Format:
Book
Title:
Mobile suit Gundam : the origin
Other title(s):
Origin
Uniform Title:
Kidō senshi gandamu, the origin. English
ISBN:
9781935654872
9781935654889
9781935654971
9781935654988
9781939130198
9781939130204
9781939130679
9781939130686
9781941220153
9781941220160
9781941220467
9781941220474
Edition:
First edition; Collector's edition.
Publication:
New York : Vertical, Inc., [2013-2015]
Physical Description:
12 volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
General Note:
Item reads manga-style, from right to left ; bonus essays read Western style.
"First published in Japan in 2005 by Kadokawa Shoten, Co., Ltd., Tokyo."-- Colophon, v. 1.
"Originally published in Japanese as Kidou Senshi Gundam: the Origin volumes 1 and 2 in 2002 and re-issued in hardcover as Aizouban Kidou Senshi Gundam the Origin 1 -Shidou- in 2005 by Kadokawa Shoten, Co., Ltd."--Colophon, v. 1.
Contents:
V. 1 Activation -- v. 2 Garma -- v. 3 Ramba Ral -- v. 4 Jaburo -- v. 5 Char & Sayla -- v. 6 To war -- v. 7 Battle of Loum -- v. 8 Operation Odessa -- v. 9 Lalah -- v. 10 Solomon -- v. 11 A cosmic glow -- v. 12 Encounters.
Summary:
It is the year Universal Century 0079, in a space colony the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep within the Brazilian jungles. Unfortunatley, before the transporter would arrive, the Federation would come under attack from Zeon. With few resources available against the Zeon's most mobile mechs, Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam. Caught in the crossfire is a young teen named Amuro Ray. Not willing to see innocent people die like this, Amuro crawls into the cockpit of the closest machine around him. Whether it be a tank, jeep or jet, he was going to use it to help stop this slaughter. And what he happened to slide into was another Gundam. Having never operated a machine like this, what are the chances he can do anything to repel an experienced squad of mech-piloting invaders?
Reading Level:
Ages 14+
Subject(s):
Geographic Term:
Added Uniform Title:
Mobile suit Gundam (Television program)