![]() All three people in that scene are the bad guys, but it was more compelling than a lot of the scenes with the protagonists… She can get annoying, but it lead to a great scene towards the end where she reveals her role as a traitor and kills Gato’s commander (who has been with him since the OYW), leading to Gato plunging his suit’s claw into the deck of the ship, killing her. Towards the middle we’re introduced to a female Zeon member called Cima Garahau, and she seemingly exists to be an evil villain type to off-set Gato’s more respectable soldier character. ![]() Kou and Nina, our main protagonist and his love interest, during the few happy times… He can still be immature and whiny sometimes, but hey-ho, he has far more annoying characters around him that alleviate this problem! ![]() On that note, Kou is a different kind of Gundam protagonist, not a boy who ended up a Gundam pilot by accident, but an already experience pilot who… jumped into a Gundam and became its pilot against the Federation’s wishes… so, not too different, backstory wise, but its fresher. The times when the two prototype Gundam clash are often exciting highlights of the series, both visually and watching their rivalry grow and grow. It’s not that he wants to kill the soldiers opposing him, especially the younger ones, but Kou’s stereotypical good and evil viewpoint drives him up the wall. So when Kou starts giving speeches about how wrong he is, Gato gets genuinely angry about being lectured by someone who hasn’t been through the wars and death he has. Yes, his dedication to freeing his people from Federation rule includes dropping colonies and asteroids onto Earth to wipe out a good portion of the population, he’s no saint, but he looks after and genuinely cares about his fellow men and understands what he’s doing is monstrous, but he’s happy to take on the burden so future generations can have a better time of it than he’s had. During their brief confrontation Gato gets rather annoyed that some kid who hasn’t experienced proper war would dare give him a lecture on whether what he’s doing is right or not, and that’s what I like: Gato isn’t an moustache-twirling villain, he has his own principles and is entirely dedicated to his cause. Kou is an experienced pilot and a big of a tech freak, so when Gato steals one of the prototype Gundams from Kou’s base, he jumps in the other Gundam to give chase. While there are some niggling plot issues with Stardust Memory, I always enjoy it mostly for the lead antagonist, Anavel Gato, and his interaction with lead protagonist Kou Uraki. ![]() Gato’s Gundam Physalis, one of the chunkier Gundams in the show’s history. Because of lax security, a Zeon mole helps Gato infiltrate the base and hijack the GP02 just after its nuclear weapon is fully loaded… 0083, the Federation space carrier Albion delivers two Gundam Development Project prototypes, the RX-78 GP01 Zephyranthes and the GP02A Physalis, to the Torrington Base in Australia for ground testing under the aegis of Anaheim Electronics engineer Nina Purpleton. Despite the shock defeat, both men retreat and plan the return of Zeon. ![]() 0079, Zeon ace pilot Anavel Gato returns from combat to find Admiral Aiguille Delaz telling him of the deaths of Gihren and Kycilia Zabi, as the Zeon forces surrender. Let’s take a good look at this 13-Episode series…ĭuring the Battle of A Bao A Qu in December U.C. It also features a very interesting villain and a fun, if not always likeable, protagonist to face off against him. The last of the “classic” Universal Century OVAs, Stardust Memory takes place in between the original series and Zeta Gundam, doing an unnecessarily long and twisty version of events that led to the formation of the Titans group so prominently featured in the latter series. ![]()
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