History Anime / SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss

* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Any Emaan with a child is this, as the species suffers from a condition where females are rendered sterile by ''eighteen years old''.

In the year 2065, the world's two superpowers are fighting over the control of a SpaceElevator. Fighter pilot Kei Katsuragi and his friend Olson are assigned to just blow the damn thing up, providing escort for engineers using a new "dimensional" weapon of mass destruction - the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Space/Time Oscillation Bomb]]. However, everything goes wrong when the engineers die before it can be set off. Kei is ordered to abandon and self-destruct the bomb, but instead chooses to start ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero fiddling with it.]]''

''Orguss'' is a 1983 anime series from Creator/StudioNue ( the creators of ''Anime/{{Macross}}''), and Creator/TMSEntertainment (the studio that did ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}'').

Not as popular, but more imaginative, than its older brother, Orguss is the second show in the "Super Dimension" series, between ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross''.

A six-episode sequel OVA, ''Orguss 02'' done by Creator/JCStaff (of ''VisualNovel/{{Slayers}}'' fame), was released in 1993. The story is set in a completely different world; at first, the only ties to the original series are the Orguss and Nikick mecha buried around the world, along with the ruins of the orbital elevator where everything started. The kingdoms of Rivilia and Zafrin have both learned how to rebuild the ruined "[[AMechByAnyOtherName armors]]" (or "Decimators" in the English dub) using their {{World War II}}-level SchizoTech, and the cold war between them is on the verge of igniting. But more of the original story resurfaces as young Rivilian mechanic Lean is sucked into the conflict between the nations, and meets Nataruma, an [[PhlebotinumRebel escaped Zafrin agent]] with strange powers, a [[BrokenBird chip on her shoulder]], and an unusual heritage...

Orguss plays a big role in SuperRobotWarsZ. Specifically, the Space-Time Oscillation Bomb Kei blew up at the beginning of the series [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom was the catalyst for merging all the worlds and all the problems that came with it.]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Six words for you]]: Episode 25. ''Slow-motion bread tossing''. That is all.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki voiced Olson D. Verne

* RobotGirl: Mome

* ShoutOut: If similar character designs weren't enough, some Macross characters make cameos, among them Minmei, Shammy, Vanessa and Misa.

* GainaxEnding: The natural result of the setting. By the last story arc, everyone knows that the Mu robots are resisting any and all efforts to fix the world, believing that the artificial greenhouse effect will spare inorganic lifeforms. The Chilam still have some scheme to control Kei and Olson when they repair space-time, and it's heavily implied the Emaan have something up their sleeves too. Kei and Olson reach the Great Singularity Point just before it is about to be destroyed by a meteor... [[spoiler:only to find that the [=GSP=] is actually the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb ''trapped in the moments before its activation'' '''along with a pre-Orguss Kei and Olson.''' The older Kei and Olson realize the implications immediately and draw their weapons, resulting in their past selves drawing their own, followed by four gunshots. With everyone capable of activating it dead, the [[CuttingTheKnot bomb self-destructs]], ending an otherwise StableTimeLoop. Thus, every timeline began flowing separately, making [[TheMultiverse all possible endings true]].]]

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Any Emaan with a child is this, as the species suffers from a condition where females are rendered sterile by ''eighteen years old''.

A six-episode sequel OVA, ''Orguss 02'' done by Creator/JCStaff (of ''{{Slayers}}'' fame), was released in 1993. The story is set in a completely different world; at first, the only ties to the original series are the Orguss and Nikick mecha buried around the world, along with the ruins of the orbital elevator where everything started. The kingdoms of Rivilia and Zafrin have both learned how to rebuild the ruined "[[AMechByAnyOtherName armors]]" (or "Decimators" in the English dub) using their {{World War II}}-level SchizoTech, and the cold war between them is on the verge of igniting. But more of the original story resurfaces as young Rivilian mechanic Lean is sucked into the conflict between the nations, and meets Nataruma, an [[PhlebotinumRebel escaped Zafrin agent]] with strange powers, a [[BrokenBird chip on her shoulder]], and an unusual heritage...

* BizarreAlienBiology: The Emaan with their head-tails.

** Olson is essentially Athena's [[ZetaGundam Quattro]], straight down to the mentor role and sunglasses... except Orguss aired before Zeta Gundam. And he's voiced by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Bright Noah]] himself too!

* AcePilot: Kei's pretty skilled and can at least stay alive when he's hopelessly outnumbered. ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' puts him nearly on level with CharsCounterattack-era Amuro, and note that Orguss is a FragileSpeedster mech whose only weapon is literally nothing but missiles, missiles, missiles.

** Olson is essentially Athena's [[ZetaGundam Quattro]], straight down to the mentor role and sunglasses... except Orguss aired before Zeta Gundam. And he's voiced by [[MobileSuitGundam Bright Noah]] himself too!

* {{Lolicon}}: Mohm ''wants'' Kei to love her in this way. Tragically for her, Kei flat-out states he's not a pedophile.

* RobotGirl: Mohm

* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure is a humanoid Non-Human]]: Of all the people in the series, those that treat Mohm the most like a useless piece of junk are her own kind, one robot deriding her as an outmoded maintenance robot that should be replaced. Compare that to how pretty much ''every'' human treats her as someone with her own thoughts and feelings.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sley early on, and then Mohm and Tai leading up to the final moments of the series where '''''Olson and Kei kill their past selves and die in the process''''' to correct the damage to the Earth]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Sley, in spite of his dislike of Kei, genuinely cares for Mimzy and grows to respect her interest in Kei

* MeaningfulName: A double-instance of it with the same character. Athena was the Goddess of War in Greek Mythology, and serves as Kei's rival. His rebuilt Bronco 2 is dubbed "Orguss", named after the God of War from Jayviet's dimension. [[spoiler: Then it's revealed that Athena is Kei's daughter with his girlfriend Tina. Due to Japanese phonetics, Athena's name would be pronounced "Atina"]]

** Mimsy and Jabby's names are "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}" references.

* GainaxEnding: The natural result of the setting. By the last story arc, everyone knows that the Mu robots are resisting any and all efforts to fix the world, believing that the artificial greenhouse effect will spare inorganic lifeforms. The Chilam still have some scheme to control Kei and Olson when they repair space-time, and it's heavily implied the Emaan have something up their sleeves too. Kei and Olson reach the Great Idiosyncratic Point just before it is about to be destroyed by a meteor... [[spoiler:only to find that the [=GIP=] is actually the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb ''trapped in the moments before its activation'' '''along with a pre-Orguss Kei and Olson.''' The older Kei and Olson realize the implications immediately and draw their weapons, resulting in their past selves drawing their own, followed by four gunshots. With everyone capable of activating it dead, the [[CuttingTheKnot bomb self-destructs]], ending an otherwise StableTimeLoop. Thus, every timeline began flowing separately, making [[TheMultiverse all possible endings true]].]]

''Orguss'' is a 1983 anime series from Creator/StudioNue ( the creators of ''{{Macross}}''), and Creator/TMSEntertainment (the studio that did ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}'').

* {{Expy}}: Many of the characters resemble those from the previous "Super Dimension" show, ''{{Macross}}''. Which isn't too surprising seeing as how it's the same character designer. Mimsy in particular looks like Minmei but with Misa's hair color.

Not as popular, but more imaginative, than its older brother, Orguss is the second show in the "Super Dimension" series, between ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''The SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross''.

''Orguss'' is a 1983 anime series from Creator/StudioNue ( the creators of ''{{Macross}}''), and TokyoMovieShinsha (the studio that did ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}'').

One flash of light later, Kei finds himself [[TrappedInAnotherWorld hurled into what he believes is another world]]... or is it? As it turns out, the world he ends up in is Earth; ''however'', it is an Earth that is made up of many different dimensions... many alternate Earths squashed together - where dinosaurs evolved into a sentient species, where mankind was destroyed in a RobotWar, where monarchies never fell, etc. When Kei started fiddling with the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb, he ended up turning the [[FantasyKitchenSink space-time of the entire planet into kudzu]]. A kudzu world with an ''[[RaceAgainstTheClock expiration date]]'', as the dimensional effect is maintaining itself at roughly a few miles above the planet's surface, and is trapping enough heat in the atmosphere that everyone will bake to death in a few more years. Kei ends up on the Emaan flying ship ''Glomar'', joining its crew of gypsy-like traders on a quest across the planet and back to restore the [=pre-STOB=] world before all life is exterminated.

A six-episode sequel OVA, ''Orguss 02'' done by JCStaff (of ''{{Slayers}}'' fame), was released in 1993. The story is set in a completely different world; at first, the only ties to the original series are the Orguss and Nikick mecha buried around the world, along with the ruins of the orbital elevator where everything started. The kingdoms of Rivilia and Zafrin have both learned how to rebuild the ruined "[[AMechByAnyOtherName armors]]" (or "Decimators" in the English dub) using their {{World War II}}-level SchizoTech, and the cold war between them is on the verge of igniting. But more of the original story resurfaces as young Rivilian mechanic Lean is sucked into the conflict between the nations, and meets Nataruma, an [[PhlebotinumRebel escaped Zafrin agent]] with strange powers, a [[BrokenBird chip on her shoulder]], and an unusual heritage...

Not as popular, but more imaginative, than its older brother, Orguss is the second show in the "Super Dimension" series, between ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''The SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross''.

* SphereOfDestruction: Played with near the end. [[spoiler: After Parion defeats the giant Zafrin decimator, he launches a missile at their capital that explodes into one of these... except we see everyone and everything inside the sphere, untouched. That is, [[DepopulationBomb until all the people vomit up blood, collapse, and die]]. Parion muses that the corpses will make good fertilzer for the gardens he hopes will grow from the ruins.]]

* SchizoTech: Salvaged mecha in a world which has otherwise pretty much reverted to an early-20th century level of technology.
* SphereOfDestruction

* NamesToKnowInAnime: HirotakaSuzuoki voiced Olson D. Verne

In the year 2065, the world's two superpowers are fighting over the control of a SpaceElevator. Fighter pilot Kei Katsuragi and his friend Olson are assigned to just blow the damn thing up, providing escort for engineers using a new "dimensional" weapon of mass destruction - the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Space/Time Oscillation Bomb]]. However, everything goes wrong when the engineers die before it can be set off. Kei is ordered to abandon and self-destruct the bomb, but instead chooses to start [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ''fiddling with it.'']]

In the year 2065, the world's two superpowers are fighting over the control of a SpaceElevator. Fighter pilot Kei Katsuragi and his friend Olson are assigned to just blow the damn thing up, providing escort for engineers using a new "dimensional" weapon of mass destruction - the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Space/Time Oscillation Bomb]]. However, everything goes wrong when the engineers die before it can be set off. Kei is ordered to abandon and self-destruct the bomb, but instead chooses to start ''fiddling with it.''