[Rebel]

Maybe they just needed a counter point to go against all of the previous Universal Century series of men in giant robots. I am not sure whether Gundam Wing the kids where prepubescent or in that transitioning stage, or where actual maturing teenagers by the end of the series. Maybe Gundam wing was a sort of nostalgic return to the old "Boy and Robot" series, notting on the kind of fire power each machine had and a unique ability each pilot possesd.

Envy Confused me in the English version, I could not pin anythin down in the voice acting so i had to relly on physical attributes which makes it even more difficult which is probably what the creators wanted to do, gender bending with Envy with an emphasis that Envy knows no bounds when it comes to gender. In the phylosophical and psycologocal sense.

I think official stats put all the G-boyz at about 16. so mid-pubescent. lol. Though the "teenage boy pilot" is a common theme in all gundam series, moreso in alternate universe series than in UC timelines. Though we have of course, our: Amuro(whos like 15), that kid I hated from Zeta gundam, that kid who got killed in Char's Counterattack. As for AU series, we has Gerrard in Gundam X, Athrun, Kira, and innumerable other teenage boys in Gundam Seed, the same characters in Seed Destiny and that other kid who I wanted to throttle throughout the show, and a couple, slightly older teenagers(only by a year or two), and of course, the worlds biggest crybaby, Cagali..... 08th MS Team has Shiro(as I'm sure your well aware of) and that kid who was always reading his "dear john" letters. 0080 had Bernie and Chris(girl) who were in their late teens, possibly 20-22. 0083 had Kou, who was a little older, 23 I think.

I really ought to go through and watch all my Gundam again.