In further commentary, Furuya was glad with the popularity he achieved by voicing Amuro for over 40 years. He stated that while Amuro also had popularity, yeah, he could not surpass his rival, Char, a common a trait he sometimes find common in anime where there are rivalries He further stated that "Nowadays you can see the encouragement through SNS, I like how a lot of followers appear in Twitter, and I'm very surprised at his popularity." In regards to "Char's Counterattack", Tomino created the movie to end Amuro and Char's rivalry.