Mobile Suit Gundam F91

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Mobile Suit Gundam F91
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機動戦士ガンダムＦ91
(Kidō Senshi Gandamu F91)
Genre Drama, Mecha, Military
Anime film
Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio Sunrise
Released March 16, 1991
Runtime 115 minutes
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Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (機動戦士ガンダムＦ91 Kidō Senshi Gandamu F91?) is a 1991 anime film, which was Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Char's Counterattack. He re-teamed with character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and mecha designer Kunio Okawara for the occasion. The movie was first released in Japan on March 16, 1991.

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[edit] Overview

Originally planned as a full-length television series, Gundam F91 hit a production snag due to staff disputes, and the project was stopped after the screenplays for the first thirteen episodes were written. It was then decided that what was made of the show would be condensed into a theatrical feature film. Condensing a story originally intended to be told over the course of fifty half-hour episodes into less than two hours of screen time required much of the original story to be cut.

The story of Gundam F91 revolves around teenage space colonist Seabook Arno, his girlfriend Cecily Fairchild, and the efforts of the Crossbone Vanguard militia, led by Cecily's grandfather Meitzer Ronah, to establish an aristocracy known as "Cosmo Babylonia". In keeping with Gundam tradition, the civilian Seabook is forced by circumstance to pilot the F91 Gundam, coincidentally designed in part by his estranged mother, Dr. Monica Arno.

The Gundam F91 story was fleshed out in much greater detail in Tomino's two-part novelization. Tomino's manga, Crossbone Gundam, is a direct sequel which takes place ten years after the events of the movie.

Also notable is the music composed for the film. Many of the occurring themes are amazingly similar to those of John Williams' score for Empire Strikes Back (1980) of the Star Wars saga. For example, the opening notations for the Crossbone Vanguard and the Imperial March are nearly identical, as are those between the F91 battle theme and Empire's escape from Bespin. This could be a play around on the remarks made by western audiences involving similarities between the Gundam series and Star Wars, but it's not been confirmed.

[edit] Story

Renewed conflict breaks out after a generation of peace in this continuation of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime saga. To accommodate the growing population, the Earth Federation has built new space colonies. But the Crossbone Vanguard decides to seize these cities to help establish its extraterrestrial empire. Now, reluctant hero Seabook Arno and his Gundam F91 must lead a fierce struggle for survival.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Staff

  • Director – Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • Script - Tsunehisa Ito & Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • Character Design - Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • Mecha Designer - Kunio Okawara
  • Music - Satoshi Kadokura

[edit] English dub cast

[edit] Opening and Ending

Opening:

  • Kimi o mitsumete (The time I'm seeing you) by Hiroko Moriguchi

Ending:

  • Eternal Wind ~ Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka (Smile in the Shining Wind) by Hiroko Moriguchi

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Preceded by
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket		 Gundam metaseries (production order)
1991		 Succeeded by
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Preceded by
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn		 Gundam Universal Century timeline
U.C. 0123		 Succeeded by
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (manga)
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
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Mobile Suit Gundam (Universal Century)
Anime
Gundam ZZ (1986)
Films and OVAs
Char's Counterattack (1988 film) • War in the Pocket (1989 OVA) • Gundam F91 (1991 film) • 0083: Stardust Memory (1991 OVA) • The 08th MS Team (1996 OVA) • MS IGLOO (2004 OVA)
Novels and manga
Gundam Sentinel (1987 novel) • Gaia Gear (1987 novel) • Double-Fake: Under the Gundam (1989 manga) • Hathaway's Flash (1989 novel) • Crossbone Gundam (1994 manga) • Blue Destiny (1997 manga) • The Origin (2002 manga) • Thoroughbred (2003 manga) • Gundam Unicorn (2006 novel)
Live-action
G-Saviour (2000 film)
Video games
Hot Scramble (1986) • EX Revue (1994) • Side Story (1996–1997) • Gundam: Battle Assault series (1997–2002) • Gihren no Yabou series (1998–2008) • Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes (1999) • Journey to Jaburo (2001) • Zeonic Front (2001) • Federation vs. Zeon (2002) • Lost War Chronicles (2002) • Senshitachi no Kiseki (2004) • Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam (2004) • Gundam Battle series (2005–2008) • MS Saga: A New Dawn (2005) • Universal Century Gundam Online (2005) • Senjō no Kizuna (2006) • Crossfire (2006) • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (2007) • MS Sensen 0079 (2007) • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (2008) • Mobile Ops: The One Year War (2008) • Gundam vs. Gundam (2008) • Gundam vs. Gundam Next (2009)
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