AXCN Gundam Fest: Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
Director: Ryoji Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Tomino Run Time: 139 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1981 Language: Japanese
Starring: Fuyumi Shiraishi, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kiyonobu Suzuki, Shozo Iizuka, Toru Furuya
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Screening as part of Anime Expo Cinema Nights, AXCN, 2024—2025 season.
About the film:
In Universal Century year 0078, the space colony Side 3 declares itself the Principality of Zeon and launches a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Eight months have passed since the war entered into a deadlock. Learning of a secret plot by the Federation Forces, the Zeon Forces launch reconnaissance followed by an attack against Side 7. A young boy by the name of Amuro gets wrapped up in the war, and by coincidence ends up piloting the mobile suit Gundam and defeating the enemy. The Federation’s White Base, having lost its proper crew in the battle, escapes from Side 7 with forces still in training and civilians both.
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About the filmmakers:
Yoshiyuki Tomino, winner of Tokyo Anime’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021, created the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. Ryôji Fujiwara is known for Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981), Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) and Xabungle (1982). The Gundam series is famous for revolutionizing the giant robot genre due to the handling of mobile suits as weapons of war, as well as the portrayal of their pilots as ordinary soldiers. The first Gundam series, which has subsequently been adapted into numerous sequels and spin-offs, was re-edited for theatrical release and split into three films in 1981.
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