Kidô senshi Gandamu (1979 - 1980)

Country of Origin: Japan
Date(s) of Broadcast: 7 April 1979 - 26 January 1980
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 43
Average Episode Running Times: 24 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Sunrise

SCRIPT
Created By: Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yadate

DIRECTION
Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino

ANIMATION
Character Designer: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Mecha Designer: Kunio Okawara

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura

VOICES
Tôru Furuya (Amuro Ray)
Shuichi Ikeda (Char Aznable)
Hirotaka Suzuoki (Bright Noa)
Fuyumi Shiraishi (Mirai Yashima)
Keiko Han (Lalah Sune)
Toshio Furukawa
Takashi Tanaka (real name: Banjô Ginga)
Yô Inoue
Mami Koyama
Satomi Majima
Yumi Nakatani
Kiyonobu Suzuki
Keiko Toda
Rumiko Ukai
Shôzô Îzuka

PLOT SUMMARY

In the near future, the Earth is at war with one of its own space colonies, Zeon. Both sides are relying on their secret weapons, gigantic fighting robots known as Mobile Suits, flown by pilots of extraordinary skill.

EPISODES

1. Gundam Stands its Ground
2. A Gundam Destructive Command
3. Strike an Enemy's Supply Warship
4. Luna II Escape Operation
5. Rushing into the Atmosphere
6. Garma's Sortie
7. Core Fighter Escape
8. The Battlefied is a Wilderness
9. Fly! Gundam
10. Garma Scatters
11. After Icelina and Love
12. The Zeon Threat
13. The Reunion and Mother
14. Time to Stop
15. Island of Kukurus Doan
16. Sayla's Sortie
17. Amuro Escapes
18. A Scorching Azzam Leader
19. Ramba Ral Suicide Attack
20. White Base's Desparate Fight
21. Fierce Fight, Deep Hatred
22. Break through Ma Kube's Blockade
23. Matilda's Rescue Operation
24. Under Attack! Triple Doms!
25. Fierce Battle at Odessa
26. Revival of Char
27. Female Spy Infiltration
28. Atlantic Ocean and Blood - Death
29. Scramble to Jaburo
30. A Small Line of Defense
31. Zanzibar and a Close Attack
32. Aggressive Breakthrough Operation
33. Konsukon Assault
34. Meeting of Fate
35. The Solomon Capture Game
36. Fear of Mobile Armor Big Zam
37. Offence and Defense of Texas
38. Reunion, Char and Sayla
39. A Newtype and Chalia Bull
40. Lalah's Elmeth
41. The Shining Universe
42. Space Fortress A Boa A Ku
43. Escape

Mobile Suit Gundam
Gundam

SEQUELS
Kidô senshi Gandamu I (1981)
Kidô senshi Gandamu II: Ai senshihen (1981)
Kidô senshi Gandamu III: Meguriai uchûhen (1982)
Kidô senshi Z Gundam (1985)
Kidô senshi Gundam ZZ (1986)
Kidô senshi Gundam: Gyakushû no Shaia (1988)
Kidô senshi Gundam 0080 pocket no naka no sensou (1989)
Kidô senshi Gundam F91 (1991)
Kidô senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991)
Kidô senshi Gandamu 0083: Jion no zankou (1992)
Kidô senshi V Gundam (1993)
Kidô butôden G Gundam (1994)
Shin kidô senki Gundam W (1995)
Kidô senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS shôtai (1996)
Kidô shin seiki Gundam X (1996)
Shin kidô senki Gundam W: Endless Waltz (1997)
Turn A Gundam (1999 - 2000)

SEE ALSO
Kidô senshi SD Gundam no gyakushû: Arashi o yobu gakuensai (1989)
Musha Kishi Commando: SD Gundam kinkyû shutsugeki (1991)
Otaku no video (1991)
SD Gundam matsuri - SD Gundam gaiden: Seikihei monogatari (1993)

KEYWORDS

animation; anime; space wars; super weapons; spaceships; families; politics; revenge