Model number: MSN-04
Code name: Sazabi GPB
Unit type:Â custom mobile suit model kit
Inspiration: MSN-04 Sazabi (Char’s Counterattack)
Builder: Kenta Sakazaki
Dimensions:Â overall height 25.6 meters; head height 23.0 meters
Weight:Â empty 30.5 metric tons; max gross 71.2 metric tons
Armor materials:Â plastic
Equipment and design features:Â none
Fixed armaments: diffuse mega particle cannon, mounted in torso; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in forearms, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments:Â shield, mounted on either forearm, mounts 3 x small missile
Optional hand armaments: beam shot rifle; beam tomahawk, stored in recharge rack in shield, hand-carried in use
Remote weapons: 6 x funnel (mounts beam gun), stored in backpack storage pods
The MSN-04 Sazabi GPB was a custom Gunpla based on the MSN-04 Sazabi from the 1988 anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack. Its design and armaments were the same as its anime inspiration, although it featured a custom white paint scheme.
Pilot: Kenta Sakazaki
First appearance:Â Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G
Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi
N/A
Beginning G Info
Director:
Kou Matsuo
Writer:
Yousuke Kuroda
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Atsushi Shigeta
Kanetake Ebikawa
Junichi Akutsu
Character Designer:
Kaichiro Terada
Musical Composer:
N/A
Airdates:
Japan 08.15.2010 – 12.19.2010
Video Release:
Japan 12.22.2010
U.S. 08.15.2023
MAHQ is now officially on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mahqdotnet.bsky.social.
Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
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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