Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam
	Cover of the first Anime Legends English DVD box compilation, featuring the protagonist Amuro Ray and the titular RX-78-2 Gundam
機動戦士ガンダム; (Kidō Senshi Gandamu)
Genre	Real robot, military science fiction, space opera
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Produced by	Yasuo Shibue; Nobuyuki Okuma; Wataru Sekioka;
Written by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Music by	Takeo Watanabe; Yūshi Matsuyama;
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment; NA: Sunrise; UK: Anime Limited;
Original network	ANN (Nagoya TV, TV Asahi)
English network	SEA: Animax Asia; US: Cartoon Network (Toonami), Adult Swim;
Original run	April 7, 1979 – January 26, 1980
Episodes	43
Manga
Written by	Yū Okazaki
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1979 – 1980
Volumes	2
Novel series
Written by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Illustrated by	Yoshinobu Aobachi (1979 edition); Haruhiko Mikimoto (1987 edition);
Published by	Asahi Sonorama
English publisher	US: Del Rey Books (former); Stone Bridge Press;
Imprint	Sonorama Bunko
Original run	1979 – 1981
Volumes	3
Anime film series
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Produced by	Masami Iwasaki; Masuo Ueda; Takayuki Yoshii;
Written by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Music by	Joe Hisaishi; Takeo Watanabe;
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sunrise;
Released	March 14, 1981 – March 13, 1982
Runtime	139 minutes (I); 133 minutes (II); 144 minutes (III);
Films	3
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079
Written by	Kazuhisa Kondo
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	US: Viz Media;
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1993 – 2005
Volumes	12
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
Written by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Viz Media (former); Vertical Inc. (current);
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 25, 2001 – June 25, 2011
Volumes	24
Anime film
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
Directed by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Written by	Toshizo Nemoto
Music by	Takayuki Hattori
Studio	Sunrise
Released	June 3, 2022
Runtime	108 minutes
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episode II Luna
Written by	Kazuhisa Kondo
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	November 26, 2022 – present
Video games
	List of Mobile Suit Gundam video games;
	Anime and manga portal

Mobile Suit Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu), also known as First Gundam, Gundam 0079 or simply Gundam '79, is an anime television series, produced and animated by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network and its affiliated ANN stations on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. It was the first Gundam series, which has subsequently been adapted into numerous sequels and spin-offs. Set in the futuristic calendar year "Universal Century" 0079, the plot focuses on the war between the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation, with the latter unveiling a new giant robot known as the RX-78-2 Gundam piloted by the teenage civilian mechanic Amuro Ray.

In 1981, the series was re-edited for theatrical release and split into three films. The characters were designed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and Kunio Okawara was responsible for the mechanical designs, including the eponymous giant robot, the RX-78-2 Gundam. The first film was released on February 22, 1981. Tomino himself also wrote a trilogy of novels that retell the events of the series. Two manga adaptations of the series have also been written by two manga artists.

Despite initial low ratings that caused the series' cancellation, the popularity of Gundam saw a boost from the introduction of Bandai's Gunpla models in 1980 and from reruns and the theatrical release of the anime, leading to the creation of a prolific and lucrative media and toy franchise. The series is famous for revolutionizing the giant robot genre due to the handling of mobile suits as weapons of war, as well as the portrayal of their pilots as ordinary soldiers. This aspects contrasted with the previous style of portraying hero pilots and their giant super hero robots.
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