Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack(機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャアKidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā) is a 1988 anime film set in the primary Universal Century timeline of Gundam, taking place in U.C. 0093. Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, Char's Counterattack is the final culmination of the original saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam and continued through Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta, marking the final conflict of the fourteen-year rivalry between Char Aznable and Amuro Ray, and the end of the EF/Zeon conflicts. The movie is based on the novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino.