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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
Volume one cover of Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin manga
機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN
(Kidō Senshi Gandamu The Origin)
GenreSpace Opera, Military science fiction, Mecha, Drama
Manga
Written byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineGundam Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 2001 – June 2011
Volumes23 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval
Directed byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Takashi Imanishi
Produced byOsamu Taniguchi
Written byKatsuyuki Sumisawa
Music byTakayuki Hattori
StudioSunrise
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2015 (streaming & limited Japanese theater screening)
April 24, 2015 (Blu-ray/DVD)
Runtime1 hour & 3 minutes
Original video animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow
Directed byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Takashi Imanishi
Produced byOsamu Taniguchi
Written byKatsuyuki Sumisawa
Music byTakayuki Hattori
StudioSunrise
ReleasedFall 2015

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN, Kidō Senshi Gandamu The Origin) is a manga written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. It is a retelling of the story from the 1979 anime television series Mobile Suit Gundam, of which Yasuhiko was the original character designer.

An anime adaptation of the manga, focusing on the stories of Casval Rem Deikun (more famously known as Char Aznable) and his sister Artesia (aka Sayla Mass), produced by Sunrise began releasing in 2015. Yasuhiko is the chief director of the adaptation, with Sunrise veteran Takashi Imanishi as director, and Katsuyuki Sumisawa as the scriptwriter.[1]

Plot

See also: Mobile Suit Gundam § Plot

The plot of the manga follows somewhat closely the plot of the original series. It is the year Universal Century 0079, and the eighth month of a vicious war between the Earth Federation and a breakaway nation of space colonists, the Principality of Zeon. The story follows the crew of the ship White Base, as they fight to ferry the experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit to the Federation base at Jaburo.

Although for the most part faithful to the original series' plot (all of the major events unfold in mostly the same manner as the TV series, though often in different locales), Yasuhiko has taken the liberty of changing certain elements in the series universe, giving a different character to the series and the struggle that unfolds. Primary among these is the presence of mobile suits in both sides well before the conflict begins—in fact, in the flashback sequences, both the Earth Federation Forces and Zeon use Guntanks in 0068, and they and the Guncannon mobile suit are described as "obsolete" and fit for target practice in the first volume (in the TV series proper, both units were as new as the Gundam itself, designed to serve as long and mid-range fire support units).

Other differences concern the breadth of the Gundam's journey to Jaburo. Where it's implied that the White Base's journey to Jaburo in the series was pretty much a circumnavigation of the globe unconnected to many real-world locations, Yasuhiko's journey places the White Base's landfall near Los Angeles, the headquarters of Garma Zabi (in the series, Garma was based out of a generic "New York"—Origin in fact states the Zeon occupation HQ as Los Angeles City Hall, with Garma residing in Hollywood/Beverly Hills) and moves the craft steadily to the southeast, and down the South American coast—past Caracas, Venezuela and through Macchu Picchu and into Brazil, where Jaburo, the headquarters of the Earth Federation, is located. This retelling cuts out some of the more trivial encounters seen in the original series, while keeping and expanding on important characters like Garma, Ramba Ral, and the Black Tri-Stars. As a direct result the events of Operation Odessa which takes place around the Ukrainian city of the same name, occur after the events of Jaburo, as opposed to the anime where they occur before.

Yasuhiko further finally tells the entire back story of the Gundam universe in the manga. After the successful defense of Jaburo, the story diverts into a very in-depth flashback, told primarily from the viewpoints of Sayla and Char (with a secondary thread being told from Amuro's POV) recounting the downfall of Zeon Zum Deikun, the rise of the Zabi family, the construction of Side 7 and the research into Mobile Suits, and leading up through a decade until the launching of the One Year War. It also goes into detail answering many previously unanswered questions such as the appearance of heretofore unseen Zeon mobile suits prior to the MS-05 Zaku I, how Dozle Zabi received his trademark scars and even the origin of Casval Deikun/Edward Mass' "Char Aznable" identity. Volume fourteen, deals with the Battle of Loum at the beginning of the One Year War, and is the last piece of the in-depth flashback.

The story shifted back on track to the original anime's storyline, featuring the White Base's involvement in the Federation's Operation Odessa, as well as including Kai Shiden's encounter with Miharu. Afterwards, the manga deals with the end of the Odessa campaign and (in another departure from the series) takes M'Quve and his Gyan out of the picture before he has a chance to confront the Gundam.

Media

Manga

The series was first serialized in the magazine Gundam Ace in Japan beginning in 2002 and has since been collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. Both are published by Kadokawa Shoten under their Kadokawa Comics A imprint. Viz Comics attempted to translate the series and publish it in America in a quarterly, perfect-bound magazine-sized format, although low sales very quickly ended the American run.

At Otakon 2012, North American publisher Vertical announced that it will publish an English language adaptation of the series in hardcover format similar to the Aizoban editions. The first volume was released on the 28th of March 2013. [2]

Although Viz released 12 volumes of its English translation, they do not correspond with the Japanese volumes. The English volumes, with an average length between 100-130 pages were about half of that of the equivalent Japanese tankōbon, which ran anywhere between 200-270. The length varied as some contained just four chapters, some contained an additional "special" shorter side story, and others contained a full five chapters. The reason for this could be that the Japanese serialization focused on keeping distinct chapters. As a result, the English serialization ended up having a higher price point than its Japanese equivalent with only roughly half of the content. The Viz release stopped near the end of volume six in the Japanese version.

The popularity of the manga in Japan has led to the release of aizōban or Collector's Edition versions. Each collector's edition combines two tankōbon volumes (combining the beginning and end sections into one), creating large, leather bound, hardback editions with dozens of pages printed in full color, as opposed to about 5 pages per tankōbon.

Anime

Sunrise announced in June 2011 that an anime adaptation of Gundam The Origin was in production.[3] In March 2014, it was announced it will be a four-episode OVA series with event screenings at Japanese theaters, in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Gundam, and centering around the stories of Casval Deikun and his sister Artesia. The first episode, titled The Blue-Eyed Casval (青い瞳のキャスバル, Aoi Hitomi no Kyasubaru), premiered in limited Japanese theaters on February 28, 2015.[4][5] Sunrise will produce an English dub to be recorded at NYAV Post for the first time since Bandai retired their Gundam license. [6]

Releases

Manga volumes (Japanese release)

Tankōbon

  1. 始動編 ACTIVATION - Release Date: May 29, 2002
  2. 激闘編 FIERCE FIGHTING - Release Date: July 23, 2002
  3. ガルマ編・前 GARMA (Beginning) - Release Date: November 22, 2002
  4. ガルマ編・後 GARMA (End) - Release Date: March 20, 2003
  5. ランバ・ラル編・前 RAMBA RAL (Beginning) - Release Date: July 25, 2003
  6. ランバ・ラル編・後 RAMBA RAL (End) - Release Date: March 24, 2004
  7. ジャブロー編・前 JABURO (Beginning) - Release Date: July 23, 2004
  8. ジャブロー編・後 JABURO (End) - Release Date: November 22, 2004
  9. シャア・セイラ編・前 CHAR & SAYLA (Beginning) - Release Date: 2005-04-22 609円
  10. シャア・セイラ編・後 CHAR & SAYLA (End) - Release Date: August 26, 2005
  11. 開戦編・前 STARTING A WAR (Beginning) - Release Date: December 26, 2005
  12. 開戦編・後 STARTING A WAR (End) - Release Date: April 26, 2006
  13. ルウム編・前 LOUM (Beginning) - Release Date: July 26, 2006
  14. ルウム編・後 LOUM (End) - Release Date: December 26, 2006
  15. オデッサ編・前 ODESSA (Beginning) - Release Date: May 26, 2007
  16. オデッサ編・後 ODESSA (End) - Release Date: November 26, 2007
  17. ララァ編・前 LALAH (Beginning) - Release Date: June 26, 2008
  18. ララァ編・後 LALAH (End) - Release Date: December 24, 2008
  19. ソロモン編・前 SOLOMON (Beginning) - Release Date: June 26, 2009
  20. ソロモン編・後 SOLOMON (End) - Release Date: 2010-01-26
  21. ひかる宇宙編・前 A COSMIC GLOW (Beginning) - Release Date: July 26, 2010
  22. ひかる宇宙編・後 A COSMIC GLOW (End) - Release Date: February 26, 2011
  23. めぐりあい宇宙編 ENCOUNTERS IN SPACE - Release Date: November 26, 2011
  • 公式ガイドブック GUIDE BOOK - Release Date: August 23, 2004
  • 公式ガイドブック2 GUIDE BOOK 2 - Release Date: January 26, 2010

Aizōban

  1. 始動編 ACTIVATION - Release Date: May 23, 2005
  2. ガルマ編 GARMA - Release Date: June 21, 2006
  3. ランバ・ラル編 RAMBA RAL - Release Date: May 26, 2007
  4. ジャブロー編 JABURO - Release Date: June 23, 2008
  5. シャア・セイラ編 CHAR & SAYLA - Release Date: June 26, 2009
  6. 開戦編 STARTING A WAR - Release Date: July 26, 2010
  7. ルウム編 LOUM - Release Date: February 26, 2011
  8. オデッサ編 ODESSA - Release Date: August 26, 2011
  9. ララァ編 LALAH - Release Date: February 25, 2012
  10. ソロモン編 SOLOMON - Release Date: June 26, 2012
  11. ひかる宇宙編 A COSMIC GLOW - Release Date: September 26, 2012[7]
  12. めぐりあい宇宙編 ENCOUNTERS IN SPACE - Release Date: August 26, 2014[8]

Manga volumes (Western release)

Viz Comics release

  • Issue #01-02: Activation
  • Issue #03-04: Combat
  • Issue #05-08: Garma
  • Issue #09-12: Ramba Ral

Vertical release

The Vertical translated the Aizōban editions and published them in hardback books.

  • II: GARMA - 458 pages (released: June 18, 2013)
    • Contains original color pages and additional illustrations by CLAMP.
  • III: RAMBA RAL - 480 pages (released: September 12, 2013)
  • IV: JABURO - 504 pages (released: December 17, 2013)
    • Contains original color pages and additional essay and illustrations by Yokusaru Shibata.
  • V: CHAR & SAYLA - 440 pages (released: March 25, 2014)
    • Contains original color pages and additional illustrations by Kōji Kumeta.
  • VI: TO WAR - 440 pages (released: June 10, 2014)
  • VII: BATTLE OF LOUM - 420 pages (released: September 30, 2014)
    • Contains original color pages and additional essay and illustrations by Mamoru Nagano.
  • VIII: OPERATION ODESSA - 460 pages (released: December 16, 2014)
  • IX: LALAH - 420 pages (released: March 17, 2015)
  • X: SOLOMON - 480 pages (TBR: June 16, 2015)
  • XI: A COSMIC GLOW - 372 pages (TBR: September 15, 2015)
  • XII: ENCOUNTERS IN THE VOID - (TBR: December 2024)[9]

Original Video Animation

  • Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin I: Blue Eyed Casval (『機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN I 青い瞳のキャスバル』, Kidō senshi Gandamu THE ORIGIN I aoi hitomi no kyasubaru) (February 28, 2015)

Cast

Character Japanese English
Casval Rem Deikun Mayumi Tanaka Karen Strassman
Artesia Som Deikun Megumi Han Maggie O'Connor
Degwin Sodo Zabi Jin Urayama Marc Thompson
Gihren Zabi Banjō Ginga Liam O'Brien
Sasro Zabi Shinshū Fuji Braeden Fox
Dozle Zabi Kenta Miyake Bob Johnson
Kycilia Zabi Akeno Watanabe Wendee Lee
Garma Zabi
Zeon Zum Deikun Eizō Tsuda Marc Diraison
Astraia Tor Deikun Ayumi Tsunematsu Veronica Taylor
Jimba Ral Chafurin Doug Stone
Ramba Ral Shigeo Kiyama Kirk Thornton
Crowley Hamon Miyuki Sawashiro Amanda Shuckman
Char Aznable Shūichi Ikeda Keith Silverstein
Narrator Akio Ōtsuka

References

  1. ^ http://www.gundam-the-origin.net/world/index.html
  2. ^ "Vertical Adds Gundam: The Origin, Wolfsmund Manga". Anime News Network. 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  3. ^ "Gundam The Origin Manga to Launch Anime Project". Anime News Network. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  4. ^ "Gundam the Origin Anime and Tomino Latest Slated for 2014-2015". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  5. ^ "より第1話「青い瞳のキャスバル」最新90秒予告映像が公式サイトで公開！". Gundamofficial.
  6. ^ "Sunrise Partners With Right Stuf to Release Gundam Franchise Stateside". Anime News Network. 2014-10-11.
  7. ^ "愛蔵版 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN XI ひかる宇宙編". Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  8. ^ "愛蔵版 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN XII めぐりあい宇宙編". Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  9. ^ "ORIGIN 12 details". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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