A new group, the Crossbones Vanguard conquer the Frontier IV colony in a surprise attack after years of peace. Caught in the crossfire is college student Seabook Arno, who sees many of his friends killed during the skirmish and discovers that his girlfriend Cecily Fairchild is actually Berah Ronah - heir to the Ronah family clan and the Crossones Vanguard. He then finds out that his mother is alive and has been working on a new mobile suit codenamed "Gundam Formula-91". Seabook reluctantly pilots the Gundam at first, but slowly discovers the Newtype abilities within him and uses them and the Gundam to turn the tide of the war.
To be fair this was a lot of character development to try to squeeze into a movie and it isn't very well executed. Plot holes with Cecily's father abound, not to mention that most normal people wouldn't be able to "buy" the love story between Cecily and Seabook. Seabook is likeable but Cecily is a bit of a mess mentally and emotionally, having come from a very messed-up family.
Overall there was a good story but the characters weren't developed very well and this could have been executed so much better than what was presented. I keep wondering how much better this could have been if it had just been expanded to a 10 or 12 episode series - there was certainly enough meat in the story to justify it.
Art/Animation and Sound
Very old and dated. Didn't detract much from enjoyment of the story - the problems were inherently in character development, not in the animation and sound.
Enjoyment
I felt a little let down by this. The premise and set up were good, there was a lot of conflict built into both lead character's histories, which was fully exploited but didn't have as much emotional impact as expected because both lead characters just didn't "click" with each other the way you expect romantic leads to click.
