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After watching the first three Gundam films, along with all of Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam, Char's Counterattack didn't build off everything before as well as I would have hoped. It starts off with a deluge of exposition, adding new characters that are central to the plot and ignoring many from the previous shows that could have worked here.Char's character feels rather different than when we last saw him an entire show ago. It seems like there's a really, really good series (or even a film) in between this and when we last saw him and Amuro. Plausibly even during ZZ Gundam.Char could definitely be what he is here - he was on the road to being so - but I don't think the events of Zeta Gundam were enough of a catalyst for his actions in this particular film.Fortunately, nearly everything else about Char's Counterattack is excellent.The hand-drawn animation is stunning and from an era I love. The little CG we do get is very well done, especially for the time.After the beginning the pacing improves, as we see the philosophies of the two leads clash spectacularly.The music is fantastic, and the ending is certainly the biggest thing in scope the series has seen so far. It's fortunately all driven by the themes that Gundam wears on its sleeve, with environmentalism, empathy and understanding playing big roles.So I have to say overall this film was quite satisfying as a conclusion to the first few films, not so much the shows. As I said before, there's a very good story in between this and Zeta, either during or right after ZZ. If that does actually happen, this film can only be improved by it. I will have to watch it again very soon though, it is incredibly dense.

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Reviewed by H4wke 8 / 10

A flawed experience that shines incredibly bright.

Reviewed by Trinadtsat_Tomitsu 8 / 10

Good movie, but victim of Bandai Entertainment R1 release.

The movie itself is great. It's based on the novel, Beltorchika's Children, with several major differences. I would've liked to have seen it more accurate to the novel. The biggest difference is that in the novel, Amuro's girlfriend was Beltorchika (the same girl from Zeta Gundam), and she was pregnant with Amuro's child. Unlike Chan, Beltorchika survived the novel. Bandai did not want Amuro having kids, especially out of wedlock, and they did not want Amuro married, because the fan-girls wouldn't like it. Aside from that, Amuro's Hi-Nu Gundam was also cut out, to save time. I don't know much about the rest of the differences, but I would still say this is a very good movie.The American release, however, is trash. There's no swearing at all, things are translated wrong ("ikimasu" does not translate to "let's do it!"), and "Sieg Zeon" is translated "Hail Zeon" in both the subs and the dub. With a cataclysmic war resulting in over a billion deaths in the original series and many many more in series following, it's nice to know Bandai will be there to save the day, making sure that nobody gets hurt, or at least in the American version. Blah.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

1988 [JAPANESE]

Action / Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi / War

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

1988 [JAPANESE]

Action / Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi / War

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A flawed experience that shines incredibly bright.

Good movie, but victim of Bandai Entertainment R1 release.

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