Amuro Ray (Japanese: アムãƒãƒ»ãƒ¬ã‚¤, Hepburn: Amuro Rei) is a
fictional character introduced in Sunrise's 1979 anime series Mobile
Suit Gundam. Amuro is a mechanic who becomes the pilot of the mecha
known as RX-78-2 Gundam to protect himself from the Zeon forces
invading his space colony during the war. He becomes an Earth
Federation pilot in the war as well as the first Newtype, a type of
human with special awareness which gives him great skills when
fighting. The Gundam franchise explores Amuro's involvement in the
wars piloting the titular mecha. He returns in the sequel, Mobile Suit
Zeta Gundam and the feature film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's
Counterattack where he takes part in new conflicts. He is voiced by
TÅ ru Furuya (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English dub of the original TV
series, Char's Counterattack, and the majority of the licensed Gundam
video games), Michael Lindsay (English dub of Movies I-III), Matthew
Erickson (English dub of Zeta Gundam and the Mobile Suit Gundam:
Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam video game), Fryda Wolff (Young, English dub of
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) and Lucien Dodge (English dub of
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin).As the protagonist of the series,
Amuro was made a teenager due to the show's sponsor. Director
Yoshiyuki Tomino explained Amuro became a Newtype to explain his
talent when piloting the RX-78-2 Gundam despite his young age. His
character became very popular in Japan, earning high ranks in
popularity polls involving Gundam characters as well as anime
characters in general. Critical reception to the character has also
been positive with comments revolving around his work as a
soldier.Amuro is the hero of the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. He
is the son of Tem Ray, the project leader for the Earth Federation's
Project V, which produces the prototype mobile suits Gundam,
Guncannon, and Guntank to combat the Principality of Zeon's Zaku. At
the beginning of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, Amuro is merely a
15-year-old civilian, along with his friends Fraw Bow and Hayato
Kobayashi, living in Side 7, one of the few space colonies untouched
by the One Year War at the time. Amuro is a talented amateur mechanic,
who spends a lot of time in building different mechanical parts with
little social interactions with other people, and as a hobby designed
the basketball-sized talking robot Haro.Born on Earth in Prince
Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, Amuro's early childhood was spent on
the planet with his parents, Tem and Camaria Ray, until Amuro's father
was called up by the EFSF to do weapon research under the guise of
colony construction. Though Amuro's father wanted his mother to come
with them, she declined (it was implied that she was having an affair
at the time). When Amuro reunites with his mother during the One Year
War there is some animosity between them, as Camaria could not
tolerate her son taking part in the violence of a military life.
fictional character introduced in Sunrise's 1979 anime series Mobile
Suit Gundam. Amuro is a mechanic who becomes the pilot of the mecha
known as RX-78-2 Gundam to protect himself from the Zeon forces
invading his space colony during the war. He becomes an Earth
Federation pilot in the war as well as the first Newtype, a type of
human with special awareness which gives him great skills when
fighting. The Gundam franchise explores Amuro's involvement in the
wars piloting the titular mecha. He returns in the sequel, Mobile Suit
Zeta Gundam and the feature film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's
Counterattack where he takes part in new conflicts. He is voiced by
TÅ ru Furuya (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English dub of the original TV
series, Char's Counterattack, and the majority of the licensed Gundam
video games), Michael Lindsay (English dub of Movies I-III), Matthew
Erickson (English dub of Zeta Gundam and the Mobile Suit Gundam:
Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam video game), Fryda Wolff (Young, English dub of
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) and Lucien Dodge (English dub of
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin).As the protagonist of the series,
Amuro was made a teenager due to the show's sponsor. Director
Yoshiyuki Tomino explained Amuro became a Newtype to explain his
talent when piloting the RX-78-2 Gundam despite his young age. His
character became very popular in Japan, earning high ranks in
popularity polls involving Gundam characters as well as anime
characters in general. Critical reception to the character has also
been positive with comments revolving around his work as a
soldier.Amuro is the hero of the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. He
is the son of Tem Ray, the project leader for the Earth Federation's
Project V, which produces the prototype mobile suits Gundam,
Guncannon, and Guntank to combat the Principality of Zeon's Zaku. At
the beginning of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, Amuro is merely a
15-year-old civilian, along with his friends Fraw Bow and Hayato
Kobayashi, living in Side 7, one of the few space colonies untouched
by the One Year War at the time. Amuro is a talented amateur mechanic,
who spends a lot of time in building different mechanical parts with
little social interactions with other people, and as a hobby designed
the basketball-sized talking robot Haro.Born on Earth in Prince
Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, Amuro's early childhood was spent on
the planet with his parents, Tem and Camaria Ray, until Amuro's father
was called up by the EFSF to do weapon research under the guise of
colony construction. Though Amuro's father wanted his mother to come
with them, she declined (it was implied that she was having an affair
at the time). When Amuro reunites with his mother during the One Year
War there is some animosity between them, as Camaria could not
tolerate her son taking part in the violence of a military life.
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