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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (manga)

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Alternative title:
Gundam Origini (Italian)
Gundam: The Origin
Kidō Senshi Gundam: The Origin (Japanese)
機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN (Japanese)
機動戰士GUNDAM THE ORIGIN (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: military
Objectionable content: Significant
Ratings: 37 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (Eng:7, raw:2, sub:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Italian
)
 Excellent: 14 votes (Eng:12, raw:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Very good: 7 votes (Eng:7)
 Good: 3 votes (Eng:2, ?:1)
 Decent: 1 vote (dub:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 120 s, rank: #707 (of 6967)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.892 (Excellent), std. dev.: 1.0341, rank: #263 (of 7833)
Weighted mean: 8.867 (Excellent), rank: #306 (of 7833) (seen all: 9.27 / seen some: 8.34 / won't finish: 8.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.751 (Excellent−), rank: #20 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 23
Vintage: 2001-06-25 to 2011-06-26 (serialized in Gundam Ace)
Release dates: We have 87
Comment:
A retelling of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the series' original character designer.
While the Japanese volumes contain four to five chapters each, the English volumes only contain two apiece, hence the confusing juxtaposition in volume numbers and release dates.
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Original creator:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Mechanical design: Kunio Ōkawara

Afterword:
Yokusaru Shibata (Aizouban 4)
Cover Art: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
(none)
Japanese companies
Original Concept:
Sunrise
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Melissa Tanaka (Vertical)

Adaptation: Mark Simmons
Cover Design: Mark Schumann
Editing: Ian Robertson
Editor-in-Chief: Hyoe Narita
Graphics & Design: Mark Schumann
Managing Editor: Annette Roman
Production:
Risa Cho (Vertical)
Production manager: Noboru Watanabe
Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Touch-up & Lettering: Steve Dutro
VP of Sales & Marketing: Rick Bauer
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Viz Media (2002-4)
French cast
French staff
Translation: Jean-Philippe Dubrulle (Vega)
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Pika Édition
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Pol Roca (Norma Editorial; several vol.)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher:
Norma Editorial (Spain)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Norma Editorial)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Italian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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