Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival ( SD Gundam Festival, 機動戦士SDガンダムまつり ) is a movie in the SD Gundam franchise and part of Mobile Suit Gundam. It collects three SD Gundam shorts, which were released on March 1 [1] and 13[2][3], 1993.
Synopsis[]
Part One: The Tale of the SD Warring States: World Peace Chapter ( ＳＤ戦国伝 天下泰平編 )
The Zaku and Gundam clans have achieved peace in the Sengoku era, and have formed five peaceful clans, each with their own province and Great Shogun. The Fourth Great Shogun is young and unmarried; his retainers plead with him to choose a wife from among the mobile bachelorettes they have selected. He flees the castle in centaur mode. The advisors plan to lure their shogun to a cherry-blossom viewing festival on Mount Ooe, and continue bullying him to choose a wife. The escaped shogun lies in a field and reminisces of the previous era, of battles, when a strange bird appears, and begs him to fight the demons threatening Mount Ooe. He rushes off, only to find a lively festival, where he is captured and tied to a chair. Advisors present him with photos of various potential wives, and their statistics. The three Zaku Brothers interrupt this with a blindfolded watermelon-splitting game, giving the Fourth Great Shogun the opportunity to flee to the slopes of Mount Ooe, where he discovers a maiden, Gabe-ko, picking flowers, and it's love at first sight. They spend the day together. Gabe-ko urges him to give up his dreams of war, and enjoy the peace. He agrees. Night falls, and the GM-headed villages shed their disguises to reveal themselves ad demon-headed oni with iron clubs. They destroy the festival grounds and attack the drunk clans, but the three other great shoguns lead the samurai in beating back the demons. The oni summon the Oni Shogun, and the samurai are too drunk to fight him. The Fourth Great Shogun arrives, ready to fight the Oni Shogun, but Gabe-ko reminds him of his promise to foreswear fighting. He debates whether to fight, until the Oni Shogun's exasperation summons a timely rainstorm and revives the other three great shoguns, who tell him about the moral necessity of self-defense. Their powers combined defeat the Oni Shogun. The strange bird from earlier appears, now grown to a gigantic radiant form, and names itself the Crystal Phoenix, a divine entity traveling the universe to test warriors. Remember that idleness fosters evil, that the preservation of peace requires constant vigilance, and that those are the true meaning of justice. [4][5][3]
Part Two: SD Gundam Sidestory: The Legend of the Holy Machine Soldiers ( ＳＤガンダム外伝 聖機兵物語 )
In "Suda Doaka World," humans and mobile suit warriors live together in harmony. Peace continued after Satan Gundam and Knight Gundam fled into the sky. However, a new evil organization, Neo Zeon, invades the Kingdom of Dabard with a large number of machine soldiers. Their goal is the "Holy Machine Soldier Gunrex" and the "Holy Machine Soldier Rune Rex," which whoever obtains them will take the world. Gunrex is piloted by the Knight Gundam GP01, aided by Cecily, while Rune Rex is piloted by the Neo Zeon mercenary Mars Gundam. The outcome of the battle between the two holy machines is significant enough to determine the future of the world. However, the difference in power is clear, and Rune Rex overwhelms Gunrex...[1]
Part Three: SD Commando War Chronicles: Gundam Force, Super G-Arms, Final Formula VS Noum Gyaza ( ＳＤコマンド戦記 ガンダムフォース スーパージーアームズ ファイナルフォーミュラーＶＳノウムギャザー )
On the planet Denomos, Captain F91 and the Fuhrer Commander begin an honor duel. However, the band "Penalty Kick Oldies" led by Tron-chan interrupts, attacking the Fuhrer Commander. A mixed battle ensues, and the combination of special attacks and rock music revives the superhuman spacecraft Noum Gather. Captain F91 and Fuhrer Commander combine to form Final Formula, and defeat Noum Gyaza, which was said to have the power to erase half of the galaxy.[2]
Cast & Crew[]
| Character | Voice Actor |
|---|---|
| Mercenary Knight Mars Gundam | Kouji Totani |
| Minstrel Knight Red Warrior R | Kiyoyuki Yanada |
| GM Custom | Ai Orikasa |
| Sieg Carozzo | Yuzuru Fujimoto |
| Cecily | Yuri Shiratori |
| Superior Dragon | Yasunori Matsumoto |
| Knight Amuro | Tohru Furuya |
| Knight GP01 | Takehito Koyasu |
| Tactician Quattro | Shuuichi Ikeda |
| Leslie | Ritsuo Sawa |
| Seabook | Nobuo Tobita |
| Queen Nina | Maria Kawamura |
| Knight GP02 | Hideyuki Umezu |
| Ghost Knight Zenon Manza | Masaharu Satou |
| Evil Knight Bawoo | Masashi Ebara |
| Maid Matilda | Rio Natsuki |
Screenshot[]
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
References & Sources[]
The order of episodes on this page matches that given on Anime News Network. An alternative order is given on Sunrise's SD Gundam products page: Super G-Arms, World Peace Chapter, Story of the Holy Soldiers.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sunrise official webpage for ＳＤガンダム外伝 聖機兵物語
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sunrise official site for ＳＤコマンド戦記 ガンダムフォース スーパーＧアームズ ファイナルフォーミュラーVSノウムギャザー
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sunrise official site for ＳＤ戦国伝 天下泰平編
- ↑ Mobile Suit Breakdown, season 9, episode 13: Mobile Suitors. (podcast)
- ↑ The Tale of the SD Warring States: World Peace Chapter - SD戦国伝 天下泰平編, from the Mobile Suit SD Gundam Series Blueray disc.