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Hoping to capitalize on the success of airing Gundam Wing the previous year, Bandai Entertainment released a heavily edited and English-dubbed version of the series premiering on Toonami across the United States on Monday, July 23, 2001.

The series did not do as well as Wing but the ratings were high enough for the whole series to be aired and spawn an enormous toy line.

Unfortunately, airing ceased before it could finish.

This was due to the September 11th attacks.

Immediately following the attacks, Cartoon Network, and many other TV stations, began pulling and editing war-themed content and violent programming.

However, the series finale was shown as part of Toonami's " New Year's Eve-il " special on December 31, 2001.

It is sometimes stated that Gundam was cancelled " because " of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

This was verified by a Toonami producer in a March 4, 2002 interview with Anime News Network.