Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
DVD cover art of the fourth volume.
機動戦士ガンダムAGE (Kidō Senshi Gandamu AGE)
Genre	Mecha
Created by	Hajime Yatate Yoshiyuki Tomino
Anime television series
Directed by	Susumu Yamaguchi
Written by	Akihiro Hino Kazuho Hyodo (assistant)
Music by	Kei Yoshikawa
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sunrise
Original network	JNN (MBS)
Original run	October 9, 2011 – September 23, 2012
Episodes	49 (List of episodes)
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Story of the Beginning
Written by	Hiroshi Nakanishi
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 5, 2011 – October 12, 2011
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: First Evolution
Written by	Hiyon Katsuragi
Published by	Kadokawa
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 2011 – August 2012
Volumes	3
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Treasure Star
Written by	Masanori Yoshida
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
Demographic	Children
Original run	September 15, 2011 – May 15, 2012
Volumes	2
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memories of SID
Written by	Hiroshi Nakanishi
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday S
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 25, 2012 – October 25, 2012
Volumes	3
Original video animation
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden
Directed by	Shinya Watada
Written by	Noboru Kimura
Music by	Kei Yoshikawa
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sunrise
Released	July 26, 2013
Runtime	75 minutes

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (機動戦士ガンダムAGE, Kidō Senshi Gandamu Eiji) is a 2011 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the twelfth installment in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series was first announced in the July issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic, and has gaming company Level-5's President Akihiro Hino in charge of the story.^[1]

This installment of the Gundam meta-series is set on a futuristic Earth plagued by an interplanetary war that spans a whole century. Its story revolves around three protagonists from the same family, each piloting his own version of the eponymous mecha, fighting to defend Earth and its space colonies from an enemy race far more advanced in terms of technology.

The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on June 13, 2011, during a special event at the 2011 Tokyo Toy Show. Gundam AGE premiered on the MBS and TBS broadcasting stations in Japan on October 9, 2011^[2] and 49 episodes were broadcast, with the final episode on September 23, 2012. A compilation OVA titled Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden was released on July 26, 2013, focusing on the second protagonist of the series, Asemu Asuno.