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While critically acclaimed, the first season of ''Gundam 00'' experienced lower average ratings than its predecessors ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. Over its 25 episode run, it averaged a rating of 4.85% and peaked at 6.1%. On a more positive note, Gundam 00's average rating was higher than all other previous Gundam shows set in alternative universes such as ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' (which averaged 4.3%) and ''[[G Gundam]]'' (which averaged 4.1%).<ref>http://aeug.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_aeug_archive.html#110060731014068978</ref> Gundam 00's third DVD release also managed to top the anime DVD sales chart,<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-16/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-march-26-april-8</ref> apparently selling 25,135 copies in its first week.<ref>http://aeug.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#3983836397720389662</ref>
While critically acclaimed, the first season of ''Gundam 00'' experienced lower average ratings than its predecessors ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. Over its 25 episode run, it averaged a rating of 4.85% and peaked at 6.1%. On a more positive note, Gundam 00's average rating was higher than all other previous Gundam shows set in alternative universes such as ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' (which averaged 4.3%) and ''[[G Gundam]]'' (which averaged 4.1%).<ref>http://aeug.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_aeug_archive.html#110060731014068978</ref> Gundam 00's third DVD release also managed to top the anime DVD sales chart,<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-16/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-march-26-april-8</ref> apparently selling 25,135 copies in its first week.<ref>http://aeug.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#3983836397720389662</ref>


In a top 20 anime popularity poll published in the April 2008 issue of Japanese [[Newtype (magazine)|''Newtype'' magazine]], ''Gundam 00'' was voted the #1 best anime by its readers, higher than its predecessor ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' which was voted #9. In Newtype's poll for popular male anime characters, [[Setsuna F Seiei]] was voted #2, [[Tieria Erde]] #3, [[Lockon Stratos]] #4, [[Graham Aker]] #5 and [[Allelujah Haptism]] at #7; and in its poll for popular female anime characters, [[Team Trinity|Nena Trinity]] was voted #8 and [[Marina Ismail]] was voted #10.<ref>[http://reira.zuiken.net/?p=220 Newtype April 2008 Issue Poll]</ref>
In a top 20 anime poll published in the April 2008 issue of [[Newtype (magazine)|''Newtype'' magazine]], Japanese readers voted for ''Gundam 00'' as #1 best anime, higher than its predecessor ''Gundam SEED'' which was voted #9. In Newtype's poll for top 10 male anime characters, [[Setsuna F Seiei]] was voted #2, [[Tieria Erde]] #3, [[Lockon Stratos]] #4, [[Graham Aker]] #5 and [[Allelujah Haptism]] at #7; and in its poll for top 10 female anime characters, [[Team Trinity|Nena Trinity]] was voted #8 and [[Marina Ismail]] was voted #10.<ref>[http://reira.zuiken.net/?p=220 Newtype April 2008 Issue Poll]</ref>


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Mobile Suit Gundam 00
File:Gundam 00 title.jpg
GenreDrama, Mecha, Science fiction
Anime
First season
Directed bySeiji Mizushima
Written byYōsuke Kuroda
StudioSunrise
Anime
Second season
StudioSunrise
Video game
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
DeveloperBeck
GenreAction, Anime Robot
PlatformNintendo DS
ReleasedMarch 27, 2008

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (機動戦士ガンダム00, Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburu-ō) is the latest television anime of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise.[1]

It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The series was first officially announced by Sunrise during a 15-second trailer on June 2, 2007.[1][2][3] Gundam 00 will consist of two seasons, with the first one containing 25 episodes. The second season is set to go on air in October 2008.[4]

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is the first Gundam series to be animated in high-definition,[5] as well as the first to be set in a non-fictional era (Anno Domini).

Licensing for a North American release of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 was announced by Bandai Entertainment at New York Comic Con 2008 on April 18 2008.[6]

Plot

See also: List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 episodes and List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 factions

The series is set in the years 2307-2312 AD of the Gregorian calendar. During this time, fossil fuels became exhausted and the distribution of fuels became imbalanced. Humanity must rely on an array of solar power generation systems orbiting the Earth, and supported by three orbital elevators, each one pertaining to one of the three "major powers" on the planet.

File:G ExiaHD.jpg
GN-001 Gundam Exia

The Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (世界経済連合, sekaikeizairengō, abbrev. ユニオン Union, lit. World Economic Union), centred around the United States and consisting of the Organization of American States, Australasia and Japan, control the elevator located in South America. The Human Reform League (人類革新連盟, Jinrui Kakushin Renmei, abbrev. 人革連 Jinkakuren, lit. Human Reform Alliance), centred around China, Siberian Russia, and India, and including the member states of the SAARC (excluding Afghanistan and Pakistan) and ASEAN, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan, control the elevator located in the Pacific Ocean. The Advanced European Union (AEU), consisting of Iceland, the islands of the Barents Sea, Greenland, Anatolia, European Russia and the entirety of the traditional continent of Europe, control an elevator built in the middle of the African continent.

With this infinite source of energy benefiting only the major powers and their allies, constant warfare erupts around the globe for fuels and energy. The nations that rely on fuel have plunged into poverty. Many believed that solar energy threatened the "promised land of God". The chaos lead to the formation of a private military organization, called Celestial Being (ソレスタルビーイング, Soresutaru Biiingu), dedicated to eradicating war and uniting humanity with the use of four humanoid machines called Gundams.[1][3] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 follows four mobile suit pilots termed Gundam Meisters (ガンダムマイスター, Gandamu Maisutā), sided with Celestial Being. The protagonist is 16-year old Setsuna F Seiei (刹那・Ｆ・セイエイ), a quiet, taciturn young man who grew up in the Kurdish Republic, and a Gundam Meister for two years. He pilots the GN-001 Gundam Exia, a high mobility mobile suit effective in melee combat.[7][8]

Production

Staff
Planning  Sunrise
Original Concept  Hajime Yatate
 Yoshiyuki Tomino
Series Composition and Screenplay  Yōsuke Kuroda
Original character Design  Yun Kōga
Animation Character Design  Michinori Chiba
Mechanical Concept Design  Kanetake Ebikawa
 Takayuki Yanase
 Kunio Okawara
 Seiichi Nakatani
Animation Mechanical Design  Seiichi Nakatani
Science Fiction Consultants  Kenji Teraoka
 Tomohiro Chiba
Settings Cooperation  Isaku Okabe
Art Director  Tsuyoshi Satou (KUSANAGI)
Art Design  Nobuto Sue (KUSANAGI)
Color Design  Akemi Tejima (Wish)
Photography Director  Takeshi Katsurayama (Asahi Production)
Sound Director  Masafumi Mima
Music  Kenji Kawai
Sound Effects  Shizuo Kurahashi (Soundbox)
Editing  Yukiko Nojiri
Executive Producers  Seiji Takeda (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
 Yasuo Miyakawa (Sunrise)
Producers  Hirō Maruyama (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
 Hirōmi Iketani (Sunrise)
 Shin Sasaki (Sunrise)
Music Producers  Keiichi Nozaki (JVC Entertainment)
 Hirohito Shinohara (Sony Music Entertainment)
 Noburu Mano (Sunrise Music)
Production  Sunrise
 Mainichi Broadcasting System
Production Cooperation  Sotsu
Narration  Toru Furuya
Director  Seiji Mizushima
  • According to Hiroomi Iketani, one of the Gundam 00 producers, planning for Gundam 00 started in 2005, under the temporary name "Next".[9] Iketani approached Seiji Mizushima, the director who was initially reluctant about accepting the job due to his lack of knowledge regarding the Gundam series, for the first time at the end of 2005. The staff, consisting of over 300 people, spent roughtly 2 years planning the series.[9]Compared to other anime shows, Gundam 00 has more main staff members, probably because of the show's variety of mecha designs.

Characters

See also: List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 characters

Celestial Being

Gundam Meisters

Other members

Advanced European Union (AEU)

Human Reform League (HRL)

Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (Union)

Kingdom of Azadistan

Civilians

Release

The series premiered on October 6, 2007, replacing Toward the Terra on the terrestrial MBS and TBS networks, occupying the networks' noted Saturday 6:00 p.m. timeslot.[2][3] [10]

Currently, two DVD collections have been released,[11] with a third volume slated for March 22. [12] Both volumes performed well in sales, with the first collection selling approximately 22,847 copies on the first week, ranking third on the Oricon's overall weekly DVD chart.[13]

Reception

After a sneak preview of Gundam 00 on September 1 2007, Anime News Network remarked "striking parallels" between the series and an earlier installment of the metaseries, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995): "Like Gundam Wing, Gundam 00's main story begins with hyper-powerful Gundam units appearing at various locales to execute slightly-less-than-Dynasty-Warriors-level mayhem in synchronized phases of a paramilitary operation."[5] Later, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network suggested that just like Mobile Suit Gundam SEED adapted the original Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) for modern audiences, Gundam 00 is an attempt to do the same with Gundam Wing.[14] He also remarked that "its political flavour [...] is distinctly post-9/11".[14]

While critically acclaimed, the first season of Gundam 00 experienced lower average ratings than its predecessors Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Over its 25 episode run, it averaged a rating of 4.85% and peaked at 6.1%. On a more positive note, Gundam 00's average rating was higher than all other previous Gundam shows set in alternative universes such as Gundam Wing (which averaged 4.3%) and G Gundam (which averaged 4.1%).[15] Gundam 00's third DVD release also managed to top the anime DVD sales chart,[16] apparently selling 25,135 copies in its first week.[17]

In a top 20 anime poll published in the April 2008 issue of Newtype magazine, Japanese readers voted for Gundam 00 as #1 best anime, higher than its predecessor Gundam SEED which was voted #9. In Newtype's poll for top 10 male anime characters, Setsuna F Seiei was voted #2, Tieria Erde #3, Lockon Stratos #4, Graham Aker #5 and Allelujah Haptism at #7; and in its poll for top 10 female anime characters, Nena Trinity was voted #8 and Marina Ismail was voted #10.[18]

Media

Main article: List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 media

Two original soundtracks have been inspired by the series, along with four manga series published by Kadokawa Shoten, and the Nintendo DS game Mobile Suit Gundam 00 by Bec.

Theme songs

See also: List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 albums

Opening themes

Ending themes

  • "Wana" (罠, lit. "The Trap") by The Back Horn (episodes 1-13)[20]
  • "Friends" by Stephanie (episodes 14-24)
  • "Daybreak's Bell" by L'Arc~en~Ciel (episode 25)

Insert songs

  • "Love Today" by Taja (episode 19 and 24)[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c "機動戦士ガンダム００ [ダブルオー]" (in Japanese). Sunrise. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  2. ^ a b "MOON PHASE" (in Japanese). 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2007-05-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 TV Series Announced for October". Anime News Network. 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2007-05-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Gundam 00's Second Season to Start in October of 2008". Anime News Network. 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2007-11-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Preview Screening". Anime News Network. 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2007-10-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Bandai Entertainment Gets Gundam 00 TV Anime". Anime News Network. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  7. ^ Newtype Magazine, July 2007
  8. ^ "Gundam Double 0 Mobile Suits Revealed". Famitsu. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ a b "00 Production Info". Gunota. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-03-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Japan's TBS Confirms Anime's Move from Saturday, 6 p.m. - Anime News Network
  11. ^ "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Products". Gundam 00. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2008-03-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 DVD 3". Sunrise. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2008-03-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "DVD 1 Sales". Sunrise. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-03-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ a b "The Fall 2007 Anime Season Guide". Anime News Network. 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2007-10-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ http://aeug.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_aeug_archive.html#110060731014068978
  16. ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-16/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-march-26-april-8
  17. ^ http://aeug.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#3983836397720389662
  18. ^ Newtype April 2008 Issue Poll
  19. ^ "L'Arc En Ciel for Gundam 00 theme". Gunota Headlines. 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ "ED theme by The Back Horn". Gunota Headlines. 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. ^ "Taja for Gundam 00 insert song". Gunota. 2008-1-30. Retrieved 2008-03-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Preceded by Gundam metaseries (production order)
2007-2009 		Succeeded by
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