Gundam Build Fighters TV Animated Series - New Images & Info [Updated 9/14/13]

Gundam Build Fighters TV Anime to Premiere in October!
Airing Date: Oct 7th 2013

Japan's TV Stations Air Schedule:

TV Tokyo (6:00 PM every Monday evening on October 7th 2013)

TV Osaka (6:00 PM every Monday evening on October 7th 2013)

TV Aichi (6:00 PM every Monday evening on October 7th 2013)

Terebisetouchi (6:00 PM every Monday evening on October 7th 2013)

Terebihokkaido (6:00 PM every Monday evening on October 7th 2013)

TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (6:00 PM every Monday evening on October 7th 2013)

BS11 (7:00 PM every Sunday evening on October 13, 2013)

AT-X 

(7:00PM every Wednesday evening on October 9, 2013, 10:00 AM every Friday morning on October 11, 2013, 4:00 AM every Monday morning on October 14, 2013)

[Updated 9/14/13]
On October 4th 2013, three days before the TV premiere of the Mobile Suit Gundam Build Fighters TV animated series.  A special Mobile Suit Gundam Build Fighters event will be held at Diver City (Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan).  A special screening of episode 1 will be aired live on the large screen TV in front of Diver City building (where the 1/1 scale RX-78-2 Gundam stands).  Special guests such as the series artist and voice actors will make a live stage appeareance.  Also, live stage performance of the opening theme song "Nibun no Ichi" by BACK-ON and ending theme song "Imagination>Reality" by AiRI will be performed.

In addition, October 5th will be the release date of the HG 1/144 Build Strike Gundam Full Package gunpla kit.  And starting October 10th, visitors at Gundam Front Tokyo (Diver City, Odaiba, Tokyo) will be getting a free Build Strike Gundam - Gundam Tri Age promotion card as a gift item.

[Updated 7/2/13]
Gundam model builders & fighters compete for world championships in near-future story

Gundam Build Fighters, the newest Gundam TV series, was announced at today's "Gundam New Video Project" press conference. The series will air on TV Tokyo and affiliates beginning in October 2013. 

Gundam Build Fighters tells the story of new battles fought by some of Gundam fans' favorite mobile suits, while letting new fans' taste for Gunpla carry them into enjoyment of a TV series. 

The series will be directed by Kenji Nagasaki, assistant director of the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 TV series and movie, and written by Gundam 00 screenwriter Yosuke Kuroda.

Character designs have been created by Kenichi Ohnuki, an art director for Gundam SEED and later TV series, with assistance from Suzuhito Yasuda.

The star-studded mechanical design lineup includes Kunio Okawara. Junichi Akutsu, Junya Ishigaki, Kanetake Ebikawa, and Kenji Teraoka.

The series will feature not only new mecha designs, but also customized designs from previous Gundam projects such as Build Strike Gundam (Gundam Seed), Zaku Amazing (first Gundam), Wing Gundam Fenice (Gundam W), and Gundam X Maō (Gundam X). The anime will tie into an HG Build Fighters model kit line that encourages customization with the accompanying HG Build Custom line of accessories.

STORY:

The near future.

Years after the huge "Gunpla"-plastic models based on the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam-boom of the 1980s.

A second Gunpla boom is taking the world by storm, fueled by the revolutionary new ability to pilot your own Gunpla creations in "Gunpla Battles". These incredibly-popular Battles culminate in a yearly global tournament.

Our hero Sei Iori, is a young Gunpla builder who dreams of someday making it to the world champonships. An only child whose family owns a model shop, his talent is well-honed, but his weak piloting abilities have led to a series of first-round losses.

Then, one day, he meets a boy named Reiji whose piloting skills are incredible. Together as a team, they take on the world!

Sei, the Gunpla Builder.

Reiji, the Gunpla Fighter.

Sei builds, Reiji fights.

Together, they're the Build Fighters!

Their dream is to make it to the Gunpla Battle World Championship... and ein!

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BATTLE SYSTEM:

Gunpla Battles are conducted using the Battle System.
When a completed Gunpla and a "GP Base" containing its build data are placed within the Build System, it begins to emit "Plavsky particles".
These particles, discovered a decade before Gunpla Build Fighters takes place, react with the Gunpla's plastic, allowing it to be piloted externally.
The particles also apply a realistic effect to beams, explosives, and more, giving Gunpla Battles all the excitement and impact of real combat.
The existence of Plavsky particles breathes life into Gunpla, letting them take part in the ultimate Gunpla Battle!

CHARACTERS:

The story is set in the near future when GunPla Battles, competitions that pit Gundam plastic models against each other, have become popular worldwide in the "Second GunPla Boom." Sei Iori (pictured above), a first-year middle-school student and the only son of a model shop owner, is talented at building GunPla, but inexperienced in the GunPla Battles. He encounters a mysterious boy named Reiji (pictured below) who happens to be an accomplished Gundam Fighter. Together, they strive for the GunPla Battle world championships. Sei's customized GunPla is the Build Strike Gundam (pictured above).

Other characters include Tatsuya Yūki (pictured below), the model club president and resident campus "idol" at Sei's school. He is talented at both GunPla building and GunPla Battles, and he already placed in the last GunPla Battle world championships. His nickname is the "Crimson Comet," and his GunPla of choice is the Zaku Amazing.

China Kōsaka (pictured below) is a first-year school girl at Sei's academy and a member in both the class council and art club. Her family runs the Kōsaka restaurant.

Kenji Nagasaki (No. 6) is directing off scripts supervised by Yousuke Kuroda (Gundam 00). Kenichi Ohnuki (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer, Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians, Garzey's Wing) is designing the characters in collaboration with Suzuhito Yasuda (Yozakura Quartet, Durarara!!, Devil Survivor 2 The Animation). The mecha designer roster includes Kunio Okawara, Junichi Akutsu, Junya Ishigaki, Kanetake Ebikawa, and Kenji Teraoka.

In addition to the model lines, the digital card game Gundam Try Age will add Gundam Build Fighters via a Build MS 3-Dan update in Japanese arcades this fall. The Gundam Breaker game for PlayStation 3 will also tie into the concept of customizable mobile suits.
Info via AnimeNewsNetwork, Gundam.Info