Mobile Suit V Gundam "Mobile Suit V Gundam"
"Mobile Suit V Gundam" (Mobile Suit V Gundam) is launched by Japan's Sunshine Animation and is a series of Gundam works. The fourth part of the series is also the last story of U.C. It was broadcast from April 2, 1993 to March 25, 1994, with a total of 51 episodes. The "V" in V Gundam stands for Victory, which means victory. (Because some web pages refer to the Mobile Suit ν Gundam, the protagonist of Char's Counterattack, by the English letter "v" with a similar appearance, which will cause confusion with the v Gundam of this game, so it is now customary to According to the pronunciation, the former is called Nu Gundam, while the full name of the latter is "Victory Gundam", which is "Victory Gundam"). At the same time, the Holy Military Alliance calls V Gundam a mobile suit "Victory White".
Era Background
From the time humans began to enter space, to the immigration into the universe, and then to wars due to mutual disputes, the huge changes in these periods were actually limited in time. It just took a few hundred years.
In Universal Century 0140, due to the aging of the Earth's federal government, all aspects of the Earth's sphere were becoming increasingly fatigued. At the same time, it contributed to the rise of colonial satelliteism, and the autonomy and independence movement once again set off a wave. The confrontation between the satellites caused by economic differences and trade imbalances has gradually become apparent.
Under such a situation, careerists naturally emerge. Beginning in 0145, the party led by José Cogach supported the female thinker Maria Armonia, gained widespread support from the colonial satellites, established the Sascal Empire, and "established a new order" "In the name of righteousness, he declared war on the Earth Federation.
Under the offensive of the high-spirited and well-equipped Ghazi party, the seemingly powerful military power of the federal government immediately exposed its weak nature. For this reason, some people who were worried about the survival of the earth formed an informal armed organization in 0148. Its members included soldiers who were originally members of the Federation Army and technicians who had worked in Anaheim, and more from Folks, enthusiastic young volunteers...the name of the organization is the Liga Military Alliance. In order to fight against powerful enemies, the organization began to develop the latest mobile suit-V (Victory) Gundam in 0149.
STORY
In U.C. 0140, due to the aging of the Earth’s federal government, all aspects of the Earth’s sphere were becoming exhausted day by day, and at the same time, it promoted
colonization With the rise of satelliteism, the autonomy and independence movement once again set off a wave. The opposition between the satellites caused by economic differences and trade imbalances has gradually become apparent. In such a situation, careerists naturally arise. Beginning in 0145
The party led by José Cogach supported the female thinker Maria Armonia and gained wide support from various colonial satellites
He established the Sanskar Empire and declared war on the Earth Federation in the name of "establishing a new order".
Under the offensive of the highly motivated and well-equipped Sanskar Empire, the seemingly strong military power of the federal government was immediately exposed
Its weak nature. For this reason, some people who were worried about the survival of the earth formed an informal armed organization in 0148.
Its members include soldiers who originally belonged to the Federation Army and people who had worked in Anaheim. Technical staff, and more enthusiastic young volunteers from the community. The name of the organization is the Lyca-Milidia Military Alliance. To face powerful enemies, the organization began developing the latest Mobile Suit V (Victory) Gundam in 0149.
U.C.0153, the Sanskar Empire launched a large-scale attack on the Earth and sent those who resisted them to the guillotine for public execution. This cruel method aroused public indignation, Liga· Milidia's underground activities also began to flourish. 13-year-old NEWTYPE boy Hu Suonai
is one of the many residents who live illegally on the earth. Because they have no legal right to live, they often live in hidden places such as forests
. Hu Suo settled in the forest with his childhood sweetheart Shakti and some other orphans. They had been living a peaceful life without their parents. However, one day, the Sanskar Empire and Liga Milidia fought in the forest. Husso was inexplicably involved and drove the V Gundam to repel the enemy. The fate of the child was completely changed. Although unwilling
Huso and the others, who were already homeless, joined Liga Milidia and acted with the Shukla team***
which was composed entirely of women. , repelling the invading Sanskar Imperial Army again and again. After winning the battle on the ground, Husuo and the others moved to the universe, but during a battle Shakti was captured by the enemy.
It turns out that Shakti is Queen Maria's biological daughter. Holland wants to use Maria and Shakti's NEWTYPE abilities to gather the power of tens of thousands of superpowers to use the Angel Ring's The amplifier sends ultrasonic waves to the earth, causing all human brains on the earth to die, thereby achieving his ambition to dominate the earth's circle. Finally
Husuo piloted the enhanced V2 Gundam, activated the wings of light and awakened Shakti's power, causing the Angel Ring to separate,
and gradually flew away. Leaving the earth and returning to various satellites, the Sanskar Empire also collapsed in the light...
Work explanation
This work is the first episode of the TV series animation set in the Universal Century. Four works, it is also the last work of the animated version of UC Century Extension (the 2001 G-Saviour animated film, the story stage is the era after V Gundam, is a spin-off work.). The setting of the 13-year-old protagonist is the youngest in the series. The purpose is to make it more acceptable to elementary school students of the same generation as SD Gundam. Even people who are completely unfamiliar with the content of the old series can understand that there is very little content related to the old series. (The history between F-91 and V Gundam consists of several single-book works, including Koichi Tokita's Shadow Equation and Yuichi Hasegawa's Pirate Gundam comic series.)
According to director Tomino According to Yuuki, this work is "a robot animation that returns to the origin of TV animation and has interesting content." It aims at the simple, comic-style work with the protagonist as the center in the early days. So the story begins and revolves around the bright and lively protagonist Husso Abbin, who boards the Gundam in order to protect his childhood sweetheart Sadie Karen and the woman he admires Katizina Ruth, and defeats the enemy with clever tactics, just like Farcical direction. But towards the end, it introduced themes such as nationalism with a religious background, which were difficult for young people to understand.
Some scenes in the work, such as scenes where characters are decapitated with laser knives, make this work as dark and heavy as other common scenes in Yoshiyuki Tomino's works. Scenes like this have been described many times in the second trailer, and there is a saying that "any character whose name is mentioned in the trailer must be dead." And unlike the previous Gundam series where the villains were not simply portrayed as villains but as people, there are many enemies in this game who have contempt for life and are cruel and cold-blooded.
The protagonist’s machine, V Gundam, was designed using Hajime Kakugi, creating a machine with a simple design that can be combined and transformed, and has high playability. Special consideration was also given to allowing children to draw realistically. The enemy mobile suits also adopt settings that are consistent with previous works such as doll eyes, rotating light beams, and wheel-shaped vehicles, which are called by fans.
The person in charge of the design is Koji Aisaka. Tomino rarely praised the supervision of his own work (he once said that this work was also "the most hated Gundam"), but he also said afterwards that it was the character that saved the work. Until the end of this work, in "Mobile Suit V Gundam Dictionary", Tomino mentioned "It's a really good ending". In "Turn A's Cure", he said, "There is nothing better than finishing a work." People hate reality.”
Music is provided by Akira Senju. The original soundtrack of this game uses a full symphonic performance, which was rare for animation at the time, and it has received high praise from fans of Gundam and Akira Senju. When Tomino auditioned the music style, he said it felt like "happiness" (Tomino also rarely praises the staff, and composing is no exception). Akira Senju said, "When I was playing V Gundam, I almost dug out all my drawers (metaphorically)." He also included the album "Mobile Suit V Gundam ~ Symphonic Suite No. 2 THOUSAND NESTS" (performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor :Anthony Inglis) ("Mobile Suit Vガンダム～Symphonic Suite 2 THOUSAND NESTS" Performed by: ポーランド Broadcasting Orchestra Orchestra, Conductor: アンソニー?イングリス) calls it his masterpiece. OST*** has been released in 3 volumes. In addition to the one produced by Akira Senju himself, there is also a volume that collects the second half of "Flower on the Side of the Field (Nobe no Flower)" (the early opening theme song "STAND UP TO THE VICTORY?TO" THE VICTORY? (STAND UP TO THE VICTORY?トゥ?ザ?ヴィクトリー?)" re-edited version, used in the next trailer), insert song "Field Poppy Journey Ahead (ひなげしの游のむこうに)" "Will "Love Repeats Again (いくつもの爱をかさねて)" and other albums with many popular songs. However, there are still many unrecorded songs (the above-mentioned piano version of "Flowers on the Edge of the Field", etc.), and both Gundam and Senju Akira fans strongly hope that a CD containing all the songs will be released.
Daisuke Sakaguchi, who voiced Huso, made his debut as a newcomer (19 years old). In "G Gundam", he played the role of Thomas in Sekichi's work as Domon Cards. Hikaru Midorikawa, who played Hiro Yui in "Mobile Suit Gundam W", also played some supporting roles in each episode of this game. In addition, many of the voice actors who played the protagonists in the Heisei Gundam trilogy that followed this work also appeared in this work.
The tentative title during production was "New Mobile Suit Victory Gundam", and the title in the storyboard of the first episode was also used.
Editor's Note
At the end of "V" Gundam, the story that happened in the universe era calculated by "U.C" also came to an end. Although the following works also have the name "Gundam", they use different eras. It is difficult to determine which of these stories is earlier and which is later. Especially in "G Gundam", most of the settings in it are The setting and the atmosphere of the entire work are incompatible with the worldview constructed by the story of the Universal Century. AKIRA-kun's evaluation of these films is "It's all nonsense!", while Yuki Yaka-kun suggested that "it's more reasonable to interpret these as Gundam stories that take place in another parallel space." I really want to take these films (especially If it's "G") and it's included in the Gundam series, I'm afraid that's the only way to understand it.