![]() ![]() Most importantly, it removes certain absurd, immersion-breaking mobile suits and equipment added for the benefit of merchandising. Goofier elements and more blatant animation mistakes are absent. While some important moments are lost in the transition, the movies are much more watchable than the show. Regardless, the trilogy is still the best way to experience the original “Gundam.” ![]() New animation fills the gaps but it’s easy to pick out the additions from the original footage. The “Gundam” movies rush in places and certain story elements are changed, glossed over or removed entirely. This isn’t a seamless transition, especially when it comes to pacing. Released between 1981 and 82, the “Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy” condenses the original 42-episode run into several two-hour films. Now losing the war, the Federation’s own mobile suit prototype, the titular Gundam, falls into the hands of the designer’s teenage son, Amuro Ray (Toru Furuya). The better supplied “earthborn elites” find themselves struggling to match Zeon’s mobile suits, massive human-piloted robots. The fascistic Principality of Zeon opposes the corrupt Earth Federation, who forced half their population into space decades ago. Originally airing in Japan from 1979 to 1980, “Mobile Suit Gundam” is an animated TV series depicting a war between Earth and its interstellar colonies in the year 0079 of the Universal Century. Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy Studio: Nippon Sunrise Mecha, Military Available on Blu-Ray ![]()
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