Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin is a manga re-telling of the hit 1979 mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. Published from 2002-2011, the manga is written by the anime series’ original character designer, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.

The series has been adapted into a series of OVAs, which do not focus on the anime’s main character Amuro Ray, but instead on the origins of Char ‘The Red Comet’ Azanable (real name: Casaval Rem Deikum) and his sister Sayla Mass (real name: Artesia Som Deikum). Each OVA has run in Japanese cinemas for a limited time to much acclaim and will come to an end with the sixth and final OVA, Rise of the Red Comet (Tanjou, Akai Suisei). The OVA will screen in Japanese cinemas for four weeks from 5 May 2018.

An exciting trailer has been released, where we can see Char in his custom Zaku II, truly looking like a red comet crossing the sky. The theme song playing in the background is ‘Hasen no Namida’ (Dotted Line Tears) by popular musician Masayoshi Yamazaki.

Check out the previous trailers with official Chinese, HongKong, Taiwanese, English, Korean, and French subtitles:

Trailer 1: Japanese Dubbing

Trailer 1: English Dubbing

Trailer 2: Japanese Dubbing

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Rise of the Red Comet

In Japanese cinemas from 5 May 2018.

Story

It is Year 0079 of Universal Century, 23 January in Side 5, Loum, when the deciding battle between the Zeon Army and the Earth Federation starts. Zeon, who are at a disadvantage in numbers, are driven to use their secret weapon, the so-called ‘Mobile Suit’, which turns the fight around and wins the battle. Char Aznable, a member of the Zeon Army, attained great results with his Mobile Suit ‘Zaku II’ and was promoted to Major, gaining the nickname ‘Red Comet’.

After the war at Loum, the Earth Federation is planning a counterattack called ‘V Sakusen’. Meanwhile, a boy called Amuro Ray on Side 7 is trying to discover the secrets of the new weapon ‘Gundam’ on his own. While the Zeon Army is on Antarctica on Earth, trying to have early negotiations for peace with the Earth Federation, there is a statement broadcasted all around the planet, coming from Luna II…

Staff

Original Work: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Tsukasa Kotobuki
Original Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara
Mechanical Design: Hajime Katoki, Kimitoshi Yamane, Mika Akitaka, Astrays
Script: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Directing: Nana Harada, Hajime Katoki
Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Nishimura
Mechanic Chief Animation Director: Takuya Suzuki
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Art Setting: Yohei Kodama
Military Equipment Design: Takuhito Kusanagi
Display Design: Yoshinori Sayama
Sci-Fi Research: Tsukasa Shikano
Color Setting: Nagisa Abe
Director of Photography: Takeshi Kuzuyama
CG Director: Shinpei Nagashima
Editing: Masato Yoshita
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Sound Effects: Mutsuhiro Nishimura
Music: Takayuki Hattori
General Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Planning/ Production: Sunrise

Cast

Char Aznable: Shuichi Ikeda
Amuro Ray: Toru Furuya
Degwin Sodo Zabi: Jin Urayama
Gihren Zabi: Banjou Ginga
Dozle Zabi: Kenta Miyake
Kycillia Zabi: Akeno Watanabe
Garma Zabi: Tetsuya Kakihara
Gaia: Kazuya Ichijou
Ortega: Kenichiro Matsuda
Mash: Toshihide Tsuchiya
Johann Ibraim Revil: Hiroshi Naka
M’Quve: Takumi Yamazaki
Sayla Mass: Megumi Han
Kai Shiden: Toshio Furukawa
Noa Bright: Ken Narita
Fraw Bow: Misato Fukuen
Mirai Yashima: Ayumi Fujimura
Hayato Kobayashi: Hideki Nakanishi
Ryu Jose: Mio Tanaka
Narration: Akio Otsuka

Web

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