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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

1982 · 140 min

A weighty, operatic space-war finale where giant-robot battles carry real grief and the cost of growing up.

Tagline: Space reverberates, and two souls meet by chance....
Overview: Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Principality of Zeon's forces.

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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
identity
death
loyalty
Places: space
military
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, science fiction, action
Directed by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Osamu Sekita
Written by: Yoshihisa Araki, Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yū Yamamoto
Starring: Toru Furuya, Shuichi Ikeda, Yo Inoue, Keiko Han, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Makio Inoue, Rumiko Ukai
Music: Takeo Watanabe
Runtime: 140 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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