Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

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As the continuation of Zeta Gundam, this series once again follows the story of the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) battleship Argama after Zeta’s final episode. 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 though Glemy’s sudden change in motivation seems to give a hint that he fills in for him at the end, nor does Tomino himself remember it and aside from the openings, Amuro Ray does not make an appearance in the series either. The alternate ending presented in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation retcons the UC Gundam Universe, possibly eliminating the events of ZZ Gundam.

Release Date: March 1, 1986

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March 1, 1986
March 1, 1986
01. Prelude ZZ
March 8, 1986
02. The Boy of Shangri-La
March 15, 1986
03. The Knight of The Endra
March 22, 1986
04. Hot-Blooded Mashymre
March 29, 1986
05. Judau's Decision
April 5, 1986
06. The Zssa Menace
April 12, 1986
07. Gaza Storm
April 19, 1986
08. The Funeral Bell Tolls Twice
April 26, 1986
09. Judau in Space
May 3, 1986
10. Sayonara, Fa
May 10, 1986
11. Activate! Double Zeta!
May 17, 1986
12. Leina Vanishes
May 24, 1986
13. Little Sister!
May 31, 1986
14. The Phantom Colony (Part 1)
June 7, 1986
15. The Phantom Colony (Part 2)
June 14, 1986
16. Melee Aboard the Argama
June 21, 1986
17. Retrieve The Core Top!
June 28, 1986
18. Haman's Black Shadow
July 12, 1986
19. Ple & Axis
July 19, 1986
20. Crybaby Cecilia (Part 1)
July 26, 1986
21. Crybaby Cecilia (Part 2)
August 2, 1986
22. Judau Launch!
August 9, 1986
23. The Burning Earth
August 16, 1986
24. Siblings' Love Blooms in the Southern Seas
August 23, 1986
25. The Face of Rommel
August 30, 1986
26. Masai's Heart
September 6, 1986
27. Leina's Blood (Part 1)
September 13, 1986
28. Leina's Blood (Part 2)
September 20, 1986
29. Runaway Roux
September 27, 1986
30. Blue Corps (Part 1)
October 4, 1986
31. Blue Corps (Part 2)
October 11, 1986
32. Across the Salt Lake
October 18, 1986
33. Afternoon in Dublin
October 25, 1986
34. Kamille's Voice
October 31, 1986
35. Falling Sky
November 8, 1986
36. Ple-Two Under Gravity
November 15, 1986
37. Nahel Argama
November 22, 1986
38. The Iron Wall of Jamru Fin
November 29, 1986
39. The Second Coming of Sarasa
December 6, 1986
40. Tigerbaum's Dream
December 13, 1986
41. Rasara's Life
December 20, 1986
42. The Girl from Core 3 (Part 1)
December 27, 1986
43. The Girl from Core 3 (Part 2)
January 10, 1987
44. Emary's Glory
January 17, 1987
45. The Battle of Axis
January 24, 1987
46. Vibration
January 31, 1987
47. Warrior, Once More...