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

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Amuro 0082
Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN
English: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 24
Chapters: 112
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 25, 2001 to Jun 26, 2014
Genres: Action Action, Award Winning Award Winning, Drama Drama, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha Mecha, Military Military, Space Space
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Gundam Ace
Authors: Yasuhiko, Yoshikazu (Story & Art), Tomino, Yoshiyuki (Story)

Statistics

Score: 8.511 (scored by 42154,215 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1392
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Popularity: #1212
Members: 16,246
Favorites: 758

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Synopsis

Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders?

(Source: VIZ Media)

Background

Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin won the 43rd Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2012.

The series was partially published in English as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin by VIZ Media in 12 volumes from March 6, 2002, to August 17, 2004, before it was canceled. VIZ Media's version does not correspond to the Japanese volumes, and approximately only the first six volumes were translated. Vertical Inc. published the full series based on the 12-volume aizouban reprint from March 26, 2013, to December 15, 2015. It was also published in Spanish by Norma Editorial from November 2005 to July 24, 2015; and in Italian by Edizioni Star Comics from October 1, 2004, to May 24, 2012.

Characters

Aznable, Char
Main
Ray, Amuro
Main
Noa, Bright
Supporting
Haro
Supporting
Mass, Sayla
Supporting
Ral, Ramba
Supporting
Zabi, Mineva Lao
Supporting
Zabi, Garma
Supporting
Shiden, Kai
Supporting
Sune, Lalah
Supporting

Reviews

Jul 10, 2020
In my opinion, a true masterpiece. I just can't find excuses to not rate it 10. The story is extremely rich, the art (characters, the coloring, the angles, the action moments, the dialogues), the characters' development, everything is 10 to me. I wanted so many animes to get a manga like this. I don't have words to describe how immersive reading this was. The complex story, the political drama, the battles, the context, everything is so well explained and in such an epic way!
Even support characters like Garma got more background, we got a little bit of some slice of life of Char and ...
Nov 14, 2019
Mobile Suit Gundam:The Origin is best way to get into Gundam. I fell in love with each and every aspect of this masterpiece done by one of the Gods of the anime and manga industry: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. It's a retelling of the original Anime that aired in the late 70s. Nevertheless Yasuhiko-Sensei adds a lot of backstory about the origin (as the title suggests) of the conflict as well as the individual stories and motives of some of the main characters. Now let's get started with the actual review.

~ STORY = 9 ~
The story is simple but very well executed. It starts and we're already ...
Sep 7, 2024
Gundam is one of what I consider to be the legendary series, a story that was told in 1979 and is now at the point where the children who grew up with it are now making their own contributions to the saga, and in a way that enriches the saga, not destroys it. You know, the opposite of its near-contemporary, Star Wars, which has been reduced by a collection of untalented narcissists in a shambling monster completely unrelated to its roots. But we are here to speak of Gundam and the superiority of its contributors, not of the Disney-mutiliated abomination wearing Star Wars the way ...

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Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Chapter 14 Discussion
Phaetons_Folly - Jul 28, 2013
2 repliesby Lucifrost »»
Jul 26, 2023 1:14 PM
I think zeon might actually be based on the soviet union.
Neostorm-X - May 31, 2023
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May 31, 2023 1:15 PM
Poll: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Chapter 34 Discussion
Phaetons_Folly - Apr 28, 2014
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May 31, 2023 12:25 PM
Poll: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Chapter 33 Discussion
Phaetons_Folly - Feb 23, 2014
2 repliesby Neostorm-X »»
May 31, 2023 11:58 AM
full colour vs black and white versions?
Neostorm-X - May 20, 2023
1 repliesby Fortress_Maximus »»
May 20, 2023 5:53 PM