The
RX-78-2 Gundam is a fictional manned robot, introduced in 1979 in
Yoshiyuki Tomino's and
Sunrise's
anime series
Mobile Suit Gundam. In the series, it is a testbed weapon for the Earth Federation when it falls into the hands of
Amuro Ray, the son of its designer in story (Tem Ray), who goes on to pilot it in the Earth Federation's war against the Principality of Zeon.