Angry Zen Master reports that in an interview with Gundam Wing creator Masashi Ikeda, he reveals that the series was created as a joke– that they created it because they knew it would be popular, and not because they actually thought it would be good.

Confirmed information? Heck no! Their source offers up the alleged interview and that’s it. But why let something like confirmation get in the way of a hilarious story?

…Though I think most people above the age of 13 who actually watched any Gundam Wing probably could have guessed that this was the case anyway.