Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt December Sky

If you are a newcomer to mecha anime who thinks the genre is about "kids shouting and laser swords," this movie will shatter that expectation. It is a 70-minute suicide note written in beam rifle fire.

When the debris cleared, the Full Armor Gundam was a headless, one-armed torso, drifting into the dark. The Psycho Zaku had lost its legs and its main thruster, a spinning, crippled top. mobile suit gundam thunderbolt december sky

December Sky does something rare in action animation: it treats war injuries as permanent and graphic. Daryl Lorenz is a hero. He is also a quadruple amputee. The film does not shy away from the medical horrors—the phantom limb pain, the sterile hospital lights, the realization that Zeon has no use for a soldier who can’t walk. If you are a newcomer to mecha anime