Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin)

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Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダムTHE ORIGIN

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 6

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Feb 28, 2015 to May 5, 2018

Producers: Sotsu

Licensors: Nozomi Entertainment, NYAV Post

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Themes: Mecha, Military, Space

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 1 hr. 11 min. per ep.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 8.34¹ (scored by 31,117 users)

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Ranked: #220²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2499

Members: 73,938

Favorites: 887

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8.34

Ranked #220Popularity #2499Members 73,938

Episodes: /6

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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Adaptation:	Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin
Alternative version:	Kidou Senshi Gundam, Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin - Zenya Akai Suisei
Other:	Kidou Senshi Gundam-san: Gekijou Manner CM

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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
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Yasuhiko, Yoshikazu

Director, Storyboard, Character Design, Original Creator

Imanishi, Takashi

Director, Storyboard

Fujino, Sadayoshi

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Itano, Ichirou

Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

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	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)

Reviews

Mar 22, 2024

KrenZane

Recommended

*Begin in the future*

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Modern animation for a story almost 40 years old already, and a prequel at that. One can't help but be in awe at the longevity seemingly exhaustless for the Gundam franchise. I get spawning shows casting different characters from different timelines or Sides, or another sort of universe if there are (I wouldn't put it past them) across the years due to the inherent expanse of the series, but revisiting the origins from such a long time ago and amassing more important details so as to increase its breadth is quite simply a power move. A fresh new look for the ancestral ...

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May 7, 2018

gravediggernalk

Mixed Feelings

PSA: This is a prequel; please watch AFTER you watch the original series

As far as how it adapts the story, it does a very good job adapting the prequel story-pieces of the manga adaptation, "The Origin," and I definitely recommend it to anyone who has seen the original series, especially if they're about to re-watch it.

If you consider the early-UC timeline to be "The Story of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable," then this sets the stage perfectly: It takes you from "before their time," through their childhood and adolescence, and finishes you off perfectly with all of the main players taking their places ...

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May 21, 2020

OmegaSiets

Not Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (1/6 eps)

I'm absolutely astounded coming off the heels of Gundam Unicorn, this OVA is put out just 1 year later with such a drastic nosedive in quality, yet somehow has received even more stellar critical praise. Unicorn was of course a fantastic modernization of UC Gundam; bringing us heeps of political intrigue, clever dialogue, careful pacing, and stunning hand-animated mecha battles. It was just about everything a Gundam fan could want.

If you're expecting any of that from The Origin however, look elsewhere. Instead, look forward to overused (albeit passable) 3DCG mobile suits, juvenile shounen-level dialogue, tone-deaf slapstick humor, and embarrassingly terrible direction. I'm really not even ...

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