Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin


Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダムTHE ORIGIN
English: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
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Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 6
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 28, 2015 to May 5, 2018
Producers: Sotsu
Licensors: NYAV Post
Studios: Sunrise
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: MechaMecha, MilitaryMilitary, SpaceSpace
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 1 hr. 11 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 8.331 (scored by 2833428,334 users)
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Ranked: #2132
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Popularity: #2424
Members: 69,332
Favorites: 836

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Synopsis

In the year 0068 of the Universal Century, Casval Rem Deikun's life is thrown into chaotic disarray after the assassination of his father, a prolific figure in the crusade towards civil rights for people who live away from the Earth's surface. Casval and his sister Artesia receive aid from soldiers who were loyal to their father, and the siblings are whisked away from their home, separated, and thrown into a twisted fate that sees them come into their own as soldiers and adults.

Years before stealing the name Char Aznable or his "Red Comet" moniker, Casval must contend with the rise of a militarized version of his father's ideology and his own vengeful nature as intergalactic war molds him into a legendary mobile suit pilot.

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Background

Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin adapts volumes 5-7 of the manga of the same name by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the Animation Director and Character Designer for Kidou Senshi Gundam, which the manga retells.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Aznable, Char

Main
Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

Mass, Sayla

Main
Han, Megumi
Japanese

Ray, Amuro

Supporting
Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Noa, Bright

Supporting
Narita, Ken
Japanese

Haro

Supporting
Arai, Satomi
Japanese

Ral, Ramba

Supporting
Kiyama, Shigeo
Japanese

Zabi, Mineva Lao

Supporting

Zabi, Garma

Supporting
Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese

Shiden, Kai

Supporting
Furukawa, Toshio
Japanese

Sune, Lalah

Supporting
Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Staff

Yasuhiko, Yoshikazu
Director, Storyboard, Character Design, Original Creator
Imanishi, Takashi
Director, Storyboard
Fujino, Sadayoshi
Sound Director
Itano, Ichirou
Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation


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Ending Theme

1: "Hoshikuzu no Sunadokei (星屑の砂時計)" by Takatori Hattori Presents Gundam The Origin featuring yu-yu (服部隆之 Presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring yu-yu) (eps 1)
2: "Kaze yo 0074 (風よ 0074)" by Takayuki Hattori Presents Gundam The Origin featuring Takumi Ishida (服部隆之 Presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring 石田匠) (eps 2)
3: "Eien no Astraea (永遠のAstraea)" by Takayuki Hattori presents Gundam The Origin featuring Kou Shibasaki (服部隆之 Presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring 柴咲コウ) (eps 3)
4: "Uchuu no Kanata de (宇宙の彼方で)" by Takayuki Hattori presents Gundam The Origin featuring Hiroko Moriguchi (服部隆之 Presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring 森口博子) (eps 4)
5: "I CAN'T Do ANYTHING -Sora yo- (I CAN'T DO ANYTHING-宇宙(そら)よ―)" by Takayuki Hattori Presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring AYA (服部隆之 Presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring AYA) (eps 5)
6: "Hasen no Namida (破線の涙)" by Masayoshi Yamazaki (eps 6)




Jul 20, 2018
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin is an ode to excellence, an art habitually outdoing itself. It is the epitome of what Gundam is and was, and is the type of work only a master can craft. Origin is cinematic brilliance, and one of the finest in modern manga adapting and modern anime storytelling. As such, it is as charming and emotionally evocative as the franchise has ever been, continually asserting itself among the best animated series this decade has to offer.

It would be unwise to herald such a title as absolute perfection; there are blemishes in this magnificent work of art. The questionable overreliance ...
May 4, 2018
'Gundam Origin' is the best thing that has yet happened to the Gundam franchise. The series is so different from all the other Gundams, and so successful at what it does that it appears to be more similar to 'Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex' and 'Legend of the Galactic Heroes' than it is similar to other Gundams.


This time around our story does NOT center around bunch of kids who fights against each others with super robots, and question their morality after falling in love with enemy kids. And when people lose their families, they do NOT get over it in mere 10 minutes ...
May 10, 2018
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin/機動戦士ガンダムTHE ORIGIN Review


Story (10/10) Masterpiece

The main purpose of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin is to setup the origin story to not just the Gundam but the entire Universal Century's story and all of the characters, protagonists and antagonist that play major roles in the 1979's original Gundam anime which kickstarts the whole Gundam franchise in the first place. With that being said this 6 episode OVA I felt did a wonderful job at introducing the whole of Universal Century to the viewer. But obviously coming from myself a person who is already quite knowledgeable to the universe damn near every ...

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