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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket is a 6-episode anime OVA series. The anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 - A War in the Pocket (機動戦士ガンダム0080 ポケットの中の戦争, Kidō Senshi Gandamu 0080 Poketto no Naka no Sensō?), was the first Gundam OVA series. It was also the first time anyone other than creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was given a chance to direct a Gundam story. Released in 1989, it served to commemorate Gundam's ten-year anniversary. As suggested by its subtitle, "War in the Pocket," it is a small, personal story; a side story focusing on the experiences of a ten-year-old boy during the One-Year War.

Gundam 0080 also began an enduring tradition of retroactive redesigns. Yutaka Izubuchi updated the original Mobile Suit Gundam's dated mechanical designs and costumes, and since then every new creative team has offered its own take on the classic Gundam props.

Not being penned by Tomino, Gundam 0080 also marked a significant departure from the constant background theme of Newtypes featured in the Universal Century Gundam universe, since the original Mobile Suit Gundam up until Char's Counterattack. The absence of this theme raised the series' appeal towards audiences without special liking of Gundam and Tomino's work[1] and would continue in many following Gundam stories narrating about ordinary soldiers and people in these conflicts.

The character designer for this series was Haruhiko Mikimoto.

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Story

December, Universal Century 0079. Zeon intelligence has identified a prototype Federation Gundam under development in a Federation base in the Arctic. Elite Zeon MS commandos are dispatched to destroy the prototype, but before they can accomplish their mission the Gundam is launched into space. When the Gundam turns up in a Federation R&D base inside the neutral space colony Side 6 the Principality launches a covert operation to destroy the Gundam. When the raid fails the Zeon prepare to launch a nuclear strike against the colony as punishment for siding with the Federation unless the last remaining commando can eliminate the Gundam.

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Episodes

  1. How Many Miles to the Battlefield? (戦場までは何マイル? Senjô Made wa Nan Mairu??)
  2. Reflections in a Brown Eye (茶色の瞳に映るもの Chairo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Mono?)
  3. And at the End of the Rainbow? (虹の果てには? Niji no Hate ni wa??)
  4. Over the River and Through the Woods (河を渡って木立を抜けて Kawa wo Watatte Kodachi wo Nukete?)
  5. Say it Ain't So, Bernie! (嘘だと言ってよ、バーニィ Uso Dato Itte yo, Bānī?)
  6. War in the Pocket (ポケットの中の戦争 Poketto no Naka no Sensō?)

Characters

Earth Federation

Christina Mackenzie was a Earth Federation Lt. Junior Grade selected to test pilot the new RX-78NT1 Gundam "Alex". She would continue to pilot the mecha until the end of the short lived Anime.

Principality of Zeon

Civilians

Weapons and Support Units

Principality of Zeon

Mobile Suit

Support Units

  • Jukon class submarine (refit) (U-99)
  • Musai class (final production type)
  • Tivvay class (Graf Zeppelin)

Earth Federation

Mobile Suit

Support Unit

Riah Republic Colony Defense Forces

Mobile Weapons

  • RH-35E Riah 35 Draken-E


Universal Century
Anime MS IGLOO | Mobile Suit Gundam | The 08th MS Team | 0080: War in the Pocket | 0083: Stardust Memory | Zeta Gundam | Gundam ZZ | Char's Counterattack | Gundam Unicorn | Gundam F91 | Victory Gundam | G-Saviour | Comprehensive Episode Listing
Events Pre-One Year War | One Year War | Post-One Year War | Operation Stardust | Gryps Conflict | Neo-Zeon Movements | Late Universal Century
Topics Nations and Factions | Locations | Characters | Mobile Suits | Mobile Suit Variations | Battleship and Spacecraft | Technology | Superweapons | Newtypes and related technology
Books Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story | Under the Gundam: Double-Fake | Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam | Gundam Sentinel | Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash | Gaia Gear | Gundam Unicorn
Other Timelines Future Century | After Colony | After War | CC (Seireki) | SD Gundam | Cosmic Era | Anno Domini
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