Mobile Suit Gundam The Plot to Assassinate Gihren (機動戦士ガンダム ギレン暗殺計画 Kidou Senshi Gundam Giren Ansatsu Keikaku?) is a manga series serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Gundam Ace. It ran from October 2007 issue to March 2010 issue. The story is set within the Universal Century time-line of the Gundam meta-series.
Story
Set during the One Year War, Leopold Fieseler, a detective with the Zeon Public Peace Department/Zeon Public Safety Department based in Zum city in Side 3, is charged with investigating terrorist attacks against Principality of Zeon government officials led by an anti-Zabi group called Valkyrie.
Volumes
VOLUME.01
- Investigation Report.01 The Plot to Assassinate Gihren Zabi
- Investigation Report.02 Informant Elise Finnigan
- Investigation Report.03 Capital Defense Battalion Report
- Investigation Report.04 Report from Judgment Part I
- Investigation Report.05 David Schiller
- Investigation Report.06 Principality Public Security
- Investigation Report.07 Attempted Assassination of the Supreme Commander Report
- Investigation Report.08 The Darkness of a Nation
VOLUME.02
- Investigation Report.09 The Solomon Notification
- Investigation Report.10 A New Crime
- Investigation Report.11 Gihren Zabi’s Royal Guards
- Investigation Report.12 Seat of Power
- Investigation Report.13 Disc
- Investigation Report.14 Reinhard A
- Investigation Report.15 Casval Rem Daikun
- Investigation Report.16 Encounter
VOLUME.03
- Investigation Report.17 Sieg Zeon
- Investigation Report.18 Hrist
- Investigation Report.19 Double Agent
- Investigation Report.20 Hoth Fieseler
- Investigation Report.21 The Night Before
- Investigation Report.22 Midnight on the 31st
- Investigation Report.23 Beginning of the End
VOLUME.04
- Investigation Report.24 War Report.01
- Investigation Report.25 War Report.02
- Investigation Report.26 Confession
- Investigation Report.27 A Country of Ice
- Investigation Report.28 Lance Garfield
- Investigation Report.29 A Sudden Change
- Investigation Report.30 The Plot to Assassinate Gihren
Characters
- Leopold Fieseler: An investigator with the Zeon Public Peace Department, he is also known as "the man who returned from Earth" and "the heir of Zeonic".
- Elise Ann Finnegan: Works at Zeon's command HQ and a subordinate to Cecilia Irene. She is Leopold's childhood friend.
- Lance Garfield: Leopold's former instructor. Zeon Lieutenant Colonel who lost his arm at the battle of Odessa.
- David Schiller: Assigned to the investigation involving the attempted assassination of the commander. Whereabouts currently unknown.
- Rigel von Moore: In charge of communications with command HQ. Belongs to the Capital Defense battalion.
- Cecilia Irene: Commander Gihren Zabi's private secretary.
- Darcia Bakharo: Prime minister of the Principality of Zeon.
- Kycilia Zabi: Zeon Rear Admiral. Eldest daughter of the Zabi family.
- Twanning: Zeon Brigadier General. Gihren's confidant.
- Jean Marie Socraties: Public Safety Department investigator. Leopold's co-worker.
- Barry Edmond: Director of Public Safety Department.
- Billy Morgan: Section chief of Public Safety Department.
- Hoth Fieseler
- Lautrec Hamilton
- Oleg
- Kyle Kline
Valkyrie
- Reginleif: Leader of Valkyrie, and the person plotting the assassination of Gihren Zabi.
- Mario Antinescu: Former Zeonic scientist. Valkyrie member, codename "Gondur".
- Henri Schlesser: Zeon Brigadier General and commander of the Capital Defense Battalion. Valkyrie member, codename "Herfiotur".
Gihren's Guard
- Eric Manthfield: Ace Zeon mobile suit pilot and Royal Guards captain.
- Filius Stream: Member of the Royal Guard and subordinate of Eric Manthfield.
- Gaius Zemela
- Vanessa Vermilion
Mechanics
Principality of Zeon
Mobile Weapons
Capital Defense Battalion Side 3
Mobile Weapons
Vehicles and Support Units
Gihren's Guard
Mobile Weapons
Neo Zeon
Mobile Weapons
Vehicles and Support Units
Gallery
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Leopold Fieseler
Mobile Suits in GUNDAM A COMICS MOBILE SUIT COLLECTION.
Mobile Suits in GUNDAM A COMICS MOBILE SUIT COLLECTION.
MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom (White Rose of the Capital Defense colors)
MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai (Valkyrie colors)
MS-09R Rick Dom (Gihren Zabi's Royal Guards)
Trivia
- The manga draws parallels with the The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) television movie, which is also based on the 20 July 1944 plot.
Editions
- Vol.1 ISBN 978-4-04-715028-7-C0979
- Vol.2 ISBN 978-4-04-715160-4-C0979
- Vol.3 ISBN 978-4-04-715264-9-C0979
- Vol.4 ISBN 978-4-04-715413-1-C0979
External links
- The Plot to Assassinate Gihren on Zeonic|Scanlations
- http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200712000037
- http://allthatgundam.web.fc2.com/comic/giren.htm