Bandai Mobile Suite Gundam: CHAR'S Counter Atta

I have long since given up hope on the Gundam franchise due to SEED destroying everything that made it interesting to me, but my love for the One Year War story persuaded me to pick this epic movie up. And man, was I surprised!There are no needlessly flashy Gundams, no color changes, no characters who you believe are girls for 3 episodes before you find out it's a man! (purple haired guy from SEED) Nor are there any needlessly cheesy love stories that get in the way of the War's story.This is the end of the original series, real tactics are used, the mobile suits look amazing, and the animation is beautiful for being an 80's film. Unlike so many Gundam things out now, you wont find any overpowered god-like Gundams, or BS excuses for tactics, but quite the opposite! This movie saved Gundam for me. 5/5 for one Hell of a conclusion to one of Anime's greatest stories!

Char's Counterattack is a story that would have been told a lot better in a 12-or so episode OVA like 8th MS Team or Stardust Memory. Or maybe at least in two movies. Yet in spite of that, in just two hours Tomino and his crew manage to create a very engaging and excellent Gundam film, creating a very climactic "ending" to the Universal Century that nobody dared to continue up until Unicorn was released a few years ago. What I truly love about the film is the pacing, it's very fast-paced but it doesn't waste one single minute of its run time on some distracting or random scene that doesn't contribute anything to the plot or the characters. It is tragic, epic and a classic even if Char's characterization is arguably the movie's biggest flaw and a constant headache for Universal Century fans everywhere.

I am a huge fan of the mecha styling and animation in this movie, but i didn't think the story held together all that well. I don't know if it was a translation issue for me, or simply disagreeing with the plot, but I felt that it was of a similar quality to other main-line Gundam stories.If you really like the Gundam series, and want to see Char in an awesome suit trying to figure out what to do now that he's done everything else, this is probably worth picking up or borrowing from a friend. Otherwise, I would suggest skipping it.

What more can I say than this is a prime example why Mobile Suit Gundam is amazing! If you are true Gundam fan, and know that Gundam Seed is a terrible joke, then you NEED to have this film. Yoshiyuki Tomino just makes another master piece for all to see by providing Japan, and the whole world with one of the most ground breaking anime series ever. The DVD is good quality, provides Japanese and English dub. If you're dying for Blu-ray, go cry a river. The DVD is just fine to experience this film. However if you do get blu-ray, make sure your TV isn't one of those stupid HD TVs that randomly speed up images (those should all be recalled!). True Gundam fans NEED this film, and thats that!

Honestly,I love Gundam. This is a little far-fetched at times, realistically speaking...But if you wanted to be realistic, you wouldn't watch this right? It does conclude the the epic rivalry of Amuro And Char, adds an old Character or two and a bunch of others. Cool Mobile Suits and some nice combat between the main characters.If you like Mobile Suit Gundam, Get it.If you like Gundam in General, you might want to rent it or borrow it.If this is your first dive into anything Gundam, you may not appreciate it and i recommend you check out the original series before watching this.

This movie is just plain bad. Quess is quit possibly one of the worst characters in an anime ever. She is a nonstop whining brat with literally no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The relationships between the cast of the film feel like what an alien who has never met a human might think of our species as all the characters seem to act like insane 12 year olds. Skip this and watch "Gundam Unicorn," its vastly superior.

It tries to squeeze a lot in a limited time, very disappointed, I haven't even gotten around to finishing it.

This a great movie of the Gundam series, I been a fan for years and I'm please by the story.

It's a good movie,however you really need to have seen the first three series (gundam,zeta,zz)to really understand the whole series.