Mobile Suit Gundam F91

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Mobile Suit Gundam F91
機動戦士ガンダムＦ91 (Mobile Suit Gundam F91)
Genre	Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction
Movie
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio	Sunrise
Released	March 16, 1991
Runtime	115 minutes
Manga
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Serialized in
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The anime movie, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (機動戦士ガンダムＦ91, Kidō Senshi Gandamu F91^?), was Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Char's Counterattack. He re-teamed with character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and mecha designer Kunio Okawara for the occasion. The movie first aired in Japan on March 16, 1991.

[edit] Overview

Seabook Arno

Leahlee Edaberry, acting captain of the training ship Space Ark.

Originally planned as a full-length television series, Gundam F91 hit a production snag due to staff disputes, and the project was stopped after the screenplays for the first thirteen episodes were written. It was then decided that what was made of the show would be condensed into a theatrical feature film. Predictably, condensing a story originally intended to be told over the course of fifty half-hour episodes into less than two hours of screen time required much of the original story to be cut, and the results are generally regarded as less than satisfactory.

The story of Gundam F91 revolves around teenage space colonist Seabook Arno, his girlfriend Cecily Fairchild, and the efforts of the Crossbone Vanguard militia, led by Cecily's grandfather Meitzer Ronah, to establish an aristocracy known as "Cosmo Babylonia". In keeping with Gundam tradition, the civilian Seabook is forced by circumstance to pilot the F91 Gundam, coincidentally designed in part by his estranged mother, Dr. Monica Arno.

The Gundam F91 story was fleshed out in much greater detail in Tomino's two-part novelization. Tomino's manga, Crossbone Gundam, is a direct sequel which takes place ten years after the events of the movie.

[edit] Cast and crew

The main characters in F91, from left to right, top: Iron Mask (Carozzo Ronah), Zabine Chareux; bottom: Cecily Fairchild, Seabook Arno and Dorel Ronah.

[edit] Japanese cast

• Seabook Arno - Kouji Tsujitani
• Carozzo "Iron Mask" Ronah - Masaki Maeda
• Cecily Fairchild / Berah Ronah - Yumi Touma
• Annamarie Bourget - Chie Koujiro
• Zabine Chareux - Kiyoyuki Yanada
• Leahlee Edaberry - Mari Yoko
• Reese Arno - Sayuri Ikemoto
• Dorel Ronah - Takeshi Kusao
• Meitzer Ronah - Teppei Takasugi
• Leslie Arno - Mikio Terashima
• Monica Arno - Miyoko Shoji
• Cosmo Eigesse - Takeshi Watanabe
• Theo Fairchild - Tamio Ohki
• Birgit Pirjo - Yoku Shioya

[edit] Staff

The main mechanics in F91, MS (Mobile Suits): F91 Gundam Formula 91 (left), XM-07 Vigna Ghina (right) and MA (Mobile Armor) : XMA-01 Rafflesia (background).

• Director – Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Script - Tsunehisa Ito & Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Character Design - Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
• Mecha Designer - Kunio Okawara
• Music - Satoshi Kadokura

[edit] English-language cast

• Seabook Arno - Steve Cannon
• Carozzo "Iron Mask" Ronah - Abe Lasser
• Cecily Fairchild / Berah Ronah - Michelle Ruff
• Annamarie Bourget - Jennifer Jean
• Zabine Chareux - James Lyon
• Leahlee Edaberry - Jane Alan
• Reese Arno - Julie Maddalena
• Dorel Ronah - David Lelyveld
• Meitzer Ronah - Simon Isaacson
• Leslie Arno - Anthony Mozdy
• Monica Arno - Julie Anne Taylor
• Cosmo Eigesse - John Smallberries
• Theo Fairchild - Michael Forest
• Birgit Pirjo - David Umansky

[edit] Opening and Ending

Opening:

• Kimi o mitsumete (The time I'm seeing you) by Hiroko Moriguchi

Ending:

• Eternal Wind ~ Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka (Smile in the Shining Wind) by Hiroko Moriguchi

[edit] See also

Preceded by: Char's Counterattack

Followed by: Crossbone Gundam (Manga), Victory Gundam

[edit] External links

• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia