“いま、名もなき者たちの大いなる戦いが始まるーー。”
ジャブローでの防衛戦を耐えきった地球連邦軍は勢いのままにジオン地球進攻軍本拠地のオデッサを攻略すべく大反抗作戦に打って出た。アムロ達の乗るホワイトベースは作戦前の最後の補給を受ける為にベルファストへ向け航行。そんな中ホワイトベースにある任務が言い渡される。無人島、通称「帰らずの島」の残敵掃討任務。残置諜者の捜索に乗り出すアムロ達であったが、そこで見たのは、いるはずのない子供たちと一機のザクであった。戦闘の中でガンダムを失ったアムロは、ククルス・ドアンと名乗る男と出会う。島の秘密を暴き、アムロは再びガンダムを見つけて無事脱出できるのか…？
映画化された原作や関連書籍を読んで、映像との違いや独自の世界観を楽しみましょう。
"White Base" pilot "Amuro" is injured after a conflict on the "Island of No Return". He awakens to discover that he is being cared for by a group of youngsters led by "Doan" and after he helps them fix their water supply, is more warmly welcomed into this slightly sceptical group. Soon, though, aircraft arrive carrying "Zeon" robots and it's only then that we realise that "Doan" has a past - and together with the young "Amuro" they must arm themselves and strive to defeat their attackers. I did quite enjoy this but the story (based on characters from the 1979 television series) takes far too long to get going, it relies heavily on us already understanding the battle context of the characterisations, and I found the standard of animation here a bit limited. The ending hasn't really the least jeopardy to it, and the presence of the youngsters on their island dragged what pace there was down quite effectively. That said, it does move along well enough offering us messages about the value of teamwork, loyalty etc. but I just felt it was all just too lacking of any substantial - and interesting - narrative.
