| Mobile Suit Gundam F91 | |
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Cover of the Blu-ray re-release (limited edition) |
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| Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Release date(s) | March 16, 1991 |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (機動戦士ガンダムF91 Kidō Senshi Gandamu Efu Kyūjūichi) is a 1991 anime film, which was Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Char's Counterattack and twenty seven years after Gundam Unicorn. He re-teamed with character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and mecha designer Kunio Okawara for the occasion. The movie was first released in Japan on March 16, 1991. There wouldn't be another original Gundam movie until Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer. (2010)
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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. 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.
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.
Renewed conflict breaks out after a generation of peace in this continuation of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime saga. To accommodate the growing population, the Earth Federation has built new space colonies. But the Crossbone Vanguard decides to seize these cities to help establish its extraterrestrial empire. Now, reluctant hero Seabook Arno and his Gundam F91 must lead a fierce struggle for survival.
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Opening:
The song was intended for use as an opening for F91, but when the series was scrapped and retooled to become a film, the opening was dropped.
| Preceded by Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket |
Gundam metaseries (production order) 1991 |
Succeeded by Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory |
| Preceded by Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn |
Gundam Universal Century timeline U.C. 0123 |
Succeeded by Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (manga) Mobile Suit Victory Gundam |
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