Gundam Ace

Gundam Ace (ガンダムエース) 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.

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.

Gundam Ace is considered canon by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino.

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 École 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
 * Inu Gundam
 * 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
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00F
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00I

Non-manga columns

 * Data Gundam
 * Ages of Gundam
 * Okawara Factory
 * Gundam Goods Navigation
 * Gundam Game Information
 * GUNDAM"ACE"FIX
 * GAME'S MSV

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.