{"product_id":"mobile-suit-gundam-iii-encounters-in-space-機動戦士ガンダムiii-めぐりあい宇宙-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1982-b2-size-51-73-cm-q284-copy-1","title":"“Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space”, Original Japanese First Release Movie Poster 1982, “Last Shooting” Artwork, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) S95","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1982 for the first release of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (機動戦士ガンダムIII めぐりあい宇宙編), the climactic third chapter of the original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e theatrical trilogy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased in Japan in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1982\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the film brings the original One Year War storyline to its dramatic conclusion and represents one of the defining moments in the history of Japanese science-fiction animation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Gundam collectors, this poster is particularly important because it features the legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Last Shooting” composition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one of the most iconic and instantly recognisable images in the entire franchise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilm background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e television series debuted in 1979 and fundamentally changed Japanese robot animation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than treating giant robots simply as invincible superheroes, creator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshiyuki Tomino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presented mobile suits as military machines operating within a complex war involving politics, ideology, civilian casualties and young soldiers forced into circumstances far beyond their control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe subsequent theatrical trilogy condensed and reworked the television story for cinemas, helping transform Gundam from a television series with initially modest ratings into a major cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e adapts the final stages of the One Year War, including the battles at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolomon and A Baoa Qu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the continuing rivalry between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmuro Ray and Char Aznable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the ultimate confrontation between the Earth Federation and Zeon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is the emotional and thematic culmination of the original Gundam saga.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoster design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Japanese B2 is dominated by the extraordinary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Last Shooting” image\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an artwork that has become almost inseparable from the legacy of the original RX-78-2 Gundam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRX-78-2 Gundam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands at the centre in a dramatic low-angle composition, already catastrophically damaged from its final battle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts head has been destroyed. One arm is gone. Yet the Gundam remains upright.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its surviving arm, it raises a beam rifle vertically towards the heavens and fires one final shot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe weapon erupts into an enormous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolumn of brilliant white and golden light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, cutting straight through the top of the composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBehind the Gundam, the entire battlefield appears to explode in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblazing crimson, orange, yellow and black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, while fragments of machinery and destroyed mobile suits fill the surrounding space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeneath and behind the RX-78-2 lie the shattered remains of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZeong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, reinforcing the image as the visual embodiment of the final, mutually devastating battle between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe low viewpoint exaggerates the scale of the Gundam and gives the ruined machine a monumental, almost statuesque presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not simply an action image. It captures one of the central themes that made Gundam revolutionary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003evictory inseparable from destruction, heroism inseparable from sacrifice, and war stripped of any uncomplicated triumph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Last Shooting!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt upper left appears the simple English phrase:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Last Shooting!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe expression became the widely recognised name for this climactic image and has subsequently been reproduced throughout Gundam culture in figures, model kits, artwork, merchandise and anniversary material.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFew images from Japanese animation have achieved comparable symbolic status.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt upper right appears the poetic Japanese campaign line:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「震えるか宇宙 めぐりあえよ生命」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApproximately:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Does the universe tremble? Let lives encounter one another.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe language reflects the film’s increasingly philosophical treatment of the Newtype concept and the possibility of human understanding emerging from the catastrophe of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt lower right, the title reads:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「機動戦士ガンダムIII」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「めぐりあい宇宙」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeguriai Sora\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is generally rendered internationally as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Encounters in Space.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshikazu Yasuhiko and the Gundam visual legacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe poster is closely associated with the visual world established by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshikazu Yasuhiko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the legendary character designer and animation director whose work was fundamental to the look and emotional tone of the original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlongside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshiyuki Tomino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and mechanical designer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKunio Okawara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Yasuhiko helped establish the visual vocabulary of Gundam at its birth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe “Last Shooting” composition has become one of the franchise’s defining pieces of imagery precisely because it combines the mechanical grandeur of the RX-78-2 with the emotional weight of the story’s conclusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than four decades later, the image remains immediately recognisable to Gundam fans around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCultural significance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original Gundam theatrical trilogy occupies a foundational position in modern anime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts success helped establish the enormous Gundam franchise and played a central role in popularising the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“real robot”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e genre, influencing decades of Japanese animation, model-kit culture, video games, manga and science-fiction design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe RX-78-2 itself has become one of the most recognisable mechanical designs in Japanese popular culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin that history, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Last Shooting”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is among the single most important images associated with the original series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original 1982 Japanese theatrical B2 therefore represents far more than a vintage anime poster—it is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginal artefact from one of the pivotal moments in the development of modern Japanese animation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcellent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe poster retains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexceptionally strong colour, deep blacks, brilliant fiery reds and oranges, and superb overall display 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