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The series is set in the year [[2307]] [[Anno Domini|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 [[space elevator|orbital elevators]], each one pertaining to one of the three "major powers" on the planet.
The series is set in the year [[2307]] [[Anno Domini|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 [[space elevator|orbital elevators]], each one pertaining to one of the three "major powers" on the planet.


The {{nihongo|Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations|世界経済連合|sekaikeizairengō|abbrev. ユニオン ''Union'', lit. World Economy Union}}, comprising the [[Organization of American States]], [[Australasia]], and [[Japan]], control the elevator located in South America. The {{nihongo|Human Reform League|人類革新連盟|Jinrui Kakushin Renmei|abbrev. 人革連 ''Jinkakuren'', lit. Human Reform Alliance}}, comprising [[China]], [[India]], [[Russia]] east to the [[Urals]], [[Mongolia]], [[ASEAN]], [[Papua New Guinea]], the [[Korea|Korean Peninsula]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Sri Lanka]], control the elevator built in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. [[Europe]]'s Advanced European Union (AEU), comprised of the [[European Union]], controls an elevator built in the middle of the [[Africa]]n continent.
The {{nihongo|Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations|世界経済連合|sekaikeizairengō|abbrev. ユニオン ''Union'', lit. World Economy Union}}, comprising the [[Organization of American States]], [[Australasia]], and [[Japan]], control the elevator located in South America. The {{nihongo|Human Reform League|人類革新連盟|Jinrui Kakushin Renmei|abbrev. 人革連 ''Jinkakuren'', lit. Human Reform Alliance}}, comprising [[China]], [[India]], [[Russia]] east to the [[Urals]], [[Mongolia]], [[ASEAN]], [[Papua New Guinea]], the [[Korea|Korean Peninsula]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Sri Lanka]], control the elevator built in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. [[Europe]]'s Advanced European Union (AEU), comprised of the [[European Economic Area]], controls an elevator built in the middle of the [[Africa]]n continent.


With this infinite source of energy benefiting only the major powers and their allies, constant warfare around the globe for fuels and energy lead to the formation of a private military organization, called {{nihongo|Celestial Being|ソレスタルビーイング}}, dedicated to eradicating war with the use of four humanoid machines called Gundams.<ref name="sunriseoffsite"/><ref name="ann"/>
With this infinite source of energy benefiting only the major powers and their allies, constant warfare around the globe for fuels and energy lead to the formation of a private military organization, called {{nihongo|Celestial Being|ソレスタルビーイング}}, dedicated to eradicating war with the use of four humanoid machines called Gundams.<ref name="sunriseoffsite"/><ref name="ann"/>

Revision as of 16:39, 21 November 2007

Mobile Suit Gundam 00
File:Gundam 00 title.jpg
GenreDrama, Mecha, Science fiction
Anime
Directed bySeiji Mizushima
Written byYōsuke Kuroda
StudioSunrise

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (機動戦士ガンダム00, Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburuō) is the latest television anime of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise.[1] The series premiered on October 6, 2007 on MBS and TBS's noted Saturday 6:00 p.m. timeslot, replacing Terra e....[2][3] 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, which aired during Terra e...'s June 2, 2007 broadcast.[1][2][3] Similar to the Sunrise anime Code Geass, 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]

Plot

See also: List of Gundam 00 episodes
File:G ExiaHD.jpg
GN-001 Gundam Exia

The series is set in the year 2307 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.

The Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (世界経済連合, sekaikeizairengō, abbrev. ユニオン Union, lit. World Economy Union), comprising 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), comprising China, India, Russia east to the Urals, Mongolia, ASEAN, Papua New Guinea, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and Sri Lanka, control the elevator built in the Pacific Ocean. Europe's Advanced European Union (AEU), comprised of the European Economic Area, controls 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 around the globe for fuels and energy lead to the formation of a private military organization, called Celestial Being (ソレスタルビーイング), dedicated to eradicating war 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 Middle East, and a Gundam Meister for two years. He pilots the GN-001 Gundam Exia, a high mobility mobile suit effective in melee combat.[6][7]

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.[8] He also remarked that "its political flavour [...] is distinctly post-9/11".[8]

Chris Guanche of "Mecha & Anime HQ" compared the deployment of fictional private military companies in the series, such as Ali Al-Sarshes' PMC Trust in episode 6, to that of real PMCs like Blackwater USA, and pointed out similarities between Gundam 00 and Full Metal Panic!.[9] He also cited an interview with the director Seiji Mizushima wherein he commented that the series' timeline was placed in the Anno Domini calendar to show that not all international problems can be resolved in the near future and that it could possibly drag on without signs of halting at all.[10]

Staff

Planning Sunrise Japanese Names
Director Seiji Mizushima 水島精二
Original Concept Hajime Yatate
Yoshiyuki Tomino 		矢立肇
富野由悠季
Series Composition and Screenplay Yōsuke Kuroda 黒田洋介
Original Character Design Yun Kōga 高河ゆん
Animation Character Design Michinori Chiba 千葉道徳
Mechanical Concept Design Hitoshi Fukuchi
Kenji Teraoka
Nobuto Sue 		福地仁
寺岡賢司
須江信人
Mechanical Design Kanetake Ebikawa
Takayuki Yanase
Kunio Okawara
Seiichi Nakatani 		海老川兼武
柳瀬敬之
大河原邦男
中谷誠一
Animation Mechanical Design Seiichi Nakatani 中谷誠一
Science Fiction Consultants Kenji Teraoka
Tomohiro Chiba 		寺岡賢司
千葉智宏
Settings Cooperation Isaku Okabe 岡部いさく
Art Director Tsuyoshi Satou (KUSANAGI) 佐藤豪志
Art Design Nobuto Sue (KUSANAGI} 須江信人
Color Design Akemi Tejima (Wish) 手嶋明美
Photography Director Takeshi Katsurayama (Asahi Production) 葛山剛士
Sound Director Masafumi Mima 三間雅文
Music Kenji Kawai 川井憲次
Narration Toru Furuya 古谷徹
Sound Effects Shizuo Kurahashi (Soundbox) 倉橋静男
Editting Yukiko Nojiri 野尻由紀子
Executive Producers Seiji Takeda (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
Yasuo Miyakawa (Sunrise) 		竹田菁滋
宮河恭夫
Producers Hirō Maruyama (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
Hirōmi Iketani (Sunrise)
Shin Sasaki (Sunrise) 		丸山博雄
池谷浩臣
佐々木新
Music Producers Keiichi Nozaki (JVC Entertainment)
Hirohito Shinohara (Sony Music Entertainment)
Noburu Mano (Sunrise Music) 		野崎圭一
篠原廣人
眞野昇
Production Sunrise
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Production Cooperation Sotsu

Cast

See also: List of Anno Domini characters

[11]

Theme songs

Opening:

  1. "Daybreak's Bell" by L'Arc-en-Ciel (episodes 1-?)[12]

Ending:

  1. "Wana" (罠 lit. "The Trap") by The Back Horn (episodes 1-?)[13]

Insert Songs

  1. "Wana" (罠 lit. "The Trap") by The Back Horn (episode 4)
  • A slower version is used for the insert song.

Other media

Like previous Gundam universes, the story of Gundam 00 is expanded with official side-stories in different medias. They aim to look at the main story from another angle. It will feature prototypes and other original mecha in the main story, setting up the Mobile Suit Variations for Gundam 00.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00P

Serialized in Dengeki Hobby Magazine, it features events before the main story. Story by Tomohiro Chiba, model conduction by Dengeki Hobby Magazine.[14]

Mobile Suit Gundam 00F

Serialized in Gundam Ace, it is a manga adaptation of the main story with art by Kōichi Tokita. It also tries to link the main story to the 2 side-stories and introduces the characters and mecha from them.[14]

Mobile Suit Gundam 00V

Serialized in Hobby Japan. Short stories of the characters from the other organizations (except Celestial Being).[14]

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. ^ Newtype Magazine, July 2007
  7. ^ "Gundam Double 0 Mobile Suits Revealed". Famitsu. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ Guanche, Chris (2007-11-13). "Gundam 00: Seven Swords". Mecha Anime Headquarters. Retrieved 2007-11-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Guanche, Chris (2007-10-14). "Gundam 00: Gundam Meister". Mecha Anime Headquarters. Retrieved 2007-11-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "STAFF & CAST". 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "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)
  13. ^ "ED theme by The Back Horn". Gunota Headlines. 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ a b c "Gundam 00 gets trio of side stories". Gunota Headlines. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-10-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


Preceded by Gundam metaseries (production order)
2007 		Succeeded by
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