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Hathaway Noa (ハサウェイ・ノア Hasawei Noa?) is a supporting character in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, later the titular protagonist ofMobile Suit Gundam Hathaway. He was the son of Bright and Mirai Noa [1].
History[]
Hathaway Noa was born in the year UC 0080.
U.C. 0087: Gryps Conflict[]
By 0087, Hathaway, his younger sister Cheimin and Mirai were living aboard the Coral Oriental, a civilian ship in the waters of New Hong Kong. Mirai was seeking a ticket for a flight to space at the Luio & Co. office in New Hong Kong so the three of them could be with Bright [1]. They were later taken hostage by the Titans for their relation to Bright. During the rescue attempt, Hathaway almost drowned before being rescued by Amuro Ray who instructed Mirai to resuscitate Hathaway [2].
U.C. 0093: Char's Rebellion[]
After Char Aznable decided to drop an asteroid on the Earth, Hathaway and his family attempted to escape the doomed Earth at Hong Kong Spaceport. They were initially turned away from a departing space shuttle, but intervention from Adenauer Paraya allowed only Hathaway to board the shuttle. The shuttle was caught in a battle with Neo Zeon, but were rescued by the Ra Cailum, commanded by Bright. While on the Ra Cailum, Hathaway got to know Quess more, discussing such topics as Newtypes and Char's actions. Amuro, Hathaway and Quess later visited the Londenion colony, meeting Char in person. As Amuro got into a fist fight with Char, Quess also followed to intervene, leaving Hathaway to watch from the side. In the final battle to stop Axis from colliding with Earth, Hathaway got into a Jegan and launched. He tried to persuade Quess in her NZ-333 α Azieru to stop fighting but Quess had already lost her mind and did not listen to his reasoning. Chan Agi in a damaged RGZ-91 Re-GZ fired on the Alpha Azieru, killing Quess. Grief-stricken, Hathaway returned fire and destroyed the Re-GZ, killing Chan and releasing the Psycho-Frame sample she had [3].
According to Hathaway, the incident of him piloting the Jegan against military regulations was overlooked due to the Federation victory [4].
U.C. 0105: Mafty Uprising[]
Having completed a short military service [5], Hathaway began training as a botanical observer and was to conduct research with Professor Amada Munsun on Sulawesi Island [5][4].
Hathaway now led the anti-Federation government organization “Mafty,” under the pseudonym “Mafty Navue Erin." Having taken a stand against the corruption of the Earth Sphere. Mafty carried out fierce acts of terrorism, assassinating high officials of the Federation government one after another, gaining a certain level of support from the populace who were growing more opposed to the Federation government [6].
Haunzen Flight 356 Hijacking[]
After leaving Anaheim Electronics, he had booked Haunzen Flight 356 for Hong Kong. This was so he could see the faces of cabinet ministers that he and Mafty planned to target at the Adelaide Conference [4].
During the flight, he met attendant Mace Flower, who offered a drink to him whilst he was reading Aerial Environmental Botany, written by his professor. He asked for another glass of what he had previously, to which she told him that he's the only passenger who'd finished every meal since they left the moon. He then overheard Gigi Andalucia discussing Mafty's ideology with Kenneth Sleg.
When the Haunzen reached Low Earth Orbit, hijackers entered the passenger cabin, and a brief moment of turbulence caused Ms. Flower to land in Hathaway's arms who told her to put her seatbelt on. While the terrorists' ringleader instructed Kenneth to disarm, Hathaway told Ms. Flower to not make eye contact.
After Hiram Mescher was killed by the self-proclaimed Mafty Erin, Hathaway volunteered to clean up the corpse, claiming experience from the last war. He and the purser bagged Mescher's body and secured it in his seat. Beatrice Mescher regained consciousness and rushed to Hiram's body, prompting Fake Mafty to shoot her, also. Hathaway reached towards Fake Mafty, as if to stop the shooting. Fake Mafty turned to him. While staring down the barrel of Fake Mafty's gun, Hathaway heard Quess's voice in his head, telling him "Do it! Do it! they're fakes!", Gigi then repeated the same words aloud. Hathaway disarmed and disabled Fake Mafty, stealing his pistol to shoot the terrorist at the front of the cabin. Hathaway went to the cockpit to deal with the rest of the terrorists. He killed one and tackled the second, but was unable to defend himself when a third terrorist rose from the pilot's seat. The clown-masked terrorist laughed threateningly at the defenseless Hathaway, but was shot by Kenneth.
For repelling the hijackers with his military training and physical strength, he received praise from many of the ministers [5].
Gallery[]
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam[]
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Although Hathaway's voice actor in Char's Counterattack, Nozomu Sasaki, continued to voice his novel counterpart in game appearances, he did not reprise the role for the movie adaption and was instead replaced by Kensho Ono. Sasaki, however, has a role as Gass H. Huguest, who talks to Hathaway in the movie. He also narrates the audiobook CD of Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash Vol. 1 that was included with the movie's limited edition Blu-ray release [7].
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Episode 17, Hong Kong City
- Episode 18, Mirai Captured
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
- Episode 12, Leina Vanishes
- Bright's imagination
- Episode 16, Melee Aboard the Argama
- In Bright's photograph
- Episode 12, Leina Vanishes
- Movies
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Episode 17, Hong Kong City
- ↑ Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Episode 18, Mirai Captured
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 CHARACTER|『機動戦士ガンダム 閃光のハサウェイ』公式サイト (Japanese). “HATHAWAY NOA(MAFTY NAVUE ERIN)”
- ↑ Release of “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway” is postponed | GUNDAM.INFO (2020-06-04).
- ↑ Nozomu Sasaki (2021-06-10). Twitter.
External links[]
- Hathaway Noa on the official Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Japanese website
- Hathaway Noa on the official Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Japanese website
Char's Counterattack characters
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Earth Federation / Londo Bell | Amuro Ray | Bright Noa | Chan Agi | Astonaige Medoz | Kayra Su | Meran | Anna Hanna | Tooth | Adenauer Paraya | Cameron Bloom | John Bauer | |
Newborn Neo Zeon | Char Aznable | Quess Paraya | Gyunei Guss | Nanai Miguel | Rezin Schnyder | Kaises M. Buyer | Horst Harness | Lyle | |
Civilians | Hathaway Noa | Mirai Noa | Cheimin Noa | October Saran | Katherine | Christina | Haro |
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway characters
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Earth Federation | Kenneth Sleg | |
Mafty | Hathaway Noa | |
Civilians | Gigi Andalucia |