The first Gundam production to employ live actors and computer graphic mobile suits, G-Saviour is a product of Sunrise's 20th anniversary project. Jointly produced in Japan and the United States, and with an international cast, it's finally scheduled to debut on Japanese television on December 29, 2000. In the meantime, it's spun off a three-episode radio drama prequel and a video game sequel, all titled simply "G-Saviour."
G-Saviour is set in the Universal Century continuity, in the year UC 0223 - seventy years after Victory Gundam. In UC 0218, the decrepit Earth Federation finally collapsed, to be replaced by a new world government, the Congress of Settlement Nations (or "CONSENT" for short). By now, the Congress holds sway over the Earth and many of the space colonies, or "settlements" as they're now known. In the independent settlements, a secret resistance group called "Illuminati" is formed to resist the Congress's imperialism.
The story of the G-Saviour television special, and its radio prequel, revolves around a new bioluminscent energy source that promises to usher in a new era of agricultural productivity, ending humanity's ongoing food crisis. Evil conspirators within the Congressional forces seek to suppress this discovery, so that they can exploit the food shortage for their own political advantage.
Though our heroes eventually defeat the schemers, Illuminati's battle continues. The video game sequel, released for the PlayStation 2 in September 2000, is set the following year and features a different cast of characters and mobile suits. Here, the player character is sent to stop the Congressional force's newest weapons development project, Project Raiven.