Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island (2022)
ActionAnimationDramaScience Fiction
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko · Writer: Toshizo Nemoto
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.
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Director
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Cast
Toru Furuya
Amuro Ray (voice) 
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Cucuruz Doan (voice) 
Ken Narita
Bright Noa (voice) 
Toshio Furukawa
Kai Shiden (voice) 
Megumi Han
Sayla Mass / Letz Cofan (voice) 
Hideki Nakanishi
Hayato Kobayashi (voice) 
Tomofumi Ikezoe
Sleggar Law (voice) 
Satomi Arai
Mirai Yashima / Haro / Kikka Kitamoto (voice) 
Misato Fukuen
Fraw Bow (voice) 
Takashi Kondo
Job John (voice) 
Takuya Eguchi
Oscar Dublin (voice) 
Keisuke Komoto
Marker Clan (voice) User Reviews (1)
"White Base" pilot "Amuro" is injured after a conflict on the "Island of No Return". He awakens to discover that he is being cared for by a group of youngsters led by "Doan" and after he helps them fix their water supply, is more warmly welcomed into this slightly sceptical group. Soon, though, aircraft arrive carrying "Zeon" robots and it's only then that we realise that "Doan" has a past - and together with the young "Amuro" they must arm themselves and strive to defeat their attackers. I did quite enjoy this but the story (based on characters from the 1979 television series) takes far too long to get going, it relies heavily on us already understanding the battle context of the characterisations, and I found the standard of animation here a bit limited. The ending hasn't really the least jeopardy to it, and the presence of the youngsters on their island dragged what pace there was dow…
