MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CHAR'S COUNTERATTACK

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'''Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack''' (機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア/''Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā; Mobile Suit Gundam: The Counterattacking Char'') is an anime movie set in the primary Universal Century timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC 0093.
Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, ''Char's Counterattack'' is the final culmination of the original saga begun in ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' and continued through ''Zeta Gundam'' and ''Double Zeta Gundam'', marking the final conflict of the fourteen year rivalry between Char Aznable and Amuro Ray, and the end of the EF/Zeon conflicts. The movie is based on the novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
In addition to being the first original ''Gundam'' theatrical release, ''Char's Counterattack'' was also the first ''Gundam'' production to make use of computer graphics during a five-second shot of a colony rotating serenely in space. Char's Counterattack made its American debut on January 4, 2003 at 11 p.m. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

Contents

Story

Characters

Londo Bell

Civilians

Other

Weapons and Support Units

Londo Bell

Cast

Production

Theme songs

External links

Story

The year is Universal Century 0093. Five years have passed since the First Neo-Zeon War. The Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space Char Aznable re-appears out of self imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement. Unlike movements of the past, Char intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an ice age. Faced with a renewed space war the Earth Federation tasks Londo Bell to suppress Char’s uprising before it can gain momentum. When Neo Zeon forces agree to surrender in exchange for the abandoned mining colony Axis the Federation believes that the crisis has been averted; however Londo Bell forces think otherwise, and when the asteroid unexpectedly begins moving toward earth Londo Bell’s worst fears are realised. With Neo Zeon forces poised to win, and the Federation unable to reinforce Londo Bell the fate of Earth once more rests with Amuro Ray and his RX-93 Nu Gundam.
Initially, because of the ambiguous ending, it was debatable as to whether Char and Amuro actually died at the end. Common fan wisdom in such cases is the assumption that the characters could somehow return if the actors playing them were interested enough. Both First Gundam and Zeta Gundam ended with Char unaccounted for but a visual teaser indicating that he may have survived the final battles of those series. There was no such thing seen in Char's Counterattack, however, and Tomino in his novelization, has clearly indicated that Char and Amuro are indeed deceased. However, like Tomino's previous novelization of First Gundam, the Char's Counterattack novelization substantially changes many aspects of the story and thus its ending does not necessarily reflect that of movie.

Characters

===Earth Federation===

★ Adenaur Paraya

Londo Bell

★ Bright Noa

★ Amuro Ray

★ Chan Agi

★ Astonaige Medoz

★ Kayra Su

★ Meran
===Neo-Zeon===

★ Char Aznable

★ Gyunei Guss

★ Nanai Miguel

★ Rezin Schnyder

★ Horst Harness

★ Lyle

Civilians

★ Mirai Yashima

★ Hathaway Noa

★ Cheimin Noa

★ Quess Paraya

★ Cameron Bloom

★ Katherine

★ October Saran

Other

★ Lalah Sune (Shown in flashbacks and dreams)

Weapons and Support Units

'', MSN-04 Sazabi (left), MSN-03 Jagd Doga (right) and RX-93 Nu Gundam (bottom)]]
===Earth Federation Forces===
'Mobile Weapons'

★ RGM-86R GM III

★ RGM-89 Jegan
'Support Units'

★ Clop class

★ FF-X7-Bst Core Booster

★ Salamis Kai class

Londo Bell

'Mobile Weapons'

★ Med

★ RGM-89 Jegan

★ RGZ-91 Re-GZ

★ RX-93 ν Gundam

★ Zuck
'Support Units'

★ Base Jabber Mobile Suit Sled

★ ''Clop'' class

★ ''Ra Cailum''-class (''Ra Cailum'')

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★ 'Note': clicking the first link will take you to the class page, clicking the second link will take you to the ''Ra Cailum''s personal page.
===Neo-Zeon===

★ AMS-119 Geara Doga

★ MSN-03 Jagd Doga

★ MSN-04 Sazabi

★ NZ-333 α Azieru

★ RMS-116H Hobby Hizack
'Support Units'

★ ''Musaka''-class

★ ''Rewloola''-class

★ Shackles Mobile Suit Sled

Cast

Character	Japanese Actor	English Actor
Amuro Ray	Toru Furuya	Brad Swaile
Char Aznable	Shuichi Ikeda	Michael Kopsa
Bright Noah	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Chris Kalhoon
Quess Paraya	Maria Kawamura	Jocelyne Loewen
Hathaway Noah	Nozomu Sasaki	Bill Switzer
Gyunei Guss	Kouichi Yamadera	Kirby Morrow
Nanai Mingueru	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Jenn Forgie
Chan Agi	Mitsuki Yayoi	Nicole Leroux
Astonaige Medoz	Shingo Hiromori	Ty Olsson
Cameron Bloom	Kaneto Shiozawa	David Mackay
Mirai Noah	Fuyumi Shiraishi	Cathy Weseluck
Cheimin Noah	Mayumi Shou	Alaina Burnett
Kayra Su	Shinobu Adachi	Angela Hendricks
Adenaur Paraya	Shunsuke Shima	Trevor Devall
Lalah Sune	Keiko Han	Willow Johnson

Production

Yoshiyuki Tomino adapted Char's Counterattack from the novel Beltorchika's Children, although most think it vice versa. Tomino had planned previously to feature Char's return in Gundam ZZ, however when he got the green light to do Char's Counterattack, he dropped the planned appearance. Tomino does not recall his plans to bring back Char in ZZ.

Theme songs

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'Ending:'

★ ''Beyond the Time'' by TM Network (Tetsuya Komuro, Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine)

External links

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