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One of the products of Sunrise's twentieth anniversary "Big Bang Project," this is a new animated television series thyat debuted in April 1999. It's directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Capcom's Akira Yasuda (Street Fighter II), mecha designs by veteran Kunio Okawara and guest Westerner Syd Mead (of Blade Runner fame), and music by Yoko Kanno (Macross Plus, Escaflowne).

The of the title, which you're instructed to read as "Turn A," is a logical symbol called the "universal quantifier," which means "for all the elements of a set." Thus, the title suggests that this series is intended to encompass all two decades of the Gundam saga, even the recent "alternate universe" stories. More details will follow as the veil of secrecy is gradually lifted.

Format: Television series, ongoing Aired: April 9, 1999 to date Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino Original character design: Akira Yasuda Character models: Yoshihito Hishinuma Mecha design: Syd Mead Kunio Okawara Atsushi Shigeta Art direction: Shigemi Ikeda Music: Yoko Kanno

Mobile Suit Gundam, Z Gundam, Gundam ZZ, Char's Counterattack, Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Gundam F91, Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon, Gundam: The 08th MS Team, and Gundam W: Endless Waltz are copyright Sotsu Agency and Sunrise. V Gundam, G Gundam, Gundam W, and Gundam X are copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and TV Asahi. Turn A Gundam is copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and Fuji TV.