Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (機動戦士ガンダムAGE Kidō Senshi Gandamu AGE) is the eighth incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. Co-Produced by gaming company Level-5, the series is first announced in the July issue of Shogakukan's Corocoro Comics with Level-5 President Akihiro Hino in charge of the story.[1] The series will be fully announced at the 2011 Tokyo Toy Show and will be aired in October 2011 on both MBS and TBS broadcasting stations in Japan.
Recent information of the anime is been shown in the July issue of
Corocoro Comic. The new series will be set in a new timeline with three
main characters piloting the Gundam AGE-1 each at a time fighting
against an unknown attacking enemy to defend Earth in a "One Hundred
Year War" — an apparent homage to the One Year War of the first Gundam
series. The series is set in A.G (Advanced Generation) Year 115, and as
the war's name implies, its storyline is set to span across one century.
The first pilot is Frit Asuno, who developed the Gundam and its AGE SYSTEM
that allows it to "evolve" and gain access to its three forms from
experience in battle, Normal Form, the faster SPARROW Form and the more
powerful TITUS Form.[2]
The second pilot is Asemu Asuno, Frit's child, and the third and final
protagonist is Kio Asuno, Frit's descendant who inherits the Gundam.
Further information about the series' plot is yet to be explained, but
it was noted that this Gundam series have its character designs and
merchandise oriented to younger audiences in contrast to previous
installments of the franchise.
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