Also, the music soundtrack, while not remixed is rearranged and in some cases removed from some scenes.
The 20th anniversary release is digitally remastered but many of the sound effects are replaced, most notably the futuristic gun sounds being replaced by louder machine gun sound effects. The original voice cast members rerecorded their lines with the exception of those who were deceased.
This DVD boxset is identical to the 20th anniversary release of the movie compilation DVDs. However, the DVD is only available in Japanese audio with English subtitles. They then were released again both separately and in a DVD box set in America on May 7, 2002. The three compilation movies were released originally dubbed in English in the late 1990s to the early 2000s, with a different vocal cast than the English TV show dub, direct to VHS. The third movie also includes a substantial amount of new footage expanding on the battles of Solomon and A Baoa Qu.
The G-Armor upgrade parts were also completely removed and replaced in the narrative by the more realistic Core Booster support fighters, and Hayato receives a Guncannon at Jaburo to replace the disadvantaged Guntank. Tomino removed several aspects of the show which he felt were still too super robot-esque for the real robot series he intended Gundam to be, such as the Gundam Hammer weapon. The third movie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space(機動戦士ガンダムⅢ めぐりあい宇宙編,Kidō Senshi Gundam III: Meguriai Sora), was released in 1982.Įach of the three movies are largely composed of old footage from the TV series, however Tomino felt that some things could be changed for the better. The first two movies, Mobile Suit Gundam(機動戦士ガンダムⅠ ) and Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow(機動戦士ガンダムⅡ哀・戦士編,Kidō Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi ), were released in 1981. Template:Episode/list Compilation Movies įollowing the success of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, Yoshiyuki Tomino returned in 1981 and reworked the footage into three separate compilation movies. With the aid of Earth Federation soldiers stationed aboard the MS carrier White Base the newly formed crew of refugees set out to change the course of the One Year War - or die trying. When a Zeon recon team disobey mission orders and begin attacking Side 7 its citizens stumble across the Federations latest weapon: the Gundam. The Zeon have the upper hand through their use of a revolutionary new type of weapon, their humanoid like mobile suits. Universal Century 0079: The Principality of Zeon has declared its independence from the Earth Federation, and subsequently launched a massive war of independence, a war which has raged in every continent on earth and in nearly every space colony and lunar settlement.