Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy

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[ part of [Gundam], compilation of Mobile Suit Gundam (TV) ]

Alternative title:

Gundam 0079 Movie Trilogy

Gundam Movies [1-3]

Kidō Senshi Gundam I (Japanese)

Kidō Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi (Japanese)

Kidō Senshi Gundam III: Meguriai Sora (Japanese)

Mobile Suit Gundam I

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

機動戦士ガンダムⅠ (Japanese)

機動戦士ガンダムⅡ哀・戦士編 (Japanese)

機動戦士ガンダムⅢ　めぐりあい宇宙編 (Japanese)

機動戰士鋼彈 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: action, drama, science fiction

Themes: mecha, military, real robot, space, space colonies, space navy

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: The year is Universal Century 0079. For nine months, war has been raging between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. On the space colony Green Noah at Side 7, the cluster of colonies farthest from the moon, the Federation has completed its new prototype mobile suits. However, the Zeon launch a surprise attack. In the midst of battle, fifteen-year-old Amuro Ray activates one of the Federation mobile suits, and from then on he defends his friends and the new assault carrier White Base from countless Zeon attacks as the war rages on around them.

User Ratings: 483 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 117 votes (sub:94, dub:12, raw:5, ?:3, others:3

2 Korean subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Excellent: 117 votes (sub:97, dub:16, ?:2, raw:2)

Very good: 105 votes (sub:90, dub:13, edit.dub:1, others:1

1 Polish subtitled

)

Good: 83 votes (sub:64, dub:15, edit.dub:1, ?:1, raw:1, others:1

1 French subtitled

)

Decent: 32 votes (sub:25, dub:7)

So-so: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:3)

Not really good: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)

Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)

Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)

Awful: -

Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 1105 users, rank: #885 (of 5579)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.153 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7438, rank: #355 (of 5568)
Weighted mean: 8.164 (Very good), rank: #282 (of 5568) (seen all: 8.25 / seen some: 6.90 / won't finish: 3.95)
Bayesian estimate: 8.150 (Very good), rank: #185 (of 4248)

Running time: 135 minutes

Vintage: 1981-03-14

Premiere date:

1981-03-14 (Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam I)

1981-07-11 (Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow)

1982-03-13 (Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space)

2000-01-21 (Italy - Future Film Festival)

2000-10-29 (Japan, Movies I~III Special Edition)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Suna no Juujika" (砂の十字架; Cross of Sand) by Takajin Yashiki

#2: "Ai Senshi" (哀戦士; Soldiers of Sorrow) by Daisuke Inoue

#3: "Meguriai" (めぐりあい; Encounters) by Daisuke Inoue

Insert song:

"Beginning" (ビギニング) by Daisuke Inoue [Movie 3]

"Kaze ni Hitori de" (風にひとりで; Alone in the Wind) by Daisuke Inoue [Movie 2]

"Star Children (スターチルドレン)" by Takajin Yashiki [Movie 1]

Official website:

Bandai Channel's Mobile Suit Gundam Site (Japanese)

Bandai's Mobile Suit Museum (Japanese)

Beez's Official MS Gundam Website

Gundam Official

Nekotachi Entertainment's Official Gundam Homepage (Dutch)

Comment:

While the first movie uses existing footage from the series, the second movie has at least 30% of new animation while the third movie consists of nearly 70% all-original footage. For added realism to the storyline, mecha such as the G-Armor and Zakrello, as well as weapons such as the Gundam Hammer and Beam Javelin, were omitted from the movie trilogy.

For the Special Edition DVD release, the audio was re-recorded with a rearranged soundtrack and majority of the original voice cast reprising their roles. The DVDs are in Japanese with English subtitles only.

Reviews:

Gundam Movie III DVD (Sep 7, 2002)

Gundam Movie II DVD (Aug 25, 2002)

Gundam Movie I DVD (Jul 10, 2002)

Gundam Movies Box Set (Jun 19, 2002)

Gundam Movie Trilogy (Jan 1, 1970)

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