Japan Synopsis
Universal Century 223 – Humanity struggles to survive as wide spread famine spreads throughout the Earth and its orbiting space settlements known as Sides. Ex-Congressional pilot, Mark Curran stumbles across a conspiracy to suppress a discovery that could potentially end the food crisis. Utilizing an advance Mobile Suit, the G-Savior, Curran is thrust into battle against a powerful Congressional force. But can the colonies prevail against such overwhelming odds?
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with G-Saviour. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
★ 6.5 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam I
★ 6.9 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam F91
★ 6.4 · Japan
3 sharedEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
★ 7.8 · Japan
3 sharedNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
★ 7.4 · Japan
Other Titles From Bandai Visual
Action + Science Fiction in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding G-Saviour itself).
The 1998–2000 Japan Window
In the crowded 1998-2000 Japan release window, G-Saviour sits at #185 of 187. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when G-Saviour premiered alongside 60 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 60 other Japan films in 1999.
The 1213th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 25% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 17th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on G-Saviour, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- real robot · 5
- giant robot · 24
- gundam · 20
- piloted robot · 9
- universal century · 9
- mecha · 68
- based on anime · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,517 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (1st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,697 of 1,714 (top 99%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, Japan |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Bandai Visual |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | June 18, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0198123 |