Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Teaser Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=otnXHBwJoNc

Things we know:
Directed by the FMA director.
Character designer does lots of yaoi/shounen-ai mangas.

I sure hope the series isn't shounen-ai or something but either way I'm counting on this to redeem the Gundam series after what we had to deal with with Seed.

The characters do look original though. What I hated the most about seed (other than the boring story) was that all the characters looked too sharp and colorful for my taste. First a new Macross and now a new Gundam anime. I'm up for it as long as it doesn't turn out hideous like seed.

Other than that, it looks like it takes place 2307 but I got confused since it said double 00. So i assume it'll take place somewhere during the Universal Century timeline. Honestly I find the UC gundams more dramatic and crazy the AU series' of Gundams. They didn't suck though.

From Gunota Headlines:

Quote:

New Gundam TV series confirmed: Mobile Suit Gundam 00
A very short promo appeared after today's episode of TBS/MBS' "Toward The Terra" announcing a new Gundam series. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Double Oh) is set to air at 6pm on Oct 2007. The official site is up providing a streaming promo.

Known details are:
Setting - 2307 AD ("seireki", Japanese for "anno domini")
Characters - 4 Gundam Meisters, who pilot the mobile weapons.
Factions - Solestal Beings (not real sure on the English name right now), a private militia group whose purpose is to eradicate wars.
Tagline at the end of the commercial - "Rebirth begins through destruction"

Rumors about the series have been going around Japanese message boards for some time, especially after Sunrise registered several Gundam00 domains. The proclamation that the setting would neither be in the Universal Century of the original nor the Cosmic Era of Gundam SEED, as stated by Sunrise's Yasuo Miyakawa, seems to have been followed through with. Staff members are yet to be confirmed although the most persistent rumor is that the series will be directed by Fullmetal Alchemist's Seiji Mizushima.

The official site is supposed to have streaming but I can't seem to access it right now. As reported above it looks like it doesn't take place in the UC timeline either which makes me wonder if they're gonna create a whole new alternate timeline again...

http://www.gundam00.net/

Yeah, forgot to mention it airs this October.

I think ANN mentioned that the timeline will take place during our century. Dunno why cause I kinda prefer the whole cruelty behind the UC series but oh well. I can always give this new feel a chance. whoa I just noticed Yadate and Tomino aren't part of this nor mentioned by anyone.


And thanks for the info on the air date, DT. There are too many animes to catch up on and I don't even have the time for them @.@.

Yay! new gundam!! High-five Hikarub. lol

Originally Posted by DarknessTear

I sure hope the series isn't shounen-ai or something but either way I'm counting on this to redeem the Gundam series after what we had to deal with with Seed.

The pilots look hardcore. haha. except the last guy with the red scarf. He looks a bit young..
I like SEED. The beginning is slow but the last half of the series is good.
SEED DESTINY, now that was poorly done.

Two Points: One, Scarfs are what Super Hero capes are to Japanese Tokusatsu heros.

Two, the "chick" in glasses, given gundam's histroy of females and gundam piloting, has a 90% or more chance of being a "trap" (As in, "Wait, she's a HE?!) like Wufei was.

More news from Gunota Headlines:

Quote:

Newtype Gundam 00 news
The staff:
Director - Seiji Mizushima
Series Composition - Yousuke Kuroda
Character design - Yun Kouga
Animation character design - Michinori Chiba
Mechanic design - Kunio Okawara, Kanetake Ebikawa, Takayuki Yanase
Mechanic concept design - Hitoshi Fukuchi, Kenji Teraoka
Animation mechanic design - Seiichi Nakatani

The main Gundam seems to be the Gundam Excia.

and some more:

Quote:

MS Gundam 00 official press releases
From Sotsu Agency's official website, the press release for Mobile Suit Gundam 00, the 12th Gundam TV series and the first to be broadcast in Hi-Def. The premise is given as follows:

"The setting is Earth 300 years from the present day, in 2307 AD. The series depicts the protagonist, Setsuna F. Seiei, who pilots a mobile suit (Gundam Excia) for a mysterious private militia (Celestial Being), going against a whole world where conflicts never cease and the struggle to eradicate war."

Bandai Namco's press release says the first Gundam 00 plamodel, the 1/144 Gundam Excia, comes in September. Outside of Gunpla, expect a slew of merchandising including figures, candy toys, vending machine stuff, apparel, video games, mobile content, and DVD & video.

Some interesting talent for the new series. The director is pretty well known to most Anime fans (for Fullmetal Alchemist), but what about the others?

Yousuke Kuroda has done series compositions for Gungrave and Hellsing(OVA) to name but a few.

Yun Kouga is the artist for Loveless so we see where the character designs are related from.

Kunio Okawara is the mecha designer for practiaclly every mecha franchise to come out of Sunrise and others, pretty much every Gundam show including SEED, and even Keroro Gunsou!! Take a gander yourself at ANN's page for Okawara Kunio for his profile. I guess he's done pretty much every single Gundam show on Earth!


How do you think this series will shape up? Still no word on who's doing the story...and no name came up for Music Director either...

From Gunota Headlines

Quote:

Gundam 00 site update
The official site updated with an outline & staff section. Nobuto Sue's name is added alongside Kenji Teraoka and Hitoshi Fukuchi to the list of concept designers. Also worth noting is Kunio Okawara is credited third as a mechanic designer, behind Kanetake Ebikawa & Takayuki Yanase. In Sotsu Agency's press release, Okawara wasn't mentioned at all, potentially indicating a reduced role for him compared to his level of participation in other Gundam series. The official site will formally open on July 10.

The story outline:
"2307 AD.

As fossil fuels became exhausted, humanity found a new energy source to change their situation: A large-scale solar power system with three enormous orbiting elevators. However, only a few large countries and their allies reaped the benefits.

Three superpowers had ownership of the three orbiting elevators: The Union, based in the United States Of America, The People's Reform League, made up of China, Russia, and India, and Europe's AEU. The superpowers continue playing a large zero-sum game for their own dignity and respective prosperity. Even though it is the 24th century, humanity has yet to become one.

In this world where war has no end, a private militia appears advocating the eradication of war through force. Each possessing a mobile suit Gundam, they are Celestial Being. The armed intervention by the Gundams against all acts of war begins."

Official Site: Gundam OO

Woa, they're following the economics of the real world for this show. That's pretty cool.
Damn, the site opens up next month. Such a long wait. I hope we'll get a peak at the suits before that time.

I will be skipping this one. Gundam has not been gundam since the DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENIUM.

Excellent! Gundam is usually great. I loved SEED and I hope they continue to produce quality shows.

What's this about a new Macross show?

The clearest (so far) picture of the Gundam Excia, as found on Famitsu:



The forearms seem to house metal blades it seems....is that good?

http://www.famitsu.com/anime/news/20...73434,0,0.html

Tons of pictures of figures and characters.

Woa, thanks for the link DarknessTear.

That's a new and interesting design for the body. It circular in the front and back.

My favorite design out of them all would be Kyrios, the orange one. It's design isn't the usual gundam. It's got pointed shoulders and knees. That makes me think it can transform into an aircraft kinda like Seed Destiny's Savior. Its feet design looks kinda like xenosaga's E.S. so I think that is pretty cool.

Even more excited to see the show this fall. Does anyone know how many episode this series will have?

Wow. I see alot of simlarities in these gundams. They look great.

Gundam Exia (Setsuna's) - A variation of the Original Gundam piloted by Amuro Ray(Rei)

Gundam Dynames (Lockon) - Looks like a wimpy version of the Gundam Leopard (Robi Roy) without it's Gatling Gun.Still I want to see it in action.

Gundam Kyrios (Allelujah) - Looks like it's own design but it reminds me of the Wing Gundam (Heero Yui) with a few touch ups and the obvious orange color ^^.

Gundam Virtue (Tieria) - I think I'm going to like this gundam the most . It's a cross between Duo Maxwell's first Deathscythe Gundam and Anavel Gato's (Gundam 0083) Gundam Physalis.

Yeah I'm definately checking this out. SEED never caught my eye like the other Gundam animes. Double-0 somehow succeeds in that and that is an Important part of gundam. Now to worry about the story.

eee, I probably won't be checking it out. If they make another compilation movie of something, I'd prob be more interestered.

Weird but I'm seeing a lot of SEED's designs in there, specifically those mobile suits that are almost identical to Buster and Aegis.

o_O