If you've ever seen StarBlazers/Space Battleship Yamato, it's more like that than Gundam. Well, it's kinda like both. But not Wing. Wing is a weird beast that's very much unlike other Gundams. It's really not got a lot to do with Gundam beyond sharing vague similarities with regards to people fighting in somewhat realistic giant robots, and war being a bad thing. Anyways, a short, spoiler free synopsis: