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title: 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Char''s Counterattack (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yoshiyuki Tomino'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mobile-suit-gundam-chars-counterattack-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095262/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)

1988 · 124 min · Japan

Original title: 機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア

## Synopsis

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack  is a 1988 Japanese anime science fiction film directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It is set in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam franchise. Featuring the talents of Shūichi Ikeda, Toru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Maria Kawamura, Nozomu Sasaki, and Kōichi Yamadera, among others, it focuses on Char Aznable's attempt of genocide on the planet Earth by pushing the asteroid called Axis into a collision with the planet. As a result, Char's rival from the Earth Federation Amuro Ray tries to defeat him in combat and avoid a slaughter in the process.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yoshiyuki Tomino](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiyuki-tomino)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shigeaki Saegusa](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeaki-saegusa)

## Cast

- [Mayumi Shō](https://cinepixo.com/people/mayumi-sho)
- [Tōru Furuya](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-furuya) as Amuro Ray
- [Yasuo Muramatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuo-muramatsu)
- [Shin Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-mori)
- [Shinobu Adachi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-adachi) as Kayra Su
- [Nozomu Sasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/nozomu-sasaki) as Hathaway Noa
- [Mitsuki Yayoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuki-yayoi) as Chan Agi
- [Tomoko Maruo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoko-maruo)
- [Shunsuke Shima](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunsuke-shima)
- [Kazuyuki Sogabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuyuki-sogabe)
- [Kōichi Yamadera](https://cinepixo.com/people/koichi-yamadera) as Gyunei Guss
- [Masaru Ikeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-ikeda)
- [Shūichi Ikeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/shuichi-ikeda) as Char Aznable
- [Maria Kawamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-kawamura) as Quess Paraya
- [Hirotaka Suzuoki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hirotaka-suzuoki) as Bright Noa

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