Turn A Gundam | |
Turn A Gundam title screen |
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∀ガンダム (Tān Ē Gandamu) |
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Genre | Mecha, Romance, Steampunk |
TV anime | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Music by | Yoko Kanno |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | Bandai Entertainment |
Network | Animax, Fuji TV |
Original run | April 4, 1999 – April 14, 2000 |
Episodes | 50 |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Illustrated by | Kōichi Tokita |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Kodomo |
Magazine | Comic Bom Bom |
Original run | April 15, 1999 – March 15, 2000 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Illustrated by | Atsushi Soga |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Magazine Z |
Original run | June 26, 1999 – March 2002 |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime film | |
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | February 9, 2002 |
Runtime | 120 minutes |
Anime film | |
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | February 10, 2002 |
Runtime | 128 minutes |
Manga | |
Turn A Gundam: Tsuki no Kaze | |
Written by | Akira Yasuda |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Gundam Ace |
Original run | 2004 – 2005 |
Volumes | 1 |
Turn A Gundam or ∀ Gundam (∀(ターンエー)ガンダム Tān Ē Gandamu ) is a 50 episode anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and on the anime satellite television network, Animax, which was created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration. It was also compiled into two feature-length movies entitled Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light and Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly.
Turn A Gundam was the last Gundam TV anime to be directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, who was the main creator of the Gundam franchise and had written and directed many previous Gundam works. This series was made after Tomino had recovered from his depression that had influenced Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, and the general tone and mood of Turn A Gundam is much more hopeful and less dark than his other Gundam series.
Turn A Gundam is also the last of the Gundam metaseries (not counting the compilations and future video game cut scenes) to be hand painted on cels. Gundam SEED, created in 2002, was the first series to use digital coloring.
On 22 July 2010, Bandai Entertainment announced that they had acquired the license to release Turn A Gundam in the United States[1] and will be released on Region 1 DVD in 2011.
On 2 January 2012, Bandai Entertainment announced that they will stop offering new DVD, Blu-Ray disc and manga releases by February. Bandai Entertainment will be restructured to focus on licensing rights to other companies. Many anime and manga titles that were previously licensed for release in North America were cancelled, including Turn A Gundam[2].
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Turn A Gundam takes place in the year Correct Century 2345 (正暦2345年 Seireki Nisen Sanbyaku Yonjū Go Nen , CC 2345), in a different calendar system than the previous Gundam projects. Seireki is a wordplay on the Japanese term for the Common Era (C.E.) Western calendar system (西暦; pronounced Seireki). The English acronym CC is Correct Century (コレクトセンチュリー ) in the official Japanese Turn A guide book and Correct Century in the English 2001 Correct Century A Bibliographical Study of "Black History" as the black paged introduction of Gundam Officials.[3]
The story of Turn A is viewed from a third-person perspective. It mainly concerns the events that happened to the main character, Loran Cehack. He is a recruit of the Moonrace which was sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission for the later Moonrace massive migration back to Earth, which was planned 100 years before the time in which the series is set. With aggressive parties of Moonrace and Earthlings, a war soon broke out between the migrants and the people who lived in the area called Ameria, which was speculated to be America, which the Moonrace claimed to be theirs since their ancestors lived there.
Loran became an active member of the Earth's militia forces with the skills of piloting the white doll, Turn A Gundam, wanting to settle the conflict between Earth and Moon. He discovers more and more history of the past and why technology had deteriorated so much on Earth.
The 2001 Correct Century, A Bibliographical Study of "Black History", printed in black pages in front of the Universal Century Gundam Officials Encyclopedia, is supposedly uncovered by a fictional Lecturer in Black History named Yokk Wakk Onimott during Correct Century 1993. Onimott spends two years to fix the broken pages, five years to interpret the language, and a year to find a publisher. He states that the book was first printed around 3,000 years ago by the Rhea branch of the Earth Federation Government University. Included in the book is a picture drawn by Kunio Okawara showing a mobile suit supposed to be MS-04 as a S.U.I.T. project of the Zeon forces in UC0072~0075. It supposedly was found in 1993 Correct Century in the mountain cycle Library A-a. The white page introduction by another fictional writer, Minaka Junkers, an economy assistant professor of the Rhea branch of the Earth Federation Government University, states the book was published in UC0100 to celebrate the Centennial anniversary of the Universal Century. Thus it is officially claimed that the Universal Century is a time before Correct Century, possibly around 3,000 years before the story of Turn A begins.[5]
# | Title | Original airdate | English airdate |
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01 | "Howl to the Moon" "Tsuki ni Hoeru" (月に吠える) |
April 9, 1999 | Fall 2011 |
Loran lands on Earth and begins working for a wealthy family as their driver. Meanwhile, he meets up with his fellow comrades and discusses their plans. | |||
02 | "The Coming of Age Ceremony" "Seijinshiki" (成人式) |
April 16, 1999 | |
The Coming of Age Ceremony begins; however, during that time the Moon Race begins its invasion. The White Doll Statue crumbles revealing the Turn A Gundam and Loran uses it to fight back the Moon Race. | |||
03 | "After the Ceremony" "Matsuri no Ato" (祭の後) |
April 23, 1999 | |
04 | "Soldiers from the Hometown" "Furusato no Gunjin" (ふるさとの軍人) |
April 30, 1999 | |
05 | "The Advent of Dianna" "Diana Kōrin" (ディアナ降臨) |
May 7, 1999 | |
06 | "Forgotten Past" "Wasurerareta Kako" (忘れられた過去) |
May 14, 1999 | |
07 | "Training to be a Lady" "Kifujin Shugyō" (貴婦人修行) |
May 21, 1999 | |
08 | "Laura's Cow" "Rōra no Ushi" (ローラの牛) |
May 28, 1999 | |
09 | "Corin Called it "Gundam"" "Koren, Gandamu to Sakebu" (コレン、ガンダムと叫ぶ) |
June 4, 1999 | |
10 | "Visit to a Grave" "Hakamairi" (墓参り) |
June 11, 1999 | |
11 | "The Destruction of Nocris" "Nokkusu Hōkai" (ノックス崩壊) |
June 18, 1999 | |
12 | "An Underground Corridor" "Chika Kairō" (地下回廊) |
June 25, 1999 | |
13 | "An Older Person" "Toshiue no Hito" (年上のひと) |
July 2, 1999 | |
14 | "Separated Again" "Betsuri, Futatabi" (別離、再び) |
July 9, 1999 | |
15 | "Memories, Disappear" "Omoide wa Kiete" (思い出は消えて) |
July 16, 1999 | |
16 | "Everything About Turn A" "Tān Ē no Subete" (∀の全て) |
July 23, 1999 | |
An overview of episodes 1-15 from Loran's perspective. | |||
17 | "Dust Blows on the Founding of a Nation" "Kenkoku no Dasuto Burō" (建国のダストブロー) |
July 30, 1999 | |
18 | "Kihel and Dianna" "Kieru to Diana" (キエルとディアナ) |
August 6, 1999 | |
19 | "Sochie's War" "Soshie no Sensō" (ソシエの戦争) |
August 13, 1999 | |
20 | "Anis' Power" "Anisu Pawā" (アニス·パワー) |
August 20, 1999 | |
21 | "Dianna's Desperate Fight" "Diana Funsen" (ディアナ奮戦) |
August 27, 1999 | |
22 | "Harry's Trouble" "Harī no Sainan" (ハリーの災難) |
September 3, 1999 | |
23 | "Teteth's Last Words" "Tetesu no Yuigon" (テテスの遺言) |
September 10, 1999 | |
24 | "Laura's Distant Howl" "Rōra no Tōboe" (ローラの遠吠え) |
September 17, 1999 | |
25 | "Willgame Takes Off" "Wirugemu Ririku" (ウィルゲム離陸) |
September 24, 1999 | |
26 | "The Battle of Enlightenment" "Satori no Tatakai" (悟りの戦い) |
October 8, 1999 | |
27 | "Sunrise at Midnight" "Yonaka no Yoake" (夜中の夜明け) |
October 15, 1999 | |
28 | "Entrusted Things" "Takusareta Mono" (託されたもの) |
October 22, 1999 | |
29 | "The Two Named Soriel" "Soreiyu no Futari" (ソレイユのふたり) |
October 28, 1999 | |
30 | "Holding it within the Chest" "Mune ni Kakaete" (胸に抱えて) |
October 29, 1999 | |
31 | "Pursuit! Crybaby Poe" "Tsuigeki! Nakimushi Pō" (追撃!泣き虫ポゥ) |
November 5, 1999 | |
32 | "The King of Legend" "Shinwa no Ō" (神話の王) |
November 19, 1999 | |
33 | "Captured Manuipich" "Manyūpichi Kōryaku" (マニューピチ攻略) |
November 25, 1999 | |
34 | "Fly! Through the Stratosphere" "Tobe! Seisōken" (飛べ!成層圏) |
December 3, 1999 | |
35 | "Zacktraeger" "Zakkutorēgā" (ザックトレーガー) |
December 10, 1999 | |
36 | "The Militia's Decisive Space Battle" "Mirisha Uchū Kessen" (ミリシャ宇宙決戦) |
December 17, 1999 | |
37 | "Gateway to the Moon" "Tsuki Sekai no Mon" (月世界の門) |
December 24, 1999 | |
38 | "Battle God Ghingnham" "Sentōshin Ginganamu" (戦闘神ギンガナム) |
January 7, 2000 | |
39 | "Asteroid Explosion" "Shōwakusei Bakuretsu" (小惑星爆烈) |
January 14, 2000 | |
40 | "Sea Battle on the Lunar Surface" "Getsumen no Kaisen" (月面の海戦) |
January 21, 2000 | |
41 | "Determined to Fight" "Tatakai no Ketsudan" (戦いの決断) |
January 28, 2000 | |
42 | "Turn X Activate" "Tān Ekkusu Kidō" (ターンX起動) |
February 4, 2000 | |
43 | "Shocking Dark History" "Shōgeki no Kuro-Rekishi" (衝撃の黒歴史) |
February 11, 2000 | |
44 | "New Enemy" "Teki, Aratanari" (敵、新たなリ) |
February 18, 2000 | |
45 | "Guin's Betrayal" "Uragiri no Guen" (裏切りのグエン) |
February 25, 2000 | |
46 | "Again, to Earth" "Futatabi, Chikyū he" (再び、地球へ) |
March 3, 2000 | |
47 | "Ghingnham's Invasion" "Ginganamu Shūrai" (ギンガナム襲来) |
March 10, 2000 | |
48 | "Return of Dianna" "Diana Kikan" (ディアナ帰還) |
March 17, 2000 | |
49 | "Moonlight Butterfly" "Gekkou-Chō" (月光蝶) |
March 24, 2000 | |
50 | "Golden Autumn" "Ōgon no Aki" (黄金の秋) |
April 14, 2000 | |
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Preceded by Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz |
Gundam metaseries (production order) 1999 — 2000 |
Succeeded by G-Saviour |
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