As you mechafans might already know, a new Gundam series will air in Octobre. Saturday the 6th at 6.00 p.m. this new series will premiere on MBS/TBS taking up the timeslot that was previously taken by the Gundam SEED and SEED Destiny series. 

Gundam 00 is set in 2307. Fossil fuels on Earth have been depleted entirely, with mankind turning to the next available power source: solar energy. During this time, 3 orbital elevators with solar power generation systems are built, each under control by the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (formerly United States of America), the Human Reform League (Russia, China and India) and the Advanced European Union. However, not all countries are able to enjoy the benefits of this system, leading to widespread resentment and war.
Arising out of the conflict, a mysterious non-profit military organization known as Celestial Being appears, dedicated to end all warfare using Mobile Suits called Gundam. This begins the stories of Gundam Meisters (pilots) Setsuna F. Seiei, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism and Tiera Erde as they are thrown into conflict between the 3 superpowers and the other various factions.

The protagonist is 16-year old Setsuna F. Seiei, a quiet, taciturn young man who grew up in a war-torn Middle East, being of Kurdish descent, and a Gundam Meister since two years ago. He will pilot the GN-001 Gundam Exia, a high mobility mobile suit effective in melee combat and the main mobile suit of the show.

Visit the Japanese official site for more info about the 4 Gundam mobile suits, characters and seeing the canon fodder mecha, although it's all still in Japanese.