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Contemporary listings for the series identify these B2 sheets as \u003cstrong\u003eBanpresto amusement-prize items rather than theatrical or ordinary retail posters\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced twenty years after the original television series premiered in \u003cstrong\u003e1979\u003c\/strong\u003e, the poster belongs to a period when Gundam’s first Universal Century story was being celebrated through an extensive programme of commemorative merchandise. The RX-78-2 and Char’s distinctive red mobile suits had by then become two of the most recognisable visual symbols in Japanese science-fiction culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA spectacular \u003cstrong\u003efull-bleed battle composition\u003c\/strong\u003e set against the blackness of space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre, the \u003cstrong\u003eRX-78-2 Gundam\u003c\/strong\u003e surges directly towards the viewer, its white, blue, red and yellow armour brilliantly illuminated against the dense starfield. One arm is raised to strike while its shield is held defensively across the opposite side of the body, giving the figure a strong sense of forward movement and three-dimensional depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround it, \u003cstrong\u003eChar’s red Gelgoog is being torn apart in combat\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge sections of scarlet armour occupy both sides of the composition, framing the Gundam almost like shattered stage curtains. On the right, a severed arm and hand remain visible amid fragments of armour; on the left, the damaged body of the Gelgoog dominates the foreground in deep crimson and black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe use of red is particularly effective. Rather than treating the opposing mobile suit as a secondary figure, the composition allows the \u003cstrong\u003edestroyed Gelgoog to become the frame through which the Gundam advances\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt lower right, a Federation spacecraft streaks through the scene with its engines blazing white-blue, adding another powerful diagonal to the already dynamic composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottom edge is treated almost like the interior of a spacecraft or command station, with \u003cstrong\u003eturquoise instrument displays\u003c\/strong\u003e forming a graphic foreground that places the viewer inside the battle rather than simply observing it from a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe overall effect is unusually cinematic for a character-prize poster: \u003cstrong\u003eRX-78-2 seems to burst forward out of the battlefield\u003c\/strong\u003e, while the broken red armour of Char’s machine fills the viewer’s peripheral vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGundam vs Char’s Gelgoog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rivalry between \u003cstrong\u003eAmuro Ray and Char Aznable\u003c\/strong\u003e forms one of the central dramatic threads of the original \u003cem\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChar’s \u003cstrong\u003eMS-14S Gelgoog\u003c\/strong\u003e represents one of the most advanced mobile suits fielded by Zeon during the closing stages of the One Year War. Its distinctive red colour scheme immediately identifies it with Char, while its beam weaponry places it technologically much closer to the Gundam than earlier Zeon machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe confrontation between the \u003cstrong\u003eRX-78-2 and Char’s Gelgoog\u003c\/strong\u003e therefore represents much more than a generic robot battle. It is another stage in the increasingly personal struggle between the Federation’s young ace pilot and Zeon’s legendary \u003cstrong\u003e“Red Comet.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat rivalry would become one of the foundational relationships in the wider Gundam universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe RX-78-2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by \u003cstrong\u003eKunio Okawara\u003c\/strong\u003e for the original 1979 series, the RX-78-2 fundamentally reshaped Japanese robot animation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than presenting the giant robot simply as an invincible superhero, \u003cem\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/em\u003e placed it within a military environment of pilots, logistics, mass-produced machines, political factions and attritional warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result helped establish the \u003cstrong\u003e“real robot”\u003c\/strong\u003e tradition that would profoundly influence subsequent anime, manga, model kits and video games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe RX-78-2 remains the defining machine of the franchise, and this poster presents it in exactly the way a twentieth-anniversary design should: \u003cstrong\u003enot standing ceremonially, but in violent motion at the centre of battle\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 20th Anniversary campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small Banpresto markings at lower right place the poster within the company’s late-1990s \u003cstrong\u003eBanpre Character Poster\u003c\/strong\u003e programme. Other surviving examples from the line are explicitly described as \u003cstrong\u003eB2 amusement-only prizes\u003c\/strong\u003e, and examples from the same 1999 Gundam series were issued as numbered designs. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example is \u003cstrong\u003eNo.2\u003c\/strong\u003e, making it one individual design from a larger commemorative series rather than a generic piece of later wall art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat distinction is important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese posters were created as \u003cstrong\u003eperiod character merchandise intended to be won and displayed\u003c\/strong\u003e, not as mass-market reproductions sold indefinitely through poster shops. Their original purpose was temporary and recreational, which makes well-preserved surviving examples increasingly appealing as artefacts of late-1990s Japanese arcade and anime culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe B2 landscape format\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster measures approximately \u003cstrong\u003e72.8 × 51.5 cm in landscape orientation\u003c\/strong\u003e, corresponding to the Japanese \u003cstrong\u003eB2 format\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe horizontal composition is particularly effective for the battle scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe broad proportions allow Char’s shattered red Gelgoog to occupy both edges of the image while the RX-78-2 advances through the open centre, creating a strong sense of depth and momentum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe large area of uninterrupted black space also allows the primary colours of the mobile suits to appear exceptionally vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent condition overall.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease review all photographs carefully; they show the \u003cstrong\u003eexact poster for sale, front and reverse\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal 1999 Japanese Banpresto “Banpre Character Poster” No.2 featuring the RX-78-2 Gundam vs Char’s Gelgoog\u003c\/strong\u003e, produced during the franchise’s \u003cstrong\u003e20th-anniversary period\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is \u003cstrong\u003enot a theatrical movie poster, reproduction or modern reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is approximately \u003cstrong\u003e27 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57268898890106,"sku":null,"price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments_9_e027f700-a0b0-411b-bf3e-ad3b0365f876.jpg?v=1789430186","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/mobile-suit-gundam-efsf-victory-%e6%a9%9f%e5%8b%95%e6%88%a6%e5%a3%ab%e3%82%ac%e3%83%b3%e3%83%80%e3%83%a0-original-japanese-banpresto-20th-anniversary-promotional-prize-poster-1999-banpre-character-poster-no-5-b2-landscape-size-c-72-8-51-5-cm-n22a-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}