What is the existence of “Kikeroga” and “Tominomemo” in the movie “Mobile Suit Gundam Siege Axe”?

The inevitability of the name “Kiceroga” instead of “Bla Bla Bla Bla.

Kicheroga?

The name astonished me.

The movie “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuuX-Beginning” was released in January and is still recording strong box-office results.

The film is the first series co-production between Studio Color, known for its “Evangelion” series, and Sunrise, the production company behind the “Gundam” series.

It is needless to say that the response from the deep audience, who are amazed by the various gimmicks and stories, as well as those who are experiencing the Gundam series for the first time through this work and going back to the history, continues to grow.

The following contains spoilers.

The “Red Comet” Char Aznable makes an appearance in this work, and although he appeared in only one episode of the TV animation “Mobile Suit Gundam” (the so-called “First Gundam”) broadcast from 1979, he later appeared in a later episode of the theater series “The Red Comet” (the “First Gundam”). The appearance of Shariah Bull, a character who appeared only in one episode of the TV anime “Mobile Suit Gundam” broadcast in 1979 but was later cut from the movie version, as a “good-looking man” was also a major topic of conversation.

In “Siege Axe,” a machine that looks like the mobile armor “Blau Blau Blau” that Shariah Bull rode in the first episode appears in a scene in which the two aircraft play an active role in a pair of tactics called “M.A.V. (Mav)” in the movie together with Shia’s “Red Gundam. While watching the movie, I was excited, “Oh, there’s a Blau Blau Blau!” But I was shocked to learn that the name of this aircraft was not “Blau Blau Blau” but “Kiceroga,” as I mentioned at the beginning of this article.

The aircraft named “Kiceroga” did not appear in either the TV version or the movie version of the “First” series.

The existence of a plot left behind by Yoshiyuki Tomino (then Yoshiyuki Yoshino), the general director of the TV version of “Mobile Suit Gundam,” that was never actually produced or broadcast, known as the “Tominomemo,” is a well-known episode among some fans. The name “Kikeroga” is mentioned in it.

It is well known that the TV version of the first Gundam was originally scheduled to be 52 episodes, but was shortened to 43 episodes when it was decided to discontinue airing. Naturally, there are many episodes that could not be included in the original 52 episodes.

The name “Kiceroga” is also mentioned in the draft left behind in the “Tomino Memo. The Kiceroga was the aircraft that Char was to fly, and it was planned to play an active role together with the mobile armor that Raraa Soon was to fly. Incidentally, the “Tomino Memo” did not include a rough design of the Kiceroga, but it was redesigned and appeared as a Newtype-only mobile suit in a Gundam series game released later in the year. However, this is a different machine with the same name as the KIKEROGA.

The surprise at the unexpected appearance of “Kikeroga,” and the convincing play of the hidden settings that were unearthed by those in the know, reminded me of “Zofi,” the messenger of the star of light who appeared in the movie “Shin Ultraman,” released in 2010. The original TV version of “Ultraman” was also a great success. The original “Zofi” appeared in the last episode of the TV version of “Ultraman”, not “Zofi”. This was the name that appeared in a children’s magazine at the time of the broadcast, when he was introduced as an alien who controlled the space dinosaur Zetton.

In fact, Zofi uses Zetton in “Shin Ultraman,” and fans who knew about it were astonished at Hideaki Anno’s ability to include such a maniacal story. I felt that Shariah Bull’s activities and the appearance of Kikeroga were very similar to this.