Basic Plot - Heirs to the Stars covers the first 14 episodes of
the TV series.
Gryps 2 & Green Noah 1 - Char
infiltrates Gryps 2 and encounters the Mk-II. Meanwhile Kamille is
already under arrest at Green Noah 1. Jerid crashes the 3rd Mk-II
unit. All 3 Rick Diases (Char, Apolly, and Roberto) infiltrate
Green Noah 1 to steal the Mk-IIs. Kamille helps out.
Near Gryps 2 - Emma (in a Mk-II) along with Franklin Bidan (in a
Hizack) bring the personal letter from Bask. Kamille finds out his
mom is held hostage and takes off. Jerid shoots the capsule killing
Kamille's mom. There's a duel between Kamille and Jerid. Meanwhile,
Franklin steals Char's Rick Dias. A fight involving Kamille,
Franklin, and Lila takes place with Franklin dying. After the
Titans retreat, Emma defects to AEUG.
Around Earth orbit - Char, Reccoa, and Emma try to comfort Kamille
after losing both of his parents. Emma asks Kamille if he knows
about Char Aznable (*note* different from TV series where Char
himself asks if Camille knows about him). Later, Reccoa shows Emma
what happened during the Colony 30 Incident and its aftermath.
Reccoa goes to Jaburo.
AEUG's fleet is receiving supplies from the Moon to prepare for the
Jaburo attack. Here, they receive the Flying Armor, Hyaku Shiki,
and the Mega Bazooka Launcher. Haro somehow was in this resupply as
well. During this, the Argama receives an SOS signal from the
Temptation, which is under attack by Scirocco's Messala. Kamille
and Char rescue the Temptation and its crew/passengers. Bright
officially joins AEUG and commands the Argama. Blex and Henken go
back to the Moon. Kamille is reunited with Fa.
Above Jaburo & Re-entry - AEUG launches their MS force and the
Titans launch theirs (Lila, Jerid, and Kackricon). Scirocco attacks
AEUG's rear. Emma/Kamille fight Scirocco with Emma's Rick Dias
losing its arm. Kamille engages Lila with Lila KIA. Kacricon dies
during re-entry. Jerid reaches Jaburo without knowing whether Lila
died or not.
Jaburo - AEUG notices Jaburo is empty. The Titans moved their
headquarters to space and placed nukes deep below Jaburo as a trap.
Kai and Reccoa are held prisoner but rescued by Kamille. AEUG
escapes Jaburo with the Audhumla and Sudori. During this, Amuro
meets Fraw, Katz, Letz, and Kikka at his mansion.
To Hickory - Hayato meets with Char and informs him that splitting
the force up would be a good idea after the Titans annexed the
Augusta NT lab. Before going to the Sudori, Kai talks with Hayato
telling him Quattro is Char, asking him if he is going to fight
alongside Char. Kamille overhears their conversation and starts to
wonder if Quattro is Char. The Sudori heads to New Kennedy to take
the remaining pilots back to space (Roberto, Apolly, and Reccoa).
The Audhumla heads to Hickory where Amuro and Katz are suppose to
meet them after they hijack a shuttle. Nonstop action with
Kamille/Char vs Rosamia (Gaplant) followed by Kamille/Char vs Buran
(Asshimar) until Amuro rams the shuttle into the Asshimar. The
movie ends as Amuro and Char see each other with Kamille saying
"He's not Quattro Bajeena! And that person is...Amuro Ray! Rival of
Char Aznable during the One Year War!"
Animation - Telling apart what was new and old was easy. The old
animation came from 12 different TV episodes. In some of the
sequences, they went back and forth where you can obviously tell
the difference. At times, those scenes felt weird as characters
looked different. The new mecha animation sequences were superb,
especially the last part of the movie (last 10+ min) where 95+% was
new. As for the new character animation, it was better than what I
expected. If the movie was 100% new animation, then we might not be
talking about if Onda's styling fits Kitazume's at all.
Seiyuu (VA) - Most of the original seiyuu from the TV series
reprised their same role in the movie. Several characters like Fa,
Hayato, Lila, Rosamia, and Robert got new voices. For the most
part, the new voices did not bother as they sounded familiar to the
original. However, the new voice of Hayato by Nobuyuki Hiyama
(Shiro Amada from 08th Team and Muruta Azuraeru from SEED) bothered
me. Images of Shiro or Azuraeru would come up every time he spoke a
dialog.
Music/SFX/BGM - The movie uses the same BGM from the TV series. As
for the SFX, it uses updated traditional anime sounds (not like the
MSG Trilogy DVD version), which was a big plus. Both of Gackt's
songs (played at OP and ED credits) were ok. ¶ 10:57 PM
