The Super Dimension Century Orguss
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| The Super Dimension Century Orguss | |
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 Orguss anime |
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| 超時空世紀オーガス (Chō Jikū Seiki Ōgasu) |
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| Genre | Science Fiction, Drama |
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| Director | Noburo Ishiguro and Yasuyoshi Mikamoto |
| Studio | Studio Nue, Artland, Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Network | Mainichi Broadcasting System Imaginasian |
| Original run | 1983 – 1984 |
| Episodes | 35 |
| OVA: Super Dimension Century Orguss 02 | |
| Director | Fumihiko Takayama |
| Studio | Hero, J.C. Staff |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Released | 1993 |
The Super Dimension Century Orguss (超時空世紀オーガス Chō Jikū Seiki Ōgasu?) is an anime science fiction series. It inspired an OVA sequel series called Super Dimension Century Orguss 02. Orguss was the second part of The Super Dimension trilogy from Big West, preceded by The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and then followed by The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross. Orguss was not localized in the United States as part of Robotech as Southern Cross and Macross were. Instead, the anime Genesis Climber Mospeada was used as the third segment of Robotech. Additionally, these three series are not sequels, prequels, or even in the same story universe as one another. They do share "The Super Dimension" (超時空 chou jikuu) moniker in their titles and were presented by Big West.
Of the Orguss' 35 episodes, only 17 of them were available in English in dub-only format in the early 1990s on video tape from U.S. Renditions, before the majority of the company's shows (excluding Orguss) were bought up by Manga Entertainment. Manga Entertainment did however release Orguss 02 on both video tape and DVD. On April 16, 2007, ImaginAsian announced that they will broadcast The Super Dimension Century Orguss on ImaginAsian TV, and will thereafter give the series its first North American DVD release, the first 17 episodes also having the old U.S. Renditions dub. [1]
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[edit] Basic synopsis
The year is 2065. The world is at war. The two Superpowers clash over the Space Elevator. Far more dangerous than Atomic weapons, Biological weapons, or Chemical weapons are Dimensional weapons, such as the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb. Despite the tremendous power of this bomb, it must be armed on-site by a team of Engineers.
Desperately, the Freedom Space Corps launch an offensive to plant a Space/Time Oscillation Bomb and destroy the Space Elevator. During this attack, the engineers are forced to abort the mission and destroy the bomb before it can be properly armed. Enraged at the decision to abort and feeling that his comrades have died in vain, brash fighter pilot Kei Katsuragi haphazardly arms the bomb with severe repercussions.
The explosion transports Kei and his Bronco 2 Variable fighter to another world. There he is pursued for unknown reasons by the militaristic Chilam and aided by the Gypsie-like Emaan. Both sides have some unknown interest in Kei referring to him as a “Tokuiten” (特異点[2] lit. Singular Point, originally translated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha as Differentiated Idioblast, it is more properly translated as "singularity"). In the ImaginAsian version, it's been translated as an Idiosynchratic Point.
[edit] Production
[edit] Japanese Staff
Original Story: Studio Nue
Direction: Noburo Ishiguro and Yasuyoshi Mikamoto
Character Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto
Art Direction: Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
Director of Photography: Masahide Ueda
Music: Kentaro Haneda
Music Direction: Seiji Suzuki
Producer: Toshitsuga Mukaitsubo
Executive Producers: Yutaka Fujioka and Yoshimasa Onishi
[edit] The Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
The Super Dimension Century Orguss 02 (超時空世紀オーガス 02 Chō Jikū Seiki Ōgasu 02?), also known as Orguss 02, is a 6 episode anime OVA released in 1993 and based on the 35 episode TV series Orguss which forms much of the backstory to the OVA. It was released on DVD in the US and UK by Manga Entertainment.
Taking place 200 years after the story of Orguss, the OVA deals with an early industrial society finding advanced mecha weapons called Armors (referred to in Manga's translation as 'Decimators') and how they are used in a series of wars. The story delves into the question of why these mecha are present in this world, and eventually deals with how they are sent back to where they came from.
