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A teenage boy must fight in an interplanetary war as the only available pilot to a revolutionary new giant battle robot.A teenage boy must fight in an interplanetary war as the only available pilot to a revolutionary new giant battle robot.A teenage boy must fight in an interplanetary war as the only available pilot to a revolutionary new giant battle robot.
Tôru Furuya
- Amuro Ray
- (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
- Bright Noah
- (voice)
Shôzô Îzuka
- Ryû Jose
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
- Kai Shiden
- (voice)
Fuyumi Shiraishi
- Mirai Yashima
- (voice)
- …
Rumiko Ukai
- Frau Bow
- (voice)
- …
Shûichi Ikeda
- Char Aznable (Casval Rem Daikun)
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Katsuji Mori
- Garma Zabi
- (voice)
Yuzuru Fujimoto
- Degwin Zabi
- (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata
- Degwin Zabi (2000 DVD version)
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Mami Koyama
- Kishiria Zabi
- (voice)
Banjô Ginga
- Giren Zabi
- (voice)
Daisuke Gôri
- Dozul Zabi
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
- (as Yoshio Nagahori)
Masashi Hirose
- Ramba Ral
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
- (as Tadashi Hirose)
Yumi Nakatani
- Hamon Crowley
- (voice)
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- TriviaWeapons used by the RX-78-2 Gundam omitted from the TV version includes the 'Gundam hammer', essentially a chain mace (introduced in Re-Entry to Earth (1979)) and the beam javelin (introduced in Icelina- Love's Remains (1979))
- Quotes
Giren Zabi: My younger brother, Ghama Zabi who was beloved by you all, is dead! Why?
Char Aznable: Because he was a stupid kid.
- Alternate versionsThe new DVD versions in both Japan and the US uses a recently-recorded Dolby 5.1 surround stereo track, complete with re-recorded dialogue from all of the original cast. Tape versions use the original 1979 mono sound track.
- ConnectionsEdited from Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
- SoundtracksStar Children
Composition by Takajin Yashiki
Arrangement by Hiromoto Tobisawa
Lyrics by Yoshiyuki Tomino (as Rin Iogi)
Performed by Takajin Yashiki
Courtesy of King Records
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Of course the big negative of this film is that I'm now hooked into the Gundam universe. I have set time aside, quit my job and cancelled all social plans.
I have no idea why I thought Gundam was like Power Rangers. It's not really a big thing here in New Zealand, at least from the 90s onwards. So my perception is pretty skewed I suppose. This is a pretty dark and dreary war-torn universe that happens to have young people as the protagonists.
This first film was a solid start. It's dated, but if you grew up watching old Hannah Barbara cartoons like I did, it's actually pretty well animated. You have to go in knowing the nature of the original film trilogy: it's a series abridged and because of this the pacing is kind of weird. Basically, it's episodes stitched together, with 'filler' removed and improved animation. I liked it a fair bit. There's actually some gorgeous matte paintings to be found throughout, and the shot composition keeps things visually interesting. There's also none of the anime tropes that I find annoying (those tend to permeate through 2000s-2010s shows). So, a lot of positives. I think due to the shortening, some side characters that presumably got a lot of mundane things to do aren't developed as well as they could have been. The pacing is still rather slow, though I don't mind that so much. And, it does end on a note that doesn't seem incredibly impactful.
Overall this was a great first Gundam experience, and every second I watched improved that one moment in Ready Player One.
I have no idea why I thought Gundam was like Power Rangers. It's not really a big thing here in New Zealand, at least from the 90s onwards. So my perception is pretty skewed I suppose. This is a pretty dark and dreary war-torn universe that happens to have young people as the protagonists.
This first film was a solid start. It's dated, but if you grew up watching old Hannah Barbara cartoons like I did, it's actually pretty well animated. You have to go in knowing the nature of the original film trilogy: it's a series abridged and because of this the pacing is kind of weird. Basically, it's episodes stitched together, with 'filler' removed and improved animation. I liked it a fair bit. There's actually some gorgeous matte paintings to be found throughout, and the shot composition keeps things visually interesting. There's also none of the anime tropes that I find annoying (those tend to permeate through 2000s-2010s shows). So, a lot of positives. I think due to the shortening, some side characters that presumably got a lot of mundane things to do aren't developed as well as they could have been. The pacing is still rather slow, though I don't mind that so much. And, it does end on a note that doesn't seem incredibly impactful.
Overall this was a great first Gundam experience, and every second I watched improved that one moment in Ready Player One.
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