Gundam0083's final volume regains control of itself and ascends steeply to the point of reaching its initial point of excellence. It finished with the kind of ending those who survived the third volume were hoping for. The full intent of Operation Stardust is finally realized, the action picks up to the point of a spectacular showdown between the opposing heroes, and the dirty political games again come into play.

The story is full of surprises in this fourth volume, as the remainder of Delaz' plan unfolds itself. Zeon fools the Feddies on many turns, but all is not well on both sides. Through the use of enough plot twists to cause a headache, Nina finally comes into the picture again. It finally becomes apparent why she seemed so protective of the Gundams, and it's not because she has some wierd machine fetish (though I don't doubt the possibility of such a thing). In a way, what is revealed is both surprising and not. The result of Operation Stardust is surprising though, so in the end, the story was rather interesting.

They forgot my oxygen AGAIN. Those pranksters!	Gato looking very NOT manly in his purple space suit.

The animation seemed to pick up a notch in quality in this last volume. The action scenes and character details were extremely well done. There is a bit of evidence of footage recycling, but the excitement of the action scenes didn't suffer because of it. The video quality was slighty improved, being sharper and clearer than in previous volumes. Audio quality stayed about the same in this volume.

The packaging for the fourth volume is somewhat drab on both sides of its reversible cover but the picture is clean and the details are well done at least. Extras on the disc include a mobile suit encyclopedia, commercials for the show and for Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, and a sing-along feature for the show's opening and closing songs.

All in all, Gundam 0083 has been a show that was well worth the time, even though there are lulls in the action. It is not recommended for those who haven't seen any of the previous Gundam series, because its premise draws heavily on prior events. As part of the greater Gundam history though, this series is brilliant, and continues the tradition of intriguing war politics that was laid out in the beginning.

Video Quality: A
Audio Quality: A-
Presentation: B-
Content: A
Overall: A-