SD Gundam (SDガンダム, Esu Dhī Gandamu, short for Super Deformed Gundam or BB Senshi SD Gundam BB戦士SDガンダム BB Senshi Esu Dhī Gandamu) is a series that spawned from the Gundam series. This series takes the mobile weapons and characters and express them in super deformed style.
SD Gundam originated from a contributed illustration of a junior high school student from Nagoya by the name of Koji Yokoi to the "Model News" magazine that Bandai was issuing in...
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SD Gundam (SDガンダム, Esu Dhī Gandamu, short for Super Deformed Gundam or BB Senshi SD Gundam BB戦士SDガンダム BB Senshi Esu Dhī Gandamu) is a series that spawned from the Gundam series. This series takes the mobile weapons and characters and express them in super deformed style.
SD Gundam originated from a contributed illustration of a junior high school student from Nagoya by the name of Koji Yokoi to the "Model News" magazine that Bandai was issuing in the 1980s. The illustration is of a Gundam but with an unusual proportion where the overall height of the Gundam is equal to twice that of its head. This illustration interested the chief editor and so leading to Koji Yokoi serializing SD Gundam in 4 frame comics in "Model News".
The super deformed design was suitable for capsule toys and so SD Gundam started merchandising with the Gashapon series "SD Gundam World" in 1985. Although at first SD Gundam started out as a parody of the Gundam series by the 1990s SD Gundam spawned many spin-off...
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