Gundam ZZ

adalah serial ketiga dari seri Gundam karya Sunrise dan merupakan serial TV terakhir dari seri Gundam yang dirilis pada Era Showa. Sebagai lanjutan langsung dari serial *[[:en:Mobile_Suit_Zeta_Gundam|Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]*, Gundam ZZ disutradarai dan ditulis oleh Yoshiyuki Tomino, dan ia membentuk tim baru yang beranggotakan perancang karakter Hiroyuki Kitazume, yang merupakan salah satu sutradara animasi *Zeta Gundam's*, dan perancang mekanik Makoto Kobayashi, Yutaka Izubuchi dan Mika Akitaka. Gundam ZZ pertama kali tayang di Nagoya Broadcasting Network dan stasiun afiliasi ANN lainnya di Jepang, kemudian tayang di jaringan televisi satelit anime, Animax, diseluruh Jepang dan jaringannya di seluruh dunia, termasuk Asia Tenggara, Hong Kong, Asia Selatan, dan wilayah lainnya. Layanan streaming video yang kini tidak aktif, Daisuki memegang hak siar digital di seluruh dunia. Sunrise sendiri merilis Gundam ZZ dalam bentuk video rumahan melalui Right Stuf Inc. di Amerika Utara pada tahun 2015. Pada 24 Juni 2022, Gundam ZZ tersedia dalam bentuk streaming melalui Crunchyroll (kecuali Asia Tenggara).

## Latar
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ berlatar di Universal Century, tepat setelah akhir dari cerita Zeta Gundam. Titans telah dikalahkan oleh AEUG dan Kamille Bidan, tetapi kemenangan tersebut tidaklah tanpa pengorbanan. Sebagian besar kelompok telah AEUG gugur dalam pertempuran, pimpinan AEUG sekaligus salah satu pilot ace, Quattro Bajeena/Char Aznable menghilang dalam pertempuran, dan Kamille mengalami syok berat setelah melihat langsung kematian rekan-rekannya hingga mengakibatkan gangguan pada kesehatan mental Kamille. Sementara itu, Haman Karn dan Neo Zeon nya memulai rencana mereka untuk melawan Federasi Bumi.

## Cerita
As the continuation of *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam*, this series once again follows the story of the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) battleship *Argama* after *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam*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 ZZ Gundam and the returning Zeta Gundam, Gundam Mk-II and the 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.

## Karakter
*Gundam ZZ* was conceived as a sequel to *Zeta Gundam*, featuring a mostly all-new cast. Its broadcast immediately followed that of Zeta Gundam and continues to follow a major plotline from *Zeta* involving Haman Karn, regent to Mineva Lao Zabi, and also continues to follow Captain Bright Noa and the ship, *Argama*, as well as introducing the new characters led by Judau Ashta.

Out of the major *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam* characters, Captain Bright Noa and Axis leader Haman Karn are featured prominently in *Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ*; Hayato Kobayashi, Kamille Bidan, Fa Yuiry, Wong Lee, Yazan Gable, Mineva Lao Zabi, and the children Shinta and Qum are featured in various episodes as well; Sayla Mass, who had appeared in the first series but had no speaking role in *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam*, also appeared in several episodes of *Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ*; Char Aznable's planned appearance was canceled when Tomino was given the go-ahead to do the *[[:en:Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_Char's_Counterattack|Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]* film. Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plan for the show which involved Char's return was never revealed, nor does Tomino himself remember it. Also, aside from the openings and story recap/preview episode, Amuro Ray does not make an appearance in the series either.

## Produksi

## Tema
This sequel to *Zeta Gundam* sometimes struck a much lighter, often comical, tone, in contrast to its predecessor's brooding drama. For example, in the second episode, the protagonist Judau Ashta attempts to help Yazan Gable by throwing oranges at the Argama. This is contrasted in the same episode however when Yazan kills the technician Saegusa, and Judau then attempts to pilot the Zeta Gundam to go after Yazan but is incredibly poor at combat in his first battle. The whimsical first opening theme song *Anime Ja Nai* (lit. "It's Not Anime") set the tone for the first half of the series. The second half of the series sports a more somber opening theme song *Silent Voice* to accompany a change in tone to the more serious.

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The whimsical first opening theme song *Anime Ja Nai* (lit. "It's Not Anime") set the tone for the first half of the series. The second half of the series sports a more somber opening theme song *Silent Voice* to accompany a change in tone to the more serious.

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## Ulasan
The series remains one of the more polarizing series in the franchise due to the lighthearted and campy tone of the first half of the series when compared to Zeta Gundam's grittier tone. In 2016, to coincide with the show's Blu-Ray release, Ollie Barder of *[[:en:Forbes|Forbes]]* referred to *Gundam ZZ* as a "misunderstood and underappreciated classic." James Whitbrook of *[[:en:Gizmodo|Gizmodo]]* called *Gundam ZZ* "the black sheep of early *Gundam*", citing the show's early comedic tone in comparison to the dark ending of its predecessor.

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