Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Anime Legends Vol 1
by Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Actor: Designs by Kunio OkawaraDirector: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Brand: ZETA GUNDAM ANIME LEGEND VOL. 1 (DVD MOVIE)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 625 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Bandai
Movie Reviews of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Anime Legends Vol 1
Movie Review: Gundam Tests the water, Results are mixed, but mostly successful
Summary: 4 Stars
Ahhh, Kidou Senshi Zeta gundam. Direct and very strange sequel to the original mobile suit gundam.
Overall, the series is pretty good. A few 'meh' things are present but overall pretty stable.
The good news is what gundam fans typically want is here, IN SPADES. Lots of new designs for mobile suits, gandams, mobile armors and everything else. It's frankly a huge amount of new stuff for the gundam universe. Solid mech design, check.
The characters are not exactly easy to sympathize with, but that said, they are realistically flawed and interesting to see work, if awkwardly portrayed sometimes. The intercharacter relationships are also, fascinating to see played out but again, a little awkward when put to the motions. ((On side note, just about he whole crew of the white base makes a cameo at some point.))
Even if the series does take itself too seriously sometimes, you, the viewer can just sit back relax and remember 'OMG, did the kid with the girl's name just suckerpunch a dude with and '80's haircut?!'
Oh, a did I mention this was the gundam series that began exploring the human-advanced human relationships that would be the conerstone of Seed and S. Destiny?
The bad: Three words 'nineteen eighties fashion' Sometimes the hair and clothes made me want to slam my head into a computer a laugh, but hey, I probably shouldn't knock the '80s, I didn't have to survive it.
Like I might have mentioned earlier, sometimes it's hard to really get behind the characters motivation, that sometimes drags things down.
The final word: With more plot twists over it's 50 episodes than an M. Night movie, more deep human themes than the original and lots, and I mean lot's more giant fighting robots, Zeta gundam does the good work of any mecha series.
Over all, it feels like a first tentative step after the original gundam into somthing bigger. Something more profound, something... perhaps.... more human than teenagers piloting big metal men.
Regardless of how you slice it, the Zeta complete collection one is the first half a a good, no great, series. And you can tell Shinn Asuka where he got his angsty disposition from.
And, oh yeah, one final note. Those who haven't seen the original gundam should at least take a crash course in the events of the one year war. Zeta is a direct sequel to mobile suit Gundam, so be prepared to hear 'Newtype' and other such terms thrown at you with no explanation.
Summary of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Anime Legends Vol 1
In Zeta Gundam we see the future world of the Universal Century through a dark mirror. Having defeated the Zeon menace the Earth Federation has itself become cruel and oppressive. A new generation of Gundam mobile suits is created not to fight for peace but to punish the enemies of the state and yesterdays villains must become todaysheroes in order to balance the scales of justice. And when a young civilian named Kamille Bidan is caught up in the rebellion he little suspects the price he will pay in the fight for freedom.System Requirements:Running Time: 625 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ANIMATION/ANIME Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?669198239267 Manufacturer No:?23926The initial run of Mobile Suit Gundam flopped in 1979, but the success of the three Gundam features (1981-82) created an audience for Yoshiyuki Tomino's sprawling mecha adventure. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) was the first broadcast sequel. The story takes place in year 79 of the Universal Century, not long after the One Year War. Like Amuro Ray, the hero of the initial series, Kamille Bidan is a Newtype, a human with exceptional mental powers, including the ability to pilot sophisticated robot suits with no formal training. But Amuro became a pilot by accident when his satellite-home was invaded; Kamille steals the prototype Gundam MK II, throwing his lot in with the rebels of the A.E.U.G. (Anti-Earth Union Group). Zeta Gundam occupies an interesting place in the history of this long-running continuity: In it, Tomino and his artists began to explore the conflicts between the Newtypes and ordinary humans in greater depth. But the filmmakers were still learning how to create sympathetic characters and a sustained narrative. Kamille isn't a particularly likable hero. He joins the A.E.U.G. struggle against the brutal military cadre the Titans, not because he opposes their plan to subjugate the Earth, but because he got into a fist fight with a Titan officer who made fun of his name. The story rambles as characters appear, disappear and reappear. Menacing new Titan officers arrive, get killed in battle and are replaced with new menacing officers. The Western-looking characters have small heads and misproportioned bodies. Despite these weaknesses, Zeta Gundam remains a significant series. (Rated 13 and older: violence, violence against women, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon
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