
That’s practically ancient history at this point, but at the same time, it’s morphed into a sort of barrier or burden that makes it difficult for the younger generation to get into the world of Gundam. There are others, but when you think about it, it’s been twenty years since Gundam SEED. Of course, Gundam isn’t all about the Universal Century series. ―― That’s pretty shocking to hear, wouldn’t you say? They told me that “Gundam isn’t aimed at us” and “If I see Gundam in it (the title), I wouldn’t watch it.” But it was right around that time when I had the chance to talk with some teenagers on a social studies field trip. This time around, “The Witch from Mercury” also had several turning points involving its story, and the content of it initially started from a more somber place. Okamoto: There have been past Gundam works where schools have appeared, but I feel that most of them started with boy soldiers or were rather serious from the get-go. ―― Was there some part of you that was aware of such a target audience when you started with the school for its setting?
GUNDAM SEED SERIES
While I basically had the impression that the prior Gundam series set outside the Universal Century were aimed at the teenage demographic, I figured this series would also be aimed at them, and that’s what was ordered.

―― So, from the beginning stages, the younger generation was in mind as the target mass-market segment*? So, in 2020, there were talks of “wanting to do Gundam with a female protagonist.” It started with the idea of wanting to create something for the next generation for Gundam’s 40th and 60th anniversaries. Okamoto: I myself started working on the series in the early spring of 2020, though I got word that it was somewhere around 2018 when talks of this project as the next Gundam began to emerge. For starters, tell us a little about the circumstances that led to this production.
GUNDAM SEED TV
―― This is the first new Gundam TV series in seven years. TEENAGERS SAYING, “GUNDAM IS NOT AIMED AT US,” HIT HARD. I sat down with Takuya Okamoto, producer of this highly-anticipated show, about the project, from its inception, the staff involved and highlights that he focused on during the show. In addition, the PROLOGUE, released ahead of the broadcast, further raised everyone’s expectations about what kind of story would be woven with such high-quality animation. Plus, its tie-in with PARCO had fans in a tizzy even before the broadcast began. This is the first new TV series since Iron-Blooded Orphans and has garnered a lot of attention for its first female protagonist in a series and its worldview set at a school. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.SHOCKED BY THE SERIOUS REVELATIONS FROM TEENAGERS WHO SAID, “GUNDAM IS NOT GEARED TOWARD US.”ĪN INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER TAKUYA OKAMOTO Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests.

