Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
Plot.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Shuichi Ikeda
Char Aznable (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Bright Noa
Toru Furuya
Amuro Ray
Toshio Furukawa
Kai Shiden
Kiyonobu Suzuki
Hayato Kobayashi
Rumiko Ukai
Frau Bow (voice)
Yō Inoue
Sayla Mass (voice)
Michael Kopsa
Char Aznable
Brad Swaile
Amuro Ray
Shozo Iizuka
Ryu Jose (voice)
Cathy Weseluck
Mirai Yashima
Keiko Han
Lalah Sune (voice)
Banjo Ginga
Gihren Zabi (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kycilia Zabi (voice)
Chris Kalhoon
Bright Noa
Daisuke Gori
Dozle Zabi (voice)
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Mirai Yashima
Katsuji Mori
Garma Zabi (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Degwin Sodo Zabi (voice)
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer
Masashi Hirose
Ramba Ral (voice)
Keiko Toda
Matilda Ajan (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
M'Quve (voice)
Sanae Takagi
Chiyo (voice)
Yumi Nakatani
Hamon Crowley (voice)
Noriyoshi Matsuura
Sound Director
Mitsuki Nakamura
Art Direction
Yuji Matsuyama
Original Music Composer
Takeo Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer / Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director
Ryoji Fujiwara
Storyboard Artist / Director
Shinya Sadamitsu
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 7, 1979
Original Name機動戦士ガンダム
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes43
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Wiki.
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.