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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==


* ''[[ROD the TV]]'': Mainly retooled the ''Read Or Dream'' manga's basic story to fit into the storyline done in the ''[[Read or Die]]'' OAV.
* ''[[R.O.D the TV]]'': Mainly retooled the ''Read Or Dream'' manga's basic story to fit into the storyline done in the ''[[Read or Die]]'' OAV.
* ''Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' is a deep reboot of the classic anime [[OAV]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. However, so many changes were made, from character designs to backstory to the overall plot, complete with a pseudo-[[Gainax Ending]], that most fans of the original series were rather unimpressed with the end product.
* ''Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' is a deep reboot of the classic anime [[OAV]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. However, so many changes were made, from character designs to backstory to the overall plot, complete with a pseudo-[[Gainax Ending]], that most fans of the original series were rather unimpressed with the end product.
* This was essentially the hook of the Alternate Universe series of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. As a result, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' has '''seven''' of these! (''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|G Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'', ''[[Turn A Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Gundam AGE]]'').
* This was essentially the hook of the Alternate Universe series of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. As a result, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' has '''seven''' of these! (''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|G Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'', ''[[Turn A Gundam|Turn a Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Gundam AGE]]'').
** ''SEED'' is a more explicit example, as it bears a lot of similarities to the original series and is sometimes called "21st Century First Gundam" by [[Sunrise]].<ref>''First Gundam'' is a semi-official nickname for the original show</ref>
** ''SEED'' is a more explicit example, as it bears a lot of similarities to the original series and is sometimes called "21st Century First Gundam" by [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]].<ref>''First Gundam'' is a semi-official nickname for the original show</ref>
** You can generally tell which series are examples by how big the focus is on their respective GUNPLA line. Seed and 00 have entire separate lines dedicated to them, making them stand out even more as reboot series.
** You can generally tell which series are examples by how big the focus is on their respective GUNPLA line. Seed and 00 have entire separate lines dedicated to them, making them stand out even more as reboot series.
** There was also ''For The Barrel'', an obscure [[Light Novel]]-styled story featured in Newtype magazine with radically redesigned characters and mecha.
** There was also ''For The Barrel'', an obscure [[Light Novel]]-styled story featured in Newtype magazine with radically redesigned characters and mecha.
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