Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans is an original story set in U.C. 0084, and is the story of one of the first Titans' units, the Titans Test Team's Black Otter squad. It was serialized in the monthly publications Dengeki Hobby Magazine and Dengeki Daioh. The Dengeki Hobby serial takes the form of a photo-novel accompanied by mechanical designs, technical information, and model photographs, while the Dengeki Daioh serial is in a manga format. The two serials cover many of the same story events, but some characters and events are depicted only in the photo-novel or only in the manga.[1] It is succeeded by its sequel, Advance of Zeta: The Traitor to Destiny.
Summary
Advance of Zeta is a collaborative project between the staff of Dengeki Hobby Magazine, and the Sunrise animation studio which created Mobile Suit Gundam. The story is by Bin Konno, the mechanical designs by Kenki Fujioka, and the character designs by Takuya Saito. The manga adaptation is by Tatsu Mizuki. The Advance of Zeta side-story has proven to be a popular and long-running installment to the Universal Century storyline. Numerous model kits and figures have been released, and the serialized material has been published in several collected volumes.
Story
In 0084, Eliard Hunter, an officer in the Earth Federation Forces, is ordered to join the Titans, an elite military unit that he has longed to join.
Eliard grows as a pilot by repeating various operations and actual battles, as well as testing new mobile suits. However, what awaits him after fighting through the grueling "Gryps War" is a new battle: a military trial on four different charges...
Conrad Morris, a lawyer, becomes Eliard's defense attorney and, believing in Eliard's innocence and determined to fight alongside him, he scrambles to find Eliard's former comrades.
Manga
Volume 01
Chapter 01 Transfer
Chapter 02 War Comrade I
Chapter 03 War Comrade II
Chapter 04 Black Rabbit I
Chapter 05 Black Rabbit II
Chapter 06 Omen
Chapter 07 In the Cocoon I
Chapter 08 In the Cocoon II
Chapter 09 In the Cocoon III
Chapter 10 In the Cocoon IV
Chapter 11 0085 07 31 I
Volume 02
Chapter 12 0085 07 31 II
Chapter 13 0085 07 31 III
Chapter 14 0085 07 31 IV
Chapter 15 The suitable ones I
Chapter 16 The suitable ones II
Chapter 17 The suitable ones III
Chapter 18 Zeon Alive
Chapter 19 Those who bear the glory I
Chapter 20 Those who bear the glory II
Chapter 21 Those who bear the glory III
Chapter 22 Those who bear the glory VI
Volume 03
Chapter 23 Decision I
Chapter 24 Decision II
Chapter 25 Decision III
Chapter 26 Turning point
Chapter 27 Sand hole I
Chapter 28 Sand hole II
Chapter 29 Sand hole III
Chapter 30 Sand hole IV
Chapter 31 Bond I
Chapter 32 Bond II
Chapter 33 Bond III
Volume 04
Chapter 34 At the end of the flow
Chapter 35 Uprise
Chapter 36 The blade of the clear blue sky
Chapter 37 Shield of Black Iron I
Chapter 38 Shield of Black Iron II
Chapter 39 Showing it clearly I
Chapter 40 Showing it clearly II
Chapter 41 Showing it clearly III
Chapter 42 TR-6
Chapter 43 For whom
Chapter 44 Following the believe
Chapter 45 The most best decision
Chapter 46 Confessing departure
Chapter 47 The remnants of Aswan
Chapter 48 The Flag of Titans
Characters
Titans Test Team (T3)
- Eliard Hunter: Hero of the story, He test-pilots most of the featured units. He has a strong sense of justice.
- Carl Matsubara: Rival of Eliard Hunter, He is Half-Japanese.
- Wes Murphy: Captain of the T3 and veteran of the Delaz Conflict.
- Audrey April: Heroine of the story, although beautiful and intelligent, she is also a capable soldier.
- Otto Pedersen: Commander of the T3 and the Aswan.
- Hendrik: The Aswan's maintenance chief.
- Pete Shelton: Hendrik's assistant mechanic.
- Kate Ross: Operator on board the Aswan, appears in Manga only.
Earth Federation
- Conrad Morris: An officer who belongs to the Legal Affairs Bureau. Sustained an injury during his time as a soldier as always seen with a crutch.
- Eddie Southwell: A superior of Conrad in the EFF.
- Thomas Schroeder: Captain of the Izmir, he is a One Year War veteran and once a Salamis captain.
- Hammond Erinke: Deputy Commander of the Izmir.
- Jonathan Cohen: Mechanic on board the Izmir.
- Rachel Sand: A Mechanic belonging to the Izmir.
- Georgy Mirukofu: A Military judge who oversaw the trial involving Eliard Hunter.
- Joanna Paburoa: Conrad's secretary, would later leak information that would acquit Eliard Hunter of all charges.
- Teodoro Urbani: Engineer at Konpeitoh (Solomon), Manga only.
AEUG
- Maxim Gunnar: A soldier who once fought alongside Murphy during the Delaz Conflict.
Zeon Remnants
- Gabriel Zola: Former captain of Zeon, joins the AEUG.
Other
- Liu Kirishima: Freelance journalist, provides Joanna with information regarding the "Bunch 30" incident.
Mechanics
Titans
Mobile Weapons
- NRX-044[R] Prototype Asshimar TR-3 [Kehaar] Space Type
- ORX-005 Gaplant
- RGM-79CR GM Type C High Mobility Type
- RGM-79EW EWAC GM
- RGM-79Q GM Quel
- RMS-106C Hizack Cannon
- RMS-117 Galbaldy β High Mobility Type
- RMS-154 Barzam
- RMS-179 GM II
- RX-107 Rosette
- RX-121 Gundam TR-1 [Hazel]
- RX-121-1 Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Custom]
- RX-121-1+FF-X29A Gundam TR-1 [Hazel-Rah]
- RX-121-2 Gundam TR-1 [Hazel II] Early Type
- RX-121-3C Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Woundwort]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Haze'n-thley II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Dandelion II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Fiver II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Hrairoo II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Kehaar II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Woundwort-Rah]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Woundwort] Gigantic Mode
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Hi-Zack II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Hazel II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Gaplant II]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Queenly]
- RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Queenly] Full Armor Form
- YRMS-106 Hizack Pre-Production Type
Vehicles and Support Units
Zeon Remnants
Mobile Weapons
- MS-06F Zaku II [Stutzer]
- MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai
- MS-06F2 Zaku II F2 Type
- MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom
- MS-07H8 Gouf Flight Type
- MS-09R Rick Dom [Stutzer]
- MS-14A Gelgoog
- MS-14B Gelgoog High Mobility Type
- MS-14F Gelgoog Marine
Vehicles and Support Units
AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group)
Mobile Weapons
- MSA-003 Nemo
- MSA-003 Nemo Cannon
- MSA-099 Rick Dias [Stutzer]
- NRX-044 Asshimar
- RMS-099 Rick Dias
- RMS-117 Galbaldy β High Mobility Type
- RMS-179 GM II
Vehicles and Support Units
Notes & Trivia
- Because team leader Wes Murphy is fond of rabbits, all the TR Series machines assigned to the Titans Test Team are given nicknames derived from Watership Down, a novel by Richard Adams which recounts the adventures of a group of rabbits, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion, and Fiver are the names of heroic rabbits, Kehaar is a friendly bird who helps them, and Woundwort is a rabbit general who becomes their adversary.
- The story’s flagship mobile suit, the Gundam TR-1 Hazel, can be glimpsed in one scene from the movie “Zeta Gundam III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars.”
- The Gundam TR-6 Woundwort was voted in a poll on the Gundam Official Website in a poll for a Mobile Suit cameo in Gundam Build Fighters.
Gallery
Editions
DENGEKI HOBBY BOOKS
- First volume ISBN 978-4-8402-4229-5
- Second volume ISBN 978-4-8402-4230-1
Dengeki Hobby Magazine Special
- ISBN 978-4-8402-2399-7
- ISBN 978-4-8402-2589-2
- ISBN 978-4-8402-2927-2
- ISBN 978-4-8402-3357-6
- ISBN 978-4-8402-3780-2
- ISBN 978-4-8402-4085-7
Dengeki Comics
Kodokawa Paperback
- First volume ISBN 978-4-0410-4646-3
- Second volume ISBN 978-4-0410-4647-0
See Also
References
References
- ↑ http://www.mechascientific.com/aoz/aoz-articles/introduction-to-advance-of-zeta/ AoZ summaries on Mechascientifc
External Links
- Advance of Zeta on MAHQ
- http://allthatgundam.web.fc2.com/comic/aoz.htm
- http://allthatgundam.web.fc2.com/novel/aoz.htm
- http://www.gundam.info/topic/4506
