Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (新機動戦記ガンダムW: ENDLESS WALTZ Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Uingu: Endoresu Warutsu^?), is the sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, both of which are set in the "After Colony" timeline, an alternate universe to that of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Aside from being a continuation to the Gundam Wing TV series, it also reveals details regarding the pasts of the five Gundam pilots and the true objective behind "Operation Meteor." 

Endless Waltz originally premiered in Japan as a three-part OVA in 1997, and it was later released as a theatrical compilation movie in 1998, including additional scenes and an altered musical score.

Synopsis

It is the year After Colony 196, and the battles between Earth and the space colonies have ended. Treize Khushrenada is dead and OZ has come to an end. This gives birth to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation (ESUN) and the Preventers. Seeing they won't be needed anymore, the Gundam pilots (except Wufei) send their suits into the sun. However, this peace would not last, for a rebellion occurs on the newly completed colony, L3 X-18999. Led by seven-year-old Mariemaia Khushrenada, Treize's illegitimate daughter, the rebellion kidnaps Relena Darlian, now the Vice Foreign Minister of the ESUN, during a diplomatic mission to X-18999. As the Gundam pilots investigate further, they discover that Mariemaia is merely a puppet controlled by her grandfather Dekim Barton, a former advisor to martyred colony leader Heero Yuy, who is using X-18999 to go through with the original Operation Meteor, as a contingency plan in case the ESUN doesn't comply. The Gundam pilots must prevent Dekim from seizing power over the ESUN. The Gundams are retrieved from their course to sun to Earth's orbit thanks to Quatre and the Maganacs. The pilots use their Gundams one last time to fight against Dekim's forces, not killing anyone. In the end, Dekim is killed by one of his own soldiers, Earth and its colonies are at peace once again and all mobile suits (including the Gundams) are forever destroyed.

 

Episode/Download

#	Title	Original airdate	English airdate
OVA 01	"Silent Orbit" "Shizuka naru Kidou (Sairento Obito)" (静かなる軌道(サイレント·オービット))	January 25, 1997	September 11, 2000 (CA) November 10, 2000 (US)
In After Colony 196, one year after the end of the war, the Earth and the colonies are at peace, and the Gundam pilots (with the exception of Wufei) send their Gundams to the Sun to be destroyed. On Christmas Eve, however, the Barton Foundation kidnaps Relena Peacecraft and declares war on Earth, using Treize Khushrenada's alleged daughter, Mariemaia, as a figurehead. Their plan is to conduct Operation Meteor as it originally was planned. The Gundam pilots have to intervene, but Wufei is revealed to have joined forces with the Mariemaia Army. Additional information concerning the backgrounds of the Gundam pilots is revealed.
OVA 02	"Operation Meteor" "Sugi Kyo ri shi Ryuusei (Opareshiyon Meteo)" (過ぎ去りし流星(オペレーション·メテオ))	April 25, 1997	September 11, 2000 (CA) November 10, 2000 (US)
Quatre decides to bring back the Gundams, while Heero, Duo and Trowa try to stop the Mariemaia Army. Meanwhile, the believed dead Zechs Merquise returns and attacks the Mariemaia Army's asteroid base with the new Tallgeese III mobile suit. However, he is forced to stop when Dekim Barton threatens to drop a colony on Earth. No one is able to prevent the Mariemaia Army from seizing control of Earth using their new Serpent mobile suits. After Quatre succeeds in preventing the Gundams from being destroyed, Heero requests that Quatre send the Wing Zero to a specified point in space where Heero will pick it up himself.
OVA 3	"Return to Forever" "Eien no Kaiki (Ritan tu Foeba)" (永遠の回帰(リターン·トゥ·フォーエバー))	July 25, 1997	September 11, 2000 (CA) November 10, 2000 (US)
Heero rendezvous with the Wing Zero and flies to Earth to save Relena, but is intercepted by Wufei in the Altron Gundam and the two fight. Duo, Trowa and Quatre get their Gundams back and help Zechs and Noin in their attack on the Mariemaia Army's captured fortress in Brussels. Heero eventually arrives (having convinced Wufei that they must prevent the history of miserable battles from repeating itself) and uses the Wing Zero's twin buster rifle to destroy the fortress' underground bunker shields. When the people of Earth arrive to declare their own desires for peace, Relena and Lady Une are able to convince Mariemaia that she is mistaken. Dekim tries to kill Relena, but is instead killed by one of his own soldiers out of respect for Treize. Following Mariemaia's surrender and the return of peace between Earth and the colonies, the last of the mobile suits (including the Gundams) are destroyed. The Gundam pilots are at last able to bring closure to their lives as soldiers.
Compilation Movie	"Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition" "Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Uingu: Endoresu Warutsu tokubetsuhen" (新機動戦記ガンダムW Endless Waltz 特別篇)	August 1, 1998	N/A
A compilation of all three Endless Waltz episodes. It includes additional scenes and an altered musical score.