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G-Saviour (G(ジー)セイバー Jī Seibā^?) is a 2000 Canadian live-action television film set in the Universal Century timeline.

Synopsis

The year is Universal Century 0223. The Earth Federation has collapsed, and space colonies under the Federation's control were given autonomy. The space colonies are now referred to as space "Settlements". Following the end of the Federation, two opposing powers have emerged: the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT), which is comprised mostly of the former Federation and Sides 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and the Settlement Freedom League, comprised of Sides 1, 4, and the Lunar Cities.

Various social crises, such as overpopulation and food shortages, have caused instability in the Earth Sphere. CONSENT suffers from a global food shortage, while the Settlement Freedom League has the capability to feed itself and is thus unaffected. When an agricultural breakthrough is made by scientists from the neutral Side 8 Settlement of Gaea, CONSENT resolves to suppress the technology by force. Opposing CONSENT is the Illuminati, an organization dedicated to maintaining peace in the Earth Sphere.

Characters

Gaea

Illuminati

Phillippe San Simeone
Barkeep

CONSENT

Hydro-Gen

Simmons
Dagget
Doctor Riva

Mechanics

Illuminati

Mobile Weapons

Vehicles and Support Units

Nimbus

Gaea

Mobile Weapons

RGM-196 Freedom

CONSENT

Mobile Weapons

Vehicles & Support Units

Hydro-Gen

Mobile Weapons

MMS-DS209 Guppy

Production

The project's actors are predominantly from the Canadian production company Polestar Entertainment, with the Japanese language version being dubbed into the film. Most of the outdoor set locations were in British Columbia, Canada. Production began in June 1998, and the film was released in 2000 and intended, along with the Turn A Gundam television series, to be the centerpiece of Sunrise's "Big Bang Project", the 20th anniversary celebration for the Gundam franchise. Gundam co-creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was not involved in the production of the film. The G-Saviour film is listed in the production catalog on the official Gundam website in Japan and the official website for Sunrise. It is still available on DVD in Japan as its original release from Bandai Visual.

It is unique among Gundam animated and live-action works in that the word "Gundam" is not in the title, or actually used at all throughout the film's run.

Promotional Trailer

In October 1995, work began on the G-Saviour film project, beginning with the production of a promotional trailer to pitch the film to Sunrise. The promotional trailer was completed in March 1997, with CG work differing from the final film. In the trailer, a crime syndicate called Marchosias attempts to take over Side 4 with their Bugus. They begin to attack New Manhattan, the Settlement where the Side 4 government is based. The organization known as the Secret Vigilance of Side 4 (SV-4) intervenes, deploying the G-Saviour in its Terrain Mode Hover Type configuration. After defeating the Marchosias MS inside the Settlement, the G-Saviour switches to its Space Mode and along with the Illusion, destroy Marchosias' space forces.

Release

The Japanese language version of G-Saviour first aired on TV Asahi and its affiliate ANN stations on December 29, 2000. The Japanese language version was subsequently released on both VHS and DVD. The original English language version was released on DVD in 2002 for North America by Bandai Entertainment.

Gallery

Notes & Trivia

The term "Gundam" is never mentioned in the film.
One of the pilots, who only appear during the final battle, is played by Sam Vincent, who would later be known for voicing Athrun Zala and Tieria Erde in the English dubs of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 respectively.
G-Saviour is one of the only instances of a production in the Gundam franchise being originally produced in English, then dubbed in Japanese.
The Congressional Armed Forces uniforms seen in the film are reused props from the Starship Troopers film.
The events of this film are referred to in other G-Saviour media as either the "Battle of Gaea" or "Light of Gaea".

External links

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-==Story==
+==Synopsis==
-The year is Universal Century 0223. The [[Earth Federation]] has collapsed, and autonomy has been restored to the various territories under the Federation's control. The [[Space Colony|Space Colonies]] have proudly shaken off their colonial past and now consider themselves independent "Settlements". In this new power scheme two sides have emerged: the [[Congress of Settlement Nations]] (CONSENT), which is comprised largely of former Federation members and encompasses Sides 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and their Earth-bound parent nations, and the Settlement Freedom League, Comprising Sides 1, 4, and the Lunar Cities. CONSENT suffers from a food shortage crisis, while the Settlement Freedom League has the agricultural capability to feed itself and thus is not affected by CONSENT’s food shortage. When an agricultural breakthrough is made in the unaligned Side 8 colony Gaia CONSENT resolves to seize the technology by force to solve its own food crisis, or to destroy it, unless ex-CONSENT pilot Mark Curran and a ragtag band of MS pilots can stop them.
+The year is [[Late Universal Century|Universal Century 0223]]. The [[Earth Federation]] has collapsed, and [[Space Colony|space colonies]] under the Federation's control were given autonomy. The space colonies are now referred to as space "Settlements". Following the end of the Federation, two opposing powers have emerged: the [[Congress of Settlement Nations]] (CONSENT), which is comprised mostly of the former Federation and Sides 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and the [[Settlement Freedom League]], comprised of Sides 1, 4, and the Lunar Cities.
+Various social crises, such as overpopulation and food shortages, have caused instability in the Earth Sphere. CONSENT suffers from a global food shortage, while the Settlement Freedom League has the capability to feed itself and is thus unaffected. When an agricultural breakthrough is made by scientists from the neutral [[Side 8]] Settlement of Gaea, CONSENT resolves to suppress the technology by force. Opposing CONSENT is the [[Illuminati]], an organization dedicated to maintaining peace in the Earth Sphere.
-===Timeline of Events===
-*U.C. 0203.06 - Construction of Gaia colony in Side 8 (L1) begins.
-*U.C. 0218 - The Earth Federation collapses as the Earth becomes all but uninhabitable. A similar Earth-centric organization takes it place but doesn’t last.
-*U.C. 0220 - The Congress of Settlement Nations (“CONSENT”) gains control over roughly half the Sides, opposed only by the Illuminati, a resistance organization based in the independent New Manhattan Island “settlement” of Side 4 (L1). Most of the Illuminati pilots and engineers are Congressional defectors.
-*U.C. 0223 - The Gaia settlement of Side 8 (L1) rebels against the Congressional force attempting to suppress a newly discovered bioluminescent energy source that promises to ending humanity’s ongoing food crisis—and CONSENT’s political exploitation of it.
-*U.C. 0224 - Illuminati dispatches a team to thwart a secret Congressional weapons development operation, Project Raiven.
-*U.C. 0225 - CONSENT is overthrown by the Illuminati.
-==Cast==
+==Characters==
+===[[Side 8|Gaea]]===
-;* [[Mark Curran]] - Brennan Elliott (Haruhiko Kato)
+*[[Mark Curran]]
-;*[[Cynthia Graves]] - Enuka Okuma (Ryoko Shinohara)
+*[[Cynthia Graves]]
-;*Mimi Devere - Catarina Conti (Yumi Takada)
+*[[Councillor Graves]]
-;*Lieutenant Colonel Jack Halle - David Lovgren (Takaya Hashi)
+*[[Franz Dieter]]
-;*General Garneaux - Kenneth Welsh (Russell Ishii)
+*[[Kobi]]
-;*Dieter - Alfonso Quijada (Takayasu Komiya)
-;*Kobi - Taayla Markell (Rei Sakuma)
-;*Chief Councilor Graves - Blu Mankuma (Kenji Utsumi)
-;*Philippe San Simeone - Hrothgar Mathews (Toshihiko Kojima)
-;*Simmons - Brendan Beiser (Kenichi Ono)
-;*Dagget - Marlowe Dawn (Emi Shinohara)
-;*Lieutenant Tim Holloway - Peter Williams (Naoki Bando)
-;*Barkeep - Christopher Shyer (Kiyoyuki Yanada)
+===[[Illuminati]]===
-==Production==
+*[[Phillippe San Simeone]]
-The project's actors are predominantly from [[Canada]], and the [[Japanese language]] version has Japanese dubbed into the movie. It was released in 2000 and intended, along with the [[Turn A Gundam|∀ Gundam]] television series, to be the centerpiece of Sunrise's "Big Bang Project," its 20th [[anniversary]] celebration for the popular Gundam meta-series. ''Gundam's'' original story co-creator [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]], who was not involved in this production, voiced his disapproval of ''G-Saviour'' at Anime Expo New York 2002, and Bandai Entertainment has stopped producing its 2002 DVD release in North America. The work is listed in the production catalog on the official Gundam website in Japan and the official website for Sunrise (the production studio for ''Gundam'' animated and live-action projects). It is still available on DVD in Japan from the original release, Bandai Visual.
+*[[Barkeep]]
+===[[Congress of Settlement Nations|CONSENT]]===
-It is unique among Gundam animated and live-action properties in that the word "Gundam" is not in the title, or actually used at all throughout the movie's run. Sunrise currently lists the movie as an "alternate UC" production along with [[Gaia Gear]].
+*[[Mark Curran]]
+*[[Mimi Devere]]
+*[[Jack Halle]]
+*[[General Garneaux]]
+*[[Tim Holloway]]
-==Video Game==
+===[[Hydro-Gen]]===
+*[[Simmons]]
-In 2000, a PS2 game was released to promote the film's upcoming release on Japanese television. The game takes place after the events of the movie and stars Reed Fox, a pilot of the Illuminati's Lightning Squad. Garneaux's confidant, General Bais, is developing "Project Raven", which will greatly enhance the military strength of the CONSENT, it is Reed and Illuminati's job to see it doesn't succeed. The game is noteworthy for having more Mobile Suits than in the movie, which also move more fluidly.
+*[[Dagget]]
+*[[Doctor Riva]]
-==List of Mechanics==
+==Mechanics==
-===Illuminati/Side 8 Gaia Settlement Defense Forces===
+===[[Illuminati]]===
 ====Mobile Weapons====
-;*[[G-Saviour Origin]]
+*[[G-SAVIOUR G-Saviour Origin Mode]]
-;*[[G-Saviour Space Mode]]
+**[[G-SAVIOUR G-Saviour Space Mode]]
-;*[[G-Saviour Terrain Mode]]
+**[[G-SAVIOUR G-Saviour Terrain Mode]]
-;*[[G-Saviour Terrain Hover Mode]]
+*[[I-SAVIOUR Illusion]]
-;*[[I-SAVIOUR Illusion]]
-;*[[RGM-196 Freedom]]
 ====Vehicles and Support Units====
-;*[[Nimbus]]
+*[[Nimbus]]
+===[[Side 8|Gaea]]===
-===CONSENT (Congress of Settlement Nations)===
 ====Mobile Weapons====
-;*[[CAMS-13 MS-Rai]]
+*[[RGM-196 Freedom]]
-;*[[CAMW-13 MW-Rai]]
+===[[Congress of Settlement Nations|CONSENT]]===
-;*[[CCMS-03 Bugu]]
+====Mobile Weapons====
+*[[CCMS-03 Bugu]]
+*[[CAMS-13 MS-Rai]]
+*[[CAMW-13 MW-Rai]]
 ====Vehicles & Support Units====
-;*[[Space MS Carrier]]
+*[[Space MS Carrier]]
-;*[[Shuttle]]
+*[[Shuttle]]
-;*[[Ulysses]]
+*[[Ulysses]]
-;*[[Hydro-Gen]]
-===Civilians===
+===[[Hydro-Gen]]===
 ====Mobile Weapons====
-;*[[MMS-DS209 Guppy]]
+*[[MMS-DS209 Guppy]]
-==Notes & Trivia==
+==Production==
+The project's actors are predominantly from the Canadian production company Polestar Entertainment, with the Japanese language version being dubbed into the film. Most of the outdoor set locations were in British Columbia, Canada. Production began in June 1998, and the film was released in 2000 and intended, along with the ''[[Turn A Gundam]]'' television series, to be the centerpiece of Sunrise's "Big Bang Project", the 20th anniversary celebration for the ''Gundam'' franchise. ''Gundam'' co-creator [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] was not involved in the production of the film. The ''G-Saviour'' film is listed in the production catalog on the official ''Gundam'' website in Japan and the official website for Sunrise. It is still available on DVD in Japan as its original release from Bandai Visual.
-*One of the pilots, who only appear during the final battle, is played by Sam Vincent, who would later be known for being the voice actor of Ace Pilot [[Athrun Zala]] and Gundam Meister [[Tieria Erde]] from the [[Cosmic Era]] (''[[Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Gundam SEED Destiny]]'') and [[Anno Domini]] (''[[Gundam 00]]'') timelines respectively.
+It is unique among ''Gundam'' animated and live-action works in that the word "Gundam" is not in the title, or actually used at all throughout the film's run.
+===Promotional Trailer===
+In October 1995, work began on the ''G-Saviour'' film project, beginning with the production of a promotional trailer to pitch the film to Sunrise. The promotional trailer was completed in March 1997, with CG work differing from the final film. In the trailer, a crime syndicate called Marchosias attempts to take over Side 4 with their [[CCMS-03 Bugu|Bugus]]. They begin to attack New Manhattan, the Settlement where the Side 4 government is based. The organization known as the Secret Vigilance of Side 4 (SV-4) intervenes, deploying the G-Saviour in its [[G-SAVIOUR G-Saviour Terrain Mode Hover Type|Terrain Mode Hover Type]] configuration. After defeating the Marchosias MS inside the Settlement, the G-Saviour switches to its Space Mode and along with the Illusion, destroy Marchosias' space forces.
+===Release===
+The Japanese language version of ''G-Saviour'' first aired on TV Asahi and its affiliate ANN stations on December 29, 2000. The Japanese language version was subsequently released on both VHS and DVD. The original English language version was released on DVD in 2002 for North America by Bandai Entertainment.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionsize="small" bordersize="small" bordercolor="accent" hideaddbutton="true">
+G-Saviour VHS Release.jpg|''G-Saviour'' VHS cover
+G-Saviour Full Weapon - G-Saviour World.jpg|''G-Saviour Full Weapon'' - G-Saviour World
+G-Saviour Full Weapon - Technology.jpg|''G-Saviour Full Weapon'' - Technology
+</gallery>
 ==See also==
-;*[[G-SAVIOUR (Novel)]]
+;*[[G-Saviour (Novel)]] - A novel adaptation of the film.
+;*[[G-Saviour (Game)]] - A PlayStation 2 video game sequel released prior to the airing of the film, taking place a year after the events of the film.
-;*[[G-Saviour (Game)]]
+;*[[G-Saviour Sound Cinema]] - A radio drama prequel series broadcast prior to the airing of the film.
+==Notes & Trivia==
+*The term "Gundam" is never mentioned in the film.
+*One of the pilots, who only appear during the final battle, is played by [[wikipedia:Sam Vincent (voice actor)|Sam Vincent]], who would later be known for voicing [[Athrun Zala]] and [[Tieria Erde]] in the English dubs of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' respectively.
+*G-Saviour is one of the only instances of a production in the ''Gundam'' franchise being originally produced in English, then dubbed in Japanese.
+*The Congressional Armed Forces uniforms seen in the film are reused props from the ''[[wikipedia:Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' film.
+*The events of this film are referred to in other ''G-Saviour'' media as either the "Battle of Gaea" or "Light of Gaea".
 ==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-SAVIOUR G-Saviour on Wikipedia]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Saviour G-Saviour on Wikipedia]
-*[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/g-savior/index.htm G-Saviour on MAHQ]
+*[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/g-saviour/index.htm G-Saviour on MAHQ]
-*[http://web.archive.org/web/20021016075905/www.gundamofficial.com/www_gs/ Official G-Saviour website] (Archived)
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20021016075905/www.gundamofficial.com/www_gs/ Official G-Saviour website (Archived)]
-*[http://www.gundam.channel.or.jp/goods/soft/dvd/G-SAVIOUR.shtml Gundam Perfect Web's ''G-Saviour'' DVD page]
 *[http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/datacard/card0176.htm Sunrise's ''G-Saviour'' DVD page]
 *[http://product.bandaivisual.co.jp/web_service/shop_product_info.asp?item_no=BCBF-0807 Bandai Visual's ''G-Saviour'' DVD page]
+*[http://www.gundam.channel.or.jp/goods/soft/dvd/G-SAVIOUR.shtml Gundam Perfect Web's ''G-Saviour'' DVD page]
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