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Mobile Suit Gundam
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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 Military science fiction, Real Robot
Anime television series
Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino
Produced by Yasuo Shibue
Hobuyuki Okuma
Wataru Sekioka
Written by Hajime Yatate
Music by Takeo Watanabe
Yūshi Matsuyama
Studio Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by
Original network Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Animax
English network
Original run April 7, 1979January 26, 1980
Episodes 43 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by Yoshiyuki Tomino
Illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published by Akita Shoten
Demographic Shōnen
Original run 19791980
Volumes 2
Anime film series
Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino
Produced by Masami Iwasaki
Masuo Ueda
Takayuki Yoshii
Written by Hajime Yatate
Music by Joe Hisaishi
Studio Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by
Released March 14, 1981March 13, 1982
Runtime 140 minutes (each)
Films 3
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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 a televised anime series, produced and animated by 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 very 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 movies. 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 movie 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, as opposed to the previous style of portraying hero pilots and their giant super hero robots.


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