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Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam

Will you be able to survive?

1979 - 1980•1 season•43 episodes•~25m•

★7.9(73 ratings)

AnimationAction & AdventureDrama

Overview

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a war? Teenager Amuro Ray sees his life shattered when war comes to his home. During the chaos, Amuro finds himself inside the mobile suit Gundam, the Earth Federation's new secret weapon, and he somehow gets it to work. Amuro and the other refugees flee their homeland on the warship White Base. This group of children and inexperienced soldiers will change the outcome of the war.

Creators

Yoshiyuki Tomino

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Main Cast

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Amuro Ray (voice)

Shuichi Ikeda

Shuichi Ikeda

Char Aznable (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Bright Noa (voice)

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Mirai Yashima (voice)

Kiyonobu Suzuki

Kiyonobu Suzuki

Hayato Kobayashi (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Kai Shiden (voice)

Rumiko Ukai

Rumiko Ukai

Frau Bow (voice)

Yo Inoue

Yo Inoue

Sayla Mass (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Shozo Iizuka

Ryu Jose (voice)

Keiko Han

Keiko Han

Lalah Sune (voice)

Banjo Ginga

Banjo Ginga

Gihren Zabi (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Kycilia Zabi (voice)

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino

Writing

Original Concept: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Original Concept: Hajime Yatate
Writer: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Series Composition: Kenichi Matsuzaki

Production

Producer: Hajime Yatate

Music & Sound

Sound Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Original Music Composer: Yuji Matsuyama
Original Music Composer: Takeo Watanabe
Theme Song Performance: Ikeda Koh

Art Direction

Art Direction: Mitsuki Nakamura

Visual Effects

Character Designer: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Supervising Animation Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Keywords

space colonypsychic powerspacemechagiant robotrobotanimereal robotgundam

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Did You Know?

#1

The show's tagline is: "Will you be able to survive?"

#2

The original title is "機動戦士ガンダム" (JA).

#3

The series spans 1 season with 43 episodes in total (avg. 43 per season).

#4

Each episode runs approximately 25 minutes.

#5

The series ran from 1979 to 1980 — a total of 1 years on air.

#6

Originally aired on Nagoya TV.

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Rating

7.9/10

Great

73 votes

TV Show Facts

Original Name:

機動戦士ガンダム

Status:

Ended

In Production:

No

Age Rating:

TV-14

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

First Episode:

4/7/1979

Last Episode:

1/26/1980

Networks:

Nagoya TV

Production Companies:

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

Sotsu

Sotsu

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

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