Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Series, 1985, Universal Century, Set in UC 0087
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam is #2 of 27 in release order and #7 of 27 in chronological order in the Gundam.
The story
Universal Century 0087, 7 years have passed since the end of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. The Earth Federation has created an elite task force, known as the Titans, who are responsible for hunting the remaining Zeon forces. However, the power-hungry Titans have spurred the creation of a rebellious faction called the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG).
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam recap
In UC 0087, seven years after the One Year War, the Federation's elite Titans task force has become a brutal force for Earth's elite, gassing a colony that resists them. Kamille Bidan, a hot-headed teenager on the colony Green Noa, steals the Titans' Gundam Mk-II and joins the rebel group AEUG. Among the AEUG pilots is Quattro Bajeena, Char Aznable under a new name. Amuro, kept under watch on Earth since the war, returns to fight alongside the Karaba resistance. Kamille's parents die in the fighting, and he becomes a powerful Newtype, piloting the Zeta Gundam. He falls for Four Murasame, an artificial Newtype who is killed. The ambitious Paptimus Scirocco rises within the Titans, and the remnants of Zeon on the asteroid Axis return under Haman Karn, turning the war into a three-way struggle over the colony laser Gryps 2.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ending explained
In the final battle, Titans leader Jamitov is killed, Emma Sheen and many others die, and Kamille kills Scirocco by ramming him with the Zeta. Scirocco's dying psychic attack shatters Kamille's mind. Char disappears after his fight with Haman, and Haman's Neo Zeon is left standing, setting up ZZ.
Where to watch Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam is streaming on Crunchyroll in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 8.0/10, MyAnimeList 7.92
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mobile Suit Gundam, before Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.
- Chronological order: after Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, before Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.
What to watch before Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), which Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) continues.
Cast
- Nobuo Tobita as Kamille Bidan (voice)
- Shuichi Ikeda as Quattro Bajeena / Char Aznable (voice)
- Miyuki Matsuoka as Fa Yuiry (voice)
- Maya Okamoto as Emma Sheen (voice)
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Jerid Messa (voice)
- Hirotaka Suzuoki as Bright Noa (voice)
- Masako Katsuki as Reccoa Londe (voice)
- Jurota Kosugi as Henken Bekkener (voice)
- Kiyonobu Suzuki as Hayato Kobayashi (voice)
- Shin Mori as Astonaige Medoz (voice)
- Keiichi Nanba as Katz Kobayashi (voice)
- Bin Shimada as Paptimus Scirocco (voice)