Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Japanese: ????????0083 STARDUST MEMORY, Hepburn: Kid? Senshi Gandamu Daburu?eit?sr? Sut?dasuto Memor?) is a 13-episode anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe. The first volume containing two 30-minute episodes was released in Japan on May 23, 1991. Subsequent volumes, containing one 30-minute episode each, followed every one or two months; the final volume went on sale on September 24, 1992. The series was directed by Mitsuko Kase (episodes 1-7) and Takashi Imanishi (episodes 2-13). The characters were designed by Toshihiro Kawamoto. Mechanical designs were by Shoji Kawamori (of Macross fame) and Hajime Katoki. Gundam 0083:Stardust Memory was licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment and was available on VHS and DVD. The OVA series aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2002.
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Premise
Set during October and November U.C. 0083, the series focuses on the crew of the Earth Federation Space Force assault carrier Albion as they try to recover a nuclear-armed Gundam mobile suit stolen by a Zeon group at a base in Australia. Little do they know that the theft is part of a greater plan to destabilize the Earth Federation by dropping a colony on North America to damage the Earth's food supply. At the same time, the Zeon forces stationed on the Axis asteroid base send a small force to prepare for the main body's arrival.
In the larger Universal Century storyline, 0083 depicts the transition of the Earth Federation between the events of Mobile Suit Gundam and Zeta Gundam, providing a backstory for the rise of the Titans organization.
Episode list
Characters
Main characters
Albion crew
Earth Federation
Principality of Zeon
Anaheim Electronics
Others
Mecha
Earth Federation
Principality of Zeon
Openings, endings and insert songs
Openings:
- "The Winner" by Miki Matsubara (Episodes 2-7)
- "Men of Destiny" by MIO (Episodes 8-12)
Endings:
- "Magic" by Jacob Wheeler (Episodes 1-7)
- "Evergreen" by MIO (Episodes 8-13)
- "True Shining" by Rumiko Wada (Compilation film)
Inserts:
- "Back to Paradise" by Miki Matsubara (Episode 1, 6)
- "Mon Etoil" by Rumiko Wada (Compilation film)
Releases
Compilation film
Just before the completion of the Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory OVA in September 1992, the series was reformatted into a compilation film which was released under the title Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (?????? Jion no Zank?), which opened in Japanese theaters on August 29, 1992.
Home media
A special VHS sneak peek of the first episode titled GxG Unit was given to advance ticket purchasers of Mobile Suit Gundam F91.
The series was reissued in DVD format in Japan on four volumes; the first R2 disc went on sale on January 25, 2000.
In 2006, a "5.1 ch DVD Box" was released in Japan. Along with remastered footage, this release featured a brand new audio track featuring compeltely re-recorded dialogue, altered sound effects and music and a new surround sound experience.
Bandai Entertainment licensed the series for the US market. The series was released on VHS in dubbed and subtitled versions in 1999 to coincide with the Gundam Big Bang Project. It spanned 7 VHS volumes and was also available in a box set. Volume 1 of the R1 DVD went on sale in January 2002. Cartoon Network premiered the series on U.S. television a month later on its Adult Swim Action block, where it remained until November 2002. Due to the closure of Bandai Entertainment, the OVAs have been out-of-print. On October 11, 2014 at their 2014 New York Comic-Con panel, Sunrise announced they will be releasing all of the Gundam franchise, including Stardust Memory in North America through distribution via Right Stuf Inc., beginning in Spring 2015.
The compilation movie was released on DVD in the UK, Ireland and throughout Europe by Beez Entertainment on 15th May, 2006 under the title The Afterglow of Zeon. It was only in Japanese, but with a variety of subtitles, including English.
Bandai Visual released a DVD boxed set in Japan on May 27, 2011, as part of the series' 20th anniversary.
The series later received a Blu-ray Box in Japan in 2016. This release contained both the original stereo 2.0 audio and the 2006 5.1 re-recording. It also included a two part picture drama entitled "Mayfly of Space" focusing on Cima Garahau and the Zeonic soldiers.
A Blu-Ray set based on this release was put out by Rightstuf in 2017, including both English and Japanese options, though the Japanese selections are only based on the 2006 "5.1 ch" re-recording.
Models
With the release of the original series in 1991, Bandai produced 1/144 scale model kits of the GP01 and GP01Fb, GP02A, GP03S, and AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra. All five units were later released in the 1/144 scale High Grade Universal Century (HGUC) line, which included a special version of the Gundam GP02A with an MLRS launcher and a Linkin Park edition of the Gundam GP01Fb. The GP03 Dendrobium was also released in 1/144 scale and in 1/550 scale alongside the Val-Walo and the Neue Ziel. At least six mobile suits from the series have been released either under Bandai's Master Grade (MG) line. The GP01 and GP01Fb were released as part of the Perfect Grade (PG) line in 2003 and the Real Grade (RG) line in 2013 while the original version of the AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra, the Gundam GP04G Gerbera, was released in 2015 under the Reborn One-Hundred (RE/100) line.
Radio drama
Gundam 0083's canon includes two radio dramas on CD format billed as Cinema CDs. Both drama CDs were directed by series director Takashi with dialogue by Asahide ?kuma (writer for 5 of the 0083 episodes).
Both of these stories appear in the PlayStation 2 game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space. Portions of Mayfly of Space were adapted into two animated short features; the first in 1993 and the second in 2016.
Novelization and comic book
Kadokawa Shoten released a three-part novelization of the series. Penned by Hiroshi Yamaguchi, the books contain illustrations by Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hirotoshi Sano, and Hajime Katoki.
Viz Communications also released all episodes in a comic book format from 1994 to 1995. However, instead of a manga, they used screenshots from each episode for the panels. Line art and descriptions of all units were inserted as well.
An ongoing manga reboot titled Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Rebellion (????????0083 REBELLION, Kid? Senshi Gandamu Daburu?eit?sr? Riberion) was first published on Kadokawa Shoten's Gundam Ace on June 26, 2013. The manga is written by the OVA's director Takashi Imanishi and illustrated by Masato Natsumoto.
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