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| 機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ (Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Tekketsu no Orufenzu) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genre | Mecha, military science fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Directed by | Tatsuyuki Nagai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written by | Mari Okada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Studio | Sunrise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original network | JNN (MBS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original run | October 4, 2015 – April 2, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Episodes | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Tekketsu no Orufenzu), also known as Gundam IBO and G-Tekketsu (Gの鉄血), is a 2015 Japanese television mecha anime series and the fourteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise, succeeding Gundam Reconguista in G. The series is directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and written by Mari Okada, a team which previously collaborated on Toradora! and Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. It aired in Japan on MBS and other JNN stations from October 4, 2015 to March 27, 2016,[1] making this the first Gundam series to return to a Sunday late afternoon time slot since Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. A second season premiered the following year on October 2, 2016.
Iron-Blooded Orphans follows the exploits of a group of juvenile soldiers who establish their own security company after rebelling against the adults who betrayed them on a futuristic, terraformed Mars. The series deals with several real-life problems such as war, slavery, child soldiers, poverty, neo-colonialism, and corruption. The catchphrase of the series is "The sustenance of life is on the battlefield." (いのちの糧は、戦場にある。, Inochi no kate wa, senjō ni aru.)[2][3]
- ^ "Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans Visuals, Staff, October 4 Premiere Announced". Anime News Network. July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ^ Loo, Egan (August 25, 2015). "Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Anime's Ad Aired". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Cheung, HP (January 24, 2017). "10 Anime Series & Films to Watch in 2017". Hypebeast. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2022.