Gundam 00 Starting On American TV

One of the licenses acquired by Bandai Entertainment for North American distribution, back in spring, was the TV anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - which had just ended airing in Japan at that time. Months have come and gone, and several more will still pass by, before Bandai releases it on DVD in 2009. Shikashi...


Mecha fans won't have to wait that long, however, at least not if they can tune in to the Sci-Fi Channel. Starting from this November 24, the Gundam 00 series will be airing on Sci-Fi's "Ani-Monday" programming block. As the announcement goes, two episodes will air that night (November 24 from 11:00 PM) and each week afterwards, until next spring.

Meanwhile, the Japs - and fansub hunters alike - are already enjoying the second season of Gundam 00, along with the first volume from the Gundam MS IGLOO 2 OVA. Filler text follows...

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00" is the latest installment in the long running franchise and takes place in the year 2307 A.D. When fossil fuels have been completely depleted and humanity has turned to solar energy to maintain its way of life, the controlling nations of the solar power find themselves at war with more impoverished countries. These sun-deprived countries threaten the "promised land of God", which leads to the formation of a group called the Celestial Being, whose purpose is to end war and unite humanity through the use of four Gundam mech.