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Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

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Production

Producer
Director
Story & Script
Character Design
Mecha Design
Art Director
Music

Release

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.

Contents

StoryEdit

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

League Militaire:

Character Voice Actor
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

Zanscare Empire:

Character Voice Actor
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


Universal Century
TV series Gundam 0079 | Zeta Gundam | Gundam ZZ | Victory Gundam

Comprehensive Episode Listing

Events One Year War | Antarctic Treaty | Operation Stardust | Gryps Conflict | Neo Zeon Movements | Late Universal Century
Topics Battleships and spacecraft | Characters | Locations | Mobile SuitsMobile Suit VariationsMS-X | Nations and Factions | Newtype | Technology | Weapons
Novels and manga Advance of Zeta: The Flag of TitansThe Traitor To Destiny | Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika’s ChildrenHi Streamer | Char’s Deleted Affair: Portrait of Young CometOne Day: Haman's Deleted Affair | Crossbone GundamSkull HeartSteel 7Ghost | Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 -The Wrath of Varuna- | École du Ciel | The Plot to Assassinate Gihren | Gaia Gear | Gundam F90 | Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in UC 0123 | Formula Wars 0122 | UnicornBande DessineeFragments of StarlightThe Postwar | Sentinel | We're Federation Hooligans!! - Katana | Hathaway's Flash | Night=Hawks! | Side Story: The Blue Destiny | Moon Crisis | Gigantis' Counterattack | Double-FakeAlmarya | Victory Gundam Side Story | Stampede: The Story of Professor Minovsky | MSV-R: The Return of Johnny Ridden | Gundam Legacy | Another Z Gundam StoryMAD WANG 1160 | Outer Gundam - REON | For the Barrel | The Origin | The Revival of Zeon - New Revival of Zeon | Lost War Chronicles | Hero of Stardust | Zeta Gundam 1/2 | War in the Pocket | Space, To the End of a Flash | Zeta Gundam Define | G-Saviour | SECRET FORMULA | Ganota no Onna | Thunderbolt
Films and OVAs MS IGLOOThe Hidden One Year WarApocalypse 0079The Gravity Front | The 08th MS TeamThe 08th MS Team, Miller's Report | 0080: War in the Pocket | 0083: Stardust Memory | Char's Counterattack | Unicorn (OVA) | F91 | Mission to the Rise | Ring of Gundam | Gundam Evolve | Green Divers | G-Saviour
Related Gundam Fix Figuration | GunplaHigh Grade Universal CenturyMaster Grade - Perfect GradeReal Grade | Mobile Weapons | MS Girl | Plamo-Kyoshiro | SD GundamSD Gundam G Generation | Super Robot Wars | Gundam the Ride | Gundam Crisis | Bonds of the Battlefield | Harmony of Gundam
Video games Lost War Chronicles | Gundam 0079: The War for Earth | Mobile Ops: The One Year War | The Blue Destiny | Crossfire/Target in Sight | Journey to Jaburo | Zeonic Front | Cross Dimension 0079 | Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 | Advanced Operation | Rise From The Ashes | Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 | Gundam vs. Gundam - NEXT - Extreme Vs. - Extreme Vs. Full Boost | Gundam UC [The Postwar] | Battle Operation
Timelines Advanced Generation | After Colony | After War | Anno Domini | Correct Century | Cosmic Era | Future Century | Mars Century | SD Gundam | Universal Century
Facts about Mobile Suit Victory GundamRDF feed
Art DirectorShigemi Ikeda  +
Character DesignHiroshi Osaka  +
DirectorYoshiyuki Tomino  +
EraUniversal Century  +
Japanese Series2 April 1993 (25 March 1994)  +
Mechanical DesignerHajime Katoki  +, Junya Ishigaki  +, and Kunio Okawara  +
MediaAnime  +
Music ByAkira Senju  +
Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.Series  +
ProducerSunrise  +
Short NameMSVG  +
Story and ScriptHideki Sonoda  +, Kazuhiro Kanbe  +, Ken Oketani  +, Minoru Onoya  +, and Sukehiro Tomita  +
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