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Sayla Mass
Mobile Suit Gundam character

Sayla Mass, as seen in Mobile Suit Gundam
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Aliases Artesia Som Deikun
Date of birth UC 0062
Nationality Republic of Zeon
Known relatives Zeon Zum Deikun (father, deceased)
Char Aznable (brother, deceased)
Information
Allegiance Earth Federation
Rank Petty Officer 1st Class [MSG]
Mobile weapons RX-78 Gundam
G-Fighter
Core Booster

Sayla Mass (セイラ・マス Seira Masu?) is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, voiced by You Inoue (Japanese) and Alaina Burnett (English). At the beginning of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, Sayla is a civilian of Side 7, who comes abroad the mobile cruiser White Base along with Amuro Ray, Fraw Bow and Hayato Kobayashi. Sayla is a Newtype like Amuro, though a weak one, much like Char. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Zeon can refer to either: Republic of Zeon, Principality of Zeon or Neo-Zeon. ... A philosopher who began Contolism, which was both about Ere-ism (that Earth is sacred and mankind must leave it and live in space) and Side-ism (all Sides are to be treated as sovereign states). ... Char Aznable ) is a fictional character, and often one of the main antagonists from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, its sequels Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Chars Counterattack, voiced by Shuichi Ikeda (Japanese), Michael Kopsa (English dub of original series and Chars Counterattack), Steven Blum (Mobile Suit... The flag of the Earth Federation Government. ... Mobile Weapon is a series of 3-dimensional role-playing game developed by Tyler Projects. ... The RX-78 Gundam is a series of fictional testbed mobile suits in the Gundam Universal Century developed by the Earth Federation. ... Mobile Suit Gundam ) is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. ... You Inoue (井上 瑤 Inoue Yō), born Yumi Urushikawa (漆川 由美 Urushikawa Yumi, December 4, 1946 – February 28, 2003) was a veteran seiyÅ« (voice actress). ... A canadian voice actress, born December 6, 1977. ... In the fictional Gundam universe, The SCV-70 (LMSD-71) White Base was a Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier deployed by the Earth Federation. ... Amuro Ray ) is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Chars Counterattack, voiced by Tōru Furuya (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English dub of the original TV series and Chars Counterattack), Dylan Tully (English dub of Movies I... Fraw Bow, as seen in Mobile Suit Gundam. ... Hayato Kobayashi (小林隼人 ハヤト・コバヤシ Hayato Kobayashi) was a character who first appeared in the anime TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. ... A Newtype is theorized to be the next stage of human evolution in the fictional Gundam universe. ...

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Aboard White Base

Originally a medical student on Side 7, Sayla is almost immediately recruited as an enlisted soldier, and set to the task of watching over the civilian refugees. With the near total lack of experienced personnels to defend White Base (most were KIA in Zeon's Side 7 attack), Bright Noa assigns Sayla to the multiple positions of communications officer, navigator, and finally combat pilot. Bright Noa ) is a character from the anime series Gundam. ...


Soon after joining the ship, she begins to repeatedly look for her brother "Casval", and takes every opportunity to learn information about him and make contact. When Bright picks up a chest of gold bars intended for Sayla, she admits that her true identity is Artesia Som Deikun, sister to Casval Rem Deikun (better known as Char Aznable), and the only daughter of Zeon Zum Deikun, the founder of the Republic of Zeon. Char Aznable ) is a fictional character, and often one of the main antagonists from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, its sequels Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Chars Counterattack, voiced by Shuichi Ikeda (Japanese), Michael Kopsa (English dub of original series and Chars Counterattack), Steven Blum (Mobile Suit... A philosopher who began Contolism, which was both about Ere-ism (that Earth is sacred and mankind must leave it and live in space) and Side-ism (all Sides are to be treated as sovereign states). ... In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Zeon can refer to either: Republic of Zeon, Principality of Zeon or Neo-Zeon. ...

Sayla (16) in Mobile Suit Gundam.

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Relationship With Amuro

At the beginning of the series, Sayla and Amuro share little common screen time, as Amuro is nominally paired with Fraw, and later develops a crush on Lt. Matilda Ajan. But during a battle against Ramba Ral, Sayla steals the Gundam in order to make contact with Char, and is heavily battered in combat against Ramba's troops. Reaching the battle area, Amuro immediately rescues her from the assault. Though Sayla is punished for the incident, Bright and Matilda both recognize Sayla's latent abilities and she is assigned as Amuro's co-pilot with G-Fighters (Corebooster in the Movie). This pairing affords the two time to interact alone and learn to trust one another. Despite other male characters' attempts to make advances upon Sayla, she seems to confide in Amuro, and the two grow very close emotionally. Ensign Matilda Ajan was one of the minor characters in the classic anime TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. ... Lieutenant Ramba Ral was a character in the classic anime TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. ... It has been suggested that Pilot (spaceflight) be merged into this article or section. ...


During the battle of A Baoa Qu at the end of the original series, Sayla finds Char and Amuro dueling in a fierce sword fight. Worried over the safety of both of them, she breaks the two apart. A series of explosions then separates the three of them. Sayla returns to Char, who wishes to find and kill Amuro. But upon seeing the pain in her eyes over his attacking Amuro, Char asks Sayla to leave the battlefield and go to the young pilot. Sayla (through Amuro's telepathic guidance) escapes A Baoa Qu and is reunited with the White Base crew. But to her horror she finds Amuro missing. Trying to convince herself that he isn't dead, she cries tears of sadness and regret at his apparent loss. Luckily Amuro flies out of A Baoa Qu safe and unharmed. After he ejects from his Core Fighter, it is Sayla who welcomes him back with open arms. A Baoa Qu In the sci-fi mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam, the space fortress A Baoa Qu was Zeons last defense line in the One Year War of the Universal Century for the Principality of Zeon. ... Mobile Suit Gundam ) is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. ...


Given the somewhat intimate scenes in the series between Sayla and Amuro, the fact that Fraw is soon to be married to Hayato, and that in the novel series (penned by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino) Sayla and Amuro are romantically and sexually involved, Sayla may have originally been intended to be Amuro's soulmate and future girlfriend/wife. However, this was not to be so. In the novelization, Amuro is killed while battling Char out in space. And in subsequent Gundam series, Amuro is paired with other leading women, effectively reducing Sayla to secondary character status. Yoshiyuki Tomino , born November 5, 1941) is a Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. ...


Followup Appearances

Sayla, several years later

Because of her voice actress You Inoue being on safari in Africa while Zeta Gundam was produced, Sayla only appeared in non-speaking cameos in this series (e.g. in episode 37, during Char's speech), and Amuro was romantically involved with Irma Beltorchika. A conversation between Amuro and Fraw Bow, however, indicates that Amuro and Sayla had spent some time together after the One Year War. Fraw even urges Amuro to consider proposing marriage to Sayla, but Amuro does not act upon this advice. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... One-time rivals Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, new hero Kamille Bidan and the Zeta Gundam. ...


In Gundam ZZ, Sayla showed up mid-way through the series with Judau Ashta's (presumed dead) younger sister, Leina. Within the last 3 episodes, she appears again, bringing Leina with her to see Bright Noa, where she passes him a letter from his family, and asks what he's heard of Char. She also commented that Char has distorted their father's ideal, implying Char's future action in the Second Neo-Zeon War. The anime TV series Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ or Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta ) aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. ... Judau Ashta (pronounced Judo) is the 14 year old hero in the television series Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. He is rather atypical of a Gundam protagonist, the beginning of the series shows him growing as a poor junk dealer at the space colony of Shangrila in Side 1. ...


Finally, in Char's Counterattack, Sayla doesn't make a single appearance. However in a flashback of the One Year War, Char comments that if his sister hadn't been there when he was fighting Amuro in space, Lalah Sune may have not been killed. Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack is an anime movie set in the primary (UC) timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC0093. ... Lalah Sune in U.C. 0079 Lalah Sune (ララァ・スン) is a fictional character from the anime series Gundam, voiced by Keiko Han. ...


She did appear, however, at the end of the third Zeta Gundam compilation movie. She is seen relaxing on a leisure chair in her bathing suit conversing with Kai. The voicing is stock footage, due to the death of You Inoue You Inoue (井上 瑤 Inoue Yō), born Yumi Urushikawa (漆川 由美 Urushikawa Yumi, December 4, 1946 – February 28, 2003) was a veteran seiyū (voice actress). ...


Trivia

  • In the manga/anime Great Teacher Onizuka, Urumi Kanzaki is called "Sayla Mass" by the Gundam otaku due to her fair complexion and blonde hair. However, Urumi and Sayla are near opposites in personality.
  • In the Playstation strategy game Gihren's Greed: Blood of Zeon, an alternate scenario involving the Anti Earth Union Group features a playable regiment including surviving members of White Base, as well as Sayla. If the unit she is deployed in joins with Amuro's, there is a dialogue between the two which serves as a subtle reference to what Sayla might have been thinking about during the events of Zeta Gundam and onward, requesting Amuro that if her brother (Char, now Quattro) ever tried to do anything dangerous, she pleads for Amuro to kill him, because she knows her brother to be a dangerous man. On the other hand, if she were to encounter her brother, she begs for him not to do anything reckless, despite his objections to her fighting the war.

This dialogue is similar to a conversation that Amuro and Sayla have in the second volume of the original book, penned by Yoshiyuki Tomino. After they make love, Sayla asks Amuro to kill Char, and Amuro tells her that her request is unthinkable. The two then agree to drop the subject, and they go to sleep. Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine Manga Mania Manga Mania Original run 16 May 1997 – 17 April 2002 No. ... Otaku ) is a derisive Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests in manga, anime or hentai. ... Yoshiyuki Tomino , born November 5, 1941) is a Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. ...

Universal Century Characters
Earth Federation / Titans / Londo Bell / League Militaire:
Matilda Ajan · Shiro Amada · Frau Bow · South Burning · Gates Capa · Paolo Cassius · Dungel Cooper · Uso Evin · Ryu Jose · Karen Joshua · Yu Kajima · Hayato Kobayashi · Sleggar Law · Reccoa Londe · Christina MacKenzie · Sayla Mass · Eledore Massis · Jerid Messa · Four Murasame · Michel Ninorich · Bright Noa · Adenaur Paraya · Amuro Ray · Tem Ray · General Revil · Terry Sanders Jr. · Kai Shiden · Admiral Tianem · Kou Uraki · Admiral Watkins · Reed Wolf · Mirai Yashima
Anti-Earth Union Group (A.E.U.G.) / Karaba:
Char Aznable · Judau Ashta · Henken Bekkener · Kamille Bidan · Blex Forer · Hayato Kobayashi · Wong Lee · Reccoa Londe · Bright Noa · Elpeo Puru · Amuro Ray · Emma Sheen
Principality of Zeon / Delaz Fleet / Axis / Neo Zeon:
Char Aznable · Black Tri-Stars · Mashymre Cello · Crowley Hamon · Zeon Zum Deikun · Aiguille Delaz · Cima Garahau · Anavel Gato · Von Helsing · Haman Karn · Colonel Killing · Thomas Krutz · Shin Matsunaga · Norris Packard · Quess Paraya · M'Quve · Ramba Ral · Johnny Ridden · Aina Saharin · Ginias Saharin · Steiner Hardy · Lalah Sune · Bernard Wiseman · Degwin Sodo Zabi · Dozle Zabi · Garma Zabi · Gihren Zabi · Kycilia Zabi · Mineva Lao Zabi
Civilian / Others:
Alfred Izuruha · Nina Purpleton · Kiki Rosita · Haro · List of all characters

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Science Fair Projects - Sayla Mass (384 words)
Sayla Mass is a fictional character from the anime series Gundam.
At the beginning of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, Sayla is a civilian of Side 7, who abroad the White Base along with Amuro Ray, Fraw Bow and Hayato Kobayashi.
Sayla true identity is Artesia Rom Daikun, sister to Casval Rem Daikun and the daughter of Zeon Zum Daikun, the founder of the Republic of Zeon, who was assassinated by Degwin Sodo Zabi, the leader of Principality of Zeon.
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