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ガルマが死んだ日 (The Day Garma Died), Act 7, 8, 9
This post covers pages 30-36 The Day Garma Died chapter list Content Warnings This work features mature content and should not be viewed by anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please click here to return to the homepage — Act 7 — For writingNone For imagesNone — Act 8 —…
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ガルマが死んだ日 (The Day Garma Died), Act 4, 5, 6
This part covers pages 18-29 Content Warnings This work features mature content and should not be viewed by anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please click here to return to the homepage — Act 4 — For writingSexual content, rape For imagesSexually suggestive, but nothing explicit shown — Act 5…
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Casval’s Neo Zeon Campaign Playthrough
Playthrough + translations for Casval’s Neo Zeon campaign from Gihren’s Greed: Menace of Axis V is now available. Char Aznable, now embracing his birth name Casval Rem Deikun, rebels and forms his own faction, attempting to take down both the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. Click here for the the complete playthrough (be…
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Garma’s Reborn Zeon Campaign Playthrough
Playthrough + translations for Garma’s Reborn Zeon campaign from Gihren’s Greed: Menace of Axis V is now available. This one is a lot shorter than any we’ve covered so far, as it’s the first of the “bonus” campaigns. Not much in the way of story, but you get to mass produce the Big Zam which…
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 10/1987 (Animedia)
Early coverage of Char’s Counterattack continues in the October issue of Animedia, featuring a character relationship chart, descriptions of the new mobile suits, and some interesting fan submissions. The challenge of reborn Sunrise: Part 3 Will the dream come back to life with the OAV and movie adaptations of the series? There are still many…
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 07/1987 (Monthly BANDAI Making Journal)
Monthly BANDAI Making Journal was a monthly publication released by Bandai to advertise their upcoming model kits. I picked up this particular issue out of curiosity since it had some of the old CCA promo art on the cover. Just for fun, here’s a look inside at the movie announcement and some bonus pages of…
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 09/1987 (Animage)
Animage’s coverage of Char’s Counterattack in the September issue features much more art and information compared to the other magazines we covered from this month. In addition, it includes a press release written by Director Tomino and some brief statements from other members of the staff. [cover art by Haruhiko Mikimoto, character designer for Mobile…
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Update: New Gihren’s Greed
Translations for the Amuro (CCA) and Char’s Neo Zeon campaigns are now available. Note that these are not full playthroughs, but rather translations of (some of) the story. Amuro Ray (CCA) Campaign focusing on Amuro Ray, ace pilot of Londo Bell. Covers the True Ending Char Aznable (CCA) Campaign follows the rise of Char’s Neo…
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 09/1987 (Animedia & Newtype)
The official announcement for Char’s Counterattack appeared in multiple September 1987 issues of anime magazines, though the extent of the coverage varied. This post covers Animedia and Newtype, which both included relatively short sections about the movie. However, Animage had a much more in depth coverage, and will be its own article. Animedia 09/1987 GUNDAM…
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 08/1987 (Newtype)
[originally published on December 14, 2023] Welcome to the first in a series of articles covering the months leading up to the release of the film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack on March 12, 1988, as told through anime magazines and books of the time. I’ll be providing scans of the relevant pages, translations of…
