Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the AEUG. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he impulsively steals the Gundam Mark II and joins the AEUG, running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own. This is the first part of the feature trilogy derived from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.
Direction
Tomino's chaotic genius: 50 episodes crammed into 94 minutes somehow works.
Score
GACKT's oppressive glam-rock ballads — unhinged and perfect.
Director
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Shuichi Ikeda
Char Aznable (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Kamille Bidan (voice)
Toru Furuya
Amuro Ray (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Bright Noa (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Kai Shiden (voice)
Rumiko Ukai
Frau Bow (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Jerid Messa (voice)
Maya Okamoto
Emma Sheen (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Hayato Kobayashi (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Bask Om (voice)
Keaton Yamada
Jamaican Daninghan (voice)
Bin Shimada
Paptimus Scirocco (voice)
Ikuya Sawaki
Franklin Bidan (voice)
Gara Takashima
Hilda Bidan (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Henken Bekkener (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomino personally selected GACKT for the theme songs after hearing his music, believing only a rock star with genuine 'damaged' energy could capture Zeta's tone. He was not wrong.
This compilation trilogy exists partly because the original 1985 series was considered too dark and convoluted for modern audiences — Tomino's 'New Translation' softens some edges while keeping the core trauma intact.
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