Model number:Â N/A
Code name:Â Dodai Custom
Unit type:Â sub-flight system
Manufacturer:Â unknown
Operator(s):Â AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group); Karaba; Neo Zeon; Oldsmobile Army
First deployment:Â unknown
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in forward section
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â none
The Dodai Custom was a sub-flight system that made its debut during the Gryps War in UC 0087. Its design was inspired by the Principality of Zeon’s YS-11 Dodai YS from the One Year War. The Dodai Custom could function as an unmanned unit controlled by the mobile suit riding it, but it could also be piloted from within the cockpit located in its forward section. Introduced by the AEUG, the Dodai Custom was also used by its ground-based sister organization Karaba, as well as by Neo Zeon. During the First Neo Zeon War in UC 0088, Karaba leader Hayato Kobayashi was killed while flying a Dodai Custom in combat. The Dodai Custom remained in use as late as UC 120 with the Mars-based Zeon remnants known as the Oldsmobile Army.
Pilot(s): Ino Abbav, Hayato Kobayashi, Mondo Agake, Beecha Oleg
First appearance: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Hiroshi Ohnogi
Yumiko Suzuki
Tomoko Kawasaki
Yasushi Hirano
Akinori Endo
Miho Maruo
Minoru Onoya
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kazumi Fujita
Mamoru Nagano
Kunio Okawara
Makoto Kobayashi
Kazuhisa Kondo
Hideo Okamoto
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer:
Shigeaki Saegusa
Format:
50 episodes; 3 compilation movies
Airdates:
Japan 03.02.1985 – 02.22.1986
Theatrical Release:
Japan 05.28.2005 – 03.04.2006
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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