Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack English Part 1

The year is Universal Century 0093. Five years have passed since the First Neo-Zeon War. The Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space Char Aznable re-appears out of self imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement. Unlike movements of the past, Char intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse. Faced with a renewed space war the Earth Federation tasks Londo Bell to suppress Char’s uprising before it can gain momentum. When Neo Zeon forces agree to surrender in exchange for the abandoned mining colony Axis the Federation believes that the crisis has been averted; however Londo Bell forces think otherwise, and when the asteroid unexpectedly begins moving toward earth Londo Bell’s worst fears are realised. With Neo Zeon forces poised to win, and the Federation unable to reinforce Londo Bell the fate of Earth once more rests with Amuro Ray and his RX-93 Nu Gundam.

Initially, because of the ambiguous ending, it was debatable as to whether Char and Amuro actually died at the end. As there wasn't a concrete evidence to their conclusion and fate, common fan wisdom in such cases is the assumption that the characters could somehow return if the actors playing them were interested enough, and one factor which supports this notion is the fact that Tohru Furuya, Amuro's Japanese voice artist, confessed, during his Anime Expo 2006 guest panel, that he still believes Amuro survived the film's events. Both First Gundam and Zeta Gundam ended with Char unaccounted for and with a visual teaser indicating that he may have survived the final battles of those series. There was such a case at the end of the movie as well for CCA. It can be noted that Tomino in his novelization of Char's Counterattack, (not Beltochika's Children) has clearly indicated that Char and Amuro were indeed killed in action. However, like Tomino's previous novelization of First Gundam, the Char's Counterattack novelization substantially changes many aspects of the story and thus its ending does not necessarily reflect that of the movie.