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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars

2005 · 94 min

A dense, politically charged mecha drama that feels like a serious war story with moments of intense action and youthful angst.

Overview
Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the AEUG. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he impulsively steals the Gundam Mark II and joins the AEUG, running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own. This is the first part of the feature trilogy derived from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • politics
  • coming-of-age
  • power
  • betrayal
Places
  • space
  • military
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, animation, science fiction, war
Directed by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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