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Soldiers of Sorrow (哀・戦士 Ai Senshi^?) is a song by Daisuke Inoue. Though originally an insert song during the famous Battle of Jaburo scene in the movie Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, in the 2000 re-release of the movie, Soldiers of Sorrow was replaced with instrumental background music and instead accompanied the end credits scene where the SCV-70 White Base takes off.

Lyrics

To be added

Other Uses

The song was used in the 2009 animated short Mobile Suit Gundam Perfect Mission, which commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Gundam franchise.

Cover Versions

Animetal covered the song twice. The first version was the final portion of their 1997 single "Sentimetal", which incorporated the instrumentals of Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast". The second version was a rearrangement in their 2004 album Animetal Marathon VI ~ The Sentimetal.
Richie Kotzen covered the song in English in the 2006 album Ai Senshi Z×R.
Gackt covered the song in the 2007 album 0079-0088. Limited versions contains dialogues of Tohru Furuya as Amuro Ray and Shuichi Ikeda as Char Aznable. Cover was used as opening for videogame Mobile Suit Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT.
Andrew W.K. covered the song in English in the 2009 album Gundam Rock.
JAM Project covered the song in the 2009 album Gundam Tribute from Lantis.
The song was covered by Hiroko Moriguchi in her 2019 album Gundam Song Covers.

Trivia

The song's melody bears a striking resemblance to The Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays".

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 {{Infobox/Gundam/Song
+|english=Soldiers of Sorrow
-|english=Ｓｏｌｄｉｅｒｓ ｏｆ Ｓｏｒｒｏｗ
 |kanji=哀・戦士
+|romaji=Ai Senshi
-|romaji=Ai Senshi}}{{nihongo|'''Soldiers of Sorrow'''|哀・戦士|Ai Senshi}} is a song by Daisuke Inoue. Though originally an insert song during the famous [[One Year War#Battle of Jaburo|Battle of Jaburo]] scene in the movie ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow]]'', in the 2000 re-release of the movie, ''Soldiers of Sorrow'' was replaced with instrumental background music and instead accompanied the end credits scene where the [[SCV-70 White Base]] takes off.
+|series=30th Gundam Perfect Mission, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow,
+|artist=Daisuke Inoue
-There is an English version performed by Andrew W.K. and it is included on his album ''Gundam Rock''.
+}}{{nihongo|'''Soldiers of Sorrow'''|哀・戦士|Ai Senshi}} is a song by Daisuke Inoue. Though originally an insert song during the famous [[One Year War#Battle of Jaburo|Battle of Jaburo]] scene in the movie ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow]]'', in the 2000 re-release of the movie, ''Soldiers of Sorrow'' was replaced with instrumental background music and instead accompanied the end credits scene where the [[SCV-70 White Base]] takes off.
-== Lyrics ==
 ==Lyrics==
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+==Other Uses==
+The song was used in the 2009 animated short ''Mobile Suit Gundam Perfect Mission'', which commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Gundam franchise.
+==Cover Versions==
+*Animetal covered the song twice. The first version was the final portion of their 1997 single "Sentimetal", which incorporated the instrumentals of Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast". The second version was a rearrangement in their 2004 album ''Animetal Marathon VI ~ The Sentimetal''.
+*Richie Kotzen covered the song in English in the 2006 album ''Ai Senshi Z×R''.
+*Gackt covered the song in the 2007 album ''0079-0088''. Limited versions contains dialogues of [[Tohru Furuya]] as [[Amuro Ray]] and Shuichi Ikeda as [[Char Aznable]]. Cover was used as opening for videogame ''Mobile Suit Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT''.
+*Andrew W.K. covered the song in English in the 2009 album ''Gundam Rock''.
+*JAM Project covered the song in the 2009 album ''Gundam Tribute from Lantis''.
+*The song was covered by [[w:c:animanga:Hiroko Moriguchi|Hiroko Moriguchi]] in her 2019 album ''[[Gundam Song Covers]]''.
+==Trivia==
+*The song's melody bears a striking resemblance to The Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays".
+[[Category:Insert Songs]]
+[[Category:Endings]]