2021·Animation·1h 36m
7.1
★
Twelve years after Char's rebellion, Hathaway Noa leads an insurgency against Earth Federation, but meeting an enemy officer and a mysterious woman alters his fate.
Directed by Shukou Murase
based on novel or book
space battle
mecha
military
anime
gundam
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Cast
Kensho Ono
Hathaway Noa (voice)
Reina Ueda
Gigi Andalucia (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Kenneth Sleg (voice)
Soma Saito
Lane Aim (voice)
Atsumi Tanezaki
Mace Flower (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Gawman Nobile (voice)
Toru Furuya
Amuro (voice)
Shunpei Kusano
Maximilian Nikolai (voice)
Atsuko Sakuraoka
Middle-Aged Woman (voice)
Eiji Yoshitomi
Minister McGovern (voice)
Crew
Hiroyuki Sawano
Original Music Composer
Daisuke Imai
Editor
Kentaro Waki
Director of Photography
Satoshi Kono
Executive Producer
Makoto Asanuma
Executive Producer
Shuhei Morita
CGI Director
Hidekazu Hara
Second Unit Director
Ko Matsuo
Second Unit Director
Shingo Tamagawa
Animation Director
Hiroyuki Okiura
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Yamane
Background Designer
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Novel
Popular Reviews
50 reviews
Waidh Ramadhiyan
9.0★ · 06/02/26
Hathaway is one of the most well written character out there, the reviews did not lie.
Hathaway is one of the most well written character out there, the reviews did not lie.
Mighty Stahl
8.0★ · 05/29/26
actually pretty interesting
actually pretty interesting
Danny Reguinho
8.0★ · 05/19/26
Back when this film came out, I was in pre-production on my own Gundam-inspired film (check out Angels of Asgard on YouTube or Amazon Prime) and chose to avoid it at the time, but with the release of the second film in this trilogy this weekend, I figured it was time to catch up on some Universal Century Gundam... and I'm glad I did!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
Back when this film came out, I was in pre-production on my own Gundam-inspired film (check out Angels of Asgard on YouTube or Amazon Prime) and chose to avoid it at the time, but with the release of the second film in this trilogy this weekend, I figured it was time to catch up on some Universal Century Gundam... and I'm glad I did!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
Danny Reguinho
8.0★ · 05/19/26
Back when this film came out, I was in pre-production on my own Gundam-inspired film (check out Angels of Asgard on YouTube or Amazon Prime) and chose to avoid it at the time, but with the release of the second film in this trilogy this weekend, I figured it was time to catch up on some Universal Century Gundam... and I'm glad I did!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
Back when this film came out, I was in pre-production on my own Gundam-inspired film (check out Angels of Asgard on YouTube or Amazon Prime) and chose to avoid it at the time, but with the release of the second film in this trilogy this weekend, I figured it was time to catch up on some Universal Century Gundam... and I'm glad I did!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
Danny Reguinho
8.0★ · 05/19/26
Back when this film came out, I was in pre-production on my own Gundam-inspired film (check out Angels of Asgard on YouTube or Amazon Prime) and chose to avoid it at the time, but with the release of the second film in this trilogy this weekend, I figured it was time to catch up on some Universal Century Gundam... and I'm glad I did!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
Back when this film came out, I was in pre-production on my own Gundam-inspired film (check out Angels of Asgard on YouTube or Amazon Prime) and chose to avoid it at the time, but with the release of the second film in this trilogy this weekend, I figured it was time to catch up on some Universal Century Gundam... and I'm glad I did!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!
I loved the vibes through and through. The political thriller espionage stuff is super well directed, the dialogue and machinations of the war feel very rich in detail and all the locations were so beautifully rendered, I loved seeing the characters in and about Hong Kong and the Philippines and on planes and whatnot. It was also interesting to see a Gundam film so modern in its influences (like Mamoru Oshii films, GAINAX, Contemporary Bond etc..) while being rooted in the very storyline/story that influenced many of those franchises itself. One homage I found particularly effective was how the Penelope Gundam was designed to appear a lot like the apocalyptic weapon Zetton from Ultraman, as well as evoke it's sound whenever it's flying about, making the key Mobile Suit of the formerly heroic Federation feel more like a harbinger of devastation. My biggest hold up is how, even though this film was sent to Netflix due to pandemic complications, the incredibly low contrast dark aesthetic of most of the action in this is totally lost to streaming compression and makes most of the night scenes difficult to parse. Otherwise, I am very excited to check out the sequel to this at some point soon, hopefully in theatres but I fear I may not find a window of time to make it with my work schedule. We shall see!