Kidou Senshi Gundam F91 (Mobile Suit Gundam F91)

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Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダムＦ91

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 16, 1991

Producers: Sotsu, Shochiku, Atelier Musa, Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Licensors: Nozomi Entertainment, Bandai Entertainment

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Themes: Mecha, Military, Space

Duration: 2 hr.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.61¹ (scored by 17,792 users)

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Ranked: #6248²

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Popularity: #3889

Members: 32,705

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In the year 123 of the Universal Century, skirmishes between the Federation government and the rebel group Crossbones Vanguard echo across Earth's space colonies. One of these small battles breaks in the hometown of young Seabook Arno, forcing him and his friends to flee and ensnaring them in the political turmoil that is quickly evolving into an all-out war.

Seabook meets Cecily Fairchild, granddaughter of the aristocrat Meitzer Ronah, who seeks to create a new political power called "Cosmo Babylonia." Using the Crossbone Vanguard as its muscle, the Ronah family schemes to restore aristocratic rule and establish an economic system that will benefit the nobility, thus devastating the quality of life for the common people of the Earth Sphere.

Seabook is tasked with piloting the Gundam F91, a mobile suit created by his mother, and must choose between protecting the Federation's status quo or cooperating with Cecily to find a better way of life for all.

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Adaptation:	Kidou Senshi Gundam F91, Kidou Senshi Gundam F91: Crossbone Vanguard
Sequel:	Kidou Senshi Victory Gundam
Prequel:	Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn, Kidou Senshi Gundam: Twilight Axis - Akaki Zanei
Summary:	Kidou Senshi Gundam: Hikaru Inochi Chronicle U.C.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Arno, Seabook

Main

Tsujitani, Kouji
Japanese

Fairchild, Cecily

Main

Touma, Yumi
Japanese

Ronah, Carozzo

Main

Maeda, Masaaki
Japanese

Chareux, Zabine

Supporting

Yanada, Kiyoyuki
Japanese

Maujin, Migen

Supporting

Koujiro, Chie
Japanese

Editoh, Minmi

Supporting

Chihara, Eriko
Japanese

Arno, Monica

Supporting

Shouji, Miyoko
Japanese

Panopa, Manuela

Supporting

Ichiryuusai, Teiyuu
Japanese

Edaberry, Leahlee

Supporting

Yokoo, Mari
Japanese

Hein, Kochun

Supporting

Yoshida, Konami
Japanese

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Sakuma, Shinichi

Co-Director, Key Animation

Yatate, Hajime

Producer

Tomino, Yoshiyuki

Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator

Fujino, Sadayoshi

Sound Director

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Opening Theme

"Kimi no Mitsumete -The Time I'm Seeing You-" by Hiroko Moriguchi

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Ending Theme

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

Reviews

Feb 24, 2023

Noahboy

Recommended

Better than I expected, but it's still a compromised film. The animation is absolutely gorgeous and all the battles are intense and exciting. There are some really brutal scenes in this that add a lot to the intensity. The pacing is extremely fast and wastes no time in pushing the plot forwards. So much story is covered and there are so many things glossed over quickly as a result. I had few problems following the plot in spite of everything moving super fast, but one character's change just hit me out of nowhere and made no sense to me. This problem might be due to ...

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Dec 7, 2022

YoMuMu

Recommended

It was okay, but as a Gundam fan I liked it a lot.
I loved the mech designs and the atmosphere of the movie, but it still felt like a compilation movie of a series that doesn't exist.
They were lucky they didn't get sued for blatantly plagiarizing John Williams' soundtrack for "The Empire Strikes Back" at some points.
Still the soundtrack is pretty decent, especially the lead vocal track "Eternal Wind", which is pure 90s J-pop genius.
I hope we get to see a Crossbone Gundam movie or anime series soon and see what happened to Seabook and Cecily after this.

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Dec 28, 2018

edarel-triparte

Mixed Feelings

TL;DR: It's a better movie than Char's Counterattack. ...That's not saying much. Just watch the first 15-20 minutes.
Ok, I'm gonna skip the obvious parts that you've probably already read in other reviews. This was meant to be a longer TV Show, we know.
Actually, considering the facts this could've turned out way worse. That doesn't mean is that good.
I'll start with the negatives, and then I'll try to end on a more positive note.
The story is very messy. Motivations are not clear and the villains are very cliché. Just your average "hurr durr imma baddie i'll kill everyone". Pacing is also an issue. This suffers the ... same problem as CCA, where Tomino probably thought we would get bored if we didn't get a mech battle every 20 minutes or so. This obviously doesn't help in the structure. Instead of scalling up things to a climax, the final showdown just comes and plays out like every other fight in the movie. -pew pew, things blow up, mechs blow up, someone irrelevant dies.-
The characters are also wildly underdeveloped. Instead of presenting a couple of secondary characters we'll get to know a little bit, Tomino loves throwing out 6+ characters that will barely get any line at all. There's a plus if there are very young children just because. I think this movie confirms my beliefs that Tomino isn't really a good writer/director.
Now to the good parts.
Even though they are underveloped, the characters are likeable. There was a point when I was wary of a character doing a stupid 180 like Quess Paraya in CCA, where a neutral character becomes friendos with the murderous genocidal baddies just 'cause. However that did not happen here. I was very happy about that. Maybe not having horrendous hateable characters that aren't meant to be that way is not much of a positive. But with Tomino, *ZZ and CCA flashbacks* you can't take that for granted.
Now for the real compliments. I have two. This has one of the best animation cuts in all of the Gundam series. There were moments where i could swear they were rotoscoping everything, but then you notice some details and you know everything was done traditionally. The attention to detail is amazing. Something as simple as showing the hand of a Mobile Suit malfunctioning and spinning around like crazy just adds so much and grounds the film in reality so good in many moments.

And my biggest compliment:
Damn.
What a great opening sequence. Even if you don't want to see the movie after reading this review, do a favor to yourself and watch the first 15-20 minutes. I think this is the most horrendous and gut-wrenching depiction of war that doesn't resort to very graphic and explicit imagery. I felt genuinely disgusted at myself for watching these scenes as part of "entertainment".
A plus: Apparently the story and the characters get really fleshed out in the manga Crossbone Gundam. I have not read it myself, however i've heard it's quite good.

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