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Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Poster
Title Screen
Logo

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ, Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburu Zēta)

Companies

English Dub

Omni Productions

Staff

Director

Yoshiyuki Tomino

Story & Script

Release

Japanese

March 1, 1986–March 31, 1987

Number of Episodes

47

Relations

Adapted into

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ(ダブルゼータ‬) Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburu Zēta^?, pronounced Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta) is a 1986 anime television series animated by Sunrise and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It is a direct sequel to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and the third Universal Century series to be made.

Plot

As the continuation of Zeta Gundam, this series once again follows the story of the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) battleship Argama after Kamille defeats Paptimus Scirocco. To fight off the Axis Zeon, now called the Neo Zeon, Captain Bright Noa recruits a group of teenage junk collectors led by the loudmouthed but powerful Newtype Judau Ashta to pilot the Argama's mobile suits. Now sporting a line up of the behemoth MSZ-010 Double Zeta Gundam and the returning MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam, RX-178 Gundam Mk-II and Gundam-like MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki, the group is nicknamed the Gundam Team. As such, this became the first of a number of Gundam series where a team of Gundam mobile suits fight alongside each other regularly. The climax takes place at Side 3 in the Battle of Axis.

Out of the major Zeta Gundam characters, only recurring captain Bright Noa and Axis leader Haman Karn make more than cameo appearances in ZZ; Char Aznable's planned appearance was canceled when Tomino was given the go-ahead to do the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack movie. Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plan for the show which involved Char's return was neither revealed, nor does Tomino himself remember it. Aside from the openings, Amuro Ray does not make an appearance in the series either.

Mechanic

Earth Federation/AEUG & Karaba

Mobile Suits AMX-004-2 Elpeo's Qubeley FA-010S Full Armor ZZ Gundam MSA-003 Nemo MSA-005 Methuss MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam Msz-010s.jpg MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam RGM-86R GM III RMS-179 GM II RX-178 Gundam Mk-II

Spaceships

Neo Zeon

Mobile Suits

Spaceships

Episodes

#	Episode Title	Japanese Airdate
1	Prelude ZZ	1 March 1986
2	The Boy from Shangri-la	8 March 1986
3	The Knight of the Endra	15 March 1986
4	Hot-Blooded Mashymre	22 March 1986
5	Judau's Decision	29 March 1986
6	Menace of the Zssa	5 April 1986
7	Gaza Storm	12 April 1986
8	The Funeral Bell Tolls Twice	19 April 1986
9	Judau In Space	26 April 1986
10	Sayonara, Fa	3 May 1986
11	Activate! Double Zeta	10 May 1986
12	Leina Vanishes	17 May 1986
13	Little Sister!	24 May 1986
14	The Phantom Colony, Part 1	31 May 1986
15	The Phantom Colony, Part 2	7 June 1986
16	Melee Aboard the Argama	14 June 1986
17	Retrieve the Core Top!	21 June 1986
18	Haman's Black Shadow	28 June 1986
19	Ple and Axis	12 July 1986
20	Cecilia the Crybaby, Part 1	19 July 1986
21	Cecilia the Crybaby, Part 2	26 July 1986
22	Judau, Into Battle!	2 August 1986
23	The Burning Earth	9 August 1986
24	Sibling Love Blooming in the South Seas	16 August 1986
25	The Face of Rommel	23 August 1986
26	Masai's Heart	30 August 1986
27	Leina's Blood, Part 1	6 September 1986
28	Leina's Blood, Part 2	13 September 1986
29	Roux's Run	20 September 1986
30	Blue Unit, Part 1	27 September 1986
31	Blue Unit, Part 2	4 October 1986
32	Crossing the Salt Lake	11 October 1986
33	Dublin Afternoon	18 October 1986
34	Kamille's Voice	25 October 1986
35	Falling Sky	31 October 1986
36	Prisoner of Gravity: Ple Two	8 November 1986
37	Nahel Argama	15 November 1986
38	The Impregnable Jamru Fin	22 November 1986
39	The Second Coming of Sarasa	29 November 1986
40	Tigerbaum Dream	6 December 1986
41	Rasara's Life	13 December 1986
42	The Girl from Core 3, Part 1	20 December 1986
43	The Girl from Core 3, Part 2	27 December 1986
44	Emary's Glory	10 January 1987
45	The Battle of Axis	17 January 1987
46	Vibration	24 January 1987
47	Warrior, Once More...	31 January 1987

Main article: List of Universal Century episodes

Characters

Character	Voice Actor
Judau Ashta	Kazuki Yao
Glemy Toto	Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Haman Karn	Yoshiko Sakakibara
Elpeo Ple, Ple Two	Chieko Honda
Elle Vianno	Eriko Hara
Chara Soon	Hazuki Monma
Bright Noa	Hirotaka Suzuoki
Mashymre Cello	Kenyuu Horiuchi
Mondo Agake	Kôzô Shioya
Iino Abbav	Masami Kikuchi
Leina Ashta	Maya Okamoto
Mineva Lao Zabi	Miki Itou
Roux Louka	Naoko Matsui
Beecha Oleg	Shingo Hiromori
Nee Gylen, Nicky	Bin Shimada
Shinta	Chika Sakamoto
Pampa Lida	Fumihiko Tachiki
Nell Marsen	Hideyuki Umezu
Creyue Oye, Torres	Hiroyuki Shibamoto (Kenta Abe)
Yazan Gable	Houchu Ohtsuka
Chimatter	Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Emary Ounce	Kayoko Fujii
Anma Damar	Kazuyo Aoki
Dido Kaltoha	Kenichi Ogata
Eyne	Kenichi Ono
August Guidan, Gottn Goh	Koujin Totain
Anna Hanna	Masako Irie
Haro, Qum	Mayumi Shou
Deune, Magany	Minoru Inaba
Fa Yuiry	Miyuki Matsuoka
Kamille Bidan	Nobuo Tobita
Desert Rommel	Tesshô Genda
Milly Childer	Yuko Mizutani
Rutina Levin	Sakuma Rei
Amasa Pola	Tonguu Kyouko
Renan	Sasaki Nozomu
Miream	Watanabe Kumiko
Masai N'gava	Shimazu Saeko
June Kock	Meguro Yuuichi
Anu	Ikemoto Sayuri
Anma Damar	Aoki Kazuyo

Soundtrack

Openings:

Anime Ja Nai (It's Not Anime) by Masato Arai (eps 1-25)
Silent Voice by Jun Hiroe (eps 26-47)

Insert:

Hoshizora no Believe (Believe; Believe in the Starry Sky) by Mami Ayukawa (episode 20)

Endings:

Jidai ga Naiteiru (The Era is Crying) by Masato Arai (eps 1-25)
Issenman-Nen Ginga (Ten Million Years Galaxy) by Jun Hiroe (eps 26-47)

Production

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ was originally conceived of as a second season of Zeta Gundam, but it was ultimately decided that the show should feature an all-new cast, Tomino originally wanted Char as the main character, but he received the "okay" on Char's Counterattack. Nevertheless, its broadcast immediately followed that of Zeta Gundam and manages to tie up a major plotline from Zeta that was left unfinished.

As part of Tomino's tendencies to follow up a tragedy with a comedy (e.g. Space Runaway Ideon was followed by Combat Mecha Xabungle), this nominal sequel to Zeta Gundam struck a much lighter, often comical, tone, in contrast to its predecessor's brooding melodrama. For example, in the second episode, Captain Bright is reduced to defending the Argama from thrown oranges. Judau Ashta's first battle clearly lampoons the previous Gundam pilot's instant piloting ability by having Judau be incredibly poor at combat in his first battle, however his opponent is still quite afraid of him. The whimsical opening theme song Anime Ja Nai (It's Not Anime) reflected the non-seriousness of the first half of the series. The second half of the series does return to a more serious tone while sporting a more somber opening theme song. Because of its lighter tone and its slapstick humor, the series suffers a poor reputation among the serious-minded ranks of Gundam fandom, some of which even accuse Tomino of deliberately trying to sabotage the Gundam franchise. Despite this, it scored high ratings with the younger, more casual audiences, and the show's first opening theme Anime Ja Nai became extremely popular with anime fans and is sometimes mentioned as one of the most memorable anime songs of all time.

Release

The series originally aired every Saturday from March 1, 1986 to January 31, 1987 on Nagoya Broadcasting Network.

The series got an English dub by Omni Productions which aired on Animax Asia (Philippines on May 2, 2005 rest Southeast Asia on May 25, 2005). The dub also aired on Animax India.

As announced by Sunrise at AnimeExpo 2013, from August 5, 2013, DAISUKI provided free Internet Streaming of the series with English subtitles.^[1] The series was removed from DAISUKI sometime before June 2014. Gundam.Info later began uploading six subtitled episodes on their youtube weekly from mid July 2017^[2]

Following the announcement of the partnership between Sunrise and Right-Stuf!/Nozomi Entertainment at New York Comic Con 2014, there was much anticipation for a North American release of the series.^[3]

On March 2, 2016, at 15:03 CST, Nozomi Entertainment announced first ever North American release of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. Collection 1 will be released on Blu-ray on June 7, 2016, coinciding with the After War Gundam X Collection 1 DVD release. It will have Japanese audio with English subtitles.^[4] On April 6, Nozomi Entertainment had announced that the second collections for both series would be available on July 5.^[5]

Gallery

Notes and Trivia

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ won the second place in Animage's Anime Grand Prix Award in 1986. In the same year, one of its character, Elpeo Ple was selected as the favorite female anime character of the year.
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ was the third & final Gundam TV series airing in Showa Era before Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) death on January 7, 1989

References

↑ Crunchyroll - Daisuki To Stream "Gundam ZZ" "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball Z"
↑ GUNDAM.INFO | The official Gundam news and video portal "Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ" available from 12p.m.(JST) July 14!
↑ Sunrise, Right Stuf Offers Gundam ZZ in N. America for 1st Time - Anime News Network
↑ Nozomi Entertainment
↑ Nozomi Entertainment

External links

Chronology

Preceded by:
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Chronological order
0088 U.C. – 0089 U.C.

Succeeded by:
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Universal Century
TV series	The Origin Advent of the Red Comet \| Mobile Suit Gundam \| Zeta Gundam \| Gundam ZZ \| Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 \| Victory Gundam Comprehensive Episode Listing
Films and OVAs	Thunderbolt \| MS IGLOO — The Hidden One Year War — Apocalypse 0079 — The Gravity Front \| The 08th MS Team — Miller's Report \| 0080: War in the Pocket \| 0083: Stardust Memory \| Char's Counterattack \| Unicorn \| Twilight Axis \| Narrative \| Hathaway \| F91 \| Mission to the Rise \| Ring of Gundam \| Gundam Evolve \| Green Divers \| G-Saviour \| THE ORIGIN \| Cucuruz Doan's Island
Events	One Year War \| Antarctic Treaty \| Granada Treaty \| Operation Stardust \| Gryps Conflict \| Neo Zeon Movements \| Late Universal Century
Topics	Vessels and spacecraft \| Characters \| Locations \| Mobile Weapons — Mobile Suit Variation — MS-X — MSV-R \| Nations and Factions \| Newtype \| Technology \| Weapons
Books and Manga	Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans — Traitor To Destiny — Traitor to Destiny: Blue Wings of the AEUG — Traitor to Destiny Extra Compilation: Mace of Judgment — Gundam Inle \| Beltorchika’s Children (Manga) — Beltorchika’s Children (Novel) — High Streamer \| Char’s Deleted Affair: Portrait of Young Comet — One Day: Haman's Deleted Affair \| Crossbone Gundam — Skull Heart — Steel 7 — Ghost — Dust — X-11 — Love & Piece \| Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 -The Wrath of Varuna- \| École du Ciel \| The Plot to Assassinate Gihren \| Gaia Gear \| Gundam F90 \| F90: Fastest Formula \| Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in UC 0123 \| Formula Wars 0122 \| Unicorn — Bande Dessinee — Bande Dessinee Episode: 0 — The Truth of E.F.F. — The Noble Shroud — The War After the War \| Sentinel \| Record of MS Wars — Record of MS Wars II \| We're Federation Hooligans!! — Katana \| Hathaway's Flash \| Night=Hawks! \| Side Story: The Blue Destiny \| Moon Crisis \| Gigantis' Counterattack \| Double-Fake — Almarya \| Victory Gundam Side Story \| Stampede: The Story of Professor Minovsky \| MSV-R: The Return of Johnny Ridden \| Another Z Gundam Story — MAD WANG 1160 \| Outer Gundam — REON \| For the Barrel \| The Origin \| The Revival of Zeon — New Revival of Zeon \| Lost War Chronicles — Space, To the End of a Flash — 0083 Rebellion — Gundam Legacy \| Hero of Stardust \| Zeta Gundam 1/2 \| War in the Pocket \| Zeta Gundam Define \| G-Saviour \| SECRET FORMULA \| Ganota no Onna \| Thunderbolt \| GEARA DOGA Variations \| MS Graphica \| Moon \| Walpurgis \| Battle Operation Code Fairy
Video Games	Lost War Chronicles \| Gundam 0079: The War for Earth \| Mobile Ops: The One Year War \| The Blue Destiny \| Crossfire/Target in Sight \| Journey to Jaburo \| Zeonic Front \| Mobile Suit Gundam: EX Revue \| Spirits of Zeon - Dual Stars of Carnage \| Cross Dimension 0079 \| Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 \| Advanced Operation \| Rise From The Ashes \| Tactics Mobility Fleet 0079 \| Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 \| Gundam vs. Gundam — NEXT — Extreme Vs. — Extreme Vs. Full Boost \| Gundam UC [The Postwar] \| Battle Operation — 2 — Code Fairy \| Gundam 0079 Card Builder \| G-Saviour
Related	Gundam Fix Figuration \| Gunpla — High Grade Universal Century — Master Grade - Perfect Grade — Real Grade \| Mobile Weapons \| MS Girl \| Plamo-Kyoshiro \| SD Gundam — SD Gundam G Generation \| Super Robot Wars \| Gundam the Ride \| Gundam Crisis \| Bonds of the Battlefield \| Harmony of Gundam \| G-STRATEGY
Timelines	Ad Stella \| Advanced Generation \| After Colony \| After War \| Anno Domini \| Build Fighters \| Correct Century \| Cosmic Era \| Future Century \| Mars Century \| Post Disaster \| Regild Century \| SD Gundam \| Universal Century

[1] Crunchyroll - Daisuki To Stream "Gundam ZZ" "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball Z"

[2] GUNDAM.INFO | The official Gundam news and video portal "Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ" available from 12p.m.(JST) July 14!

[3] Sunrise, Right Stuf Offers Gundam ZZ in N. America for 1st Time - Anime News Network

[4] Nozomi Entertainment

[5] Nozomi Entertainment

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Changes: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

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Contents

Plot

Mechanic

Earth Federation/AEUG & Karaba

Neo Zeon

Episodes

Characters

Soundtrack

Production

Release

Gallery

See also

Prequels

Sequels

Side Stories

Adaptations

Notes and Trivia

References

External links

Chronology

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+==Plot==
+As the continuation of ''Zeta Gundam'', this series once again follows the story of the [[Anti Earth Union Group]] (AEUG) battleship ''[[Argama]]'' after Kamille defeats [[Paptimus Scirocco]]. To fight off the [[Axis Zeon]], now called the [[Neo Zeon]], Captain [[Bright Noa]] recruits a group of teenage junk collectors led by the loudmouthed but powerful [[Newtype]] [[Judau Ashta]] to pilot the Argama's mobile suits. Now sporting a line up of the behemoth [[MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam|MSZ-010 Double Zeta Gundam]] and the returning [[MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Gundam Mk-II|RX-178 Gundam Mk-II]] and Gundam-like [[MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki]], the group is nicknamed the ''Gundam Team''. As such, this became the first of a number of Gundam series where a team of Gundam mobile suits fight alongside each other regularly. The climax takes place at Side 3 in the [[Axis|Battle of Axis]].
-''Gundam ZZ'' was originally conceived of as a second season of ''Zeta Gundam'', but it was ultimately decided that the show should feature an all-new cast, Tomino originally wanted Char as the main character, but he received the "okay" on Char's Counterattack. Nevertheless, its broadcast immediately followed that of Zeta Gundam and manages to tie up a major plotline from ''Zeta'' that was left unfinished.
+Out of the major ''Zeta Gundam'' characters, only recurring captain [[Bright Noa]] and Axis leader [[Haman Karn]] make more than cameo appearances in ''ZZ''; [[Char Aznable]]'s planned appearance was canceled when Tomino was given the go-ahead to do the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]'' movie. [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]'s original plan for the show which involved Char's return was neither revealed, nor does Tomino himself remember it. Aside from the openings, [[Amuro Ray]] does not make an appearance in the series either.
-As part of Tomino's tendencies to follow up a tragedy with a comedy, this nominal sequel to ''Zeta Gundam'' struck a much lighter, often comical, tone, in contrast to its predecessor's brooding melodrama. For example, in the second episode, Captain Bright is reduced to defending the [[Argama]] from thrown oranges. Judau Ashta's first battle clearly lampoons the previous Gundam pilot's instant piloting ability by having Judau be incredibly poor at combat in his first battle, however his opponent is still quite afraid of him. The whimsical opening theme song ''Anime Ja Nai'' (It's Not Anime) reflected the campiness of the first half of the series. The second half of the series does return to a more serious tone while sporting a more somber opening theme song. Because of its lighter tone and its slapstick humor, the series suffers a poor reputation among the serious-minded ranks of Gundam fandom, some of which even accuse Tomino of deliberately trying to sabotage the Gundam franchise. Despite this, it scored high ratings with the younger, more casual audiences, and the show's first opening theme ''Anime Ja Nai'' became extremely popular with anime fans and is sometimes mentioned as one of the most memorable anime songs of all time.
-==Story==
+==Mechanic==
-As the continuation of ''Zeta Gundam'', this series once again follows the story of the [[Anti Earth Union Group]] (AEUG) battleship ''[[Argama]]'' after Kamille defeats [[Paptimus Scirocco]]. To fight off the [[Axis Zeon]], now called the [[Neo Zeon]], Captain [[Bright Noa]] recruits a group of teenage junk collectors led by the loudmouthed but powerful [[Newtype]] [[Judau Ashta]] to pilot the Argama's mobile suits. Now sporting a line up of the behemoth [[MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam|MSZ-010 Double Zeta Gundam]] and the returning [[MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Gundam Mk-II|RX-178 Gundam Mk-II]] and Gundam-like [[MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki]], the group is nicknamed the ''Gundam Team''. As such, this became the first of a number of Gundam series where a team of Gundam mobile suits fight alongside each other regularly. The climax takes place at Side 3 in the [[Axis|Battle of Axis]].
-Out of the major ''Zeta Gundam'' characters, only recurring captain [[Bright Noa]] and Axis leader [[Haman Karn]] make more than cameo appearances in ''ZZ''; [[Char Aznable]]'s planned appearance was canceled when Tomino was given the go-ahead to do the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]'' movie. [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]'s original plan for the show which involved Char's return was neither revealed [though Glemy's sudden change in motivation seems to give a hint that he fills in for him at the end], nor does [[Yoshiyuki Tomino|Tomino]] himself remember it. Aside from the openings, [[Amuro Ray]] does not make an appearance in the series either.
-==Mechanics==
 ===Earth Federation/AEUG & Karaba===
-; Prototype Mobile Suits
+; Mobile Suits<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
+file:Amx-004-2.jpg|[[AMX-004 Qubeley Mk-II|AMX-004-2 Elpeo's Qubeley]]
-<gallery>
-file:MSZ-006 - Zeta Gundam - Front View.jpg|[[MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]]
+Fa-010s.jpg|[[FA-010S Full Armor ZZ Gundam]]
+Msa-003.jpg|[[MSA-003 Nemo]]
+file:Msa-005.jpg|[[MSA-005 Methuss]]
+file:Msn-00100.jpg|[[MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki]]
+MSZ-006 - Zeta Gundam - Front View.jpg|[[MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]]
 file:Msz-010.jpg|[[MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam]]
+Msz-010s.jpg|[[MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam]]
+Rgm-86r.jpg|[[RGM-86R GM III]]
+Rgm-179.jpg|[[RMS-179 GM II]]
 file:RX-178 - Gundam Mk-II (AEUG Colors) - Front View.jpg|[[RX-178 Gundam Mk-II]]
-file:Msn-00100.jpg|[[MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki]]
-file:Msa-005.jpg|[[MSA-005 Methuss]]
-file:Amx-004-2.jpg|[[AMX-004 Qubeley Mk-II|AMX-004-2 Elpeo's Qubeley]]
-</gallery>
-; Mass-produced Mobile Suits
-<gallery>
-file:Msa-003.jpg|[[MSA-003 Nemo]]
-file:Rgm-179.jpg|[[RMS-179 GM II|RGM-82 GM II]]
-file:Rgm-86r.jpg|[[RGM-86R GM III]]
 </gallery>
+;
 ; Spaceships
-<gallery>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
 file:Argama.jpg|[[Argama-class|Argama]]
 file:Nahel-argama.jpg|[[SCVA-76 Nahel Argama]]
-file:Advanced-salamis.jpg|[[Salamis Kai-class|Salamis Kai]]<br />(Mass-produced Spaceship)
+file:Advanced-salamis.jpg|[[Salamis Kai-class|Salamis-Kai]]
 </gallery>
 ===Neo Zeon===
-; Prototype Mobile Suits
+; Mobile Suits
-<gallery>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
 file:Ama-01x.jpg|[[AMA-01X Jamru Fin]]
+file:Gaza-C.jpg|[[AMX-003 Gaza-C]]
 file:Amx-004.jpg|[[AMX-004 Qubeley]]
+Amx-004-2.jpg|[[AMX-004 Qubeley Mk-II|AMX-004-2 Elpeo's Qubeley]]
 file:Amx-004-3.jpg|[[AMX-004 Qubeley Mk-II|AMX-004-3 Ple Two's Qubeley]]
-file:AMX-011S Zaku III Custom.jpg|[[AMX-011S Zaku III Custom|AMX-011S Mashymre's Zaku III]]
+file:Amx-004g.jpg|[[AMX-004G Qubeley Mass Production Type|AMX-017 Qubeley Mass Production Type]]
-file:Amx-015.jpg|[[AMX-015 Geymalk]]
-file:Amx-103.jpg|[[AMX-103 Hamma Hamma]]
-file:AMX-104 R-Jarja.jpg|[[AMX-104 R-Jarja]]
-file:Amx-107.gif|[[AMX-107 Bawoo]]
-file:Amx-117r.jpg|[[AMX-117R Gazu-R]]
-file:Amx-117l.jpg|[[AMX-117L Gazu-L]]
-file:Ms-09h.jpg|[[MS-09H Dwadge Reformation|MS-09H Rommel's Dwadge]]
-file:MS14J ReGelg - Front.jpg|[[MS-14J ReGelgu]]
-file:Mrx-010.jpg|[[MRX-010 Psyco Gundam Mk-II]]
-file:Nz-000.jpg|[[NZ-000 Queen Mansa]]<br />(Final boss)
-</gallery>
-; Mass-produced Mobile Suits
-<gallery>
-file:Gaza-C.jpg|[[AMX-003 Gaza-C]]
 file:Amx-006.jpg|[[AMX-006 Gaza-D]]
 file:Amx-008.jpg|[[AMX-008 Ga-Zowmn]]
 file:Amx-009.jpg|[[AMX-009 Dreissen]]
 file:Amx-011.jpg|[[AMX-011 Zaku III]]
+file:AMX-011S Zaku III Custom.jpg|[[AMX-011S Zaku III Custom|AMX-011S Mashymre's Zaku III]]
 file:Amx-014.jpg|[[AMX-014 Döven Wolf]]
-file:Amx-004g.jpg|[[AMX-004G Qubeley Mass Production Type|AMX-017 Qubeley Mass Production Type]]
+file:Amx-015.jpg|[[AMX-015 Geymalk]]
 file:Amx-101.jpg|[[AMX-101 Galluss-J]]
 file:Amx-102.jpg|[[AMX-102 Zssa]]
-file:AMX-107Bawoo.jpg|[[AMX-107 Bawoo|AMX-107 Mass-produced Bawoo]]
+file:Amx-103.jpg|[[AMX-103 Hamma Hamma]]
+file:AMX-104 R-Jarja.jpg|[[AMX-104 R-Jarja]]
+file:Amx-107.gif|[[AMX-107 Bawoo]]
+file:AMX-107Bawoo.jpg|[[AMX-107 Bawoo|AMX-107 Bawoo Mass Production Type]]
 file:AMX-109 Capule.png|[[AMX-109 Capule]]
-file:Ms-06f.jpg|[[MS-06 Zaku II]]
+file:Amx-117l.jpg|[[AMX-117L Gaz-L]]
+file:Amx-117r.jpg|[[AMX-117R Gaz-R]]
+file:Mrx-010.jpg|[[MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-II]]
 file:Ms-06d.jpg|[[MS-06D Desert Zaku]]
+file:Ms-06f.jpg|[[MS-06 Zaku II]]
 file:MS-09G Dowadge.jpg|[[MS-09G Dwadge]]
+file:Ms-09h.jpg|[[MS-09H Dwadge Custom]]
 file:Ms-14a-front.jpg|[[MS-14A Gelgoog|MS-14 Gelgoog]]
+file:MS14J ReGelg - Front.jpg|[[MS-14J ReGelgu]]
+file:NRX-044 Asshimar (suit).jpg|[[NRX-044 Asshimar]]
+file:Nz-000.jpg|[[NZ-000 Queen Mansa]]
 file:Rms-099b.jpg|[[RMS-099B Schuzrum Dias]]
 file:Rms-106.jpg|[[RMS-106 Hizack]]
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 file:Rms-119.jpg|[[RMS-119 EWAC Zack]]
 file:Rms-192m.jpg|[[RMS-192M Zaku Mariner]]
-file:NRX-044 Asshimar (suit).jpg|[[NRX-044 Asshimar]]
 </gallery>
 ; Spaceships
-<gallery>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
 file:Gwanvan class battleship.JPG|[[Gwanban-class|Gwanban]]
 file:Sadalahn.jpg|[[Sadalahn-class|Sadalahn]]
-file:Endra class.jpg|[[Endra-class|Endra]]<br />(Mass-produced Spaceship)
+file:Endra class.jpg|[[Endra-class|Endra]]
 </gallery>
-==Notes and Trivia==
-*Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ won the second place in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animage Animage's Anime Grand Prix] Award in 1986. In the same year, one of its character, Elpeo Ple was selected as the favorite female anime character of the year.
-==Soundtrack==
-'''Openings:'''
-*''Anime Ja Nai'' (It's Not Anime) by Masato Arai (eps 1-25)
-*''Silent Voice'' by Jun Hiroe (eps 26-47)
-'''Insert:'''
-*Hoshizora no Believe (Believe; Believe in the Starry Sky) by Mami Ayukawa (episode 20)
-'''Endings:'''
-*''Jidai ga Naiteiru'' (The Era is Crying) by Masato Arai (eps 1-25)
-*''Issenman-Nen Ginga'' (Ten Million Years Galaxy) by Jun Hiroe (eps 26-47)
 ==Episodes==
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 {{main|List of Universal Century episodes}}
-==Characters and Voice Actors==
+==Characters==
 {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" bgcolor="#ccccff" colspan="50"
 !Character
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 |-
 |[[Milly Childer]]||Yuko Mizutani
+|-
+|[[Rutina Levin]]||Sakuma Rei
+|-
+|[[Amasa Pola]]||Tonguu Kyouko
+|-
+|[[Renan]]||Sasaki Nozomu
+|-
+|[[Miream]]||Watanabe Kumiko
+|-
+|[[Masai N'gava]]||Shimazu Saeko
+|-
+|[[June Kock]]||Meguro Yuuichi
+|-
+|[[Anu]]||Ikemoto Sayuri
+|-
+|[[Anma Damar]]||Aoki Kazuyo
 |}
+==Soundtrack==
+'''Openings:'''
+*''[[Anime Ja Nai]]'' (It's Not Anime) by Masato Arai (eps 1-25)
+*''[[Silent Voice]]'' by Jun Hiroe (eps 26-47)
+'''Insert:'''
+*''[[Hoshizora no Believe]] (Believe; Believe in the Starry Sky) by Mami Ayukawa (episode 20)''
+'''Endings:'''
+*''[[Jidai ga Naiteiru]]'' (The Era is Crying) by Masato Arai (eps 1-25)
+*''[[Issenman-Nen Ginga]]'' (Ten Million Years Galaxy) by Jun Hiroe (eps 26-47)
+==Production==
+''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' was originally conceived of as a second season of ''Zeta Gundam'', but it was ultimately decided that the show should feature an all-new cast, Tomino originally wanted Char as the main character, but he received the "okay" on Char's Counterattack. Nevertheless, its broadcast immediately followed that of Zeta Gundam and manages to tie up a major plotline from ''Zeta'' that was left unfinished.
+As part of Tomino's tendencies to follow up a tragedy with a comedy (e.g. ''Space Runaway Ideon'' was followed by ''Combat Mecha Xabungle''), this nominal sequel to ''Zeta Gundam'' struck a much lighter, often comical, tone, in contrast to its predecessor's brooding melodrama. For example, in the second episode, Captain Bright is reduced to defending the [[Argama]] from thrown oranges. Judau Ashta's first battle clearly lampoons the previous Gundam pilot's instant piloting ability by having Judau be incredibly poor at combat in his first battle, however his opponent is still quite afraid of him. The whimsical opening theme song ''Anime Ja Nai'' (It's Not Anime) reflected the non-seriousness of the first half of the series. The second half of the series does return to a more serious tone while sporting a more somber opening theme song. Because of its lighter tone and its slapstick humor, the series suffers a poor reputation among the serious-minded ranks of Gundam fandom, some of which even accuse Tomino of deliberately trying to sabotage the Gundam franchise. Despite this, it scored high ratings with the younger, more casual audiences, and the show's first opening theme ''Anime Ja Nai'' became extremely popular with anime fans and is sometimes mentioned as one of the most memorable anime songs of all time.
+===Release===
+The series originally aired every Saturday from March 1, 1986 to January 31, 1987 on Nagoya Broadcasting Network.
+The series got an English dub by [[w:c:animanga:Omni Productions|Omni Productions]] which aired on Animax Asia (Philippines on May 2, 2005 rest Southeast Asia on May 25, 2005). The dub also aired on Animax India.
+As announced by Sunrise at AnimeExpo 2013, from August 5, 2013, DAISUKI provided free Internet Streaming of the series with English subtitles.<ref>[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/07/06/daisuki-to-stream-gundam-zz-one-piece-and-dragon-ball-z Crunchyroll - Daisuki To Stream "Gundam ZZ" "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball Z"]</ref> The series was removed from DAISUKI sometime before June 2014. Gundam.Info later began uploading six subtitled episodes on their youtube weekly from mid July 2017<ref>[http://en.gundam.info/smp/article/133919 GUNDAM.INFO | The official Gundam news and video portal] "Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ" available from 12p.m.(JST) July 14!</ref>
+Following the announcement of the partnership between Sunrise and Right-Stuf!/Nozomi Entertainment at New York Comic Con 2014, there was much anticipation for a North American release of the series.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-11/sunrise-right-stuf-offers-gundam-zz-in-n-america-for-1st-time/.79832 Sunrise, Right Stuf Offers Gundam ZZ in N. America for 1st Time - Anime News Network]</ref>
+On March 2, 2016, at 15:03 CST, Nozomi Entertainment announced first ever North American release of ''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ''. Collection 1 will be released on Blu-ray on June 7, 2016, coinciding with the ''[[After War Gundam X|After War Gundam X Collection 1]]'' DVD release. It will have Japanese audio with English subtitles.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/nozomient/posts/526469087513843 Nozomi Entertainment]</ref> On April 6, Nozomi Entertainment had announced that the second collections for both series would be available on July 5.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/nozomient/posts/542248169269268 Nozomi Entertainment]</ref>
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
 YR9DWNCL.jpg
 P00MJL.jpg
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 ZZ Gundam.jpeg
 1368111964759.jpg
-ZZ Nagano.jpg
+Gaza-sano.jpg
+ZZ Nagano.jpg|Early design of Gundam ZZ
+ZZ Era Early Designs, Gyan, Qubeley.png|Rough drafts of Mobile Suits for Gundam ZZ
+Gundam ZZ Rough Drafts Mobile Suits.jpg|Rough drafts of Mobile Suits for Gundam ZZ
+Gaza Earlier Designs.jpg|Rough drafts of Mobile Suits for Gundam ZZ
 </gallery>
 ==See also==
+===Prequels===
-*[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Manga)]]
-*[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Novel)]]
+*[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]
+===Sequels===
+*[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]
+===Side Stories===
 *[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Side Story: Mirage of Zeon]]
 *[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ: Gundam Frag]]
+===Adaptations===
+*[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Manga)]]
+*[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Novel)]]
+==Notes and Trivia==
+*Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ won the second place in [[w:c:animanga:Animage|Animage's Anime Grand Prix]] Award in 1986. In the same year, one of its character, Elpeo Ple was selected as the favorite female anime character of the year.
+*Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ was the third & final Gundam TV series airing in [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_(1926%E2%80%931989) Showa Era] before Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) death on January 7, 1989
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* [http://www.gundam-zz.net/index.html Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Official Website (Japanese)]
+* [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/other/index.html Gundam Official Other Gundam Series List]
+* [http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/international/works/detail.php?cid=61 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on Sunrise Inc International Section]
+* [http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=61 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on Sunrise Inc List of Works by Year (Japanese)]
+* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1400 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on ANN Encyclopedia]
 ===Chronology===
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 |}
-==External Links==
-* [http://www.gundam-zz.net/index.html Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Official Website (Japanese)]
-* [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/other/index.html Gundam Official Other Gundam Series List]
-* [http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/international/works/detail.php?cid=61 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on Sunrise Inc International Section]
-* [http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=61 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on Sunrise Inc List of Works by Year (Japanese)]
-* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1400 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on ANN Encyclopedia]
-* [http://www.mahq.net/animation/gundam/zz/gzzmain.htm Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ on MAHQ]
 {{Universal Century}}
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