Episode

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char Returns

Name: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char Returns
Released: 1979-09-29
Duration: 25 min
Cast: Toru Furuya, Shuichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Kiyonobu Suzuki

Mobile Suit GundamSeason 11979-09-29

Overview

Under the command of Char Aznable, new Zeon amphibious mobile suits attack White Base, docked in a Federation base at Belfast.

Details

Series: Mobile Suit Gundam
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 26
Air date: 1979-09-29
Runtime: 25 min

Episode context

Char Returns is Episode 26 in Season 1 of Mobile Suit Gundam. It aired on 1979-09-29. The runtime is 25 min.

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Episode 25: The Battle of Odessa 1979-09-22 | 25 min Amuro discovers the Zeon mole, stops a nuclear bomb, and faces off the remaining two members of the Black Tri-Stars as the battle at Odessa continues.

Episode 27: A Spy on Board 1979-10-06 | 25 min Kai Shiden develops a friendship with Miharu Ratokie, a local girl, while Char prepares a second amphibious attack on the Federation at Belfast.

More episodes from this season

Episode 24: Black Tri-Star 1979-09-15 | 25 min A mole inside the Federation tips off Zeon HQ, who then send the Black Tri-Stars special team ordered to destroy the White Base and her prototype mobile suits.

Episode 28: Across the Atlantic Ocean 1979-10-13 | 25 min Thanks to intelligence acquired from Miharu, Flanagan Boone and his Mad Angler squadron attack the White Base en route to Jaburo headquarters in South America.

Episode 23: Matilda's Rescue 1979-09-08 | 25 min Lieutenant Matilda's supply corps is attacked by Zeon Goufs when they attempt to send upgrade modules for the Gundam and supply and repair parts for White Base.

Episode 29: Tragedy in Jaburo 1979-10-20 | 25 min The White Base finally reaches Jaburo general headquarters; Zeon then launches a massive invasion on the base led by Char and his custom Z'Gok.

Episode 22: The Trap of M'Quve 1979-09-01 | 25 min As Operation Odessa nears, Colonel M'Quve lures the White Base into a trap while Bright Noa is unable to captain the ship.

Episode 30: A Wish of War Orphans 1979-10-27 | 25 min Char infiltrates Jaburo with a squadron of Acguy mobile suits and plant time bombs on the Federation's new mass-produced GMs, but not before being discovered by Katz, Kikka, and Letz.

Episode 21: Sorrow and Hatred 1979-08-25 | 25 min Crowley Hamon spearheads one last suicidal attack on White Base with what remains of the troops once led by Ramba Ral.

Episode 31: A Decoy in Space 1979-11-03 | 25 min White Base and the Gundam confront the cruiser Zanzibar, led by Char, and a mobile armor called Bigro in low earth orbit.

Episode 20: Hand to Hand Combat 1979-08-18 | 25 min An all-out battle breaks out inside White Base as Ramba Ral and his soldiers infiltrate the ship in the hopes of capturing or destroying it.

Episode 32: Breakthrough 1979-11-10 | 25 min A task force of Musai cruisers and Rick Doms led by Dren attempt to destroy the White Base as it heads towards the neutral colony of Side Six.