Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

Logo of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
機動戦士ガンダムAGE
(Kidō Senshi Gandamu AGE)
Genre Action, Mecha
TV anime
Directed by Susumu Yamaguchi
Written by Akihiro Hino
Studio Sunrise
Network MBS, TBS
Original run October 9, 2011 – ongoing
Episodes 12 Announced (1 Aired) (List of episodes)
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Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (機動戦士ガンダムAGE <エイジ> Kidō Senshi Gandamu Eiji?) is a 2011 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the twelfth incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series is first announced in the July issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic, and has gaming company Level-5's President Akihiro Hino in charge of the story.[1] The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on June 13, 2011, during a special event at the 2011 Tokyo Toy Show. Gundam AGE premiered on the MBS and TBS broadcasting stations in Japan on October 9, 2011.[2]Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Production
4 Episodes
5 Media
5.1 Models and toys
5.2 Games
6 References
7 External links

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Plot

In A.G. 101 (the 101st year of the Advanced Generation calendar) a mysterious entity known only as "UE", or "unknown enemy", attacks and destroys the space colony Angel. This brutal attack becomes infamous as the "The Day the Angel Fell", and marks the beginning of humanity's war for survival. The series begins in A.G. 108 when the UE attack the space colony Ovan, where Flit Asuno lives with his mother. Flit's mother is killed by the UE, and in her belongings (in an object called a "AGE Device") he discovers the blueprints for a powerful weapon from the past--the ancient messiah named "Gundam."

From these blueprints, Flit spends the next several years studying engineering at an Earth Federation base on the Nora space colony and designing the Gundam AGE-1. Seven years later, in A.G. 115, Flit completes the Gundam AGE-1 Normal, just as the UE attack Nora. Flit and his lineage's battle piloting the AGE-1 to protect mankind is about to begin.
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Characters
Main article: List of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE characters
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Production

Akihiro Hino and Level-5 were first hired by Sunrise to develop a Gundam video game. Interested with working for the Gundam franchise, Hino wrote a plot summary for an anime which Bandai eventually saw and decided to create an anime based on it.[3]
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EpisodesNo. Title Original airdate
01 "Gundam, the Savior"
"Kyūseishu Gandamu" (救世主ガンダム) October 9, 2011[4]
In A.G. 101, on "The Day the Angel Fell," Flit Asuno's dying mother provided him with the schematics for a legendary Mobile Suit known as the "Gundam." Having spent the next 14 years working to develop this weapon, he soon must put it to the test when a fleet of U.E.'s invade his colony and threaten the lives of his friends.

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Media
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Models and toys

During the announcement event, Bandai had the first several Gundam AGE models and toys on display at the Tokyo Toy Show 2011. Some of them were a 1/48 scale mega-size model of the AGE-1 Gundam AGE-1 Normal[5] and several HG 1/144 scale models of the main mobile suits from the series. The HG Gundam AGE-1 Normal is first released on September 2011 while the Genoace, Genoace Custom, Baqto, Zedas, Garfan, Gundam AGE-1 Titus and Gundam AGE-1 Sparrow will be released in a later date. Aside for the HG models, Bandai also planned to release GB (Gage-ing Builder) grade models of the AGE-1 Gundam, AGE-1 Titus, AGE-1 Sparrow, Genoace and Garfan will be released between September and December 2011. The 1/100 scale GB toys of the same types will be released around the same time also. Bandai is also planning a Master Grade release of the Gundam AGE-1 Normal, with the release date to be announced. The series' appearance in the Robot Spirits line is also confirmed with the confirmed release of the Gundam AGE-1 Normal on December 2011. Both the Genoace Custom and the Gundam AGE-1 Normal were confirmed to be released as part of the FW Gundam Converge line on November 2011.
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Games

Mobile Suit Gundam: Tri Age is a collectible card game as well as an Arcade Game developed by both Level-5 and Bandai-Namco Games. The game utilizes special cards as well as the sensors in the Gage-ing Builder model kits. Some of the characters and units from the series were also included in SD Gundam G Generation 3D.