13 Facts About SD Gundam

SD Gundam is a media franchise that spawned from the Gundam franchise.

SD Gundam takes the mecha from Gundam and expresses them in super deformed and anthropomorphic style.

SD Gundam originated from a contributed illustration of a junior student from Nagoya by the name of Koji Yokoi to the "Model News" magazine that Bandai was issuing in the 1980s.

Super deformed designs were suitable for capsule toys, and so they were first merchandised as small SD Gundam-shaped erasers as part of the Gashapon series SD Gundam World in 1985.

Popularity of SD Gundam was such that between the late '80s and early '90s, sales from the SD Gundam franchise far exceeded the rest of Gundam.

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Animated works based on SD Gundam are generally adapted from existing toy lines or manga and are animated by Sunrise.

Musha SD Gundam are SD Gundam units modelled after samurai, ninja, or other forms of feudal Japanese warriors.

The knight style SD Gundam designs are devised by Koji Yokoi and soon Knight Gundam became an independent series like Musha Gundam.

SD Gundam designs were used throughout the earlier Super Robot Wars games, as can be seen by the pupils present in the eyes of the various Mobile Suits that appeared.

Real-sized Musha SD Gundam has been placed as a hidden, unlockable unit in Dynasty Warriors: SD Gundam series.

Additionally, popular SD Gundam kits have been re-released in waves at around the same time as new kits.

The first figure released, Knight SD Gundam, was based on a scratch-built model of the character made by Hobby Japan for his appearance in Musha Retsuden Zero.

For example, Knight SD Gundam was released with a display base, alternate facial expressions and armor pieces produced from metal.