Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
March 12, 1988Release Date
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
March 12, 1988Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Toru Furuya
Amuro Ray (voice)
Shuichi Ikeda
Char Aznable (voice)
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Mirai Yashima (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Bright Noa (voice)
Kazue Ikura
Rezin Schnyder (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Gyunei Guss (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Quess Paraya (voice)
Mayumi Shou
Cheimin Noa (voice)
Mitsuki Yayoi
Chan Agi (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Hathaway Noa (voice)
Shin Mori
Astonaige Medoz (voice)
Shinobu Adachi
Kayra Su (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Nanai Miguel (voice)
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Director / Screenplay / Original Film Writer / Storyboard
Shigemi Ikeda
Art Direction
Chiyoko Takahashi
Key Animation
Koichi Usami
Key Animation
Yuki Kinoshita
Key Animation
Eric P. Sherman
Producer
Kenji Uchida
Producer
Masaharu Tomoda
Key Animation
Shigeaki Saegusa
Composer
Kouichi Hashimoto
Key Animation
Tooru Yoshida
Key Animation
Shinya Ohira
Key Animation
Tomokazu Tokoro
Key Animation
Hidetoshi Ōmori
Animation Director
Nobuyoshi Habara
Key Animation
Koichi Chigira
Key Animation
Satoshi Aoki
Key Animation
Chiharu Sato
Key Animation
Masahiro Sekino
Key Animation
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Key Animation
Ryuuichi Makino
Key Animation
Keiichi Sato
Key Animation
Hideki Futamura
Key Animation
Eiji Suganuma
Key Animation
Mitsuo Iso
Animation Director / Key Animation
Akihiro Enomoto
Key Animation
Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Key Animation
Shinsuke Terasawa
Key Animation
Satoshi Iwataki
Key Animation
Misao Nakano
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Kitazume
Animation Director
Shigenobu Nagasaki
Key Animation
Yoshinobu Ando
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Key Animation
Shinichi Sakuma
Key Animation
Norimoto Tokura
Key Animation
Terumi Muto
Key Animation
Shinichiro Minami
Key Animation / Animation Director
Ken Ueno
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Ochi
Key Animation
Yasuomi Umetsu
Key Animation
Miho Nakata
Key Animation
Yoshitaka Kato
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Yamada
Key Animation
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Key Animation
Atsushi Shigeta
Key Animation
Kenji Yamazaki
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Ijiri
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Matsumoto
Key Animation
Atsushi Okui
Director of Photography
Itta Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 12, 1988
Original Name機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$7,000,000
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Sha) is a 1988 Japanese anime science fiction film directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It is set in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam franchise. Featuring the talents of Shūichi Ikeda, Toru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Maria Kawamura, Nozomu Sasaki, Kōichi Yamadera, among others, it focuses on Char Aznable's attempt of genocide on the planet Earth by pushing the asteroid called Axis into a collision with the planet. As a result, Char's rival from the Earth Federation Amuro Ray tries to defeat him in combat and avoid a slaughter in the process.
In addition to being the first original Gundam theatrical release, Char's Counterattack was also the first Gundam production to make use of computer graphics during a five-second shot of the Sweetwater colony rotating in space, being made at Toyo Links. It was based on Tomino's original novel, High-Streamer, but several parts were altered due to issues with Sunrise in regards to the handling of Amuro Ray. Char's Counterattack was released in America on DVD on August 20, 2002, and was broadcast on January 4, 2003, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block.
Upon release, the film made a gross of ¥1.16 billion in Japan. The film was praised for its production values and the rivalry between the two leads even though some critics found it recycled from the television series. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino also expressed doubts about the film he directed in retrospective. Nevertheless, Tomino wrote another novel known as Beltorchika's Children which focuses more on Amuro's personal life and was adapted into a manga series.