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{{short description|1999 television film directed by Graeme Campbell}}
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{{nihongo|'''''G-Saviour'''''|{{Ruby|G|ジー}}セイバー|Jī-Seibā}} is a 1999 Canadian live-action ] created as part of the '']'' ], produced by Polestar Entertainment under the supervision of ] and distributed by ].


The film was produced as part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project", which was a series of works made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ''Gundam'' franchise. Set in the ] timeline,<ref>{{cite web |last1=McPherson |first1=Mark |title=G-SAVIOUR: A Japanese TV Special Made In Canada |url=https://www.filminquiry.com/g-saviour-2000-review/ |website=Film Inquiry |access-date=November 22, 2019 |date=May 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mechatalk.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12622&start=0#p275674|title=Universal Century, Post V Gundam? - Mecha Talk|website=www.mechatalk.net|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/work/detail.php?cid=252|title=作品情報 G－セイバー|website=www.sunrise-inc.co.jp|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref> ''G-Saviour'' was produced as a joint effort between the animation studio and creator of Gundam, Sunrise, and an independent film production company, Polestar Entertainment. The film was theatrically screened at a festival in ] on June 18, 1999,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shortshorts.org/1999/htm/fi-j.htm|title=festival info|website=www.shortshorts.org|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref> and was first broadcast on December 29, 2000, from 16:00 to 17:25 on ] and its affiliate ] stations.
Its story timeframe of ] 223 is the last known year of the Universal Century calendar. Only a very few UC products have been made since then, primarily concentrating on the ], or crossovers with popular alternate-universe series like ] and ].


==Plot==
''Gundam's'' original story co-creator ], who was not involved in this production, voiced his disapproval of ''G-Saviour'' at Anime Expo New York 2002, and Bandai Entertainment has stopped producing its 2002 DVD release in North America. The work is listed in the production catalog on the official Gundam website in Japan and the official website for Sunrise (the production studio for ''Gundam'' animated and live-action projects). It is still available on DVD in Japan from the original releaser, Bandai Visual.
The year is ] 0223. The former Earth Federation has collapsed, and the space colonies have shaken off their colonial pasts and now refer to themselves as independent space "Settlements". In this new power scheme two factions have emerged: the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT), which is largely made up of the former Earth Federation government and Sides 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and the Settlement Freedom League, composed of Sides 1, 4, and the Lunar Cities.


Mark Curran is an ex-CONSENT pilot who now works for Hydro-Gen, an independent research facility located at the ]. While out on a harvesting run, Mark saves CONSENT lieutenant Tim Holloway. Shortly after the lieutenant is saved, the lab is commandeered by the Congressional Armed Forces, led by Mark's former superior, Jack Halle. As the facility's security system is triggered, Mark goes off to investigate. Mark saves one of the intruders, Cynthia Graves, from Jack's firing squad after she surrenders, while another intruder is killed by the gunfire.
It is unique among Gundam animated and live-action properties in that the word "Gundam" is not in the title, or actually used at all throughout the movie's run.
it is currently non canon because it is registered in the official timeline in the latest Gundam entertainment bible Gundam fact file.
==Story==


The CONSENT is in the midst of a global food shortage, with its military leaders threatening force to take over the neutral Side 8 Settlement of Gaea. General Garneuax asks Mark to interrogate Cynthia, who is revealed to be a Gaean rebel. Mark helps Cynthia escape, who shows him an enzyme that allows food to grow underwater, which can solve the food shortage. The two meet up with Cynthia's interns, Franz Dieter and Kobi, and the group escape into space along with Mark's fiancée Mimi Devere. Meanwhile, Jack frames Mark for the murder of a CONSENT soldier, whom Jack had killed himself. The group arrives at the Side 4 Settlement of New Manhattan, meeting with Philippe San Simeone, an old acquaintance of Mark, and a member of the Illuminati, a private paramilitary organization. Philippe entrusts Mark with a new prototype mobile suit, the G-Saviour, but he refuses to pilot it. Mark changes his mind to help clear a path through a debris field on the way to Gaea.
The year is Universal Century 223. The Earth Federation has collapsed, and autonomy has been restored to the various territories under the Federation's control. The Space Colonies have proudly shaken off their colonial past and now consider themselves independent "Settlements". In this new power scheme two sides have emerged: the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT), which is comprised largely of former Federation members and encompasses Sides 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and their Earth-bound parent nations, and the Settlement Freedom League, Comprising Sides 1, 4, and the Lunar Cities. CONSENT suffers from a food shortage crisis, while the Settlement Freedom League has the agricultural capability to feed itself and thus is not affected by CONSENT’s food shortage. When an agricultural breakthrough is made in the unaligned Side 8 colony Gaia CONSENT resolves to seize the technology by force to solve its own food crisis, or to destroy it, unless ex-CONSENT pilot Mark Curran and a ragtag band of MS pilots can stop them.

Arriving at Gaea, Mark and Cynthia meet with Chief Councilor Graves, Cynthia's father. Graves tell them that a Congressional Armed Forces fleet is on its way to Gaea, looking to apprehend the two and the enzyme sample. After seeing Mark and Cynthia share a kiss, Mimi hacks into Gaea's defense system, causing debris clearing guns to fire at a CONSENT ship. After Mark concludes that a mobile suit carrier is on its way to attack Gaea, Cynthia asks Mark to lead Gaea's mobile suit force against the approaching CONSENT forces. Both sides launch their mobile suit forces, with CONSENT greatly outmatching Gaea's obsolete RGM-196 Freedom mobile suits. Jack sorties out in the CAMS-13 MS-Rai, with Mark engaging him in battle with the G-Saviour. Congressional Armed Forces enter Gaea, with Kobi being critically wounded while trying to protect the enzyme sample. After retrieving the sample, Garneuax reveals his true intentions to destroy the sample and implement a policy of selective starvation across the CONSENT. With Gaea's forces dwindling, Philippe and the Illuminati's forces arrive and push back the CONSENT attack. Jack is defeated by Mark and the G-Saviour, who enter Gaea to disable the remaining CONSENT forces.

Garneuax and his forces, along with Mimi, escape from the Settlement in a Gaean space shuttle. Mimi reveals that she switched out the enzyme sample, which is back in the possession of Cynthia, as the shuttle is shot down by CONSENT forces. With Garneuax dead and Jack incapacitated, the Congressional Armed Forces withdraw from Gaea. Councilor Graves gives a speech stating that Side 8 will stay independent, while Mark returns to Earth with Cynthia.


==Cast== ==Cast==
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable"
* Mark Curran - ] (Japanese voice: ])
|- style="background-color:rgb(255,85,0);"
* Cynthia Graves - ] (])
! Character
* Mimi Devere - ] (])
! Canadian actor
* Lieutenant Colonel Jack Halle - ] (])
! Japanese voice actor
* General Garneaux - ] (])
|-
* Dieter - ] (])
|Mark Curran
* Kobi - ] (])
|]
* Chief Councilor Graves - ] (])
|]
* Philippe San Simeone - ] (])
|-
* Simmons - ] (])
|Cynthia Graves
* Dagget - ] (])
|]
* Lieutenant Tim Holloway - ] (])
|]
* Barkeep - ] (])
|-
|Mimi Devere
|Catarina Conti
|]
|-
|Lieutenant Colonel Jack Halle
|]
|Takaya Hashi
|-
|General Garneaux
|]
|Russell Ishii
|-
|Franz Dieter
|Alfonso Quijada
|Takayasu Komiya
|-
|Kobi
|Taayla Markell
|]
|-
|Chief Councilor Graves
|Blu Mankuma
|]
|-
|Philippe San Simeone
|]
|]
|-
|Simmons
|]
|]
|-
|Dagget
|Marlowe Dawn
|]
|-
|Lieutenant Tim Holloway
|]
|]
|-
|Barkeep
|Christopher Shyer
|]
|}


==Production==
==Reputation among fans==
In October 1995, work began on the ''G-Saviour'' ] project, beginning with the production of a promotional trailer to pitch the film to Sunrise. This promotional trailer was completed in March 1997.
As ''G-Saviour'' was not released theatrically and its main target audience was Gundam fans, it is often only known among them. It is widely disliked due to how it is conventionally not very similar to other Gundam stories, as well as how it lacks the same amount of character depth that is seen throughout other stories in the ] timeline. There also seems to have been a downgrade in technology, in which the Mobile Suits appear visibly primitive. Another problem cited by many is the actual lack of time the G-Saviour and other Mobile Suits spend on screen, as well as how the Suits move fairly slowly<ref></ref>, but this seems to be a creative aspect that has been done for realistic effect.<ref></ref> However, the Mobile Suit designs themselves have often been a point of praise, and the HG model kit has proved popular.<ref></ref>


Production on the film began in June 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zeonic-republic.net/?p=5396|title=G-SAVIOUR PROMOTIONAL TRAILER {{!}} Zeonic{{!}}Scanlations|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> and was intended, along with the '']'' television series, to be the centerpiece of the "Gundam Big Bang Project", which was the 20th ] celebration for the popular ''Gundam'' metaseries. The ''G-Saviour'' film is part of the ''G-Saviour'' multimedia project, which encompasses several forms of media, including a radio drama, novel, and video game. ''Gundam'' co-creator ] was not involved in this production.
==Game==
In 2000, a PS2 game was released to promote ''G-Saviour'''s upcoming release on Japanese television. The game takes place after the events of the movie and stars Reed Fox, a pilot of the Illuminati's Lightning Squad. Garneaux's confidant, General Bais, is developing "Project Raven", which will greatly enhance the military strength of the CONSENT, it is Reed and Illuminati's job to see it doesn't succeed. The game is noteworthy for having more Mobile Suits than in the movie, which also move more fluidly.<ref></ref>


The film's actors are predominantly from Canada, and the ] version has Japanese dubbed into the film. Most of the set locations, such as the ] and ] ] campus, were located in the ] area in British Columbia, Canada.
==Soundtrack==
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''G-Saviour'' is unique among ''Gundam'' animated and live-action properties in that the word "Gundam" is not in the title, or used at all throughout the film's run. It was the second attempt at producing a live-action ''Gundam'' feature, after the 1997 interactive video game '']''.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204100855/http://www.ex.org/1.2/32-gundam0079.html|date=December 4, 2008}}</ref>
===Track listing===

# "G-Saviour Theme" - Ikihiro - 02:37
==Home video==
# "Main Theme" - ] and ] - 03:50
The film was released on DVD on January 22, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011005/50580_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011102104051/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011005/50580_1.html|title=Bandai Entertainment Announces The Release of Sci-Fi Action Film|website=]|publisher=]|via=]|archive-date=November 2, 2001|date=October 5, 2001|access-date=June 14, 2019}}</ref>
# "Rescue" - ] and ] - 05:35

# "Invader" - ] and ] - 04:56
==Media==
# "Bio-Luminescence" - ] and ] - 05:23
===Radio drama===
# "Flight" - ] and ] - 03:11
Prior to the television broadcasting, a radio drama series which takes place before the events of the film was broadcast on Japanese FM radio stations. These radio dramas were subsequently released on CD in December 2000 onward as part of a "Sound Cinema" series by ].<ref></ref>
# "Escape" - ] and ] - 04:29
# G-Saviour Sound Cinema 01: Red Wings of Icarus
# "Illuminati" - ] and ] - 03:11
# "G-Saviour" - ] and ] - 01:10 # G-Saviour Sound Cinema 02: Before the Mission
# G-Saviour Sound Cinema 03: Deep Sea Prometheus
# "Wounded Heart" - ] and ] - 06:17

# "Romance" - ] and ] - 01:27
===Novelisation===
# "Misfire" - ] and ] - 02:54
A novelisation of the film's events was released across two volumes as part of the ] D Superdash Bunko series. The novelisation was released in Japan during December 2000 and was written by Yoshie Kawahara with illustrations by Masahisa Suzuki.<ref></ref>
# "MS Battle" - ] and ] - 06:36

# "G-Saviour Advance" - ] and ] - 10:57
===Video game===
# "Declaration of Independence" - ] and ] - 02:33
] published the ''G-Saviour'' video game, which was an ] developed by Atelier Sai, for the ] on September 14, 2000. The game's story takes place after the events of the film with new characters continuing the overall story arc from the movie as well as featuring Mobile Suits that are exclusive to the game .<ref></ref> This game was the first ''Gundam'' game released for the PlayStation 2.
# "To Earth" - ] and ] - 01:57

# "New History - ] and ] - 03:06
A three part manga was serialised in ] which elaborated upon the story during the first two stages of the game. This manga has not subsequently been collected in any compilation volume.<ref></ref>
# "Orb" - Emily - 04:25

===Music===
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{{Track listing
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==Reception==
''G-Saviour'' has received a mixed reception. An ] review calls the film "a pleasing mix of both science fiction and adventure"<ref></ref> while MAHQ, a dedicated ] website, was critical of the "extremely clichéd Hollywood-style writing".<ref></ref> Criticism has been levelled at the application of the titular mobile suits during the film, with one review stating "while the CGI effects look great, most familiar with the anime series on which this was based will complain the 'suits' were not utilized as well as they might have been".<ref></ref>


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1999 television film directed by Graeme Campbell

G-Saviour
G-Saviour poster and DVD cover
GenreMilitary science fiction
Based onMobile Suit Gundam
by Yoshiyuki Tomino
& Hajime Yatate
Screenplay byMark Amato
Stephanie Pena-Sy
Story byStephanie Pena-Sy
Directed byGraeme Campbell
StarringBrennan Elliott
Enuka Okuma
Catharina Conti
David Lovgren
Theme music composerJohn Debney
Louis Febre
Country of originCanada
Japan
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerChris Dobbs
CinematographyJoel Ransom
EditorRick Martin
Running time93 minutes
Production companiesPolestar Entertainment
Sunrise
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseDecember 29, 2000 (2000-12-29)

G-Saviour (G(ジー)セイバー, Jī-Seibā) is a 1999 Canadian live-action television film created as part of the Gundam anime franchise, produced by Polestar Entertainment under the supervision of Sunrise and distributed by Bandai Visual.

The film was produced as part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project", which was a series of works made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Gundam franchise. Set in the Universal Century timeline, G-Saviour was produced as a joint effort between the animation studio and creator of Gundam, Sunrise, and an independent film production company, Polestar Entertainment. The film was theatrically screened at a festival in Japan on June 18, 1999, and was first broadcast on December 29, 2000, from 16:00 to 17:25 on TV Asahi and its affiliate ANN stations.

Plot

The year is Universal Century 0223. The former Earth Federation has collapsed, and the space colonies have shaken off their colonial pasts and now refer to themselves as independent space "Settlements". In this new power scheme two factions have emerged: the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT), which is largely made up of the former Earth Federation government and Sides 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and the Settlement Freedom League, composed of Sides 1, 4, and the Lunar Cities.

Mark Curran is an ex-CONSENT pilot who now works for Hydro-Gen, an independent research facility located at the Deep Face Trench. While out on a harvesting run, Mark saves CONSENT lieutenant Tim Holloway. Shortly after the lieutenant is saved, the lab is commandeered by the Congressional Armed Forces, led by Mark's former superior, Jack Halle. As the facility's security system is triggered, Mark goes off to investigate. Mark saves one of the intruders, Cynthia Graves, from Jack's firing squad after she surrenders, while another intruder is killed by the gunfire.

The CONSENT is in the midst of a global food shortage, with its military leaders threatening force to take over the neutral Side 8 Settlement of Gaea. General Garneuax asks Mark to interrogate Cynthia, who is revealed to be a Gaean rebel. Mark helps Cynthia escape, who shows him an enzyme that allows food to grow underwater, which can solve the food shortage. The two meet up with Cynthia's interns, Franz Dieter and Kobi, and the group escape into space along with Mark's fiancée Mimi Devere. Meanwhile, Jack frames Mark for the murder of a CONSENT soldier, whom Jack had killed himself. The group arrives at the Side 4 Settlement of New Manhattan, meeting with Philippe San Simeone, an old acquaintance of Mark, and a member of the Illuminati, a private paramilitary organization. Philippe entrusts Mark with a new prototype mobile suit, the G-Saviour, but he refuses to pilot it. Mark changes his mind to help clear a path through a debris field on the way to Gaea.

Arriving at Gaea, Mark and Cynthia meet with Chief Councilor Graves, Cynthia's father. Graves tell them that a Congressional Armed Forces fleet is on its way to Gaea, looking to apprehend the two and the enzyme sample. After seeing Mark and Cynthia share a kiss, Mimi hacks into Gaea's defense system, causing debris clearing guns to fire at a CONSENT ship. After Mark concludes that a mobile suit carrier is on its way to attack Gaea, Cynthia asks Mark to lead Gaea's mobile suit force against the approaching CONSENT forces. Both sides launch their mobile suit forces, with CONSENT greatly outmatching Gaea's obsolete RGM-196 Freedom mobile suits. Jack sorties out in the CAMS-13 MS-Rai, with Mark engaging him in battle with the G-Saviour. Congressional Armed Forces enter Gaea, with Kobi being critically wounded while trying to protect the enzyme sample. After retrieving the sample, Garneuax reveals his true intentions to destroy the sample and implement a policy of selective starvation across the CONSENT. With Gaea's forces dwindling, Philippe and the Illuminati's forces arrive and push back the CONSENT attack. Jack is defeated by Mark and the G-Saviour, who enter Gaea to disable the remaining CONSENT forces.

Garneuax and his forces, along with Mimi, escape from the Settlement in a Gaean space shuttle. Mimi reveals that she switched out the enzyme sample, which is back in the possession of Cynthia, as the shuttle is shot down by CONSENT forces. With Garneuax dead and Jack incapacitated, the Congressional Armed Forces withdraw from Gaea. Councilor Graves gives a speech stating that Side 8 will stay independent, while Mark returns to Earth with Cynthia.

Cast

Character Canadian actor Japanese voice actor
Mark Curran Brennan Elliott Masato Hagiwara
Cynthia Graves Enuka Okuma Ryoko Shinohara
Mimi Devere Catarina Conti Yumi Takada
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Halle David Lovgren Takaya Hashi
General Garneaux Kenneth Welsh Russell Ishii
Franz Dieter Alfonso Quijada Takayasu Komiya
Kobi Taayla Markell Rei Sakuma
Chief Councilor Graves Blu Mankuma Kenji Utsumi
Philippe San Simeone Hrothgar Mathews Toshihiko Kojima
Simmons Brendan Beiser Kenichi Ono
Dagget Marlowe Dawn Emi Shinohara
Lieutenant Tim Holloway Peter Williams Naoki Bandō
Barkeep Christopher Shyer Kiyoyuki Yanada

Production

In October 1995, work began on the G-Saviour multimedia project, beginning with the production of a promotional trailer to pitch the film to Sunrise. This promotional trailer was completed in March 1997.

Production on the film began in June 1998 and was intended, along with the Turn-A Gundam television series, to be the centerpiece of the "Gundam Big Bang Project", which was the 20th anniversary celebration for the popular Gundam metaseries. The G-Saviour film is part of the G-Saviour multimedia project, which encompasses several forms of media, including a radio drama, novel, and video game. Gundam co-creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was not involved in this production.

The film's actors are predominantly from Canada, and the Japanese language version has Japanese dubbed into the film. Most of the set locations, such as the Orpheum Theatre and Simon Fraser University Burnaby campus, were located in the Metro Vancouver area in British Columbia, Canada.

G-Saviour is unique among Gundam animated and live-action properties in that the word "Gundam" is not in the title, or used at all throughout the film's run. It was the second attempt at producing a live-action Gundam feature, after the 1997 interactive video game Gundam 0079: The War for Earth.

Home video

The film was released on DVD on January 22, 2002.

Media

Radio drama

Prior to the television broadcasting, a radio drama series which takes place before the events of the film was broadcast on Japanese FM radio stations. These radio dramas were subsequently released on CD in December 2000 onward as part of a "Sound Cinema" series by Pioneer LDC.

  1. G-Saviour Sound Cinema 01: Red Wings of Icarus
  2. G-Saviour Sound Cinema 02: Before the Mission
  3. G-Saviour Sound Cinema 03: Deep Sea Prometheus

Novelisation

A novelisation of the film's events was released across two volumes as part of the Shueisha D Superdash Bunko series. The novelisation was released in Japan during December 2000 and was written by Yoshie Kawahara with illustrations by Masahisa Suzuki.

Video game

Sunrise Interactive published the G-Saviour video game, which was an action game developed by Atelier Sai, for the PlayStation 2 on September 14, 2000. The game's story takes place after the events of the film with new characters continuing the overall story arc from the movie as well as featuring Mobile Suits that are exclusive to the game . This game was the first Gundam game released for the PlayStation 2.

A three part manga was serialised in Famitsu which elaborated upon the story during the first two stages of the game. This manga has not subsequently been collected in any compilation volume.

Music

G-Saviour Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)
GenreOrchestral
Length1:14:44
LabelJVC Victor
ProducerSotsu Agency
No.TitleMusicLength
1."G-Saviour Theme"Ikihiro2:37
2."Main Theme"John Debney and Louis Febre3:50
3."Rescue"John Debney and Louis Febre5:35
4."Invader"John Debney and Louis Febre4:56
5."Bio-Luminescence"John Debney and Louis Febre5:23
6."Flight"John Debney and Louis Febre3:11
7."Escape"John Debney and Louis Febre4:29
8."Illuminati"John Debney and Louis Febre3:11
9."G-Saviour"John Debney and Louis Febre1:10
10."Wounded Heart"John Debney and Louis Febre6:17
11."Romance"John Debney and Louis Febre1:27
12."Misfire"John Debney and Louis Febre2:54
13."MS Battle"John Debney and Louis Febre6:36
14."G-Saviour Advance"John Debney and Louis Febre10:57
15."Declaration of Independence"John Debney and Louis Febre2:33
16."To Earth" 1:57
17."New History"John Debney and Louis Febre3:06
18."Orb"Emily4:25
Total length:1:14:44

Reception

G-Saviour has received a mixed reception. An Anime News Network review calls the film "a pleasing mix of both science fiction and adventure" while MAHQ, a dedicated mecha website, was critical of the "extremely clichéd Hollywood-style writing". Criticism has been levelled at the application of the titular mobile suits during the film, with one review stating "while the CGI effects look great, most familiar with the anime series on which this was based will complain the 'suits' were not utilized as well as they might have been".

References

  1. McPherson, Mark (May 24, 2019). "G-SAVIOUR: A Japanese TV Special Made In Canada". Film Inquiry. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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  11. Gundam Zushou
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  14. RPG.net Review of G-Saviour: The Movie

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