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Mobile Suit Gundam The Movie - Dubbed in English [VHS]

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Gundam the movie is what started the whole Saga. Back then, when there were very little computer graphics, amd it was hard to make a science fiction like this. Sure, Star Wars was great. but that's the US. In Japan where they don't have the multi trillion budget, the only way to create a effective Sci-fi series that isn't corny and unrealistic is to animate it. But even then the animation I thought was stil jerky, the characters were old fashioned and something just wasn't right. In fact after the first hour I fast fowarded through the second hour because it was getting so slow. But something about it made me wanna watch it again. I didn't want to re-sell it suddenly and I decided to have a second viewing without fastforwarding it this time. This movie, isn't super. But the plot is. The drawback is the "at times poor" and old fashioned animation. The fact is that even though it may be slow at times, for the most part it does what it does good though it could be better. FOR EVERY GUNDAM FAN I say buy this because it's worth it. But it's up to you if you want to buy the second and third movie. If you don't know what Gundam is, then frankly I recomend Gundam 0080,0083, because those are good without excuse, and its hard to love this unless you're a Japanese Gundma fan, or a dedicated non-Japanese fan. Just keep in mind that this was something new to the world, just like Star WArs was. Relatively speaking Gundam has no match with Star Wars budget wise and quality wise. But I hope all of you fans appreciate the drama and effort put behind this series that has been around for over 2 decades already, and showing no sign of stopping. As for the story summary.....please read other reviews....(^^; because I did my best to reflect my opinion without leaning over to one side

This movie is quite different from those of you who have just started watching the Gundam Wing series on the Cartoon Network, but it stacks up quite nicely. It starts out with a young boy living in the colonies at year "After Colony 079." He somehow manages to find a Gundam and pilots it to save his people from attacks from other colonys. It's a long movie, but for us Gundam fans, we wish that is were longer. By the way, I payed $5 more for it at a store, so don't pass up on this offer!

This is a WONDERFUL movie if you are a hard kore anime fan. A great storyline, action packed, and beatiful animation. If you like the Gundam, Gundam Wing, and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz series, BUY IT NOW!

I had to review when I saw that this has gotten some negative reviews. For shame, people, for shame.

Anyway, this is the original Mobile Suit Gundam; well, condensed into a 7 hour movie trilogy anyway. I'm going to be honest and say that sitting down and watching this for 7 hours does get pretty long, even for a diehard Gundam fan like myself. However, the animation is crisp and the voice actors are the original Japanese, as opposed to the cheap TV series and its even cheaper dub. So, whenever I want to watch a scene from MSG that's in the movies, I choose that over the TV series.

Anyway, this anime has it all: war, politics, battles, romance, drama, even comedy. I am a teenage girl who by all rights should love Wing, but instead loves MSG. The characters are incredible; well-developed and totally realistic. And may I say that MSG's romances tend to be subtle, but they are simply awesome.

This was my first taste of the original Gundam, and after watching it I could not understand why people would say that it's good, but only a small taste of it. And after watching the TV series, I realized how right they were. Honestly, I enjoyed the TV series so much, and it covers a lot more than the movie does. So, if you want to be "hardcore" UC Gundam, I recommend watching the TV series. Try and stomach the dub.

But if you just want a nice amount of background information or even just a glimpse of what UC Gundam has to offer, this is an excellent source to tap. The animation may be from the 70's, but the story is a masterpiece.

The Mobile Suit Gundam series began airing in Japan in 1979, and ran for 43 episodes, until it's cancellation. However, as reruns were shown, the poularity of the series rapidly grew, and to immortalize the great series, it was crammed together into 3 over 2-and-a-half hour long theatrically released films. Each film details the most important parts of the series, using a combination of animation from the series and new animation made specifically for the film. The 3 movies were titled, "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie; Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie 2, Soldiers of Sorrow; and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie 3, Encounters in Space." And now, about 20 years later, the movies that started it all have been released in America. This is the first movie in the trilogy, and, in my opinion, is not quite as good as movies 2 and 3, which is why I gave it 4 stars. But, it is still a deep and enthralling movie. The animation is from the very early 80's, but if you can get past the dated look, there is a great story about the beginning of the Gundam legacy that has lasted for over 20 years in Japan underneath. For all you New Mobile Report Gundam Wing fans out there, this series takes place in the U.C.(Universal Century) Timeline, so there's no relation to Gundam Wing other than the title "Gundam." It details the story of Amuro Ray, a young boy who, by a twist of fate, becomes the pilot of the Earth Federation's top weapon in the One Year War against the Duchy of Zeon, the RX-78-2 Gundam. A great buy for Mecha fans, or Anime fans in general. Note: The original Mobile Suit Gundam series, which this movie is made from, will begin airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami sometime in the not to distant future, so if you don't want to spoil the surprise, then don't buy these tapes. But I strongly recommend you do, for there's plenty of new animation and new plot twists in these movies to make it a whole new experience. A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BUY.

This is the best of any Gundam. It shows how both sides are actual people. And the mobile suits look better in this than any other Gundam series, they lack all that extra bullcrap seen so often in Gundam Wing. Even though this is the oldest in the series, it is the best and I highly recomend it to any fan of mecha anime. The animation in this anime is great if you have seen any newer mecha animes you can obviously see that it was influenced by Mobile Suit Gundam. This is a must have trilogy.

You can't ask too much for an anime made in the late seventies . But imagine if the classic Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's.." was made in stereo ? Would it sound so classic ? And what if the original Star Trek series were remade today ? This movie is a true classic , and I can say that the plot does it all . All the gundam essence (psycological conflicts , politcs , science , and of course , action ) is there . The real classics surpass the difficulties of production , and become immortal .. What are you waiting to get it ?!

This is the first installment to the first Gundam trilogy. The movie is edited version of a TV show that is 20 years old, but the depth of the story and the characters far exceeds some of anime or even sci-fi movies today. This is the anime that changed the history of anime. This is the must see not only for anime fans, but those who shunted anime as kid stuff.

I watched the Gundam TV show 20 years ago and now I watch it again with my kids. After 20 years this is still a masterpiece which departed from a usual robot anime for kids. If you still think anime is a kid stuff, watch this movie and you will know how wrong you are.

Mobile Suit Gundam has caused a sensation almost as big as Star Wars in Japan and counts on a sizeable following in the US! The show takes the concept of the japanese giant robot show and expands it into the realm of militarized space opera.The result is a science fiction film which keeps your blood racing with a tense plot and superb battle sequences and a great soundtrack.

In short, the movie is about the space adventures of a group of under-aged (15 to 22 year old) space crew of the battleship White Base. Put under these conditions by the extraordinary circumstance of all-out war, not all are willing volunteers. Some are a sort of psychic mutation called a New Type, which possess incredible hand-eye coordination and a sort of oracle-like intuition, which makes them formidable battle pilots. It is because of this quality that the under-aged White Base crew manage to survive!

The enemy are a renegade Earth colony called Zeon, which starts the war by attacking the Earth and killing off half the population. But the Earth rallies, and with secret weapons like the White Base and the Gundam battle robot, start to bring the war back to Zeon orbit.

Not missing is a sense of drama and tragedy as the personal lives of the White Base mariners are torn asunder, particularly Amuro Ray, involuntary recruit and master pilot of the Gundam, who has more enemy blood on his hands than he would like to acknowledge.

Surprisingly, the Zeon (enemy) is also represented with realism and drama. Char Aznable is the young enemy captain with divided loyalties. Ranba Ral, the dutiful soldier, and a host of other (not dishonorable) Zeons which must do battle with the White Base battleship by way of duty and honor.

If you have a weakness for militarized science fiction (like Star Wars and Battlecruiser Yamato) you will enjoy Gundam. Get the film that started the whole Gundam phenomenon: Gundam-I, the movie!