Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Movie, 1988, Universal Century, Set in UC 0093
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack is #4 of 27 in release order and #9 of 27 in chronological order in the Gundam.
The story
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack recap
In UC 0093, Char Aznable returns at the head of a new Neo Zeon. He believes humanity can only evolve if everyone leaves Earth, so he plans to drop the asteroid Axis on the planet and bring on a nuclear winter. Amuro Ray, now with Bright Noa's Londo Bell task force, pilots the Nu Gundam, which has a psycoframe in its cockpit, built with technology Char himself leaked to keep the fight fair. Char drops the asteroid Fifth Luna onto the Federation base at Lhasa, then pretends to negotiate while Federation officials sell him Axis. Quess Paraya, a troubled teenage Newtype, runs off to join Char, and Bright's son Hathaway follows her. Gyunei Guss, another Newtype pilot, competes with Amuro and Quess for Char's attention.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack ending explained
Quess is killed in battle, and Hathaway shoots the pilot Chan Agi in grief. Londo Bell splits Axis in two, but the rear half keeps falling toward Earth. Amuro defeats Char and pushes the asteroid with his Gundam, other pilots from both sides join him, and the psycoframe releases a green light that turns Axis away from Earth. Amuro and Char vanish.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Ratings
IMDb 7.2/10, MyAnimeList 7.72
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, before Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
- Chronological order: after Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, before Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
What to watch before Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
In release order, the essentials before Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) are Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985), and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986).
Cast
- Toru Furuya as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Shuichi Ikeda as Char Aznable (voice)
- Fuyumi Shiraishi as Mirai Yashima (voice)
- Hirotaka Suzuoki as Bright Noa (voice)
- Kazue Ikura as Rezin Schnyder (voice)
- Koichi Yamadera as Gyunei Guss (voice)
- Maria Kawamura as Quess Paraya (voice)
- Mayumi Shou as Cheimin Noa (voice)
- Mitsuki Yayoi as Chan Agi (voice)
- Nozomu Sasaki as Hathaway Noa (voice)
- Shin Mori as Astonaige Medoz (voice)
- Shinobu Adachi as Kayra Su (voice)
Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.