The original mission of this page, created
in the fall of 1997, was to share GW magazine illustrations that had never been collected
and reprinted in artbook form. Since then, a number of new
artbooks have been published in Japan, rendering this page
mostly obsolete. Furthermore, since GW is finally finished,
it has dropped from the radar of most magazines, and so I
haven't had any new pictures to put up since May of 1998.
all this, I'm leaving this page up since
the pictures are pretty. As always, a 
indicates pictures I particularly
like. Now, on with the show!
--sumire
12/23/98
Animedia magazine had a readers' contest to
design costumes for the GW characters.
The winners had their designs made into cel art for a premium
poster.
These pictures, scanned from artbooks, are
contrary to the purpose of this page, but they're nice, so what
the hell.
I'm really not interested in Gundam Wing
anymore (ironic, since it's airing in the US now, which was
unimaginable three years ago), so I'm putting up this FAQ.
--sumire
3/12/00
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Q: Where did you get these pictures?
- A: I scanned them from magazines like Animedia
and Anime V that I bought when I was an
exchange student in Japan in 1996 (when Gundam Wing
was first airing on Japanese TV.)
- Q: Where can I get my own copies of these pictures?
- A: You probably can't, unless you start combing
secondhand Japanese bookstores for anime magazines
published between Fall 1995 and May 1998. That's why
I put them up on the internet.
- Q: Can I use some of these pictures on my own web
page?
- A: Yeah, sure, go ahead already.
- Q: How come you don't have any mecha pictures?
- A: None of my magazines had any semi-obscure
illustrations of the mecha.
