movie

1981 · Japan

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 135 min
Age rating: NR
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Mild

Why tonight?

In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

After surviving 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 persevere.

mecha
based on manga
child soldier
edited from tv series
anime
children in danger
gundam
brother sister estrangement

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Fuyumi Shiraishi — Mirai Yashima (voice)
Rumiko Ukai — Fraw Bow (voice)
Kiyonobu Suzuki — Hayato Kobayashi (voice)
Toshio Furukawa — Kai Shiden (voice)
Satomi Majima — Miharu Ratokie (voice)
Shozo Iizuka — Ryû Jose (voice)
Keiko Toda — Matilda Ajan (voice)
Masashi Hirose — Ramba Ral (voice)
Yumi Nakatani — Hamon Ral (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa — Ma Kube (voice)
Yasuo Matsumura — Admiral Revil (voice)

Directed: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Osamu Sekita, Yoshiyuki Tomino
Written: Kenichi Matsuzaki, Yoshihisa Araki, Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Yū Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Tomino

Production

Rating: 7.2 / 10 · 76 ratings
Studio: SUNRISE

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1981
Mobile Suit Gundam I
Where it starts.
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
1981 · You’re here
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
1982

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