Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991)

Original title

機動戦士ガンダム0083 STARDUST MEMORY

Directed by

Takashi Imanishi

Genre

military science fiction, mecha

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An OVA set three years after a devastating war. It follows a young Earth Federation pilot who gets caught up in a shadowy Zeon operation to steal a nuclear-capable mobile suit. The story connects the original Gundam series to its sequel.

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What happens

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム0083 STARDUST(スターダスト) MEMORY(メモリー), Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburuōeitīsuri Sutādasuto Memorī) is a 13-episode Japanese OVA series produced by Sunrise. It was released in Japan from 23 May 1991 to 24 September 1992 and is set in Universal Century 0083, three years after the One Year War depicted in Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). Positioned between the original series and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (set in U.C. 0087), the OVA dramatizes the postwar "Operation Stardust" incident and functions as a connective chapter in the early UC timeline. It is the franchise's second OVA project, following 1989's Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. The series was directed by Mitsuko Kase (episodes 1–7) and Takashi Imanishi (episodes 8–13), with character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto and mechanical styling/design by Shoji Kawamori and Hajime Katoki. A compilation film, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow of Zeon (also known as The Last Blitz of Zeon), opened theatrically in Japan on 29 August 1992. Known for its high production values and detailed mecha action, the project helped define the franchise's early-1990s UC aesthetic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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