Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
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| Japanese | April 2, 1993 - March 25, 1994 |
| Number of Episodes | 51 |
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam or V Gundam (機動戦士Vガンダム, Kidō Senshi V Gandamu) is an anime television program set in the Universal Century timeline. It consists of 51 episodes and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN stations) and later by the anime satellite TV network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Latin America and other regions.
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Story
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Victory Gundam is set in UC 0153 and succeeds the Federation and Crossbone Vanguard conflict of Gundam F-91. Therefore, it takes place well after the events of the Earth Federation versus Principality of Zeon conflict (which could be said to have ended with Char's Counterattack or Unicorn).
The greatly weakened Earth Federation comes under attack by the BESPA 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.
OverviewEdit
Victory Gundam, the first of four Gundam television series that aired 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) and featured the second youngest protagonist in Gundam anime - the thirteen-year-old Uso Ewin. It is another one of Tomino's "Kill'em all" series. The main cast casualty rate of the League Militaire (especially the Shrike Team), as well as the Zanscare is extremely high. In a notable scene, two members of the Shrike Team are killed by being vaporized in their normal suits by a beam saber.
According to Tomino, while Victory Gundam was being produced, Sunrise merged with Bandai over his objections. The negative feelings resulting from these events made Victory Gundam his most hated Gundam series. In fact, his interview on the memorial DVD Box's initial-printing booklet is entitled "Don't buy these DVDs because you should not watch them!!"— similar to an admonition included in the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundams final DVD volume. (The interview itself explains the above situation.) According to rumours, it was during the production of this series that Tomino suffered from depression.
There is an inside-rumour among Gundam fans that the protagonist, Uso Evin, is the great grandson of late Char Aznable, based on that the last-name of Uso's Mother (Miguel) is the same as Char's last lover, Nanai Miguel (in Char's Counterattack). This series takes place 60 years after the events of Char's Counterattack so this is considered by fans to be very plausible. Even though Tomino officially rejects the rumour, it is also known that the production group considered the idea, just did not implement it (but the last name of Muller "Miguel" stays).
Director Tomino, as with First Gundam and Zeta, had to contend with a great deal of pressure from sponsors and other interested parties. The first episode was originally intended to be episode four, but pressure from a major investor (Bandai) to show the main mecha from the start led to a confusing change to the early episode order. Another pressure came with merchandising interest to put battleships on mid series, while the main stage was on Earth. As a compromise and irony, the strange BESPA battleship/motorcycle mixture vessels that made up the Motorad Fleet made their appearance. Some point out the death rate as mentioned above had a great deal to do with Tomino's depression and frustration while working on the show - in comparison, his more recent works, such as King Gainer and Brain Powered, avoid large body counts.
Openings and EndingsEdit
Openings:
- Standup to the Victory by Tomohisa Kawazoe (episode 1–31)
- Don't Stop! Carry On! by RD (episode 32–51)
Endings:
- Winners Forever by infix (episode 1–31)
- Mou Ichido Tenderness KIX.S (episode 32–51)
Episode listEdit
For a complete listing of the episodes please see here.
Cast & StaffEdit
Japanese VoiceEdit
| Character | Voice Actor |
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| Uso Ewin | Daisuke Sakaguchi |
| Shakti Kareen | Yumi Kuroda |
| Marbet Fingerhat | Ayako Shiraishi |
| Romero Marabal | Furin Cha |
| Jinn Gehenam | Ginzou Matsuo |
| Tomache Massarik | Tomokazu Seki |
| Odelo Henrik | Masayuki Nakata |
| Oliver Inoe | Keiichi Sonobe |
| Junko Jenko | Yuko Kobayashi |
| Peggy Lee | Kae Araki |
| Kate Bush | Shinobu Adachi |
| Helen Jackson | Rika Fukami |
| Maheria Meril | Mari Maruta |
| Cony Francis | Satomi Koorogi (Also voiced for Karlmann Dukartuse and Suzy Relane) |
| Juca Meilasch | Atsuko Tanaka |
| Francesca O'Hara | Hiromi Ishikawa |
| Miliera Katan | Narumi Hidaka |
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| Cronicle Asher | Toomoyuki Dan |
| Katejina Loos | Kumiko Watanabe |
| Maria Pia Armonia | Emi Shinohara |
| Arbeo Pippiniden | 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 |
GalleryEdit
See alsoEdit
External LinksEdit
- Victory Gundam Official Website (Japanese)
- Gundam Official Other Gundam Series List
- Victory Gundam on Sunrise Inc International Section
- Victory Gundam on Sunrise Inc List of Works by Year (Japanese)
- Victory Gundam on MAHQ
