] carries signs of this.

* HotbloodedSideburns: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c004/14.html Kunio Okawara]] sports a mean pair.

* ManlyTears: Tomino's storyboards for episode 28 [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c019/9.html cause]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c019/11.html this effect]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c019/13.html on people]].
* MegatonPunch: Tomino has [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c001/10.html one hell of a right hook...]]

* MythologyGag: Many, such as the aforementioned [[InvertedTrope inverted]] ActorAllusion in MorphicResonance, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c024/9.html a swan symbolizing understanding between Gundam fans]] (in the same way Newtypes get flashes in which they 'understand' each other, not to mention Lalah was associated with swans) and other such things.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c011/5.html Used in-universe by Tomino]] to gather more interest in Gundam.

* KillEmAll: Sort of. Kusakari, after hearing about [[spoiler:the plotline, the cancellation of, and sponsor deception surrounding ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'']], aptly calls Tomino "Tomino the killer"[[hottip:*:Referring of course to how two Tomino shows have essentially been canceled due to poor reception, not to Tomino's legendary FanNickname.]].

->''"A franchise has to be established for at least as long as ''{{Gundam}}'' has been for anybody to even consider fictionalizing the story of its own creation. In the case of ''Gundam Sousei'', it is to the story of Gundam's production what ''SengokuBasara'' is to the [[FeudalJapan Warring States period]]."''

Every franchise has its humble beginnings, and the ''{{Gundam}}'' franchise is no exception. ''Gundam Sousei'' is a manga retelling of ''Gundam's'' rise from obscurity into the legendary franchise it has become today. It is written and illustrated by Hideki Owada. Sounds pretty simple and boring, right? '''WRONG'''. ''Gundam Sousei'' takes the development team (and a few of the actors) from MobileSuitGundam and [[{{Dramatization}} cranks up their quirks and personalities]] [[UpToEleven to insane levels.]] The director is a chain-smoking, [[CoolShades shades-sporting]] {{Badass}}, Sunrise's program director is NewMeat {{Moe}}, the character designer is a {{Bishounen}}, the mechanical designer is a [[WrenchWench grease monkey who draws on the side]], the list goes on. If the person was involved in the creation of ''Gundam'', they will be exaggerated. And HilarityEnsues. While most of the story focuses on how outrageous director YoshiyukiTomino is, the manga does take time out to show off some of the weird and peculiar facts surrounding the early years of ''{{Gundam}}'' that may have fallen to the sands of time.

* NewMeat: Kusakari is portrayed as this. She even admits during the airing of the first episode of ''MobileSuitGundam'' that it's her first anime.

* XMeetsY: (The production of) {{Gundam}} meets {{Transmetropolitan}}. Go read that, and try to claim [[{{Expy}} Tomino isn't Spider.]]

-->-- '''[[http:\\subatomicbrainfreeze.typead.com David Cabrera]]''', [[http://subatomicbrainfreeze.typepad.com/subatomic_brainfreeze/2009/06/gundam-sousei-well-just-have-to-make-ten-years-go-by-with-our-own-hands.html Blog entry on Gundam Sousei]]

-->"Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the director of Gundam!"\\
--'''YoshiyukiTomino'''

-->"A franchise has to be established for at least as long as ''{{Gundam}}'' has been for anybody to even consider fictionalizing the story of its own creation. In the case of ''Gundam Sousei'', it is to the story of Gundam's production what ''SengokuBasara'' is to the [[FeudalJapan Warring States period]]."\\
--'''[[http:\\subatomicbrainfreeze.typead.com David Cabrera]]''', [[http://subatomicbrainfreeze.typepad.com/subatomic_brainfreeze/2009/06/gundam-sousei-well-just-have-to-make-ten-years-go-by-with-our-own-hands.html Blog entry on Gundam Sousei]]

** In the last chapters, two more voice actors appear; one resembles Kai and thus is probably ToshioFurukawa, while the other is presumably intended to be YouInoue, despite not looking at all like Sayla.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The manga can be summed up as high-intensity anime production.

* EnforcedMethodActing: InUniverse. Amuro's voice actor couldn't make the "my own father didn't hit me" line convincing, so Tomino ''punches him until he gets it right''. Our EstablishingCharacterMoment for Tomino.

* GoNagaiSideburns: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gundam_sousei/c004/14.html Kunio Okawara]] sports a mean pair.

* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?~=]: The manga can be summed up as high-intensity anime production.