“Teen psychic Üso pilots Victory Gundam against Zanscare Empire's guillotine terror to save friends and find parents.”
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
機動戦士Vガンダム
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Synopsis
Teen psychic Üso pilots Victory Gundam against Zanscare Empire's guillotine terror to save friends and find parents.
In the year 153 of the Universal Century, the tyrannical Zanscare Empire has taken hostile control over Side 2, a space colony outside of Earth's orbit. Following in the footsteps of the long expired Principality of Zeon and the more recent Crossbone Vanguard, Zanscare rules over its subjects with cruelty, routinely using a large guillotine for public executions. Living in Central Europe, space immigrant Üso Ewin joins the League Militaire, a militia made up of civilians frustrated with the Earth Federation's inability to combat the Zanscare Empire. Üso's latent abilities as a psychic Newtype awaken and allow him to pilot the Victory Gundam, the only mobile suit capable of holding off the elite BESPA forces of the Zanscare Empire. Hoping to protect his best friend Shakti Kareen and locate his parents within the ranks of the Federation, Üso fights on with the Victory, striving to bring an end to the empire's reign.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 22 sampled reviews
What 22 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.20 · split reception
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 3.8
↓ 1.27
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Mar 2026
- 10 “Victory Gundam delivers an emotionally powerful experience with non-stop action and adventure that surpasses its initial kiddy show appearance. While the abundance of tragedies can be overwhelming,...”
- 10 “Victory Gundam delivers an unrelentingly intense, emotionally devastating look at war while still celebrating human resilience and hope. The story grips from the start, the young pilots earn deep...”
- 7 “Having watched most Gundam series, Victory Gundam ranks low on my list, with its older animation failing to meet my preference for nice graphics. I only watched it because I ran out of other Gundam...”
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- Format 51 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 20h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1993 – Mar 1994 Spring 1993
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0069 catalog
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- Nozomi Entertainment Licensor