Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS

Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS (機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ) is a 2015 anime television series created by Sunrise. It airs every Sunday at 17:30 in Japan. Gundam.Info provide simulcasts the anime for Southeast Asia and DAISUKI simulcasts the anime for the rest of the world. Crunchyroll and Hulu also air the anime with a 1 week delay.

Synopsis
Roughly 300 years have passed since the end of the great conflict known as the "Calamity War." The Earth Sphere had lost its previous governing structure, and a new world was created under new systems of government. While a temporary peace had arrived, the seeds of a new conflict were being sown in the Mars Sphere, far away from Earth. Our hero, a boy named Mikazuki Augus, belongs to a private security company called Chryse Guard Security (CGS). The company accepts a mission to escort Kudelia Aina Bernstein, a girl who seeks to liberate the Martian city of Chryse from the rule of one of Earth's major powers. However, the military organization Gjallarhorn attacks CGS in order to nip this rebellion in the bud. CGS begins an evacuation, using Mikazuki and the other children as decoys. Orga Itsuka, the leader of the boys, decides to take this opportunity to rise up in revolt and launch a coup d'état against the adults who have been oppressing them. He gives Mikazuki the task of repulsing Gjallarhorn, and Mikazuki enters battle using the Gundam Barbatos, a mobile suit from the Calamity War era which has been serving as CGS's power source.

Episodes
Comprehensive Episode Listing of Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS episodes

Tekkadan

 * Mikazuki Augus
 * Orga Itsuka
 * Biscuit Griffon
 * Eugene Sevenstark
 * Akihiro Altland
 * Norba Shino
 * Takaki Uno
 * Yamagi Gilmerton
 * Ride Mass
 * Chad Chadan
 * Dante Mogro
 * Nadi Yukinojo Kassapa
 * Dexter Culastor
 * Atra Mixta

Chryse

 * Kudelia Aina Bernstein
 * Fumitan Admoss
 * Norman Bernstein
 * Tomomi Bernstein
 * Haba
 * Sakura Pretzel
 * Cookie Griffon
 * Cracker Griffon

Chryse Guard Security (CGS)

 * Maruba Arkay
 * Sasai Yankus
 * Haeda Gunnel
 * Todo Mirconen

Gjallarhorn

 * McGillis Fareed
 * Gaelio Bauduin
 * Ein Dalton
 * Crank Zent
 * Coral Conrad
 * Orlis Stenja
 * Iznario Fareed
 * Carta Issue

Teiwaz

 * McMurdo Barriston
 * Naze Turbine
 * Amida Arca
 * Lafter Frankland
 * Azee Gurumin
 * Merribit Stapleton

Brewers

 * Brooke Kabayan
 * Kudal Cadel
 * Masahiro Altland

Others

 * Nobliss Gordon
 * Orcus
 * Almiria Bauduin
 * Savarin Canele

Mobile Weapons

 * ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos
 * ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion Rebake
 * EB-06/tc Graze Custom
 * EB-06/tc2 Ryusei-Go
 * TK-53 CGS Mobile Worker
 * TK-53/s CGS Mobile Worker Space Type

Vehicles and Support Units

 * NOA-0093 Isaribi

Mobile Weapons

 * ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris
 * EB-05s Schwalbe Graze
 * EB-06 Graze
 * EB-06s Graze Commander Type
 * EB-06r Graze Ritter
 * NK-17 Gjallarhorn Mobile Worker

Vehicles and Support Units

 * Biscoe-class
 * Halfbeak-class

Mobile Weapons

 * STH-05 Hyakuren
 * STH-05/AC Hyakuren Amida Custom
 * STH-05R Rouei
 * STH-14s Hyakuri

Vehicles and Support Units

 * JEE-M103 Kutan Type-III
 * Saisei
 * TIR-0009 Hammerhead

Mobile Weapons

 * ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion
 * UGY-R41 Man Rodi

Mobile Weapons

 * UGY-R38 Spinner Rodi
 * Union Mobile Worker

Mobile Weapons

 * V08-1228 Grimgerde

Production
The series was first announced many weeks prior to July 15, only known by the abbreviation G-Tekketsu (Gの鉄血). The website depicted a shadowy image of the main mobile suit, a countdown and a link to the Twitter account. As the countdown approached zero, shadows were removed. On July 15, Sunrise, Bandai-Namco and SOTSU held an event that could be streamed from the website, there was also an option to hear a translator for English and French speakers. At the event, important details about the series were revealed including the full name, setting, characters, mechanical designs and staff.

Directing the series is Tatsuyuki Nagai. The writer is Mari Okada, who wrote the mecha anime M3 the dark metal. Mechanical designs are by Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ippei Gyōbu, Kenji Teraoka and Tamotsu Shinohara. The character designs are done by Yu Ito and Chiba Michinori.

Release
It will air on Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) and Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

On 30 September, 2015 05:46 GMT, Gundam Global Portal announced that the anime would be starting from October 4, 2015 at 03:30 PST (GMT-7) on Daisuki.net, Hulu, and Gundam info as well as starting from October 11, 2015 at 01:30 PST on Crunchyroll and FUNimation. Later at 12:15 GMT, Gundam Global Portal announced that the premiere screening of episode 1 would be held across Asia. In Hong Kong, it will premier at the Golden Harvest Cinema "The Sky" in Olympian City at 18:30 GMT+8 on 2 October, in Taiwan, it will premier at GBT Taipei at 16:00 GMT+8 and GBT Gaoxiong at 17:00 GMT+8 on 4 October. In Thailand, it will premier at the SF Terminal 21 Cinema on 2 October, 19:00 GMT+8. In Korea it will premier at the Daehan theater on 3 October at 14:00 GMT+9.

Video




Gunpla

 * High Grade IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS
 * High Grade IRON-BLOODED ARMS
 * 1/100 IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS
 * High-Resolution Model

Toys

 * NXEDGE Style
 * Robot Damashii

Trivia

 * The anime will be the first Gundam television series since Mobile Suit Gundam 00 to receive an official North American release and English dub. Although Mobile Suit Gundam AGE received an English dub from Medi-Lan Limited, it only aired in Southeast Asia.
 * Like Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS has two seasons. But unlike the former which was planned to have two seasons from the start, the latter was originally intended to have just one.
 * In the February 2016 issue of NewType magazine, Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS was ranked the third best series.