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Plot Summary:
It is A.D. 2009 and the human race is caught in a war between giant humanoids, male Zentrans and female Meltrans. Returning from the edge of our solar system after making a space fold, the SDF-1 Macross makes the long journey back to Earth with survivors of South Ataria Island. "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" is an alternate re-telling of the events that occurred in the original 1982 TV series.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, manga, exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Macross Frontier: The Wings of Goodbye (2011)
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Picking up from where the previous movie left off, Ranka's star career flourishes while Sheryl's health rapidly deteriorates after collapsing during a live performance. At the same time, separate factions are maneuvering behind the scenes seeking to control the Vajra horde by utilizing the singing abilities of the two songstresses. As the entire Macross Frontier fleet begins to wage its final war on the Vajra, Alto finally makes a choice between Ranka and Sheryl.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, futuristic, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Macross Δ the Movie: Passionate Walküre (2018)
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Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, eight years after the events of Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy, alongside the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind. This film recompiles scenes from the television anime with new scenes to tell a different story.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, mecha, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (1988)
Plot Summary:
For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other “decisive” battles, this can only end in disaster; a sentiment shared by Imperial nobleman Reinhard von Lohengramm and Alliance Commodore Yang Wen Li, both of whom realize how to turn the fight in their favor. And while the tides of war may never change, these two men must rise to the occasion, solidifying their place in history as heroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, clever, serious, stylized, contemplative, futuristic, epic, captivating
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Macross Δ (2015)
Plot Summary:
Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy and there is also the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, adult anime, cyberpunk anime
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Macross Frontier (2008)
Plot Summary:
A human space colony fleet is trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The story focuses on three young adults and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Animation, Action, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, futuristic, disturbing, adult anime, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team is an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 12-episode series details the exploits of an Earth Federation ground unit during the One Year War - specifically a month after the beginning of original 1979 Gundam series and into the final weeks of the war. The 08th MS Team is the first Gundam series to show the war from the viewpoint of the average soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
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Two years after the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the moon that Hagoromo Otsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Gedo Statue begins to descend towards the world, threatening to become a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. Amidst this crisis, a direct descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki named Toneri Otsutsuki attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga but ends up abducting her younger sister Hanabi. Naruto and his allies now mount a rescue mission before finding themselves embroiled in a final battle to decide the fate of everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious, manga, futuristic
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Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)
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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross is an anime television series from 1982. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war. It's the first part of two franchises: The Super Dimension series and Macross series. Macross is a science fiction series that combines transformable mecha, apocalyptic battles, wartime romance, and music. It features mechanical designs by Kazutaka Miyatake and Shoji Kawamori and character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto of Artland. Macross also created one of the first anime idols Lynn Minmay, turning her voice actress Mari Iijima into an instant celebrity, and launching her musical career. Most of its animation was adapted outside of Japan for the first saga of Robotech.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, apocalyptic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cult classic, vintage, cyberpunk anime
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UFO Robot Goldorak (1975)
Plot Summary:
Golodorak The Movie.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, grindhouse, exciting, serious, futuristic, stylized
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Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
Plot Summary:
In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon (the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth) has sparked a war.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006)
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In the year 2044 AD, the human race has amped-up its space exploration and reached out to the stars through the miracle of ROBOTECHNOLOGY, but not without bringing intergalactic war upon the Earth itself. Heroes will die and allegiances will shift. But in the midst of combat, perhaps peace will spring up through the charred remains of battered history. One of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time continues.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, manga, mecha, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (1998)
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In a future war, a young battle robot pilot suspected of being a spy must face court martial. Meanwhile, the home village of a friend of his is threatened by enemy forces.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Universal Century 0087, as the civil war between the AEUG and the Titans continues, Kamille meets a mysterious girl named Four. But his encounter with Four, one of the Titans' "cyber-Newtypes," fills his heart with anguish. The grief-stricken Kamille fights his way back to space to find the new mobile suit Z Gundam waiting for him. Meanwhile Paptimus Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, has added his strength to that of the Titans. And a third power is finally making its move, in the form of the Zeon remnants of Axis... With enhanced animation and a theme song by GACKT, the tragic romance of Kamille and Four unfolds in this second part of the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam feature trilogy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, mecha, rough, serious
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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
Plot Summary:
Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Duchy of Zeon's forces.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
Plot Summary:
In UC 0093 the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space Char Aznable re-appears out of self imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movementand intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic, epic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Macross Plus (1994)
Plot Summary:
Macross Plus is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original Macross television series that took place in the official timeline. Plus was a groundbreaking combination of traditional cel and computer-generated animation at the time of its release, paving the way for the incorporation of more computer-generated imagery in Japanese Animation. Both the OVA series and movie were released in Japan by Bandai Visual and in North America and Europe by Manga Entertainment. The Australian VHS version was released by Manga Entertainment and the DVD version by Madman Entertainment under sub-license from Manga Entertainment. It features several new mecha designs inspired by the original series.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, cyber, adult anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992)
Plot Summary:
U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Fleet, a rogue Zeon military group loyal to the ideals of the late dictator Gihren Zabi. Delaz Fleet's ace pilot Anavel Gato, once hailed as "The Nightmare of Solomon", infiltrates the Federation's Torrington base in Australia and steals the nuclear-armed Gundam GP02A "Physalis" prototype. Rookie pilot Kou Uraki - with the aid of Anaheim Electronics engineer Nina Purpleton and the crew of the carrier Albion - pilots the Gundam GP01 "Zephyranthes" prototype in an attempt to recover the stolen Gundam unit and prevent another war from breaking out.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
Plot Summary:
U.C. 0123. After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the colonies of the newly constructed Frontier Side for itself. As their home becomes a battlefield, a handful of young civilians struggle to escape the conflict. To save his friends and family, the reluctant warrior Seabook Arno becomes the pilot of a new Gundam which bears the code name F91.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 971
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
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After managing to survive attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach Earth Federation's headquarters alive. During that process many of its crewmembers must overcome their fears, losses, immaturities, and insecurities in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars (2004)
Plot Summary:
Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the AEUG. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he impulsively steals the Gundam Mark II and joins the AEUG, running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own. This is the first part of the feature trilogy derived from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, mecha, serious, stylized
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars (2006)
Plot Summary:
Universal Century 0087, Char Aznable has now become the leader of the AEUG. Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, schemes to seize control of the Titans. Haman, the Axis leader, is attempting to restore the Zabi family. Through politics and strategy, these three powers struggle for dominion over the Earth Sphere. The war builds to a deadly endgame around the space colony Gryps 2, which has been converted into a giant laser cannon. What destiny awaits Kamille at the end of the conflict? This is the final part of the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam feature trilogy, which features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, mecha, bleak
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Macross Zero (2002)
Plot Summary:
Taking place one year before the events of the original Macross series, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranquility of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, bleak, serious, adult anime, seinen, futuristic
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Halo Legends (2010)
Plot Summary:
Halo Legends is an unprecedented gathering of the finest talent in Japanese animation that have drawn together to explore the mystery and action of the Halo universe. Eight episodes and a stunning range of visual styles shed new light and epic perspective on Halo lore.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, anthology, exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, computer animated
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Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
Plot Summary:
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, sentimental, serious, emotional, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, adult animation, 2d animation
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Robotech (1985)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1999, an alien battle fortress crash lands on an island in the South Pacific. Over the next ten years, mankind repairs and refits this fortress, using the advanced "robotechnology" found aboard her to create fighter planes that can transform into giant robots. As soon as the repaired fortress is ready for launch, the aliens to whom she belongs finally discover its location. Thus begins a series of wars that will devastate the planet Earth. This television series was created by Carl Macek from three Japanese television series, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, adult animation, adult anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, vintage, cyberpunk anime
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Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series released in 1984.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Space Cruiser Yamato 2 (1978)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious comet traveling to Earth's solar system is not what it seems. Without Captain Avatar, Derek Wildstar leads the Argo (Yamato) against a new enemy.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Appleseed Alpha (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on the comic book by the creator of Ghost in the Shell, a young female soldier Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos survive through the post World War 3 apocalyptic New York in search of human's future hope, the legendary city of Olympus.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: mecha, computer animated, exciting, anime, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, claymation
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Star Blazers (1979)
Plot Summary:
Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II, and III. Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular English-translated anime that had an overarching plot and storyline that required the episodes to be shown in order. It dealt with somewhat more mature themes than other productions aimed at the same target audience at the time. As a result, it paved the way for future arc-based, plot-driven anime translations.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, vintage
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Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam is a televised anime series, produced by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. It was the very first Gundam series, which has subsequently been adapted into numerous sequels and spin-offs. In 1981, the series was re-edited for theatrical release and split into three movies. The characters were designed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and Kunio Okawara was responsible for the mechanical designs, including the eponymous giant robot, the RX-78-2 Gundam. The first movie was released on February 22, 1981.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, suspenseful, adult anime, bleak, stylized, futuristic, cyberpunk anime