AFTER WAR GUNDAM X

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is an anime television series from Japan. It is a part of the Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate universe called After War Era. The series has 39 episodes, aired in Japan from April 5, 1996 to December 28, 1996 across TV Asahi's ANN stations and the anime satellite television network Animax. It was directed by Sunrise veteran Shinji Takamatsu (SD Gundam, Golden Brave Goldran, School Rumble), and the screenplay was written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki.

Contents

Overview

Cast & Crew

Japanese Cast

Staff

Episode List

Openings & Endings

See also

References

External links

Overview

Following the success of Gundam Wing, ''After War Gundam X'' premiered in early 1996. This series was the third of Bandai's alternate universes and the last ''Gundam'' series to air for several years. This series presented a scenario similar to the Universal Century's One-Year War and showed what would have happened had the colonists dropped dozens of colonies instead of one and destroyed the Earth's surface, destroying most of the Earth's population and leaving the survivors in a ruined post-apocalyptic world.
The premise is the setting of ''Gundam X'', which uses the After War (AW) calendar. The series begins in AW 0015, as the Earth is just beginning to recover. The star of this series is fifteen year old Garrod Ran, a member of ''Vulture'', a scavenger group that patrols the wasteland for profits, which is on a mission to find and save mistreated Newtypes in the world from those who wish to take advantage of them. ''Gundam X'' also used the space war concept featured in previous ''Gundam'' series as a backdrop, with the ''New United Nations Earth'' and the ''Space Revolutionary Army'' as the opposing factions.
The series was canceled after only 39 episodes due to falling ratings driving off all the show's sponsors. The series started of with 6.2% of the viewing audience watching, which eventually fell to 4.3%. The series was eventually moved to a 6 am slot on Saturday morning, with only 0.6% of the viewers watching the final episode.
There were several theories as to why Gundam X was unpopular. The main theory was that Japan was suffering from "Gundam fatigue" after airing four separate Gundam series back to back for four years. The other theory was that the attempts to combine elements from the original Universal Century series with elements from the more recent series, along with the pace at which the shows' storyline unfolded, alienated viewers.
The series also revealed the origins of Newtypes and what they actually were and was well known for the trouble free and lasting romance that eventually bloomed between Garrod and Tiffa.
The side story manga '', released as a tie-in with the DVD release of ''Gundam X'', proved popular and was extended from its initial run of six chapters.

Cast & Crew

Japanese Cast

★ Carris Nautilus - Yuko Mizutani

★ Ennil El - Chieko Honda

★ Fixx Bloodman - Shin Aomori

★ Garrod Ran - Wataru Takagi

★ Jamil Neate - Kenyuu Horiuchi

★ Lancerow Dawell - Hiroshi Takemura

★ Olba Frost - Nozomu Sasaki

★ Perla Ciss - Miki Nagasawa

★ Roybea Loy - Takumi Yamazaki

★ Shagia Frost - Toshiyuki Morikawa

★ Tiffa Adill - Mika Kanai

★ Toniya Malme - Kotono Mitsuishi

★ Witz Sou - Kazuya Nakai

★ Zaider Rasso - Kazuhiko Kishino

Staff

★ Director - Shinji Takamatsu

★ Story & Script - Hiroyuki Kawasaki

★ Character Design - Nobuyoshi Nishimura

★ Art Director - Masaru Sato

★ Mecha Designer - Kunio Okawara & Junya Ishigaki

★ Music - Yasuo Higuchi

Episode List

#	Title	Airdate
'Alternative Arc'
'Saint Angelo Arc'
'Fort Severn Arc'
'At Hometown Arc'
'Lorelei Arc'
'Saint's Island Arc'
'Zonda Epta Arc'
'Estard Arc'
'Newtype Lab Arc'
'Cloud 9 Arc'
'D.O.M.E. Arc'

Openings & Endings

'Openings:'

★ "Dreams" by ROmantic Mode (ep. 1-26)

★ "Resolution" by ROmantic Mode (ep. 27-39)
'Endings:'

★ "Human Touch" by Warren Wiebe (ep. 1-13, 39)

★ "Human Touch" (Japanese Version) by Re-Kiss (ep. 14-26)

★ "Gin-Iro Horizon [Silver Horizon]" by Satomi Nakase (ep. 27-38)

See also

★ After War list of mobile suits

★ After War list of characters

★ After War technology

References

External links

★ Gundam X's official site

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