G-Saviour
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G-Saviour is an live-action made for television movie set in Gundam
metaseries, set in the Universal Century
timeline. It also officially marks the last events of the Universal Century.
version has Japanese dubbed into the movie. It was released in 2000 and intended, along with the Turn-A Gundam television series, to be the centerpiece of Sunrise's "Big Bang Project," its 20th anniversary
celebration for the popular Gundam metaseries.
Its story time frame of Universal Century
0223 is the last known year of the Universal Century calendar. In the real life time frame, only a very few UC anime have been made since then, primarily concentrating on the One Year War
, like MS Igloo series, and the latest Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
or crossovers with popular alternate-universe series like Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
.
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 distributor, Bandai Visual
.
G-Saviour 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. It was the second attempt at producing a live-action Gundam feature (after the 1997 interactive video game Gundam 0079: The War for Earth).
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.
Gundam
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....
metaseries, set in the Universal Century
Universal Century
is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C. is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo and Master Grade model instructions and official pages is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C....
timeline. It also officially marks the last events of the Universal Century.
Production
The project's actors are predominantly from Canada, and the Japanese languageJapanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
version has Japanese dubbed into the movie. It was released in 2000 and intended, along with the Turn-A Gundam television series, to be the centerpiece of Sunrise's "Big Bang Project," its 20th anniversary
Anniversary
An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event...
celebration for the popular Gundam metaseries.
Its story time frame of Universal Century
Universal Century
is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C. is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo and Master Grade model instructions and official pages is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C....
0223 is the last known year of the Universal Century calendar. In the real life time frame, only a very few UC anime have been made since then, primarily concentrating on the One Year War
One Year War
The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam metaseries. The One Year War is very similar to World War II, the major difference being that The One Year War is in a science fiction setting and some major battles occurred in space...
, like MS Igloo series, and the latest Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui . The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively...
or crossovers with popular alternate-universe series like Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as , is an anime series in the mecha genre, and is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline. It is the second alternate universe in the Gundam media franchise, following Mobile Fighter G Gundam...
and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. As with other series from the Gundam franchise, Gundam SEED takes place in a parallel timeline, in this case the Cosmic Era, the first to do so...
.
Gundam's original story co-creator Yoshiyuki Tomino
Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
, 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 distributor, Bandai Visual
Bandai Visual
, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...
.
G-Saviour 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. It was the second attempt at producing a live-action Gundam feature (after the 1997 interactive video game Gundam 0079: The War for Earth).
Story
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 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 largely made up 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.Cast
- Mark Curran - Brennan ElliottBrennan ElliottBrennan Elliott is a Canadian actor. One of his first screen appearances was in the music video to Tom Cochrane's 1991 song Life is a Highway.He is best known as Dr. Nick Biancavilla in Lifetime's Strong Medicine...
(Japanese voice: Haruhiko Kato) - Cynthia Graves - Enuka OkumaEnuka OkumaEnuka Vanessa Okuma is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her work on the TV series Madison, on the TV series Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, and the Nickelodeon teen drama Fifteen...
(Ryoko ShinoharaRyoko ShinoharaRyoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...
) - Mimi Devere - Catarina Conti (Yumi TakadaYumi Takadais a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce.-Notable voice roles:*Yoshinaga-sensei in Crayon Shin-chan*Etsuko in Hanappe Bazooka*Ayeka Masaki Jurai in Tenchi Muyo!*Ayeka Takada /Romio , Ghost Girl in Pretty Sammy...
) - Lieutenant Colonel Jack Halle - David LovgrenDavid LovgrenDavid Lovgren, is a Canadian actor.He has appeared in the film Cool Runnings one episode of the X-Files , and Rollercoaster among other films and TV shows.-External links:...
(Takaya HashiTakaya Hashiis a Japanese voice actor and actor affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company. His real name is '.-Television animation:*Allison & Lillia *D.Gray-man *Elemental Gelade...
) - General Garneaux - Kenneth WelshKenneth WelshKenneth Welsh, CM is a Canadian film and television actor . He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his...
(Russell Ishii) - Dieter - Alfonso Quijada (Takayasu Komiya)
- Kobi - Taayla Markell (Rei SakumaRei Sakumais a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. She is best known in Japan for her voice work in the long running children's series Soreike! Anpanman; her most famous role in the English-speaking world, however, is probably as the Chinese Amazon Shampoo in Ranma ½.-Notable voice roles:*Akabon...
) - Chief Councilor Graves - Blu MankumaBlu MankumaBlu Mankuma is an American actor. He has appeared in numerous Canadian and American productions filmed in Canada.Mankuma was born in Seattle, Washington...
(Kenji UtsumiKenji Utsumiis a Japanese voice actor and actor from Kitakyūshū, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Michiko Nomura....
) - Philippe San Simeone - Hrothgar Mathews (Toshihiko Kojima)
- Simmons - Brendan BeiserBrendan BeiserBrendan Joseph Beiser is a Canadian actor best known for his performance as Agent Pendrell in the science fiction television show The X-Files.- Personal life :...
(Kenichi OnoKenichi Onois a seiyuu, tarento, and actor from Tokyo. His birth name is .-TV anime:* Super Pig * Zillion * Martian Successor Nadesico * Kindaichi Case Files...
) - Dagget - Marlowe Dawn (Emi ShinoharaEmi Shinoharais a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. She was born in Fukushima Prefecture and raised in Nagano. She is married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari...
) - Lieutenant Tim Holloway - Peter WilliamsPeter WilliamsPeter Williams is the name of:* Sir Peter Williams , former chairman of Oxford Instruments; Chancellor, University of Leicester* Peter Williams , New Zealand television presenter...
(Naoki BandōNaoki Bando, often credited as Naoki Bandou, is a Japanese voice actor who has worked on a few videogame titles and anime series. He provides the voice of Lord Emon in Shadow of the Colossus, and the voice of Larikush in Baten Kaitos. Some of his anime voiceovers include the role of Gatō in Naruto...
) - Barkeep - Christopher Shyer (Kiyoyuki YanadaKiyoyuki YanadaKiyoyuki Yanada is a seiyū who was born in Tokyo. He was a member of 81 Produce.-Notable voice roles:*After School in the Teacher's Lounge *Baten Kaitos...
)
Game
In 2000, a PS2PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
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.
Track listing
- "G-Saviour Theme" - Ikihiro - 02:37
- "Main Theme" - John DebneyJohn DebneyJohn C. Debney is an American film composer. He received an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...
and Louis Febre - 03:50 - "Rescue" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 05:35
- "Invader" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 04:56
- "Bio-Luminescence" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 05:23
- "Flight" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 03:11
- "Escape" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 04:29
- "Illuminati" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 03:11
- "G-Saviour" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 01:10
- "Wounded Heart" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 06:17
- "Romance" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 01:27
- "Misfire" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 02:54
- "MS Battle" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 06:36
- "G-Saviour Advance" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 10:57
- "Declaration of Independence" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 02:33
- "To Earth" - John Debney and Louis Febre - 01:57
- "New History - John Debney and Louis Febre - 03:06
- "Orb" - Emily - 04:25