Universal Century 0074. Since leaving Texas Colony, Édouard Mass has camouflaged his identity and enrolled in the Autonomous Republic of Zeon's Space Defense Military Academy under the name of Char Aznable. He develops a friendship with his classmate Garma, a scion of the Zabi family. Gradually the two become admired by the other students. Then, in Universal Century 0077, the young at last rise up in arms and begin the fight for independence against the Earth Federation's security forces. This rebellion, however, also marks the beginning of Char’s spectacular scenario of revenge… Now, the gears of history are turning!
Direction
Yasuhiko's hand-drawn mecha sequences put most CG to shame
Writing
Char's calculated charm makes you root against your better judgment
Production
68 minutes of gorgeous OVA budget flexing in every frame
Director
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Shuichi Ikeda
Char Aznable (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara
Garma Zabi (voice)
Ai Kayano
Zenna Mia (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Dozle Zabi (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno
Lino Fernandez (voice)
Megumi Han
Sayla Mass (voice)
Banjo Ginga
Gihren Zabi (voice)
Jin Urayama
Degwin Sodo Zabi (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Kycillia Zabi (voice)
Naoki Bando
Torenov Y Minovsky (voice)
Toru Furuya
Amuro Ray (voice)
Kouichi Sakaguchi
Tem Ray (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Narration (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shuichi Ikeda has voiced Char since the original 1979 series; this prequel lets him play the character's vulnerable youth for the first time in nearly 40 years.
The Dawn Rebellion arc directly mirrors 1960s student protest movements in Japan, reframing Zeon's 'liberation' as complicated revolutionary politics rather than simple villainy.
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