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Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburu Zēta)
Mobile Suit Gundam ΖΖ
Mobile Suit Gundam ΖΖ title screen
Genre	Mecha, Military science fiction
TV anime
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio	Sunrise
Network	Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Animax
Original run	March 1, 1986 – January 31, 1987
Episodes	47 (List of episodes)
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Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburu Zēta^?, Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta) is a TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino returned to lead the series, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of Zeta Gundam's animation directors, and mechanical designers Makoto Kobayashi, Yutaka Izubuchi and Mika Akitaka. The series was later aired by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, South Asia, and other regions, but is one of the few Gundam series which has never been brought to the United States.

Overview

Gundam ZZ was conceived of as a sequel to Zeta Gundam, featuring a mostly all-new cast. Tomino originally wanted to make Char the main character^{[citation needed]} before receiving the "okay" on Char's Counterattack. Its broadcast immediately followed that of Zeta Gundam and continues to follow a major plotline from Zeta involving Haman Karn, regent to Mineva Lao Zabi, and also continues to follow Captain Bright Noa and the ship, Argama, as well as introducing the new characters led by Judau Ashta.

This sequel to Zeta Gundam sometimes struck a much lighter, often comical, tone, in contrast to its predecessor's brooding melodrama. For example, in the second episode, the protagonist Judau Ashta attempts to help Yazan Gable by throwing oranges at the Argama. This is contrasted in the same episode however when Yazan kills the technician Saegusa, and Judau then attempts to pilot the Zeta Gundam to go after Yazan but is incredibly poor at combat in his first battle. The whimsical first opening theme song Anime Ja Nai (lit. "It's Not Anime") set the tone for the first half of the series. The second half of the series sports a more somber opening theme song. Silent Voice.

Plot summary

Main article: List of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ episodes

As the continuation of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, this series once again follows the story of the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) battleship Argama after Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam's final episode. To fight off the Axis Zeon, now called the Neo Zeon, Captain Bright Noa recruits a group of teenage junk collectors led by the loudmouthed but powerful Newtype Judau Ashta to pilot the Argama's mobile suits. Now sporting a line-up of the behemoth ZZ Gundam and the returning Zeta Gundam, Gundam Mk-II and the Hyaku Shiki, the group is nicknamed the Gundam Team. As such, this became the first of a number of Gundam series where a team of Gundam mobile suits fight alongside each other regularly. The climax takes place at Side 3 in the Battle of Axis.

Out of the major Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam characters, Captain Bright Noa and Axis leader Haman Karn are featured prominently in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; Hayato Kobayashi, Kamille Bidan, Fa Yuiry, Wong Lee, Yazan Gable, Mineva Lao Zabi, and the children Shinta and Qum are featured in various episodes as well; Sayla Mass, who had appeared in the first series but had no speaking role in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, also appeared in several episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; Char Aznable's planned appearance was canceled when Tomino was given the go-ahead to do the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack movie. Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plan for the show which involved Char's return was never revealed, nor does Tomino himself remember it. Also, aside from the openings and story recap/preview episode, Amuro Ray does not make an appearance in the series either.

Openings and endings

Openings:

"Anime Ja Nai ~Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo~" (アニメじゃない〜夢を忘れた古い地球人よ〜^?, "It's Not Anime (Forgotten Dreams of the Old Earthlings")) by Masato Arai (episodes 1–25)
"Silent Voice" (サイレントヴォイス Sairento Voisu^?) by Jun Hiroe (episodes 26–47)

Endings:

"Jidai ga Naiteiru" (時代が泣いている^?, "The Era is Crying") by Masato Arai (episodes 1–25)
"Issenman-Nen Ginga" (一千万年銀河^?, "Ten Million Years Galaxy") by Jun Hiroe (episodes 26–47)

Voice actors

The main characters in Double Zeta, from left to right, top: Beecha Oleg, Mondo Agake, Elpeo Puru, Roux Louka, Leina Ashta, Elle Vianno and Ino Abbav, bottom: Judau Ashta. Background: MSZ-010 Double Zeta Gundam (left) MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam (middle) and RX-178 Gundam Mk-II (Right)

Kazuki Yao as Judau Ashta
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Glemy Toto
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Haman Karn
Chieko Honda as Elpeo Puru, Puru Two
Eriko Hara as Elle Vianno
Hazuki Monma as Chara Soon
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Bright Noa
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Mashymre Cello
Kôzô Shioya as Mondo Agake
Masami Kikuchi as Ino Abbav
Maya Okamoto as Leina Ashta
Miki Itou as Mineva Lao Zabi
Naoko Matsui as Roux Louka
Shingo Hiromori as Beecha Oleg
Bin Shimada as Nie Gihren, Niki
Chika Sakamoto as Shinta
Fumihiko Tachiki as Panpa Rida
Hideyuki Umezu as Nelmarsen
Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Creyue Oye, Torres
Houchu Ohtsuka as Yazan Gable
Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Chimatter
Kayoko Fujii as Emary Ounce
Kazuyo Aoki as Anma
Kenichi Ogata as Dido Kaltoha
Kenichi Ono as Ein
Kouji Totani as August Gidan, Gottn Goh
Masako Irie as Anna Hanna
Mayumi Shou as Haro, Qum
Minoru Inaba as Dune, Magany
Miyuki Matsuoka as Fa Yuiry
Nobuo Tobita as Kamille Bidan

External links

Official Website
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ at the Internet Movie Database

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TV series	Original series (1979) • Zeta Gundam (1985) • Gundam ZZ (1986) • Victory Gundam (1993)

Films and OVAs	Char's Counterattack (1988 film) • 0080: War in the Pocket (1989 OVA) • Gundam F91 (1991 film) • 0083: Stardust Memory (1991 OVA) • The 08th MS Team (1996 OVA) • MS IGLOO (2004 OVA) • Gundam Unicorn (2010 OVA)

Novels and manga	Gundam Sentinel (1987 novel) • Gaia Gear (1987 novel) • Double-Fake: Under the Gundam (1989 manga) • Hathaway's Flash (1989 novel) • Crossbone Gundam (1994 manga) • Blue Destiny (1997 manga) • The Origin (2002 manga) • Thoroughbred (2003 manga) • Gundam Unicorn (2006 novel)

Live-action	G-Saviour (2000 film)

Video games	Hot Scramble (1986) • EX Revue (1994) • Side Story (1996–1997) • Gundam: Battle Assault series (1997–2002) • Gihren no Yabou series (1998–2008) • Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes (1999) • Journey to Jaburo (2001) • Zeonic Front (2001) • Federation vs. Zeon (2002) • Lost War Chronicles (2002) • Encounters in Space (2003) • Senshitachi no Kiseki (2004) • Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam (2004) • Gundam Battle series (2005–2008) • MS Saga: A New Dawn (2005) • Universal Century Gundam Online (2005) • Senjō no Kizuna (2006) • Crossfire (2006) • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (2007) • MS Sensen 0079 (2007) • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (2008) • Mobile Ops: The One Year War (2008) • Gundam vs. Gundam (2008) • Gundam vs. Gundam Next (2009) • Gundam Extreme Vs. (2010)

Nations and factions	Anaheim Electronics • Earth Federation • Strategic Naval Research Institute • Zeon

Mobile weapons	Original series (Gundam • Guncannon • Guntank • GM • Ball • Zaku I • Zaku II • Zeong) • Zeta Gundam (Gundam Mk-II • Z Gundam • Psyco Gundam) • Gundam ZZ (ZZ Gundam) • Gundam Unicorn • Victory Gundam Gundam Sentinel (S Gundam) • Char's Counterattack (Jagd Doga • Sazabi) • Gundam F91 (Gundam Formula 91) • 0083: Stardust Memory • The 08th MS Team (Apsalus Project) • Crossbone Gundam (Crossbone Gundam) • Other (Formula Project)

Topics	One Year War • Antarctic Treaty • Jaburo • Technology • Newtype • Superweapons • Vehicles and craft (White Base • Nahel Argama • La Vie en Rose) • Project V • MS-X

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1970s	Wandering Sun (1971) • Triton of the Sea (1972) • La Seine no Hoshi (1975) • The Adventures of Pepero (1975) • Brave Raideen (1975) • Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 (1977) • Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (1978) • Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

1980s	Space Runaway Ideon (1980) • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie (1981) • Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1982) • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982) • The Ideon: A Contact (1982) • The Ideon: Be Invoked (1982) • Combat Mecha Xabungle (1982) • Aura Battler Dunbine (1983) •Xabungle Graffiti (1983) •　Heavy Metal L-Gaim (1984) •　Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) •　Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986) •　Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)

1990s	Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993) • Garzey's Wing (1996) • Brain Powerd (1998) • Turn A Gundam (1999)

2000s	Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light (2002) • Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly (2002) • Overman King Gainer (2002) • The Wings of Rean (2005) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heirs To The Stars (2005) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers (2005) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love is the Pulse of the Stars (2006) • Ring of Gundam (2009)

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