Explanation of the setting of Mobile Suit Gundam Reverse A

The stage background of "TURN A", in the eyes of today's readers, is similar to the era of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. Under this level of technology, it is simply impossible to create MS. However, in the history of this world, it turns out that there is a "Historical Records" called "Black History" (historical stories that record the historical facts of space wars in the old century), and the existence of MOBILESUIT is also confirmed in the "Historical Records". The fact is that after experiencing the "Universal Century" and its many wars, the earth's industrial civilization was destroyed (TURNA Gundam was the direct culprit), and the Von Braun City on the moon (similar to the lunar surface of the Gundam UC series The cities with the same names) continue to maintain the most advanced civilization of mankind and have cut off contact with the earth. Because the earth was so severely damaged, the background is similar to the era of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. But these facts ("black history") are known only to a very small number of lunar residents, and are not known at all to people on earth. Most people worship the "WHITEDOLL Stone Statue" (the stone statue in which the TURNA Gundam is buried) and worship it like a god.

In the plan of returning to the earth advocated by the Queen of the Moon, the people of the moon began to infiltrate into the people of the earth. Extremely advanced mobile weapons were also put into use in the return war. The extremely backward weapons of the earth's inhabitants are simply unable to withstand it. With the invasion of MOONRACE and the emergence of TURNA Gundam, people realized that this so-called "legend" turned out to be a true fact, and the future plot is believed to be very closely related to the "black history". The protagonist Rona (Lan/Na) is an ordinary son of the moon (a resident of the moon). In order to implement the return of Moon Queen Diana to Earth, she was sent to Earth with two other companions. He was almost in danger because he could not adapt to the new environment. He was rescued by the sisters Ji El/Sofia and worked for their family. By chance, he discovered the Turn A Gundam buried in the mine and relied on the experience/judgment of the Children of the Moon to pilot it against the invading Return of the Moon Army. The anime did not specifically label Rona as a New Type. Some details in the play, such as Rona's cross-dressing beauty "Laolun", using Gundam to transport cattle, washing clothes, etc., all add an unprecedented sense of relaxation to this Gundam.

Roland shoulders the expectations of the residents of the moon. He is one of the teenagers sent to prove with his own body that the residents of the moon are suitable for the earth's environment. This is the first step in the fight of the residents of the moon to return to the earth. It can be said to be an act of sacrifice. Roland successfully completed the task. Since the teenagers landed on the earth, they have adapted to the earth's environment and integrated into the earth. They believe that when friends from the moon visit the earth, both the residents of the moon and the people on the earth can hold hands and become friends.

But reality ruthlessly shattered the teenagers’ ideals. The paths of the people of the earth and the inhabitants of the moon are different. If the two small streams are to merge into one big river, perhaps conflict will be inevitable. Roland, who boarded the mobile suit, became the strongest fighting force on earth despite being a lunar man. How will he choose his own destiny in the face of the most admired Queen of the Moon and a group of earth friends who have high hopes for him? Where should he face the love of Queen Sophia and Queen Diana (and even Master Gao An)? How will he deal with the Turn This is the first step in the fight of the residents of the moon to return to the earth. It can be said to be an act of sacrifice. Roland successfully completed the task. Since the teenagers landed on the earth, they have adapted to the earth's environment and integrated into the earth. They believe that when friends from the moon visit the earth, both the residents of the moon and the people on the earth can hold hands and become friends.

But reality ruthlessly shattered the teenagers’ ideals. The paths of the people of the earth and the inhabitants of the moon are different. If the two small streams are to merge into one big river, perhaps conflict will be inevitable. Roland, who boarded the mobile suit, became the strongest fighting force on earth despite being a lunar man. The stage background of "TURN A" is similar to the era of the industrial revolution in the 19th century in the eyes of today's readers. Under this level of technology, it is simply impossible to create MS.

However, in the history of this world, it turns out that there is a "Historical Records" called "Black History" (historical stories that record the historical facts of space wars in the old century), and the "Historical Records" also confirmed that MOBILE SUIT exists, but only a few people know this historical fact, and most people only regard it as a general legend and spread it. The "WHITE DOLL Stone Statue" (the stone statue where the TURN A Gundam is buried) is this "legend" part of it.

With the invasion of MOON RACE and the emergence of TURN A Gundam, people realized that this so-called "legend" turned out to be a true fact, and the future plot is believed to be related to the "black history" Very close contact. "TURN A Gundam" has been broadcast for some time, and now we can finally confirm that the world of 2345 is based on the U.C universe world of the first generation Gundam.

Because the Earth's "Melisa Army" discovered a large group of water-based MS named CAPULE in ancient ruins, and this MS is the AMX-109 CAPULE in ZZ Gundam. According to the plot, the black history often mentioned in the drama may be a battle history in the UC century. The war at that time may have developed to the point of annihilation. As a result, mankind lost (or gave up) most of its technological civilization, so in the new world There are many relics of ancient wars that have been deliberately buried.

Take the protagonist Loren's community as an example. When people are 17 years old, they will hold an adult ceremony in front of the war relics "WHITE DOLL". Young people will carve blood-sucking worms on their backs. Six marks, they said these marks were similar to the marks on the white god statue (TA Gundam?). After Roland turned T-A on and off, he found that the arrangement of these marks was the same as a certain connector on the driver's seat of T-A, which made people doubt the coming-of-age ceremony and MS (only the people of the moon would call the robot MS, and the earth would call it MS). It is a white robot or WHITE DOLL, and the people of the moon will call it "the guy with the beard") and even has a great connection with black history.

As for why there are two races on the earth and the moon, human beings after the destruction of the world may be divided into two groups. The people of the moon do not intend to give up civilization and decide to move to the moon until the earth's ecology regenerates, while the rest of the people He decided to give up all war and civilization and start over with the earth. The problem is that after a long time, the people on earth have developed a new civilization similar to the steam age, and they also possess some gunpowder weapons. Therefore, humans on earth may have forgotten the old civilization and regarded it as a myth.

Some people regard the discovery of the old-generation MS as a "salvation operation" by SUNRISE, but I hope you don't have too high expectations. I believe Tomino won't let Loren unearth past Gundams and form a new Gundam team, right?

An unrecognizable Gundam that is completely contrary to what the audience expected!

The traditional Gundam must be red, white and blue, and must have a V-shaped antenna. The T-A designed by SYD MEAD has all the With the above characteristics, it is another Gundam that the audience did not expect; in terms of character setting, Yasuda designed a series of characters with a very sense of the steam era according to the background of the story, like Castle in the Sky? Or playing Titanic? The character settings of the Gundam series are different every time. I believe the most shocking thing is the new design of Gundam, right? Rather than saying it is refreshing, it is better to describe TURN A Gundam as completely different.

Some people say that SYD MEAD does not understand the beauty of Orientals and the image of GUNDAM in the minds of fans. Suddenly SYD seems to have become a sinner through the ages. Whether you like T-A Gundam or not, listen first SYD MEAD’s explanation of T-A!

SYD MEAD watches Gundam and faces the pressure of 20 years of history!

SYD MEAD accepted SUNRISE’s request to design a new Gundam, he feels honored and lucky to be able to design a 20-year-old robot. On the other hand, 20 years of history is also a heavy responsibility, which means that this is not a job with a lot of freedom. It must comply with certain restrictions and must also cooperate with the producer's story outline.

Twenty years later, there will be 30 years... 40 years... If he still designs according to the old method today, what will happen to Gundam? Therefore, SYD MEAD's creative intention is to create a "zero" start".

Because T-A is a weekly screening work, the mechanical lines must not be complicated and difficult to draw. In addition, the three-dimensionality of the product must be taken into consideration, so SYD MEAD has drawn four sets of drafts in one go. It was officially passed. After the release of TURN A Gundam, General Supervisor Yuyuki Tomino held a press conference to answer everyone’s questions about the new work. The most eye-catching thing among them was of course the mechanical settings of TURN A Gundam, because foreign countries were invited to this production. Designer SYD MEAD participated, and the responses were mixed. So what does Mr. Tomino have to say?

Tomino: "First of all, I want everyone to make one thing clear. Mr. SYD MEAD is responsible for mechanical design. One of the members, and basically, the policy of mechanical design is formulated by Mr. Kunio Okawara. Furthermore, Mr. SYD MEAD’s design is a symbol of industrialized society. Although he is somewhat resistant to it instinctively, he also accepts it. ”

Mr. Tomino has such views on mechanical settings, but what about character design? Why did Mr. Tomino ask Mr. Yasuda to do the character design?

Tomino: "Yasuda is the character designer. Lang, I met him by chance the year before last. At that time, he drew a picture for me on colored paper. After seeing it, I decided to use him as the character. ""Black History" is a character. The general name of history, many wars in the world are up to? Repeatedly escape from the disasters that occurred in the past history, and as time goes by, some lives regain their souls, which is the story of the times.

Black history refers to the story background and history explained in all Gundam works except Gundam Inverted A. The "Cosmic Century" of [Mobile Suit Gundam], the "future century" of different types of [Mobile Suit Gundam G], the "post-colony" of [Mobile Suit Gundam W], [Mobile Suit Gundam X] "Afterwar" is also included.

Although the new Gundams after Inverted A, such as Gundam SEED, Gundam 00, Gundam AGE, etc. were not included in the animation due to time constraints, the animation and model settings have made it clear that they are part of the dark history of Inverted A.

[?Gundam] is the last dark history of mobile suits. The "Moonlight Butterflies" of Gundam scattered all over the earth have reduced all the shadows of human civilization in nanomachines to their previous levels.

Black does not mean "evil, bad things", it means to be covered up, so the meaning of black history in the play is the history that people deliberately bury and avoid talking about. According to the work Judging from the setting, the worlds in which all Gundam works except Downside A have been destroyed. The history of such destroyed worlds has been completely covered up by TA's destruction, and people in later generations have no way of knowing about it. Therefore, in Downside A It is called black history. Note: There are characters whose hearts were revealed after the story was written and worked on.

[?Gundam]As a positive phase in the world calendar, black history is limited to the people, even those who are not allowed to touch the moon. Agrippa maintained and managed the protection of their family, and the "Hermitage" was sealed in. Munreisu Earth was involved in disputes, and in front of us the mirror image of Diana Soller, Queen of the Moon, is black in history.

Black World War historical pictures, artifacts from the past (past Gundam series), seem as if they are in tandem with past Gundam series. In the "Universal Century" is [Gundam] a positive calendar age (5000 years ago in the movie) about 10,000 years ago since 2343. Deattarashii stories have been told that it is.

Also, in the film, once a new type of cosmic immigrants, mainly those who are called, share and take place in the history of Earth, space colonies have gone into space to find new worlds. Also talked about. Like the moon [more], according to its established space technology leaps, the spread of civilized areas throughout the space stage, and the continued development of people themselves. This accident was caused by a civilization that drifted far away on Earth in those days of the different X-turn, and was also the group's attempt to return to outer space on a voluntary basis, after their ancestors whose language was Munreisu.

This black history also left some technical information. The earth's industrial revolution yearned for the third-line Ford Nguyen, and Ginganamu was planning to seize this technology from the side to his ancestors. Black History, which was opened after the conflict by Diana, was intended to touch people's eyes.

However, some of the black history on earth, originally from the beginning of the abstract story TTA's Down Manyupichi's Gundam series handed to the end of the world, Gundam? Recording] Full works, depending on the region, see To a mobile fighter? Gundam is considered a myth in the details of the play (because the story is about the dangerous "Dongguan Cell Disaster" first-class technology on the other hand is a record.) Hukui Harutoshi] Cocoon Fruit Moon was taken by the Earth [, in " The historical scope of the Castle's Winter Black shows Diana's visualization data in the V-Up Room, while Anazagandamu has no description of the work until later mentions. With the video of Gillen and Harman, Iki Iki swept up one speech after another, and eventually up to three, the movie version of Fasutogandamu Mobile Suit: Guide Encountering Raraa Song in Space came to fruition in the new version of their own portrayal they had made.

In this story, rather than representing anything solid, SD Gundam also attended the meeting that was the comprehensive setting and planning stage of the SD World Series. It was once said that there was also a suggestion to be excavated for mobile suits. The body (Gundam Es Yasuda Akira June 6, 2007 [3] From the memories of?)

As it can be found relevant, [2000 Expanded SD Gundam Mushajenereshon] can be mentioned. In this work, the traditional Gundam warrior character [Transfer of SD Sengoku] will not have a series of life, and all the robots killed will be depicted as a giant. These are our warriors, as well as God in the age of not telling (UH) is from our land called SD-type mobile suits, armor, armor-like things dug underground that are decorated in the restoration process are set or it. The final story has evolved into the "robots" we are warriors winning over to make the "life" machine. Flow in the later Warring States period] [Station transfer has been attracted to the results and led to the world. ?In the world where Gundam is located, the lost technology of the so-called super ancient civilization is a black history, a buried history. In black history, the most typical one is the "Legendary Mechanical Titan", a huge humanoid machine that is known as the decisive weapon of the old era. The Mobile Suit (MS) is just such a manned machine. This is the distant past buried under the power of Moonlight Butterfly and Gundam. In the era of the "Right Moon Calendar", people on Earth who were still in the Industrial Revolution era discovered almost intact super-advanced products—various MSs—from a place called the Northern Crater. In addition to mobile suits, other items beyond their era such as mobile fortress vehicles and space battleships were also unearthed. As a backward people on earth, they possess powers beyond their time, which gives them the courage to fight against the inhabitants of the moon.

As a legacy of the dark history, the history of the "Universal Century", one of the dark history materials, has actually mentioned many times that the unearthed weapons were the conventional MS weapons at that time. For example, "Borujanon" is called "Zaku", and "Kapoor" has the same name as a close relative from the ZZ era, and its appearance is similar to that of the same series. Moreover, non-UC era airframes also appeared in TA's era. Uodomu is the MA of NEOJAPAN in G Fighter Den, and Gozzo, judging from the model and cockpit structure, is a product of the New Federation in Gundam X. etc.

Compared with the past Gundam series, the "black" legacy has become history. The "butterflies in the moonlight of the past" in history? Gundam, and TurnX, which were buried together at that time, continued to float in the earth's orbit as "black history" for more than thousands of years (that is, thousands of years passed after the destruction of the UC era).

As for the destruction of the UC era, according to less detailed records, it is certain that in a certain year, due to the loss of control of the Moonlight Butterflies of Gundam and TurnX, a large number of Minos equipped with higher levels were The Moonlight Butterfly system formed by the brainwave vibration-type nanomachines with the power of Vsky particles exploded with about 40% of its expected power, leading to the destruction of Earth's civilization.

The survivors on the moon and the earth are likely to have retained some of the population with the help of the artificial factor genetics and refrigeration systems established at that time, and escaped the catastrophe but lost their civilization for other reasons. of the minority.

Due to this situation, history cannot be studied. Judging from the conditions of the lunar surface and official instructions, the moon has received fewer blows than the earth. This may be caused by insufficient output. ? and X's nanomachines decomposed and annihilated each other, quelling the riot.

According to the records, it is speculated that the ? of the two is a comprehensive work of human beings after analyzing TurnX. In terms of potential, it is better than TurnX. With a good enough pilot and enough conditions (and some speculate that Amuro Ray had the same power back then), the fully activated Moonlight Butterfly system is likely to destroy everything from the Earth to the asteroid belt of Jupiter.

Of course, no one knows the specific limit. The sharp decrease in NT after the great destruction seems to be related to the disaster that year.

About TurnX

Concept612, here is the code name of this machine. The original appearance has long been blurred. The official explanation is that after being captured by the Earth’s civilization circle, TurnX It was revised by the government of that year.

The origin seems to follow the Returner, also known as the Returner. These people (?) called returnees, according to the records on TurnX, are humans who left the solar system for various reasons during the war-prone UC0079-0160s.

Then, hundreds of years later, these people signaled their return. TurnX seems to be visiting the Earth Sphere as a scout and messenger.

As for the specific process of the great destruction and the great blank period, there is no clear record. UC0225 ~ 2225 Great Interregnum (The Interregnum). The Universal Century ended and the Correct Century began. Then in CC 2345, more than 2,000 years later, "The "White Doll" (WD-M01 System -99 Gundam) was in Nok During the Coming Of Age ceremony held in Nocis (the TurnA plot). Deanna Sorel awakens from hibernation (Moon Queen), but her biological age is only 19 years old. The Moon People mobilize to respond to the state of affairs on Earth.

. This is the last official record.