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Mobile Suit Gundam I

1981 · 139 min

A sprawling, earnest war epic that balances giant-robot spectacle with the sobering cost of conflict and a boy's forced coming-of-age.

Tagline
Thrust into the thick of battle, a young boy and a secret weapon are earth's last hope!
Overview
In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • revenge
  • found family
Places
  • space
  • military
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, science fiction, action
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ryoji Fujiwara
Written by
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Kenichi Matsuzaki, Yū Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Araki
Starring
Toru Furuya, Shuichi Ikeda, Yo Inoue, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Rumiko Ukai, Kiyonobu Suzuki, Toshio Furukawa
Music
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Runtime
139 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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