Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack is a 1988 anime film set in Gundam's Universal Century timeline of Gundam, specifically U.C. 0093. Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, Char's Counterattack is the culmination of the original saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam and continued through Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta, marking the final conflict of the fourteen-year rivalry between Char Aznable and Amuro Ray. Based on a novel by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, the movie supposedly marked the end of tensions between the Earth Federation and the... Principality of Zeon . In addition to being the first original Gundam theatrical release, Char's Counterattack was also the first Gundam production to make use of computer graphics during a five-second shot of the Sweetwater colony rotating in space. Char's Counterattack was released in America on DVD on August 20, 2002 and was shown on January 4, 2003 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. This airing marked the end of the first incarnation of the Adult Swim Action Saturday night block.
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| Release date: | March 12, 1988 |
| Directed by: | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| Runtime: | 124 Minutes |
| Genre: | Animation, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure |