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Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 
Victory Gundam title screen機動戦士Vガンダム
(Kidō Senshi Vikutori Gandamu)Genre Military science fiction, Mecha TV anime Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino Studio Sunrise Network Animax, TV Asahi Original run April 2, 1993 – March 25, 1994 Episodes 51 Manga Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Side Story Written by Yuichi Hasegawa Published by Bandai Visual Magazine MS Saga Published 1995 Volumes 1 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (機動戦士Vガンダム Kidō Senshi Vikutori Gandamu, Mobile Suit V Gundam), is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and it's ANN stations) and later by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and other regions.
Contents
Plot summary
Main article: List of Mobile Suit Victory Gundam episodesVictory Gundam is set in UC 0153, and succeeds the Federation and Crossbone Vanguard conflict of Gundam F-91.
The greatly weakened Earth Federation comes under attack by the forces of the spaceborn Zanscare Empire; only the AEUG-like League Militaire stands in their way. The mass-produced Victory Gundam is the League Militaire's secret weapon against the invading BESPA. However, BESPA's power continues to grow, using violent means, including public executions with guillotines, to strike fear into the Earth. Living peacefully on Earth, 13-year-old Uso Ewin and his childhood friend Shakti Kareen are soon thrown into the conflict when they encounter ace BESPA pilot Cronicle Asher. Soon, Uso finds himself joining forces with Marbet Fingerhut and the rest of the League Militaire, piloting the Victory Gundam against the BESPA, and soon discovering the horrors of war.
Production and development
Victory Gundam, the first of four Gundam television series that aired on TV Asahi in Japan sequentially from 1993 through 1996 and the second longest Gundam television show with 51 episodes (SD Gundam Force is the first with 52 episodes), also featuring the youngest protagonist in the Gundam franchise: the thirteen year old Uso Ewin. It is possibly the zenith of Yoshiyuki Tomino's "Kill 'em all" tendency, as the casualty rate of the main cast is extremely high on both sides of the conflict.
Cast and staff
Main article: List of Mobile Suit Victory Gundam charactersLeague Militaire:
- Uso Ewin: Daisuke Sakaguchi
- Shakti Kareen: Yumi Kuroda(Yumi Ichihara)
- Marbet Fingerhat: Ayako Shiraishi
- Romero Marabal: Chafurin
- Jinn Generham: Ginzo Matsuo
- Tomache Massarik: Tomokazu Seki
- Odelo Henrik: Masayuki Nakata
- Oliver Inoue: Keiichi Sonobe
- Junko Jenko: Yuko Kobayashi
- Peggy Lee: Kae Araki
- Kate Bush: Shinobu Adachi
- Helen Jackson: Rika Fukami
- Mahalia Merrill: Mari Maruta
- Connie Francis: Satomi Koorogi (Also voiced for Karlmann Doukatous and Suzy Relane)
- Yuca Meilasch: Atsuko Tanaka
- Francesca O'Hara: Hiromi Ishikawa
- Miliera Katan: Narumi Hidaka
Zanscare Empire:
- Chronicle Asher: Tomoyuki Dan
- Katejina Loos: Kumiko Watanabe
- Queen Maria Pia Armonia: Emi Shinohara
- Arbeo Pippinden: Junji Kitajima
- Fonse Kagatie: Kaneomi Ooya
- Duker Iq: Kazuhiro Nakata
- Lupe Cineau: Miki Itou
- Goze Baru: Yukitoshi Hori
- Fuala Griffon: Ai Orikasa
- Tassilo Vago: Hidetoshi Nakamura
Music
Openings:
- "Standup to the Victory" by Tomohisa Kawasoe (episode 1–31)
- "Don't Stop! Carry On!" by RD (episode 32–51)
Endings:
- "Winners Forever" by infix (episode 1–31)
- "Mouichido Tenderness" KIX.S (episode 32–51)
Soundtrack: Senjuu Akira
Reception
External links
- Official website
- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Preceded by
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryGundam metaseries (production order)
1993–1994Succeeded by
Mobile Fighter G GundamPreceded by
Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (manga)Gundam Universal Century timeline
U.C. 0153Succeeded by
G-Saviour1970s Wandering Sun (1971) • Triton of the Sea (1972) • La Seine no Hoshi (1975) • The Adventures of Pepero (1975) • Brave Raideen (1975) • Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 (1977) • Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (1978) • Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)1980s Space Runaway Ideon (1980) • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie (1981) • Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1982) • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982) • The Ideon: A Contact (1982) • The Ideon: Be Invoked (1982) • Combat Mecha Xabungle (1982) • Aura Battler Dunbine (1983) •Xabungle Graffiti (1983) • Heavy Metal L-Gaim (1984) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) • Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986) • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)1990s Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993) • Garzey's Wing (1996) • Brain Powerd (1998) • Turn A Gundam (1999)2000s Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light (2002) • Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly (2002) • Overman King Gainer (2002) • The Wings of Rean (2005) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heirs To The Stars (2005) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers (2005) • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love is the Pulse of the Stars (2006) • Ring of Gundam (2009)Other Neo-Human Casshern (1973 - Storyboards) • Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V (1977 - Producer) • Round Vernian Vifam (1983 - Planning) • Japan Sinks (2006 - Actor)Categories:- Anime series
- Manga series
- Gundam anime and manga
- Universal Century
- Anime of 1993
- Anime featured in the Super Robot Wars series
- Manga of 1995
- Sunrise (company)
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