Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
機動戦士ガンダム：逆襲のシャア (Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack)
Genre	Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction
Movie
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio	Sunrise
Released	March 12, 1988
Runtime	124 minutes

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア/Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā; Mobile Suit Gundam: The Counterattacking Char) is an anime movie set in the primary Universal Century timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC 0093.

Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, Char's Counterattack is the final culmination of the original saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam and continued through Zeta Gundam and Double Zeta Gundam, marking the final conflict of the fourteen year rivalry between Char Aznable and Amuro Ray, and the end of the EF/Zeon conflicts. The movie is based on the novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino.

In addition to being the first original Gundam theatrical release, Char's Counterattack was also the first Gundam production to make use of computer graphics during a five-second shot of a colony rotating serenely in space. Char's Counterattack made its American debut on January 4, 2003 at 11 p.m. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

Contents 1 Production 2 Story 3 Characters 3.1 Earth Federation 3.2 Londo Bell 3.3 Neo-Zeon 3.4 Civilians 3.5 Other 4 Weapons and Support Units 4.1 Earth Federation Forces 4.2 Londo Bell 4.3 Neo-Zeon 5 Cast 6 Theme songs 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Production

Three of the four mecha designers credited on Char's Counterattack went on to direct their own anime series: Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon) and Koichi Ohata (Burst Angel). Yoshinori Sayama continued designing on shows such as Patlabor, Cowboy Bebop and Izubuchi's RahXephon.

[edit] Story

The year is Universal Century 0093. Five years have passed since the First Neo-Zeon War. The Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space Char Aznable re-appears out of self imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement. Unlike movements of the past, Char intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an ice age. Faced with a renewed space war the Earth Federation tasks Londo Bell to suppress Char’s uprising before it can gain momentum. When Neo Zeon forces agree to surrender in exchange for the abandoned mining colony Axis the Federation believes that the crisis has been averted; however Londo bell forces think otherwise, and when the asteroid unexpectedly begins moving toward earth Londo Bell’s worst fears are realised. With Neo Zeon forces poised to win, and the Federation unable to reinforce Londo Bell the fate of Earth once more rests with Amuro Ray and his RX-93 Nu Gundam.

Initially, because of the ambiguous ending, it was debatable as to whether Char and Amuro actually died at the end. Common fan wisdom in such cases is the assumption that the characters could somehow return if the actors playing them were interested enough. Both First Gundam and Zeta Gundam ended with Char unaccounted for but a visual teaser indicating that he may have survived the final battles of those series. There was no such thing seen in Char's Counterattack, however, and Tomino in his novelization, has clearly indicated that Char and Amuro are indeed deceased. Still, the with the new Zeta Gundam movies, it is possible that all of the occurences of this movie have been retconned.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Earth Federation

• Adenaur Paraya

[edit] Londo Bell

• Bright Noa
• Amuro Ray
• Chan Agi
• Astonaige Medoz
• Kayra Su
• Meran

[edit] Neo-Zeon

• Char Aznable
• Gyunei Guss
• Nanai Miguel
• Rezin Schnyder
• Horst Harness
• Lyle

[edit] Civilians

• Mirai Yashima
• Hathaway Noa
• Cheimin Noa
• Quess Paraya
• Cameron Bloom
• Katherine
• October Saran

[edit] Other

• Lalah Sune (Shown in flashbacks and dreams)

[edit] Weapons and Support Units

[edit] Earth Federation Forces

Mobile Weapons

• RGM-86R GM III
• RGM-89 Jegan

Support Units

• Clop class
• FF-X7-Bst Core Booster
• Salamis Kai class

[edit] Londo Bell

Mobile Weapons

• Med
• RGM-89 Jegan
• RGZ-91 Re-GZ
• RX-93 ν Gundam
• Zuck

Support Units

• Base Jabber Mobile Suit Sled
• Clop class
• Ra Cailum-class (Ra Cailum)
  • Note: clicking the first link will take you to the class page, clicking the second link will take you to the Ra Cailums personal page.

[edit] Neo-Zeon

• AMS-119 Geara Doga
• MSN-03 Jagd Doga
• MSN-04 Sazabi
• NZ-333 α Azieru
• RMS-116H Hobby Hizack

Support Units

• Musaka-class
• Rewloola-class
• Shackles Mobile Suit Sled

[edit] Cast

Character	Japanese Actor	English Actor
Amuro Ray	Toru Furuya	Brad Swaile
Char Aznable	Shuichi Ikeda	Michael Kopsa
Bright Noah	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Chris Kalhoon
Quess Paraya	Maria Kawamura	Jocelyne Loewen
Hathaway Noah	Nozomu Sasaki	Bill Switzer
Gyunei Guss	Kouichi Yamadera	Kirby Morrow
Nanai Mingueru	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Jenn Forgie
Chan Agi	Mitsuki Yayoi	Nicole Leroux
Astonaige Medoz	Shingo Hiromori	Ty Olsson
Cameron Bloom	Kaneto Shiozawa	David Mackay
Mirai Noah	Fuyumi Shiraishi	Cathy Weseluck
Cheimin Noah	Mayumi Shou	Alaina Burnett
Kayra Su	Shinobu Adachi	Angela Hendricks
Adenaur Paraya	Shunsuke Shima	Trevor Devall
Lalah Sune	Keiko Han	Willow Johnson

[edit] Theme songs

Ending:

• Beyond the Time by TM Network (Tetsuya Komuro, Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine)

[edit] See also

Preceded by (in timeline): Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Followed by (in timeline): Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (Novel), Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (Novel), Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Variation models: Char's Counterattack Mobile Suit Variations (CCA-MSV)

[edit] External links

• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia