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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Animation · Action · Science Fiction · 1988
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.
Movie details
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1988 Animation · Action · Science Fiction 2h 0m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.2 / 10
Community rating
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Written by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Toru Furuya
Amuro Ray (voice)
Shuichi Ikeda
Char Aznable (voice)
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Mirai Yashima (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Bright Noa (voice)
Kazue Ikura
Rezin Schnyder (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Gyunei Guss (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Quess Paraya (voice)
Court is in session
Put Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.