Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Jion no zankou (1992)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Jion no zankou: Directed by Takashi Imanishi. With Yôsuke Akimoto, Shin Aomori, Kae Araki, Chafûrin. After the One Year War, peace was signed between Zeon and the Earth Federation. Three years later, however, some remaining forces of Zeon who never gave up steal the new Federation mobile suit Gundam Unit 2, capable of Nuclear Strike and use it as its primary weapon in their Operation Stardust. Can Federation rookie pilot Kou Uraki and his Gundam Unit 1 match up against Zeon’s Anavel Gato, the Nightmare of Solomon, and still be albe to stop Zeon before it’s too late? This is movie is the compilation of the 13-episode made-for-video series “Kidô senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory” (1991)

“In UC 0083,three years after the One Year Year(Orignal Gundam) Zeon ace pilot Anavel Gato steals a prototype nuclear equiped Gundam from a secret Federation testing facility of the behalf of a Zeon remant force known as the Delaz Fleet.Test Piolt Kou Iraki tries to stop him in another prototpye gundam but fails.Kou and the Gundam are then assigned to the Federation Assault Carrier Albion which is despatched to retrive the gundam and stop the Delaz Fleetu0026#39;s plans.This series is very good in that like the orginal,captures the ambigoious, unglamorous attitude towards both sides of the conflict.In many ways this could be called u0026quot;The Principility strike backu0026quot; because it is extactly that.The mecha designs are lovingly done and animation too is top notch.The only flaw? The characters are incredibly weak.Other wise a great series ****1/2/*****”