Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless Waltz (TV 2000)

After Colony 196, Treize Kushrenada is dead and the 5 young soldiers known as the Gundam pilots have brought peace between Earth and the Colonies through Operation me. Now they move on with... See full summary »

Writer:

Rika Takahashi (translation)

Stars:

Mark Hildreth, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Hildreth	...	Heero Yuy (voice)
Scott McNeil	...	Duo Maxwell (voice)
Kirby Morrow	...	Trowa Barton (voice)
Brad Swaile	...	Quatre Rabera Winner (voice)
Ted Cole	...	Chang Wufei (voice)
Brian Drummond	...	Zechs Marquise (voice)
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Relena Peacecraft (voice)
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Mariemaia Kushrenada (voice)
Saffron Henderson	...	Lucrezia Noin (voice)
Enuka Okuma	...	Lady Une (voice)
Cathy Weseluck	...	Dorothy Catelonia (voice)
Jim Byrnes	...	Dekim Barton (voice)
Campbell Lane	...	Narrator (voice)
Michael Dobson	...	(voice)
Paul Dobson	...	(voice)

Storyline

After Colony 196, Treize Kushrenada is dead and the 5 young soldiers known as the Gundam pilots have brought peace between Earth and the Colonies through Operation me. Now they move on with their lives and their Gundams are being disposed of in the sun, never needed again. Or do they? Meet Marimaia Kushrenada, the long lost daughter of Treize. Manipulated by her grandfather Dekim, she plans to take over earth and bring it back to war with the true Operation Meteor. Relana Peacecraft gets kidnapped by her and the thought dead Barton organization and to top it off one of the Gundam pilots is fighting by their side. Now their only hope of bringing peace back is on its way to the sun. Who is the traitor? What was the true intention of Operation Meteor Will they get their Gundams in time for one last battle? Will there finally be peace?

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Genres:

Animation | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Bandai

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Endless Waltz

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ocean Group, Sunrise

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Chang Wufei: I do not accept Relena Peacecraft's ways. Her belief that peace is obtained by throwing away weapons and confining soldiers is wrong.
Heero: So that's why you're allowing Mariemaia's autocracy?
Chang Wufei: That's where the souls who fight gather!
[Nataku strikes and hits Wing Gundam Zero]
Heero: That maybe ok for now but Mariemaia will end up repeating history, the history full of miserable battles. Unless we stop this process now more soldiers like ourselves will become nessescary. If that happens history will continue ...
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Connections

Alternate-language version of Shin kidô senki Gundam W: Endless Waltz (1998)

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Soundtracks

"White Reflection"
Performed by Two-Mix

User Reviews

Better than the series

Endless Waltz is a pretty good conclusion to Gundam Wing. Since it was made two years later(Gundam Wing was released in 95, EW in 97) and on a higher budget(Since this is a video), it obviously looks more impressive than the variable animation of the television series. While the mecha animation is pretty good, it isn't up to 0083(1991)or 08th MS team(1997) a fault which I think is probably due to the director. The mechas from the series have redesigned and are now even more super-robotish; but now instead of looking like eyesores, they look aesthetically pleasing. Anyway, EW takes place about one year after Gundam Wing, and the mobile suits from the series-including the Gundams-are being dismantled to make way for a new, peaceful era. But a new enemy emerges, one with both a connection to the original plan for the Gundam's mission and also Trieze Kushrenada, the dictator from Wing. So when the peace-preaching Relena gets kidnapped, Heero and pals need to retrieve their Gundams and fight one more battle for peace. In some ways, the stories is equal parts prequel and sequel, since we get glimpses into the pasts of the G-boys and their original purpose. Anyway, Gundam Wing:Endless Waltz is a pretty good way to spend an hour and a half, even if you disliked the show.