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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…
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Monthly OUT, 10/1979 – Part 2 (Interview with Director Tomino)
[originally posted on 9 November 2024] Picking up where we left off in this magazine, up next is a section titled Fly! Gundam featuring an interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino. As usual, “Q:” denotes the interview questions and “T:” is Director Tomino’s response. Q: First of all, I hear that you are going to use…
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Monthly OUT, 10/1979 – Part 1 (Color Pages + Info Sections)
[originally posted 26 October 2023] Monthly OUT (月刊OUT) was one of the first anime magazines, published by Minori Shobō and releasing monthly from 1977 to 1995. This series of posts will cover the Gundam-related content from the October 1979 issue. I’ll be going through this magazine in parts, as there is quite a lot to…
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Char & Garma’s Fun!? Military Academy – Interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Animedia 07/2016)
[originally posted 27 September 2023] The following is a translation of an interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, creator of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga and director of the OVA and TV series, published in the July 2016 issue of Animedia. The letter “Q” denotes the interviewers questions, and “Y” is Yas’s responses. The term…
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Char Aznable Pia Mook – Interview with Shūichi Ikeda
[originally posted 4 July 2023] The following is a translation of the interview with Shūichi Ikeda from the Char Aznable Pia Mook, published by Pia (ぴあ) in 2020. The existence of Gundam has moved from a “point” to a “line” Please tell us how you feel now that Mobile Suit Gundam has reached its 40th…
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Amuro Ray Pia Mook – Interview with Tōru Furuya
[originally posted 22 June 2023] The following is a translation of the interview with Tōru Furuya from the Amuro Ray Pia Mook, published by Pia (ぴあ) in 2020. Meeting Amuro was a major turning point in his life as an actor Please tell us how you feel about the 40th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam.…
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Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book – Interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
[originally posted 13 August 2023] Released by MOVIC in 1988 alongside the film, the Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book is a companion resource to the film, with multiple pages of color screenshots, an interview with Director Tomino, and plenty of concept art. In this post however, we’ll only be covering the interview. The interviewer’s questions are…
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