Gundam Ace
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| Gundam Ace | |
|---|---|
| Chief Editor | Hideaki Kobayashi |
| Categories | Shōnen manga |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | June 25, 2001 |
| Company | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Gundam Base |
Gundam Ace (ガンダムエース Gandamu Eesu?) is a monthly Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten, it largely focus on the Gundam franchise. There is a chinese version published by Kadokawa Media (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.
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[edit] Overview
Gundam Ace started as a quarterly publication from vol.1 to 3, moved to a bi-monthly publication from vol.4 and on April 25, 2003 with vol.10 it became a monthly publication. The producer is Shinichirou Inoue of Kadokawa Shoten who also produce Newtype and Shonen Ace. The chief editor is Hideaki Kobayashi.
The magazine contains a number of common features found in official fan magazines, including news on upcoming Gundam series and merchandise.
[edit] Featured manga
Many of the manga titles running in the magazine serve as promotion (adaptations based on recent games, animated series side stories, etc) or parody the Gundam series/fandom.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair - Portrait of Young Comet
- Axis' Hamaan-san
- Mobile Suit Gundam : Lost War Chronicles
- Mobile Suit Gundam Gaiden : Sora, senkou no hate ni...
- Gundam Legacy
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Ixtab of Space
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam X ~Under the Moonlight~
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny -The Edge-
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Ore wa Renppou Guren Tai
- Mobile Suit Gundam-san
- Tony Takezaki's Gundam manga
- Inugundam
- Mobile Suit Buyo Gundam
- Imouto Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam Climax U.C. - Tsumuga re shi kettou
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Gaiden: Zion no genyou
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: The Steel Seven
- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Revelations 0079
- Developers Mobile Suit Gundam Before One Year War
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Day After Tomorrow - Kai Shinden's report
- Gunota no Onna
- Operation Troy
- Wings of Rean
[edit] Non-manga columns
- Data Gundam
- Ages of Gundam
- Okawara Factory
- Gundam Goods Navigation
- Gundam Game Information
- GUNDAM"ACE"FIX
- GAME'S MSV
[edit] Giveaways
Most issues of Gundam Ace contain at least one 'free gift' item. These may be used to promote a current Gundam work or based on original manga appearing in the magazine. In the three months leading up to the premiere of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, the magazine gave away a 00 pencil board, sticker sheet and poster. A continuing series has been keychains depicting Mobile Suit Gundam characters as chickens, based on a popular manga of the same concept. Other items given away include CM collection CD-ROMs, exclusive alternate manga cover sleeves and cardboard calendar cubes.
