New Sunrise Series 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans' to Premiere for Fall 2015

by Stark700
Jul 14, 2015 11:02 PM | 131 Comments

It was revealed through a live stream conference that a brand new Gundam series titled Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-blooded Orphans) will premiere on October 4, 2015. The series will be replacing Arslan Senki (TV), which is currently airing on Sunday afternoon.

The conference also revealed the main staff of the series as well as character designs:

Synopsis
300 years after the end of a great war between Earth and Mars called Yakusaisen (Calamity War), the Earth, losing the ruling authority during the war, structured a new world with a ruling system. A new war on Mars is starting while the Earth is in temporary peace.

The main character Mikazuki Augus, from Chryse Guard Security (CGS), was on a mission to protect Cuderia Aina Bernstein, who wants Chryse, Mars' city, to be independent from Earth's ruling. However, a group named Gjallarhorn started a rebellion, attacked CGS and Cuderia, and the adults in CGS decided to use the boys in the team as decoy to evacuate. Orga Itsuka, the leader of the boys, decided to use that as a chance to launch a coup d'état because the adults have been treating them badly for a long time. Mikazuki, with Orga's request to defeat Gjallargorn, uses Gundam Barbatos, a major mobile suit that CGS used during Yakusaisen to fight.

Staff
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai)
Series Composition: Mari Okada (Toradora!)
Original Character Design: Yuu Itou
Character Design: Michinori Chiba
Mechanical Design: Naohiro Washio (Mobile Suit Gundam 00), Kanetake Ebikawa (Full Metal Panic!), Kenji Teraoka (Aldnoah.Zero), Ippei Gyoubu, Tamotsu Shonohara
Art Design: Kusanagi
Music Composition: Masaru Yokoyama (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)

Official site: http://g-tekketsu.com/
Official Twitter: @ g_tekketsu

Source: Otakomu

Previous related news: Sunrise Teases Next 'Gundam' Project

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans on MAL

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looks like shit needs more B( . Y . )BS

Aug 24, 2015 2:12 AM by xxtyrantxx

Ok after cooling off way more, im gonna be less pessimistic about this even with mari okada on deck, in the end its the director that really makes the series what it is and im legitimately curious as to how this one does

Jul 19, 2015 3:00 PM by JizzyHitler

GOD I LOVE GUNDAM. I can't wait to watch this. From the trailer it looks a lot like Gundam Unicorn and Gundam 00, which are my faves from this franchise. Really looking forwart to this.

Jul 19, 2015 9:40 AM by Valkata

Hoppy said:
Okada was the least of M3's issues, and Aquarion just isn't a good series.

Seconded, I dont see what anyone was expecting from Aquarion Evol

Jul 19, 2015 12:33 AM by ThrashMatto

Brobot said:
well, Nagai as director isn't such a bad choice. he's got a lot of talent, but Okada is worrying me. hopefully Nagai restrains her habits for bad melodrama. really liking the ms designs though, the character designs not so much.

Yeah the staff has me iffy too again I hope they can pull it off. We'll wait and see. The only problem with the character designs really is that feel same-y to me. Like any other run of the mill mecha series. They don't put me off but at least G-Reco stood out among the many show that were out combined with the overall iffy mecha design.

Jul 18, 2015 9:08 PM by Fourteenthangel

Hoppy said:
Okada was the least of M3's issues, and Aquarion just isn't a good series.

You really should make a better excuse....

Jul 17, 2015 3:09 AM by Dragon_Slayer_X

The premise looks really interesting, the designs looks like a fusion of 00 and AGE. Then again the only Gundam series i have watched are 00, SEED, Wings,Unicorn and liked 00 the most. It seem we might get a mature themed Gundam series after 00.

What worries me is that Nagai and Okada don't have much experience with mecha anime along with the bad reputation of Okada due to EVOL(shit series anyway). As long as the romance is done right and feels realistic there is no problem. But Gundam was never about romance but the clashing of ideals,politics and mainly war so lets see what they can deliver. Also glad that hand drawn mechs are back as the cg in aldnoah zero and recent other mecha anime was really terrible. Hope that it won't be a disappointment like A.Z and G-Reck ;)

Jul 16, 2015 8:43 PM by CutePriest

Hoppy said:
Okada was the least of M3's issues, and Aquarion just isn't a good series.

The fuck? She wrote the script which was the biggest issue with the show.

Jul 16, 2015 2:16 PM by GD1551

well, Nagai as director isn't such a bad choice. he's got a lot of talent, but Okada is worrying me. hopefully Nagai restrains her habits for bad melodrama. really liking the ms designs though, the character designs not so much.

Jul 16, 2015 1:58 PM by Brobot

If AnoHana was a poor man's Cross Game, will this be a poor man's Touch or H2

Jul 16, 2015 12:03 PM by hybreezy

I was wondering how long it'd take for the O/NDF to show up.

Jul 16, 2015 11:41 AM by ex_necross

Okada was the least of M3's issues, and Aquarion just isn't a good series.

Jul 16, 2015 11:35 AM by Hoppy

scytheavatar said:

ThrashMatto said:

Screwing up one attempt at a genre isnt what most people would call a track record.

3 attempts. She screwed up Aquarion Evol and M3. Plus that DT Eightron although it's a long time ago. Also she messed up Fractale so her record for Sci-Fi is pretty dreadful.

Also let's not forget Nagai made that crap known as iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia.

The main reason people even hate on Xenoglossia is because it's not a straight port of the game. The actual technicals of the show in terms of direction and production values are fine, it's the concept people just freak over to this day though nobody is ever specific about that which is kind of annoying. When people are just absolutely raging over the show to other people I hope they consider clips like this, or this and ask themselves if they really think the director did an abominable job and the show is just a complete low budget poorly directed example of mecha animation. Really wish i could find an actual fight scene, but this show convinces me the guy can do action just fine.

Anyway I wish people would just stop ranting about the "common knowledge" that Xenoglossia is a crap show on it's own merits rather than not the adaptation the idol show they were looking for.

edit: Ah here's more of a mix of action and non-action clips.

Jul 16, 2015 11:13 AM by PeacingOut

lord23 said:
I just came to realize something this kid is probably the third youngest pilot in the Gundam series his probably 10 or 12 at most he looks nothing like a teen which means he lost his parents at the age of 3

I actually didnt take that into account, if im not mistaken uso should be the current youngest gundam protagonist and i think he was 13.

Jul 16, 2015 7:50 AM by JizzyHitler

Looks good, I will see how it goes

Jul 16, 2015 2:47 AM by Renaultclio101

PV looks great! Not too keen on the new Gundam though, still much better than the G-Reco. Also no CGI mechs!! YES!

But that's one weird staff for a Gundam..

Jul 16, 2015 2:13 AM by Aozure

Gundam design used to be awesome and unique, well, this design looks unique too but for me it is not gundam, just another mecha anime

Jul 16, 2015 12:20 AM by TheGreatNaifus

I just came to realize something this kid is probably the third youngest pilot in the Gundam series his probably 10 or 12 at most he looks nothing like a teen which means he lost his parents at the age of 3

Jul 15, 2015 11:47 PM by lord23

New Timeline

Jul 15, 2015 10:30 PM by jin15

scytheavatar said:

ThrashMatto said:

Screwing up one attempt at a genre isnt what most people would call a track record.

To be fair, how much better could xenoglassia possibly be with that premise and franchise attached to it.

Jul 15, 2015 8:50 PM by JizzyHitler

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