Japan Synopsis
機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
★ 7.4 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam I
★ 6.9 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
★ 7.6 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam F91
★ 6.4 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
★ 7.3 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
★ 6.5 · Japan
Other Titles From Sotsu
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack itself).
The 1987–1989 Japan Window
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack holds position #44 of 104 Japan films in the 1987–1989 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack premiered alongside 32 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 32 other Japan films in 1988.
The 734th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
49 audience reviews — more than 63% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 74th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gundam · 20
- universal century · 9
- space battle · 6
- space opera · 6
- anime · 711
- mecha · 68
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,349 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,579 of 2,532 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Sotsu, SUNRISE, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Shochiku, Bandai Visual |
| Runtime | 2h 4m |
| Release Date | March 12, 1988 |
| IMDb | tt0095262 |