query: Who created the Gundam animated series?
passage: Gundam
Gundam(Japanese:ガンダム,Hepburn:Gandamu), also known as the Gundam series(ガンダムシリーズ,Gandamu Shirīzu), is a science fiction media franchise created by Sunrise that features giant robots (mecha) with the name "Gundam" (after the original titular mecha). The franchise began on April 7, 1979 with Mobile Suit Gundam, a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes television series, OVAs, films, manga, novels and video games, as well as a whole industry of model robots known as Gunpla (plastic Gundam model).
passage: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
An anime adaptation was produced by Sunrise as a seven-episode original video animation series and released between March 12, 2010 and June 6, 2014 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. It was directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi. A television rebroadcast of the anime adaptation titled "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096" began airing on April 3, 2016, replacing "Brave Beats", and becoming the first Gundam series to air on TV Asahi since "After War Gundam X" which ended in 1996. "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096" premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on January 7, 2017.