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Mobile Suit Gundam

機動戦士ガンダム

A 43-episode television series from Sunrise, broadcast April 7, 1979 to January 26, 1980. Episodes run about 25 minutes. Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi.

The 1979 original, where robots became military hardware and the genre changed permanently. Everything after this is a response to it.

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01  —  The record

The record

Format
TV series
Status
Completed
Episodes
43 · about 25 min each
Broadcast
April 7, 1979 – January 26, 1980
Studio
Sunrise
Genres
Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Season
Spring 1979
02  —  Where to watch

Where to watch

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03  —  Elsewhere

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04  —  Who made it

Characters and credits

Characters

  • Amuro RayMainVoice (JP): Tooru Furuya
  • Char AznableMainVoice (JP): Shuuichi Ikeda
  • Sayla MassMainVoice (JP): You Inoue
  • Bright NoaSupportingVoice (JP): Hirotaka Suzuoki
  • Hayato KobayashiSupportingVoice (JP): Kiyonobu Suzuki
  • HaroSupportingVoice (JP): You Inoue
  • Kai ShidenSupportingVoice (JP): Toshio Furukawa
  • Frau BowSupportingVoice (JP): Rumiko Ukai

Production

  • Insert Song Performance Keiko Toda
  • Original Creator Hajime Yatate
  • Character Design Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • Animation Director (eps 1-3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29-31) Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • Chief Animation Director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • Chief Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
05  —  Related records

Other versions and continuations

Separate works that share this story. They are listed rather than merged, because a sequel, a recap film and a remake are three different things and only one of them is this page.

06  —  In the shop

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