Hathaway Noa

Infobox animanga character
color = lightsteelblue
name = Hathaway Noa
series = Universal Century


caption = The family of Noa in U.C. 0105, from left to right: Bright Noa, Hathaway Noa, Mirai Noa, and Cheimin Noa. Art by Haruhiko Mikimoto.
first = Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
last = Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
creator = Yoshiyuki Tomino
voiced by = Yasuko Hanai (Japanese, Zeta Gundam)
Nozomu Sasaki (Japanese, Char's Counterattack)
Bill Switzer (English, Char's Counterattack)
alias = Mafty Navue Erin (Hathaway's Flash)
age = 7 (MSG-Z), 13 (MSG: CCA)
gender = male
born = UC 0080
nationality = Earth Federation
relatives = Bright Noa ("Father") Mirai Yashima ("Mother") Cheimin Noa ("sister")
divider = Military History
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = Londo Bell (MSG-CC), Mafty ()
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = RGM-89 Jegan (MSG-CC)
RX-105 Xi Gundam (MSG-Hathaway's Flash)

Hathaway Noa is a fictional character from the Gundam franchise. He first appeared in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and is most prominently featured in the feature film and the novel . His name may be a reference to Noah Hathaway (Boxey, of "Battlestar Galactica (1978)", who was also the son of a major character).

Background

Hathaway Noa was born in the year UC 0080, to Bright Noa and Mirai Yashima. He makes his first animated appearance along with his mother and his sister Cheimen Noa in the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, while his father was in space. Due to his father's military service, he was absent for large periods of Hathaway's life.

Appearances

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Hathaway and his sister have a very minor role in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. They show up only briefly during the first time the series shifts towards Earth, along with their mother Mirai.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

In Char's Counterattack, Hathaway escapes the doomed earth in a space shuttle. His shuttle is caught in a Neo Zeon battle, but Bright Noa rescues him. Hathaway becomes an unofficial member of Londo Bell and tries to assist tacticly. In the final battle to stop Axis from colliding with earth he makes an attempt to persuade Quess Paraya to stop fighting by launching in a Jegan. Quess had already lost her mind and does not listen to his words of reason. Chan Agi, Amuro's girlfriend, launches in the RE-Gundam Zeta and saves Hathaway's life, destroying Quess in the process. Hathaway is not grateful, and he's infuriated over Quess' death. He attacks Chan's mobile suit. She does not fight back, and is killed. Hathaway is one of the few surviving characters at the end of CCA.

The novelization Beltorchika's Children, which was written by director Yoshiyuki Tomino, features several differences. One of the biggest ones for Hathaway is that instead of Chan killing Quess, it is Hathaway who does so accidentally.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash

The novel "Hathaway's Flash" is a sequel to the novel version of Char's Counterattack. Set 12 years after those events, Hathaway is now the leader of the anti-Federation group Mafty, and operates under the alias Mafty Navue Erin. Despite piloting a powerful new Gundam, he is eventually captured and sentenced to death by Bright, who does not realize that he is his own son.