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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Original title: Kidô senshi Gandamu: Gyakushû no Shâ
  • 1988
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.2K
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
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Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.

  • Director
    • Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • Writer
    • Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • Stars
    • Tôru Furuya
    • Shûichi Ikeda
    • Hirotaka Suzuoki
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    2.2K
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    • Director
      • Yoshiyuki Tomino
    • Writer
      • Yoshiyuki Tomino
    • Stars
      • Tôru Furuya
      • Shûichi Ikeda
      • Hirotaka Suzuoki
    • 19User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tôru Furuya
    Tôru Furuya
    • Amuro Ray
    • (voice)
    Shûichi Ikeda
    • Char Aznable
    • (voice)
    Hirotaka Suzuoki
    Hirotaka Suzuoki
    • Bright Noah
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Maria Kawamura
    • Quess Paraya
    • (voice)
    Nozomu Sasaki
    Nozomu Sasaki
    • Hathaway Noah
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Kôichi Yamadera
    Kôichi Yamadera
    • Gyunei Guss
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Mitsuki Yayoi
    • Chan Agi
    • (voice)
    Yoshiko Sakakibara
    Yoshiko Sakakibara
    • Nanai Miguel
    • (voice)
    Fuyumi Shiraishi
    Fuyumi Shiraishi
    • Mirai Yashima Noah
    • (voice)
    Shingo Hiromori
    • Astonage Medos
    • (voice)
    Shinobu Adachi
    • Kayra Suu
    • (voice)
    Kazue Ikura
    Kazue Ikura
    • Rezun Schneider
    • (voice)
    Keiko Han
    Keiko Han
    • Lala Sun
    • (voice)
    Alaina Burnett
    • Cheimin Noah
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Louis Chirillo
    Louis Chirillo
    • Additional Voices
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Trevor Devall
    Trevor Devall
    • Adenaur Paraya
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Brian Dobson
    Brian Dobson
    • Space Port Attendent
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Jenn Forgie
    Jenn Forgie
    • Nanai Mingueru
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Yoshiyuki Tomino
    • Writer
      • Yoshiyuki Tomino
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    • Trivia
      The mobile suits racing from Earth to help Amuro in the end are RGM-86R GM III's, which were originally featured in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.
    • Quotes

      Char Aznable: Lalah Sune was a young woman who may very well have become a mother to me, you took her away her life, so don't you dare judge me!

      Amuro Ray: Lalah... Lalah?

      [psychoframe overloads]

    • Connections
      Featured in Happyô! Zen Gandamu Dai Tôhyô (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Beyond the Time (Mebiusu no Sora wo Koete)
      (Beyond the Time --Beyond the Möbius Universe--)

      Performed by TM NETWORK

      Music and arrangement by Tetsuya Komuro

      Lyrics by Mitsuko Komuro

      Courtesy of EPIC/Sony

    User reviews19

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    8/10

    Gundam concludes with bang

    You have asked wondered "who will survive" and you have "seen the tears of time". Now, the final chapter of an anime legend, the Universal Century Gundam saga, comes to its mind blowing conclusion.

    Char's Counterattack is the culmination of years worth of Gundam storyline, in particular, the rivalry between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable that was established in the 1979 Gundam series but was never really followed through in the sequels.

    The numerous factions from Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam have been done away with and we are back in familiar territory now;Char Aznable leads the Neo Zeon movement and Amuro Ray is part of the Londo Bell task-force sent to quell this uprising.

    As a stand alone Gundam movie, Char's counterattack does not do much for the newer audience. It expects that the viewer is already familiar with Gundam lore and the established rivalry between Amuro and Char as it immediately throws you into the thick of the story and the heat of the action. A couple of new characters like Quess Paraya and Hathaway Noa are introduced but they come across as uninteresting and seem like throw-away characters whose only purpose is to fill up screen time when we are not focusing on Char or Amuro. There is a very uncomfortable attempt at creating a shaky love triangle story but the execution of that plot thread was not as good as it could have been.

    Poor attempt at romance aside, Char's counterattack features a number of other themes that the viewers can easily relate to. There is a coming-of-age theme in how Hathaway Noa desires to step out of his father's shadow and discover his own identity, and there is a good deal of wartime rhetoric thrown about by Char. That being said, only once Amuro and Char take center stage does the movie finally find its footing and delivers an engagingly entertaining experience. They are the perfect opposites, each representing widely differing views on war and the idealistic pursuit of peace.

    How far is one willing to go to end a war? Can peace be attained only through bloodshed? Are people only a means to an end when one is so obsessed with pursuing an ideal? Questions like these pop up during the course of the narrative which challenges the viewer to think and question.

    Some fans have complained about the lack of character development of many of the cast, but i can only say this: Char's Counterattack should not be viewed as a stand alone movie. It is not a movie to develop the characters but a movie to bring about a RESOLUTION to the characters that have been developed over the course of the previous Gundam series. That is why i definitely recommend re-watching at least the original Gundam 0079 TV series or compilation movies before watching this movie. Re-watching "Zeta Gundam" would also add to a better understanding of Char's character development over the years.

    Jam packed with epic action sequences thanks to a higher budget and more experienced staff, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack is the exciting concluding chapter in the grand sweeping tale of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable.
    • xamtaro
    • Aug 24, 2009
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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1988 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 機動戰士鋼彈:逆襲的夏亞
    • Production companies
      • Bandai
      • Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Nagoya TV)
      • Shochiku
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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