Product Details

• Actors: Tôru Furuya, Shûichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Rumiko Ukai, Fuyumi Shiraishi
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: May 7, 2002
• Run Time: 142 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000648WM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,391 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mobile Suit Gundam - Movie I" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Gundam the movie: Well...hmm...w, February 17, 2000

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Sid (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam The Movie - Dubbed in English [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice addition to your collection, March 15, 2000

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Colby Daniel (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam - Movie I [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gundam - The Movie, March 13, 2000

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R. J. Hicks (Bedford, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam - Movie I [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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!