Japan Synopsis
機動戦士Ζガンダム A New Translation I: 星を継ぐ者
Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the AEUG. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he impulsively steals the Gundam Mark II and joins the AEUG, running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own. This is the first part of the feature trilogy derived from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
6 sharedMobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation II: Lovers
★ 6.8 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
★ 6.5 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
★ 6.5 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
★ 7.6 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam I
★ 6.9 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam F91
★ 6.4 · Japan
Other Titles From SUNRISE
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars itself).
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars holds position #176 of 347 Japan films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars premiered alongside 116 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 116 other Japan films in 2005.
The 1704th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
17 audience reviews — more than 30% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 39th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- real robot · 5
- edited from tv series · 20
- gundam · 20
- alternate version · 8
- anime · 711
- mecha · 68
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,411 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #960 of 1,714 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | May 28, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0435202 |
| Official Site | www.z-gundam.net |