"Kidô senshi Z Gundam" (1985) TV series

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Yoshiyuki Tomino

Writer:

Yoshiyuki Tomino (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Action | Drama | War

Plot:

After the One Year War and subsequent wars with the last renmants of the Duchy of Zeon, the Earth Federation...

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Colony | Young Soldier | Manga | Anime

Cast

Nobuo Tobita	...	Kamille Bidan
Shûichi Ikeda	...	Quattro Bajeena / Char Aznable
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Bright Noa
Bin Shimada	...	Paptimus Scirocco
Keiichi Nanba	...	Katz Kobayashi
Miyuki Matsuoka	...	Fa Yuiry
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Jerid Mesa
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Jamitov Hymem
Daisuke Gôri	...	Bask Om
Maya Okamoto	...	Emma Sheen
Kiyonobu Suzuki	...	Hayato Kobayashi
Byron Close	...	Blex Forer (voice: English version)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Yazan Gable
Shingo Hiromori	...	Astonaige Medoz
Saeko Shimazu	...	Four Murasame

Also Known As:

"Mobile Suit Z Gundam" (International: English title) (literal title)
"Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam"
"Z Gundam" (International: English title) (short title)
"Zeta Gundam" (International: English title) (short title)

Runtime:

30 min (50 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Trivia:

First "Gundam" series to include the concept of transformable mobile suits.

Quotes:

Kamille Bidan: Monster! So many have died today!
Yazan Gable: No need to cry, you'll be joining them soon.
Kamille Bidan: How dare you enjoy this? Lives are power... lives are the power that sustains the universe! To just waste them! To throw away lives without a second thought! Why does fighting give you so much pleasure? Your nothing but an animal, you don't deserve to live!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

The first (and best) sequel to an anime classic

Following the original series, the Earth Federation has appointed an elite force of soldiers to make sure there are no more one year wars. However, this new force, known as the Titans-is corrupt, and is suppressing the space colonies. In order to oppose them, the AEUG(Anti-Earth United Group) is formed, with Char Anzable as one of it's leaders(Although he's under an alias). In addition, the original White Base crew-mostly under house arrest due to their possible influence-are also secretly backing the organization. However, the returning characters aren't the focus of the show, it's the new ones. Camille Vidan is the new Gundam pilot, and is definitey more aggressive than the original series's Amuro-it's hard to think of a single episode in which Camille isn't beating someone else up or getting beat up himself. Camille's love interests, although similar to Amuro's from the original, are interesting characters, and aspiring ace Jerid Mesa is thankfully not a copy of Char. A lot of the Titans are pretty despicable villains, as well. The mecha designs are pretty nice, incorporating a lot of wires into their design. The animation is pretty good, considering this was made on a television budget in 1985, and much better than Gundam Wing, which was made over decade later. Overall, perhaps one of the best Gundam series. Hurry up and import this thing!