Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (SPOILER ALERT)

[Lotur]

Im pretty sure many of us have already watched this series but being a noob in the hobby i just completed this recently, Was wondering how this ranks up there with the other series'.

Ive watched Gundam wing and seed destiny but having to view the UC timeline Stardust memory gave me another perspective of the Gundam series. Its story development, setting and take on war is highly realistic, not to mention the affluence of character development, including the interaction between the main ones.

And before i forget, this is an early 90s series and yet the animation along with the soundtrack rocks! The angst and facial expressions of the main personalities during those gut wrenching scenes were very well conceptualized. The Evergreen soundtracks are awesome, how i wish id get an instrumental version of the Men of Destiny opening theme.

Im planning to re-watch the series to fully understand what ive missed out. Still kind of confused on what happened with the altered colony drop course- and not much was said about it, including how Gato seemed to spare Kou after their final confrontation. The climax seemed to have set the stage for the Zeta series, so im supposing this is some sort of in-between.

Got very much curious with the UC timeline after this, i prolly have to read more of the MSG history lessons to get a better picture ;D

For new fans like me this is highly recommended, i cant stress enough the beauty of the plot and the mech design.

Anavel Gato is a badpwet antagonist! ;D
SIEG ZEON! ;D

[archaznable]

Lotur

UC era is the start of the Gundam series to give you an insight on what UC has in store for you. UC Started in Gundam 0079, 0080, Zeta Gundam, 0083, Double Zeta, Char Counter Attack, Victory Gundam, and the 08th MS Team. These are the series that you really need to watch the most recommended one was 0079 and Zeta Gundam. When you watch Seed and Gundam OO you will see that there are a lot of exact or very similar stories that were already done.

I've seen 0083 and your right Anavel Gato is the man he stole the GP02 and used it against the Earth Federation.

And by the way lol welcome to the Universal Century club lol jke ... ;D

[Vlad]

Nice review on the stardust memory anime sir!, You've made me want to watch this gundam series, looks interesting ...so far the UC gundam that I've watch are zeta, char's counterattack, war in the pocket and 08th MS team(I really like this OVA).

[PilapZ]

to be quite honest, i havent watched this series yet. but i've heard a lot of great things about it.

just need to find a copy for my viewing pleasure! ;D

[qb]

It's easy enough to find a copy of Stardust memory, believe me. And the English dub is just as good as the Japanese subs.

And you're right Lotur, Stardust Memory is the prequel for Zeta Gundam as the Titans were created due to Gato's Operation Stardust.

The colony drop scenario is pretty much your standard doomsday operation in Gundams as this is a recurring event in a lot of Gundam series i.e. 0083, Char's Counterattack, Wing and GSD just to name a few.

[christine_03]

hmmm. maybe i should look into this aswell. theres no series being aired anyway... i remember seeing one of those series mentioned on animax... i got bored so fast. i dont know what series it was though

[j.sonic]

I think what adds to 0083's realism is that there is no reference to "newtype" characters or enhanced humans (which is why the other UC OVAs, like 08th MS Team and War In The Pocket are equally enjoyable). The skills of the pilots and their struggles with their mobile suits are really emphasized, as well as the "grunt soldier" element. But I think 0083 itself is important for introducing the Dendrobium, which is the precursor to Seed's Meteor and 00's GN Arms.

[qb]

May 20, 2008 14:04:56 GMT 8 j.sonic said:

But I think 0083 itself is important for introducing the Dendrobium, which is the precursor to Seed's Meteor and 00's GN Arms.

Actually.....if you really think about it, the real precursor for Mobile Armour riding Gundams is still the RX-78-2 when it docks with the G-Armour. The Dendrobium is just more popular, IMO.

[raps]

This series is a must watch for any Gundam fans... This is the very first UC I'm hooked up... the story, mecha design are superb... It's original in it's own way but still borrows a lot of fundamentals from Gundam Universe, minus the so called Newtypes.... It's current predecessors now barrows the ideas from previous Gundam series.

[j.sonic]

@ qb

Good point, I kind of missed that. Although I think the G Armor and the fact that the RX-78-2 itself could split into component parts is the mecha designers' own take on the combining robot craze going on around that time (i.e. Voltes V, Mekanda, and so on). Although you're right, the Dendrobium ended up being more popular. I guess it's the way it massively ups the firepower and mobility of the Gundam unit that made it leave more of an impression with the fans. And like the Meteor and GN Arms, parts of it would get destroyed until the pilot discards it entirely, which added to the dramatic effect. The G Armor just got shot down by itself most of the time. LOL.

[Lotur]

thanks guys!
some questions though:
was kou spared by gato in their last confrontation pre colony drop?
and what was the impact of the colony drop to north america? there was hardly anything mentioned

[V2]

gato prioritzed the success of operation stardust so he let kou behind when they were shot at by the solar ray II.

eventually there are said to be 2 objectives behind operation stardust:
- emotionally and socially, it shows that the zeon remnants, even after their defeat at 0079 can still pose a threat to put shame on the federation.

- economically, it crippled major agricultural lands that provide food supplies to the federation in which weakened on that aspect. aside from that, most of the fleets destroyed from the naval review attack by the GP02A further degraded the military power of the federation forces. if you progress further towards the zeta series (a few years later from the 0083 series), you'll see that the federation is a lot more weaker.

unfortunately, this leads to the creation of the titans' elite military force (the general antagonist group in zeta gundam) however, all which is thanks to the planning of bosque and jamitov (the white haired guy and the googled guy) pulling the strings in the background. if you see around the last few seconds of the last episode, jamitov was making a speech criticizing the lack of action the federation in handling the delaz incident - in which what the titans are created for - the elimination of spacenoid supremacy (in which, are targeted at zeon and non-federation followers).

[raps]

In the end Gato joined the Titans hehehe!!! I think his the one that the Albion crew was saluting at the last part... a long white hair guy...

[V2]

ah, thats synapse the captain of the albion.

unfortunately he was sentenced to death following the "rebellion" of the albion (taking GP03 and trying to stop the colony drop despite direct orders from jamitov).

[qb]

tragically, yes although if the Fed's actually looked at the circumstances and conducted a proper investigation, the Albion actually tried to save the Earth but that's what the Titans are all about...absolute power which is why no credit was ever given to the Albion nor were the exploits of Kou Uraki ever written making him the "Unknown Ace."