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It's 1 Part WWE, 2 Parts Rollerball.

- The animated universe differs significantly from the game's, the producers' intent to start the series with a mecha-combat tournament held between the Vanguard of Justice and the Shadow Dragons.

- After the resolution of the tournament storyline rising tensions would lead to war between the North and South, which would in turn be followed by an invasion from Earth trying to reconquer its old colony planet, forcing the North and South to join forces for their own survival. This storyline never finished.

Heavy Gear

Rating: TV-Y7FV Genre: Animation

Synopsis:

Four thousand years in the future, Terra Nova is a planet made up of the North and South territories that have been in conflict with one another for centuries. Soldiers on both sides use a battle instrument called Heavy Gear - powerful armor of gigantic proportions, to fight each other.

Starring:

Michael Chiklis, Clancy Brown, David DeLuise, Jim Wise, Lukas Haas, Charles Shaughnessy, Vanessa Williams

Heavy Gear - Season 1, Episode 1

(20:50)

By: heavygear Released: 4/3/2009 Genre: Animation

7 Ratings

''The Tournament'' - An organized professional duel between the Northern Vanguard of Justice and the Southern Shadow Dragons held in the Badlands turns into a giant brawl -- and young Badlander Marcus Rover pitches in to help the Shadow Dragons who end up winning the tournament.