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BOZZ	Posted: Jul 9 2007, 11:55 AM
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This month's anime magazines had interviews with Seiji Mizushima, the director of the Gundam 00 series. Below is a translation of an interview from Animage magazine. A Newtype magazine interview will be up tomorrow.

Q: Tell us how the title "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" came about?
A: It started as a temporary title, but it ended up being the official title. Originally I wanted to have a cool name, but we all forgot about it. Besides the obvious reason of starting from zero, there are other reasons. Right now it is a secret, but it will become a keyword as the story progresses.

Q: Reason behind why this series is set in the future of our world?
A: I personally have no deep knowledge about UC or CE so jumping into their worlds would be inappropriate and offensive to the staff who worked on those series. To me, it made perfect sense to make this series connected to our world. By doing this, it is easier to reflect our history and blend it with the series. At this moment, I am not focusing too much about making this ultra real or serious. This is entertainment after all so I'll mirror some of the real world issues in this series like I have with the anime I worked on in the past.

Q: What kind of Gundam story are you aiming for?
A: Don't know if this is a good or bad thing. I haven't watched a lot of the previous Gundam series. When I was first offered this job, I thought to myself, "Aren't there more Gundam-minded people than me?" Sunrise told me "We want to create a new Gundam so the director doesn't have to know a lot about Gundam." I have staff like Yousuke Kuroda and mecha designers, who are Gundam fans, so they will make sure it is Gundam while I will try to create without thinking too much that this is a Gundam series. Perhaps, this might be the theme, but I will bring my own Gundam-ness to the series.

Q: What is your Gundam-ness?
A: One is writing about war. Gundam is a weapon after all. This doesn't mean I'm going to be devoted to battles scenes. Instead I believe it is important to approach the war theme straightforward. (Gunota note: from here he tries to be funny) Other than that, a mobile weapon walking on 2 legs using beam sabers and a beam rifle. Then the basic stuff like Gundam is red, blue, yellow, and white. *laughs* This time, we are being more adventurous with the designs. If you have these 4 colors, they look like Gundam. *laughs*

Q: The pilots of the Gundams belong to a group who are trying to end war. What are you trying to say with this?
A: Let's take this one phrase, "Using force to end wars" and see what happens when someone carries out this contradicting act. "What do you start to see?" is one of things I want to write. Since this is a drama involving these characters, you will see "What happens to the world when they pilot the Gundam? What will these pilots do and how will they change?" This will be the gut of the series for sure.

Q: How will the MS designs and battle action turn out?
A: We hope to bring 2 styles: one is the super action style from SEED, second are actions that take advantage of the MS. When the plot of Gundams entering the conflict was being setup, we had a conversation saying "It might be all right for the Gundams to be super mecha." Therefore, the antagonist's MS was designed reflecting today's weapons and the Gundams were designed to confront them. It will feel like super mecha vs real mecha. The concept of the Gundam being far superior is one concept I had from the beginning. I don't know how much of that you will see, but the staff will follow along and hopefully you might see some odd looking scenes.

Q: Lastly, a message for the fans of the upcoming series.
A: While this will be a drama connecting people with people or people with the world, I will not be forcing answers on them. I'm hoping this series will motivate viewers into thinking. A Gundam novice like me is working real hard creating a new Gundam so I hope the previous fans and new fans will support us.

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Newtype had an interview with Mizushima which covered different topics from the Animage one.

Source: Newtype
Q: A 15-second long promo video appeared after Toward the Terra on June 2. Any response from the public?
A: They were a lot of responses and they were fast, too. A day after the promo, my friend who was eating at a restaurant overheard young people talking about the next Gundam by watching it on their mobile phones.

Q: This Gundam doesn't take place in ___ Era, instead it takes place in Seireki (anno domini aka AD) 2307.
A: I wanted to do it in AD. Since my knowledge regarding UC and CE is very low, doing it in AD would be a lot easier and allow me to bring in real world agendas.

Q: Was bringing a real world agenda the start of your concept?
A: Since this is Mobile Suit Gundam, I believe you are placed in a situation where you have to write something about war. If that is the case, it could be on something like a conflict or terror we see today. In a Gundam series, the Gundam serves as a weapon which allows me to do these things. It is possible to make this story a fantasy, but I didn't want to do that with this Gundam. I wanted an era based on today's world.

Q: Setsuna F. Seiei, the main character, is a former soldier from the Middle East. This smells like the ethnic and religious clash we have today.
A: 300 years from now, I don't think this problem will be solved. However, I don't want to present a solution to this social problem. If young people ended up searching on the net, it would be worth making the series. Instead of just watching the events, I'm personally hoping we can approach it more closely. For us, it is hard to understand the thoughts of people who are living under war conditions, but we can know a little bit by studying. I want to absorb them and express them on film. I do believe this is a hard thing to do.

There is another challenge. I'm aiming for a new innovation as far as MS action goes. Each group will have their own MS, unique in shape and movement as well. To put it simply, a normal MS will have realistic behavior. Since Gundams are super weapons, they will have super mechanic movements. These differences will be purposely put in place and I'm looking forward to how much variety of actions we can express. I want everyone to look forward to this because I am, too.

Q: Setsuna is described as a cool person who hardly reveals any emotion. Does this mean he is keeping his feelings inside himself regarding why he fights?
A: That is still a secret. *laughs* His past is difficult to understand which probably makes him look cool. Once people see the facts, they will understand.

Q: Why did you decide on him as the main character?
A: At first, I wanted a character that doesn't fit a typical Japanese person. Then I went through the process of what this young person and I would do if I were placed in these circumstances. I believe this is an important step when you develop a story.

Q: This is far away from the viewer's standpoint.
A: Yes, it is. Which is why I asked Yun Kouga for character designs. If this wasn't Kouga-san's designs, people might have been afraid, grossed out, or not even empathize. It may sound like this is all we're doing based on my conversation, but it is only part of it. This is an entertainment show so we'll have those other elements, too.

Q: Will there be any romance?
A: There will be plenty of romance even under these harsh circumstances. *laughs* Yousuke Kuroda is going to include lots of romance in the story.

Q: Which means a heroine character is going to appear?
A: We haven't made that public yet? There is one, a 24-year-old heroine. She's been through a lot of difficulties.

Q: Will she be Setsuna's primary interest?
A: Umm, we haven't decided that yet. Again, she's been through a lot...

This post has been edited by Legend of Speed on Jul 15 2007, 11:41 AM

BOZZ	Posted: Jul 18 2007, 04:54 PM
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile	Interesting that Setsuna is apparently Middle Eastern in origin, yet has a Japanese name... >< Rebirth begins through destruction??? This post has been edited by BOZZY on Jul 18 2007, 04:54 PM

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Posted: Jul 26 2007, 07:12 PM

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Enemy mobile suits posted.

http://www.gundam00.net/ms/index.html

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SVMS-01 Union Flag
"Union variable MS. It can change into a flight form but that doesn't suppose transformation during combat. Armed with a Linear Rifle that fires electromagnetically accelerated live rounds. For melee combat, a super-vibrating Sonic Blade. One part of the machine is also equipped with an energy-covered Plasma Sword blade. There are many variations of this unit."

Head height: 17.9 meters
Base weight: 67.1 tons
Designed by Hitoshi Fukuchi

AEU-09 AEU Enact (Demonstration colors)
"The latest MS developed by the AEU. A solar energy model, the MS itself can accept a direct supply of power from the orbital elevator's generation system. The basic design is based on the Union's Flag and shares many features such as the flight form transformation and armaments. "

Head height: 17.6 meters
Base weight: 66.8 tons
Designed by Hitoshi Fukuchi

MSJ-06II-A Tieren
"Human Progressive League (aka People's Reform League, etc...still no official English version yet. Pick your favorite translation.) mass-production MS. Many variations for ground and space-use exist. Compared to MS in other armies, the unit is unusual in that its very slow. But as much as it sacrifices in mobility, it has strong defensive abilities and can be loaded with heavyweight armaments. It's basic weaponry is a gun & Carbon Blade and though seen as an old model in contrast to other forces, its very reliable."

Head height: 18.1 meters
Base weight: 121.3 tons
Designed by Kenji Teraoka

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Posted: Jul 28 2007, 09:55 PM

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Whoa... Very different designs to the "enemy" mobile suits...

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A news article from Sports Houchi announces L'Arc En Ciel's new song "Daybreak's Bell", on sale in October, will be the first theme song for Gundam 00.

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Posted: Aug 7 2007, 12:31 PM

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News from Gunota:

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New Gundam 00 characters
Info from Newtype via 2ch:

Celestial Being
Sumeragi Sumomo (Ri? wacky kanji middle name) Noriega - Tactical forecaster of the Celestial Being mothership Ptolemaeus. Not a captain but essentially the top ranking officer on the ship so she takes command. She basically plans all the tactics the Gundam Meisters take part in. 26-years-old. Long, black hair.

Christina Sierra - Ptolemaeus' tactical operator. Highly-skilled as a programmer so she has a career from being discovered by Celestial Being. Has a good-natured personality and has the deep trust of her comrades. 22-years-old. Brown-haired.

Felt Grace - 14-year-old tactical operator, same as Christina. For some reason or another, she seems to not be good at communicating with others. Has a wealth of mechanic-related knowledge and so joined Celestial Being anticipating that. Pink-haired.

Lichtendahl Caeli - 21-year-old with a cheerful personality and Ptolemaeus helmsman. Including him, the mothership's leadership is made up of no more than 5 people.

Lasse Aion - Ptolemaeus' gunner. The mothership's combat ability can be said to be governed by him. A 25-year-old who often acts cynically.

Agent
Wang Liu Mi - A beautiful 17-year-old celebrity. Today, the Carribean Sea, tomorrow, Japan...she works hard at her social life in financial circles traveling around the world. In reality, she's a secret agent who supports the Gundam Meisters from the shadows. Pig-tailed girl in the trailer.

Hong Rong - Wang Liu Mi's butler. Accompanies her faithfully and refers to her as "ojousama". He is also an Agent.

Union
Graham Acre - A pilot belonging to the MS team. 27-years-old but is ace level and flies a Flag. He's fixated with the Gundam Excia. The blonde guy in the trailer.

Saji Crossroad - 17. A resident of Japan's special economic zone and a senior high school student studying space engineering. A gentle person who often shows off Louise.

Louise Halevy - 17-year-old student overseas. Studies space engineering like Saji. Is his girlfriend. Her personality is very selfish.

Kinue Crossroad - Saji's older sister. Pursues Celestial Being during the course of working in the media. 22-years-old.

Human Progressive League
Sergei Smirnov - MS team commander. 43-years-old. Uniformed man with the parted-hair in the trailer.

A certain Middle Eastern country
Marina Ismail - Azadistan's first princess. Flies to other nations seeking aid to support her country's economy. 24. Black haired woman in the trailer.

AEU
Patrick Corlasawar - AEU forces ace pilot. A hot-blooded guy.

Rumored info posted days earlier but with names and descriptions matching the Newtype info so on the face of things, these seem reliable:

Felt Grace - In addition to the above info, female Gundam development genius.

Haro - Lockon's partner. Orange.

Metamorphic	Posted: Aug 7 2007, 04:57 PM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,380 Member No.: 4,338 Joined: Nov 18th 2004 Location: Update Profile	Sounds like a very interesting plot! A lot more depth than Destiny already cant wait till September but for some reason I dont really fancy the mecha designs! This post has been edited by Metamorphic on Aug 7 2007, 05:00 PM

Tessou	Posted: Aug 7 2007, 05:14 PM
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile	Heh, we finally got out of that damned SEED storm. This is in the AD timeline... okay. When the hell will they ever get back into the UC stuff?
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Posted: Aug 7 2007, 07:45 PM

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QUOTE (Tessou @ Today at 9:14 PM)

Heh, we finally got out of that damned SEED storm.

This is in the AD timeline... okay. When the hell will they ever get back into the UC stuff?

Not out of the SEED stuff quite yet... A movie is in the works...

UC might come back soon since a major anniversary is coming up...

Legend of Speed	Posted: Aug 7 2007, 08:04 PM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,999 Member No.: 1,483 Joined: Mar 21st 2004 Location: CA	Any news on the Gundam SEED movie? What is it about anyways?

BOZZ	Posted: Aug 7 2007, 08:39 PM
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile	Well, about the movie I have heard or seen nothing... I think it's about Kira retiring from fighting, only to return and own everyone. Oh, and it's also about Athrun undergoing depression... J/K!

Tessou	Posted: Aug 7 2007, 10:44 PM
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile	Hopefully the SEED movie is the last I ever see of that atrocity. Sorry, but the "pretty people and their typical adolescent problems" couldn't do the job for me. Make something titanically badass like 0083 again, dammit!
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Legend of Speed	Posted: Aug 7 2007, 10:59 PM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,999 Member No.: 1,483 Joined: Mar 21st 2004 Location: CA	Actually to be honest I like the Cosmic Era. It's just Destiny was just directed poorly. I have mix feelings about Destiny, but I do love how the mobile suits and Gundams look though. Destiny was great in the beginning, but it seems the creators started to have problems making either Athrun or Shinn the main character. To be honest I rather have Shinn be the main character, but he was soon poorly developed. They should have just made Athrun and Kira the supporting role instead.

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Posted: Aug 7 2007, 11:06 PM

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QUOTE (Tessou @ Today at 2:44 AM)

Hopefully the SEED movie is the last I ever see of that atrocity. Sorry, but the "pretty people and their typical adolescent problems" couldn't do the job for me.

Make something titanically badass like 0083 again, dammit!

Oh man, then you're going to hate 00, it has quite a bishonen look to it... ><

If you want something like 0083, take a look at MS Igloo...

Metamorphic	Posted: Aug 8 2007, 12:38 AM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,380 Member No.: 4,338 Joined: Nov 18th 2004 Location: Update Profile	lol thje director know jack about gundam. LOL although the overall plot sounds alright so far i got a feeling this series might not seem like a Gundam series however only time can tell

Legend of Speed	Posted: Aug 9 2007, 04:51 PM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,999 Member No.: 1,483 Joined: Mar 21st 2004 Location: CA	More mobile suits posted http://www.gundam00.net/ms/index.html Characters http://www.gundam00.net/character/index.html http://www.gundam00.net/character/character2.html

BOZZ	Posted: Aug 9 2007, 09:02 PM
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile	Hehehe, that one character in that Chinese dress character reminds me of one of the characters from Negima... ><

Legend of Speed	Posted: Aug 9 2007, 10:27 PM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,999 Member No.: 1,483 Joined: Mar 21st 2004 Location: CA	Newer trailer http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=92079

BOZZ	Posted: Aug 9 2007, 10:30 PM
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile	Oh man, watching that made me get goosebumps... I am looking forward to seeing it!

Legend of Speed	Posted: Aug 18 2007, 04:41 PM
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,999 Member No.: 1,483 Joined: Mar 21st 2004 Location: CA	New footage http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/1049/Gundam+00/

BOZZ	Posted: Aug 20 2007, 02:31 AM
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile	Checking that out now! >< When is the first episode supposed to air? I heard it might get a sort of preview airing next month...

Legend of Speed	Posted: Aug 22 2007, 10:36 PM
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Posted: Aug 26 2007, 05:21 PM

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Ptolemaios
"Celestial Being's mothership. Some members call it by the pet name 'Ptolemy'. The custom mothership was designed for the use of the Gundams. It's equipable with a maximum of 4 containers which can each store a Gundam. As it is made thoroughly for the use of the Gundams, it doesn't have battleship-style heavy armaments. The central pointed end is a catapult for launching Gundams. From each container, the immediate internal portion of the ship can be moved to the catapult, making for quick launches."

Tieren Space Type
Model number: MSJ-06II-E
Head height: 18.2m
Base weight: 127.5t
"The Human Reform League's space-use Tieren. The tanks equipped on each leg are filled with water inside and the tanks themselves also function adequately as shields. Its main armament, a 200mm x 25 caliber length smooth bore gun, is furnished with heat sinks for use in space. It's also enabled as a blade in close combat."

AEU Enact (mass-production type)
Model number: AEU-09
Head height: 17.6m
Base weight: 66.8t
"The latest MS developed by the AEU. A model with solar-energy support, the MS itself can receive a direct supply of power from the orbital elevator's generation system. The basic design is based on the Union's Flag and has many common features such as armaments and a flight form transformation."

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Posted: Sep 3 2007, 01:58 PM

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Mainichi Mantan Web has a write-up on one of the Gundam 00 early preview screenings in Nakano's Sun Plaza, attended by director Seiji Mizushima, cast members, comedians Teruyuki Uchida & Osamu Wakai, and 2,000 fans. 15,000 fans are expected in total during the 28 total preview showings nationwide. The article also makes clear something that had long been rumored: Similar to Code Geass, episodes 1 through 25 of the series will be broadcast, then the show will take a break before the "second season" is shown.

Ramaj	Posted: Sep 4 2007, 02:31 AM
yo mama Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,883 Member No.: 19,246 Joined: Jul 30th 2006 Location: Texas	SPOILERS: someone dies someone cries someone lies END SPOILERS that being said. I dunno if I am gonna look forward to this or not. the last time they pre-hyped a gundam series it turned out to be SEED. and while seed was not really that bad, it was a bit more soap opera-y than I would have liked. I'll still watch it, but dunno, just seems that lately gundam has been going for the cute good looking stereotypical characters that are gonna attract teenage girls. remember how original gundam had like fat dudes and stuff? and now all the new shows are good looking guys that are like 14, and all they need is boobs and a dress and they would be girls. ;_;

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