Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

filmfan1991 Yoshiyuki Tomino's 1979 "Mobile Suit Gundam" started the Real Robot craze in Japan where in anime there was more focus on plot and character development and the robots them self's were treated as weapons of war and not as the Saturday morning cartoon superheroes they were portrayed as back in the early to mid 70s. Set in a fictional universe in the Universal Century year 0079, the Principality of Zeon has declared independence from the Earth Federation, and subsequently launched a war of independence. The conflict has directly affected every continent on earth, also nearly every space colony and lunar settlement. Zeon, though smaller, has the tactical upper hand through their use of a new type of humanoid weapons called mobile suits. After half of all humanity perishes in the conflict, the war settled into a bitter stalemate lasting over 8 months. Enter teenage Amuro Ray from Side 7 who along with his close friends are thrust into the harsh realities of war and pay the consequences.For its time the animation was good but nowadays looks clunky and dated. Some of the episodes follow the monster of the week pattern. But beneath this is a great multi layered story of war, loss of innocence, coming of age and of course the blurred line between good and evil.The voice acting is one of the highlights of the TV show. Mobile suit Gundam launched the careers of famous Japanese voice actors Toru Furuya and Shuichi Ikeda for their portrayals as Amuro Ray and his rival in zeon Char Aznable respectively. The English dub is good as well with Brad Swaile as Amuro and Michael Kopsa as Char."Mobile Suit Gundam" is not a show to be missed by mecha fans or hardcore fans of anime in general. The animation might be dated but the story and characters are what drive the show. Don't miss it.

Matt Fokker (drakeluft) Quite possibly the greatest and most influential Japanese science fiction ever made, Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) has spawned numerous TV and movie sequels, spin-offs, and remakes, as well as a multitude of written media, comics, and video games. Sometimes referred to as Japan's "Star Wars," Mobile Suit Gundam elevated mecha shows from semi-superhero "Super Robots" into the realm of hard Sci-Fi. Set in a realistic future earth-sphere, painted on the backdrop of a war for independence, is a wonderful character drama with plenty of action as well. Mobile Suit Gundam redefined animation in Japan, and it's influence is visible in modern "anime" works; it elevated animation beyond juvenile entertainment into mature stories, and Japan is still one of the only countries that views the animation medium as being capable of such.

duesouth After almost ten years of giant toys ruling anime, 1979 was the Year of the Gundam. Although 25 years old by now, and cheaply produced at the time, this anime is still very enjoyable and deep. Many are the reasons of its success... some here below:No aliens coming to rule the Earth. This is a war for independence. Men against men. Same blood color;No good guys vs bad guys. Here everyone fights to survive, it doesn't matter if they agree with war reasons or not. It's everyman fight.No giant samurai robot vs. monsters from outer space. Robots in "Gundam" are conventional mass produced weapons as good as tanks or choppers, for both sides. They need energy, fuel, ammo, maintenance, logistic, recover, repair, spare parts. Al these goods are often unavailable in the middle of the battlefield;No heroes. Just ordinary people, youths throwed in the middle of a war they didn't want and still can't understand. And, in some of them, Fear will ignite boys' growth to become men;no fairy tales. In Gundam people, lots of main characters, dies. Often in ungloryous ways. Often in second rank battles. But they always die for what they think is right. Sacrifice to protect a friend, not to win a battle;Even being closer to war movie than to Sci-Fi, Gundam is still known as one of the most important and revolutionary examples of Science Fiction. I often ask myself why a good expansive Hollywood adaptation of first Gundam series hasn't still be made...

o_lopez I had the fortune to ignore New Mobile Report Gundam Wing when it came out for the first time in America. The next year the original Mobile Suit Gundam aired on television for the first time and I was attracted by its complexity and depth. All the characters are likable Federation And Zeon. Completely detailed so to be considered a universe of its own, MSG, apart from the misadventures of the young White Base crew and the obsession of Char Aznable to follow the White Base (carrier ship), is more in the war genre than science fiction. History repeats itself like in World War II when the Germans ceaselessly looked for the perfect machine to defeat Allied Forces, the Zeon ceaselessly look for the perfect mobile suit to combat the Gundam. The determination of winning the war at any cost makes the Zeons meet their own demise at the end of the One Year War. Amuro Ray pilots the Gundam. He and many other crewmates never had any combat experience before being attacked at their own space colony. As they experience the horrors of war, they have to learn to stay alive when Zeon persecutes White Base through space, the earth and back to space again.Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, The 08th MS Team, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and Char's Counterattack are the only series and movies directly related to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The rest of the Gundam series are alternate versions, or alternate universes.Mobile Suit Gundam gave new depth to anime from the end of the 1970's well into the present.