# Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986)

> A young junk collector from a space colony is drafted to pilot the ZZ Gundam against a revived Zeon remnant after a devastating war.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/5355

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 47
- Episode runtime: 25 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, science fiction, action, war
- Created by: Yoshiyuki Tomino
- Network: HTB, tv asahi, Nagoya TV, KBC, Niigata Television Network 21, khb, KFB, TSB, Shizuoka Kenmin TV, HOME, KSB, Kagoshima Broadcasting
- Cast: Kazuki Yao, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Masami Kikuchi, Naoko Matsui, Eriko Hara, Shin Mori, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chieko Honda
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159184/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: earnest, melancholic, action packed, wry, restless

## Synopsis

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986-1987) is a Japanese animated mecha series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino for Nagoya Broadcasting Network and its affiliated stations, a Sunrise production and a single-season run of 47 episodes. Junk collector Judau Ashta (voiced by Kazuki Yao) is a young scavenger from the Side 1 colony of Shangri-La who is pressed into piloting the ZZ Gundam for the weary Anti-Earth Union Group. Opposing him is Haman Karn (voiced by Yoshiko Sakakibara), who leads Neo-Zeon remnants from the asteroid Axis in a bid to revive the fallen Zabi empire. Bright Noa (Hirotaka Suzuoki) and Iino Abbav (Masami Kikuchi) anchor the resistance side, while Roux Louka (Naoko Matsui) and Elle Vianno (Eriko Hara) round out the principal cast. Each episode pairs large-scale robot combat with political maneuvering, shifting alliances, and the strain of a battered resistance trying to hold together. The tone blends earnest war drama with bursts of comedy and a restless, melancholic sense of a galaxy still scarred by conflict. Its scale and grit are the appeal, and fans of Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam Wing and Macross will find the same blend of space opera politics and mecha spectacle. The setting is the Universal Century year 0088, a far-future space colony era that is invented rather than Earth's future.

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