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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
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	Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Production
Producer	Sunrise
Director	Fumihiko Takayama
Story & Script	Kyosuke Yuki Hiroyuki Yamaga ;
Character Design	Haruhiko Mikimoto
Mechanical Designer	Yutaka Izubuchi Mika Akitaka ; Yasushi Ishizu ; Kunio Okawara ;
Art Director	Koji Sugiura
Music	Tetsuro Kashibuchi
Release
Japanese	March 25, 1989 - August 25, 1989
English	November 5, 2001 - November 30, 2001

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 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.

Story

December, Universal Century 0079. Zeon intelligence has identified a prototype Federation Gundam under development in a Federation base in the Arctic.The Cyclops Team, an elite Zeon MS commando team is 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 prepares to launch a nuclear strike against the colony as punishment for siding with the Federation unless the last remaining commando can eliminate the Gundam.

Episodes

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

Characters

Earth Federation

Christina Mackenzie

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.

Stuart

Principality of Zeon

Civilians

Mechanics

Earth Federation

Mobile Suits

Support Units

Principality of Zeon

Mobile Suits

Support Units

Riah Republic Colony Defense Forces

Mobile Weapons

RH-35E Riah 35 Draken-E

Gallery

External Links

Universal Century
TV series	Gundam 0079 \| Zeta Gundam \| Gundam ZZ \| Victory Gundam Comprehensive Episode Listing
Events	One Year War \| Antarctic Treaty \| Operation Stardust \| Gryps Conflict \| Neo Zeon Movements \| Late Universal Century
Topics	Vessels and spacecraft \| Characters \| Locations \| Mobile Suits — Mobile Suit Variations — MS-X — MSV-R \| Nations and Factions \| Newtype \| Technology \| Weapons
Books	Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans — Traitor To Destiny — Traitor to Destiny: Blue Wings of the AEUG — Traitor to Destiny Extra Compilation: Mace of Judgment \| Beltorchika’s Children — High Streamer \| Char’s Deleted Affair: Portrait of Young Comet — One Day: Haman's Deleted Affair \| Crossbone Gundam — Skull Heart — Steel 7 — Ghost \| Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 -The Wrath of Varuna- \| École du Ciel \| The Plot to Assassinate Gihren \| Gaia Gear \| Gundam F90 \| Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in UC 0123 \| Formula Wars 0122 \| Unicorn — Bande Dessinee — Fragments of Starlight — The Postwar \| Sentinel \| Record of MS Wars — Record of MS Wars II \| We're Federation Hooligans!! - Katana \| Hathaway's Flash \| Night=Hawks! \| Side Story: The Blue Destiny \| Moon Crisis \| Gigantis' Counterattack \| Double-Fake — Almarya \| Victory Gundam Side Story \| Stampede: The Story of Professor Minovsky \| MSV-R: The Return of Johnny Ridden \| Gundam Legacy \| Another Z Gundam Story — MAD WANG 1160 \| Outer Gundam - REON \| For the Barrel \| The Origin \| The Revival of Zeon - New Revival of Zeon \| Lost War Chronicles \| Hero of Stardust \| Zeta Gundam 1/2 \| War in the Pocket \| Space, To the End of a Flash \| Zeta Gundam Define \| G-Saviour \| SECRET FORMULA \| Ganota no Onna \| Thunderbolt \| GEARA DOGA Variations \| MS Graphica
Films and OVAs	MS IGLOO — The Hidden One Year War — Apocalypse 0079 — The Gravity Front \| The 08th MS Team — The 08th MS Team, Miller's Report \| 0080: War in the Pocket \| 0083: Stardust Memory \| Char's Counterattack \| Unicorn (OVA) \| F91 \| Mission to the Rise \| Ring of Gundam \| Gundam Evolve \| Green Divers \| G-Saviour
Related	Gundam Fix Figuration \| Gunpla — High Grade Universal Century — Master Grade - Perfect Grade — Real Grade \| Mobile Weapons \| MS Girl \| Plamo-Kyoshiro \| SD Gundam — SD Gundam G Generation \| Super Robot Wars \| Gundam the Ride \| Gundam Crisis \| Bonds of the Battlefield \| Harmony of Gundam \| G-STRATEGY
Video games	Lost War Chronicles \| Gundam 0079: The War for Earth \| Mobile Ops: The One Year War \| The Blue Destiny \| Crossfire/Target in Sight \| Journey to Jaburo \| Zeonic Front \| Spirits of Zeon - Dual Stars of Carnage \| Cross Dimension 0079 \| Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 0122 \| Advanced Operation \| Rise From The Ashes \| Tactics Mobility Fleet 0079 \| Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 \| Gundam vs. Gundam - NEXT - Extreme Vs. - Extreme Vs. Full Boost \| Gundam UC [The Postwar] \| Battle Operation
Timelines	Advanced Generation \| After Colony \| After War \| Anno Domini \| Correct Century \| Cosmic Era \| Future Century \| Mars Century \| SD Gundam \| Universal Century

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Art Director	Koji Sugiura +
Character Design	Haruhiko Mikimoto +
Director	Fumihiko Takayama +
English Series	5 November 2001 (5 November 2001) +
Era	Universal Century +
Japanese Series	25 March 1989 (25 March 1989) +
Mechanical Designer	Yutaka Izubuchi +, Mika Akitaka +, Yasushi Ishizu + and Kunio Okawara +
Media	OVA +
Music By	Tetsuro Kashibuchi +
Producer	Sunrise +
Story and Script	Kyosuke Yuki + and Hiroyuki Yamaga +
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

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Story

Episodes

Characters

Earth Federation

Principality of Zeon

Civilians

Mechanics

Earth Federation

Mobile Suits

Support Units

Principality of Zeon

Mobile Suits

Support Units

Riah Republic Colony Defense Forces

Mobile Weapons

Gallery

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External Links

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