Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
"Kidô senshi Gandamu III: Meguriai sorahen" (original title)

Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle ... See full summary »

Directors:

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Writers:

Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Hajime Yatate

Stars:

Tôru Furuya, Shûichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki

Cast

Credited cast:
Tôru Furuya	...	Amuro Ray
Shûichi Ikeda	...	Char Aznable (Casval Rem Daikun)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Bright Noah
Yô Inoue	...	Sayla Mass (Artesia Som Daikun) / Kikka
Kiyonobu Suzuki	...	Hayato Kobayashi
Fuyumi Shiraishi	...	Mirai Yashima
Toshio Furukawa	...	Kai Shiden
Keiko Han	...	Lalah
Rumiko Ukai	...	Frau Bow
Banjô Ginga	...	Giren Zabi
Mami Koyama	...	Kishiria Zabi
Hidekatsu Shibata	...	Degin Zabi
Makio Inoue	...	Slegger Lau
Yasuo Matsumura	...	Admiral Revil
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olivia Bardeau	...	Sayla Mass (voice)

Storyline

Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Duchy of Zeon's forces.

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Plot Keywords:

space | space war | sequel | anime | piloted giant robot | 

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Taglines:

Space Reverberates, And Two Souls Meet By Chance....

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

13 March 1982 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nippon Sunrise, Sotsu Agency, Sunrise

Technical Specs

Runtime:

144 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

As Tem Ray watches the battle outside of Side 6 in his workshop, parts for an unassembled Haro (Amuro's toy robot and Gundam's unofficial mascot) can be seen on one of the tables.

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Crazy Credits

After the end of the credits there's a message that reads, "And now... in anticipation of your insight into the future."

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Connections

Followed by Mobile Suit Z Gundam 3: A New Translation - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars (2006)

User Reviews

Encounter the Incredible

I have to say this is one of the best animated movies, and overall motion pictures a person can see. It draws from emotion, science fiction, love, and war, in realistic entrapping ways, that keep your eyes to the screen like voodoo. Beautiful moments string together the movie surrounded by fantastic battle scenes. The dialog is great, especially for an anime, and brings intense meaning into the relationships of the characters. Encounters in Space, and the rest of the Gundam trilogy, is just as good as any big American trilogy. In my opinion it is close up there with the original star wars trilogy. It's teaming with thoughtful content and surprises.

The soft moments of the film when fighting dosen't take place, arn't the least bit boring like in other animes either. However, I must say that Char's Counterattack, one of the sequels to this series is the only example of a superior Gundam film. Virtually though, this film is pretty flawless, it's in the same boat as other anime masterpieces like the miyazaki films, end of evangelion, and Ghost in the shell. Anyways, just watch these movies, rent them, buy them, steal them, just watch them.