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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 - Stardust Memories (Vol. 3)

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Once again Bandai delivers the goods with their latest Gundam DVD release. Excellent subtitling, crisp and rich picture quality that doesn't suffer from poor compression/artifacts and a nice looking DVD cover...Why doesn't everyone release their anime with this level of excellence? Who knows...

This OVA(Original Video Animation) fits in between the original MS Gundam(0079-0080) and Z Gundam(0087) series. It was one of the first series in the Gundam universe to not involve New types and focus on the grunt eye view of MS battle. The story is hard military space opera...young soldiers caught in the aftermath of the 1 year war are forced to grow up fast while the world around them falls apart and all their illusions of duty and glory are shattered.

The animation is excellent. With rich colors, reminiscent of many Toei productions in the early/mid 80's, and highly detailed robots screaming through space...many consider 0083 to be the best animated Gundam of all time....

I would recommend all the discs of this series. This is the kind of work that has attracted me to anime as far back as the 70s.

About the only thing I could ask for would be slightly nicer menus. They are pretty generic...but that's really my only "gripe".

0083 is my favorite gundam series and its one of the most successful animes' in the 80's. The story, animation, sound effects and the music is excellently done well. The story is very despressing and sad to watch. This series on dvd is definatly worth to buy and its uncut.