Class:Â Musai
Name:Â Valkyrie
Ships of the line:Â Valkyrie
Unit type:Â flagship
Manufacturer:Â Principality of Zeon
Operator:Â Principality of Zeon
First deployment:Â unknown
Dimensions:Â overall height 156.7 meters; overall length 302.3 meters; overall width 299.7 meters
Weight:Â unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Komusai shuttle
Fixed armaments:Â 3 x 2-barrel mega particle cannon, mounted on aft section; many x machine gun, mounted on main body
Mobile suits: 6 (4 in hangar, 2 in Komusai shuttle)
The Valkyrie was a modified Musai class cruiser that served as the flagship of Space Attack Force Commander Dozle Zabi. The Valkyrie was 30 percent larger than the standard Musai, and its two mega particle cannons were also enlarged. The Valkyrie also featured enhanced communications functions to facilitate fleet command. The Valkyrie saw action at the Battle of Loum in January UC 0079.
Captain: Dozle Zabi
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (anime)
Original mechanical designer: Mika Akitaka
Gundam: The Origin Info
Director(s):
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Takashi Imanishi
Writer(s):
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (manga)
Mechanical Designer(s):
Hajime Katoki
Mika Akitaka
Kimitoshi Yamane
Junichi Akutsu
Character Designer(s):
Tsukasa Kotobuki
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer:
Takayuki Hattori
Format:
6 episodes (OVA); 13 episodes (TV re-edit)
Video Release (OVA):
Japan 02.28.2015 – 05.08.2018
U.S. 08.01.2017 – 07.02.2019
Airdates (TV version):
Japan 04.29.2019 – 08.12.2019
U.S. 07.06.2019 – 10.05.2019
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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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