Bibliography

Works consulted in this research effort.

Published

Where possible, I seek to cite the original work, rather than a third-party excerpt from the original.

This bibliography is ordered approximately by order in the Universal Century, and then with non-canon and third-party works.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

Movies. 2015-2018.

Japanese and English audio, English subtitles.

Discrepancies with the “main” UC canon make these seem more like in-setting propaganda films.

Mobile Suit Gundam

UC 0079. Anime. 1978-1980.

Japanese and English audio, English subtitles.

Mobile Suit Gundam

UC 0079. Movies.

It would be cool to trim down the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime to fit the arc of the movies.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island

UC 0079. Movie. 2022.

GundamInfo.

Japanese audio, English subtitles.

Alternate rendition of episode 15 of the original Mobile Suit Gundam with an expanded story.

MSG Ground Zero: Rise from the Ashes

UC 0079. Manga.

MangaDex.

MSG MSV-R: Legend of the Universal Century Heroes: The Fabulous Shin Matsunaga

UC 0079. Manga. 2012-2017.

Zeonic Scanlation.

Partially translated.

Little of interest in the available chapters.

MSG: Requiem for Vengeance

UC 0079. Anime.

MSG 0083: Stardust Memory

UC 0083. Anime. 1991-1992.

Japanese and English audio, English subtitles.

MSG 0083: Rebellion

UC 0083. Manga. 2013-2023.

Zeonic Scanlations.

Char’s Deleted Affair: Portrait of a Young Comet

UC 0080. Manga. 2001-2009.

Zeonic Scanlations translation.

Between the One Year War and the Gryps Conflict. Tells how Axis ended up as a Zabi stronghold, how Char decided to become Quattro, and how Haman Karn became Regent.

MS Zeta Gundam

UC 0088. Anime ja nai. 1985-1986.

Japanese and English audio, English subtitles.

MS Zeta Gundam ½ – U.C.0087 Another Story

UC 0087. Manga. 2006.

Side stories focusing on the Titans and Karaba. Amuro body double is cross-dressed woman.

Zeta Define

Manga.

Zeta: A New Translation

UC 0088. Movies.

Gundam Sentinel

UC 0088. Book.

Zeonic Scanlations.

MSG ZZ

UC 0088. Anime. 1986-1987.

Japanese audio and English fansubs.

Also called “Double Zeta”

Advance of Zeta Re-Boot: Gundam Inle

UC 0088. Book.

Mobile Suit Moon Gundam

UC 0091. Manga. 2017--.

Zeonic Scanlations.

Sometimes regarded as noncanonical due to introduction of more Psycoframe before CCA

MSG: The Revival of Zeon

UC 0092. Manga.

Nothing noteworthy.

MSG New Revival of Zeon

UC 0092. Manga.

MangaDex.

Nothing noteworthy.

Char’s Counterattack

UC 0093. Movie. 1988.

Japanese audio with English fan subtitles, official English dub.

Char’s Counterattack – Beltorchika’s Children

UC 0093. Manga. 2014-2018.

Gundam Wikia

MSG: Twilight Axis

UC 0096. Anime. 2017.

Mostly not notable regarding the development of Zeonism. Adds a couple of character interactions with Char but no ideology.

MSG Unicorn RE:0096

UC 0096. Anime. 2016.

GundamInfo YouTube Channel.

Japanese audio and official English subtitles.

RE:0096 is painful to watch. The OVA series for Unicorn is much better paced and cut.

MSG Unicorn

Books. 2016.

The Baka-Tsuki translation, available on The Internet Archive..

tumblr user whypolar has a nice series about the differences between the OVA and the novels

MSG: Narrative

UC 0097. Movie. 2018.

Japanese audio with English fan subtitles

Look at Mineva and Baharov’s interactions

MSG: Narrative

UC 0097. Manga. 2018--.

Zeonic Scanlations; Spitelations.

MSG Hathaway

UC 0105. Movie.

Does it mention how the Republic of Zeon ended?

MSG Formula Wars 0122

Manga. 1991.

Zeonic Scanlations.

Only noteworthy item was a reference in the Japanese Wikipedia article saying that Cosmo Babylonia was financing the Oldsmobile forces.

Fastest Formula

UC 0112. Manga.

MSG F90

UC 0120. Manga.

F91 Prequel

UC 0123. Manga.

F91

UC 0123. Movie.

Take notes on Cosmo Babylonian thought

F91

UC 0123. Manga.

Crossbone, various

Manga.

What’s the relation between Zeonism, Cosmo Babylonia, Jupiter, and Zanscare?

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

UC 0153. Anime.

What’s the relation between Cosmo Babylonia and Zanscare? Maria and Zeonism?

Turn A Gundam

Anime.

Skim with an eye towards whether this is a “fulfillment” of Zeonism

After War Gundam X

Anime.

Obviously not UC, but is it a look into the anxieties of a post-OYW media market?

Ultimate Mark’s Zeon article

Website. 2005--.

Gundam Unofficial is a hobby project of Mark Simmons, illustrator. Mostly interesting as a reference for prouction details, but the article on Zeon is worth a read.

Crossbone Ghost

UC 0153. Manga.

What is the “Space Warring States” period? Should this work consider the title in analogy to the AD era events?

Crossbone Dust

UC 0169. Manga.

(as above)

MSG: Record of Mobile Suit Wars

Manga.

Mangadex.

MSG: ALC ENCOUNTER

UC 000?. Anime.

Random cammer.

MSG: GQuuuuuuX

UC 79--. Anime. 2025.

Alternate Universe story of the Universal Century; not relevant to this project.

And now for the third-party sources…

B-Club Issue no. 15, “Gundam-Club ‘87-2”

Article. 31 January 1987.

Deacon Blues’ translation.

Homestuck: Quadrants

Encyclopedia. 2010.

Homestuck Wiki.

Necessary for explaining certain relationship types.

“Little-known Fact”, Mitigated Chaos et al.

Blog posts. 2019-2022.

First post chain. Explanation of the joke. Explanation of Zeonism.

Mobile Suit Breakdown: The Gundam Podcast

UC 0all. Podcast. 2018--.

This podcast is working its way through the entire Gundam meta-series, in publication order.

Trailblazer (Worm/Gundam AU) [Complete]

Fanfiction. 2018-2022.

SpaceBattles.

Wildbow’s Worm meets the Gundam metaverse in this ambitions, complete, and actually good alt-power!Taylor story. Not really relevant to this work but I did want to recommend it.

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE OST

Music. 2011-2012.

Namu Wiki list and Gundam Master Music List entry.

Some nice bops here.