Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

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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 Ji Orijin)
Genre	Mecha, military science fiction, space opera
Manga
Written by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Viz Media (former) Vertical Inc. (current)
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 25, 2001 – June 25, 2011
Volumes	24 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Takashi Imanishi
Produced by	Osamu Taniguchi
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by	Takayuki Hattori
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sunrise UK: Anime Limited
Released	February 28, 2015 – November 19, 2016
Runtime	58–68 minutes
Episodes	4 (List of episodes)
Manga
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
Written by	Junji Ōno
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 25, 2016 – May 25, 2019
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin: Loum Arc
Directed by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Takashi Imanishi
Produced by	Osamu Taniguchi
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by	Takayuki Hattori
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sunrise
Released	September 2, 2017 – May 5, 2018
Runtime	84 minutes each
Episodes	2 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Advent of the Red Comet
Directed by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Takashi Imanishi
Produced by	Osamu Taniguchi
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by	Takayuki Hattori
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sunrise
Original network	NHK General TV
English network	US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	April 29, 2019 – August 12, 2019
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Ji Orijin) is a Japanese manga series 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 original video animation 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 was released between 2015 and 2018 in six parts. Yasuhiko was the chief director of the adaptation, with Sunrise veteran Takashi Imanishi as director, and Katsuyuki Sumisawa as the scriptwriter.^[1] A 13-episode anime television recompilation of the OVAs aired on NHK General TV in 2019.