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A Requiem for Char – Chapter 5, To Zeta Gundam (Summary)
In this chapter, Ikeda discusses recording for Zeta Gundam and Char’s Counterattack, as well as his thoughts on the Zeta: A New Translation remakes. This chapter opens with Ikeda discussing his initial surprise at the fact a sequel to Gundam was being made at all. Despite low ratings for the TV series, the compilation movies…
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A Requiem for Char – Chapter 4, Friends Connected by Gundam (Summary)
In this chapter, Ikeda discusses his relationships with some of his fellow voice actors while recording Mobile Suit Gundam. This includes Tōru Furuya (Amuro), Fuyumi Shiraishi (Mirai), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Bright), Katsuji Mori (Garma), and Keiko Han (Lalah) He begins with Tōru Furuya, the voice of Char’s eternal rival, Amuro Ray. Ikeda recalls how they didn’t…
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A Requiem for Char – Chapter 3, A Man Called Char Aznable (Summary)
Ikeda begins this chapter by talking about his experiences with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character designer and animation director for Mobile Suit Gundam. As discussed last time, it was Yas’s art that inspired Ikeda to try out for the role of Char in the first place. Whenever he plays Char, he keeps that original inspiration in mind.…
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A Requiem for Char – Chapter 2, And Then I Met “Him” (Summary)
When we last left off, Ikeda had just auditioned for the role of Amuro Ray, though without much enthusiasm. He recalls wondering if Matsuura had asked him to try out for the role because he had the image of him in Jiro Monogatari in his mind. But regardless, Ikeda was much more interested in the…
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A Requiem for Char: The Red Comet of My Youth (Intro, Chapter 1)
A Requiem for Char: The Red Comet of My Youth is a memoir written by Shūchi Ikeda and published in 2007 in which he speaks about his time as a voice actor and how playing Char Aznable changed his life. It is not available in English and to my knowledge has no fan translation, so…
