The Super Dimension Century Orguss

:A Mu fighting robot. Taii's remains were recovered and later was rebuilt by Mome. Taii has a personality of an old veteran soldier and strictly observes the combat tactics in his programming, which makes him a nuisance to most of the crew. Taii is equipped with multiple missiles in his chest that gives him enough firepower to destroy a Chiram unit. His name means "Captain".

The Chirams

;Robert:Captain of the Chiram Army. Upon learning of the Idiosynchratic Point's appearance, he begins his campaign on capturing Kei, but fails due to Kei's ability as a pilot and his Orguss. Robert's repeated failures resulted with the Chiram assigning someone else to capture Kei, and putting his rank in jeopardy. This drives Robert to capture Kei by any means necessary.

;Henry Staiger:Lieutenant of the Chiram Army and Robert's right-hand man.

;Athena Henderson:Ace pilot of the Chiram and Kei's rival in combat. Age 20. Her skills as a fighter pilot equally match those of Kei's thanks to her intensive training from her mentor, Olson D. Verne. She has made it her personal goal to defeat Kei and deliver him to the Chiram. Unbeknownest to her, Kei is actually her biological father.

;Olson D. Verne :Kei's best friend and Wingman in the Freedom Space Corps. He and Kei were together during the mission to destroy the Space Elevator. Like Kei, Olson was sent to the future. Upon his arrival, he met Tina and promised her that he will find Kei. Olson then joined the Chiram army and is assigned to pursue the Idiosynchratic Point, which he did not know was Kei himself. It is revealed that Olson is the second Idiosynchratic Point and that he and Kei are needed to restore the different worlds back to their former state. He also trained Athena in becoming Chiram's ace pilot.

;Jeffrey Wright:Leader of the Chiram. Determined to save his people, he ordered his army to hunt down and capture the Idiosynchratic Point. He also ordered his engineers to develop a device as an alternative to the Idiosynchratic Point should his army fail. Jeffrey's goal is to restore the Chiram world and its people back to its former state, even at the expense of the other worlds and its inhabitants. This not only puts the Chiram at war with the Emaans, but also with the Mu race.

Other Characters

;Tina Henderson:Kei's girlfriend before the explosion of the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb. Tina was pregnant with Kei's child before Kei was sent to the future. 15 years later after the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb exploded, a terminally ill Tina was met by Olson, who promised her he will find Kei. She died before Kei's reappearance 5 years later.

;Maniisha Thoov:Shaia's twin sister. She is a member of the Thoov family that runs the Emaan country and orders the capture of Kei to restore the Emaan world by any means necessary, even if it means destroying the Glomar and its crew.

;Joan:Leader of a rebel group aiding the Glomar Crew. Joan's home country, which is a dominant female society, was under the oppression of its ruler, Queen Marie, and requests the Glomar crew for aid. After Joan's country is freed from Marie's control, she provided sanctuary to the Glomar crew from their pursuers. It was Joan's appearance that gave clues to Kei about the different worlds of Earth being merged as one. Joan is loosely based on the national hero of France, Joan d'arc while Queen Marie is loosely based on Marie Antoinette.

Production

Japanese Staff

*Original Story: Studio Nue
*Direction: Noburo Ishiguro and Yasuyoshi Mikamoto
*Character Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto
*Mechanical Design: Kazutaka Miyatake
*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

Episode List

1. Space-Time Destruction 2. Lonely Wolf 3. Pretty Machine 4. Caravan 5. Lovers 6. Vanishing Point 7. I Love You 8. Runaway 9. Revolution 10. Barbarians 11. Dummy 12. Chiram Girl 13. Caspian Crater 14. Operation D 15. The Idioblast 16. The Factory 17. Seventeen 18. Sisters 19. Time Slip 20. Broken Through 21. Father 22. Reside or Decide 23. Destroyer 24. Mu 25. Tiram Soldier 26. Breakdown 27. Message 28. Come Back Lover 29. Choice 30. Outside 31. Children 32. Lost World 33. Last Charge 34. Battlefield 35. Space-Time Creation

Game Appearances

This series is included in the upcoming Playstation 2 game, "Super Robot Wars Z". It has been stated by the producer that the Orguss storyline is the main focus of the game.

"Macross" cameo

One of the Mecha from the series can be seen fighting alongside other "Macross" Destroids in front of the bridge of the SDF-1 Macross The mech appeared in two episodes (27 and 35) of "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross" TV Show. The mech in question is shown holding a shield and a rifle in the other arm for a moment before being shattered by incoming fire.

=The Super Dimension Century Orguss 02=nihongo|"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.

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References

Eternal links

* [http://orguss.freeservers.com/ Super Dimension Century Orguss Shrine]
* [http://www.gearsonline.net/orguss/ Orguss at Gears Online]
* [http://www.gearsonline.net/orguss/orguss02/ Orguss 02 at Gears Online]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=708 Anime News Network Encyclopedia "Super Dimensional Century Orguss (TV)" Entry]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=707 Anime News Network Encyclopedia "Orguss 02 (OAV)" Entry]
* [http://www.eldar.org/~brad/anime/orguss/ Orguss Viewer's Guide]