Gaia Gear

About Gaia Gear

Gaia Gear (ガイア・ギア, Gaia Gia ) is a story written by Yoshiyuki Tomino featuring mechanical designs by Ito Mamoru. It first ran as a serial in the Japanese Newtype Magazine from April 1987 to December 1991. Afterwards the story was compiled into five novels which were released from September 1988 until April 1992.

Gaia Gear is a story set in the future of the Universal Century timeline, specifically in U.C. 0203. Once more, the governments of Earth and its space colonies are at odds and resolve their differences with Man-Machines. The resistance group Metatron fights against the Man Hunter Agency; the police force of the corrupt Earth Federation. To have better chances Metatron creates a memory clone of the legendary Char Aznable called Afranche Char, who commands the troops of Metatron and pilots the Gaia Gear Alpha.