Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
機動戦士ガンダム0080 ポケットの中の戦争 (Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket)
Genre	Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction
OVA
Directed by	Fumihiko Takayama
Studio	Sunrise
No. of episodes	6
Released	March 25, 1989 - August 25, 1989

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 would continue in many following Gundam stories allowing more stories to be told about ordinary soldiers and people in these conflicts.

The character designer for this series was Haruhiko Mikimoto.

Contents 1 Story 2 Episodes 3 Characters 3.1 Earth Federation 3.2 Principality of Zeon 3.3 Civilians 4 Weapons and Support Units 4.1 Principality of Zeon 4.2 Earth Federation 4.3 Riah Republic Colony Defense Forces 5 Openings & Endings 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Episodes

1. How Many Miles to the Battlefield?
2. Reflections in a Brown Eye
3. And at the End of the Rainbow?
4. Over the River and Through the Woods
5. Say it Ain't So, Bernie!
6. War in the Pocket

[edit] Characters

[edit] Earth Federation

• Christina MacKenzie

[edit] Principality of Zeon

• Bernard Wiseman
• Steiner Hardy
• Gabriel Ramirez Garcia
• Mikhail Kaminsky
• Andy Strauss
• Colonel Killing
• Von Helsing

[edit] Civilians

• Alfred Izuruha
• Charlie (Bartender)
• Chay
• Talcott
• Dorothy
• Richard Lunland

[edit] Weapons and Support Units

[edit] Principality of Zeon

Mobile Suit

• MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai
• MS-09RII Rick Dom II
• MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger
• MS-18E Kämpfer
• MSM-03C Hygogg

• MSM-07E Z'Gok-E

Support Units

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

[edit] Earth Federation

Mobile Suit

• RGM-79D GM Cold Climate Type
• RGM-79G GM Command

• RGM-79GS GM Command Space Type
• RGM-79SP GM Sniper II
• RX-77D Guncannon Mass Production Type
• RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex"

Support Unit

• 63 STS "Ginga" space shuttle
• C-88 Medea transport plane
• Pegasus class (refit) (Gray Phantom)

[edit] Riah Republic Colony Defense Forces

Mobile Weapons

• RH-35E Riah 35 Draken-E

[edit] Openings & Endings

Opening:

• Itsuka Sora ni Todoite (And Someday, Reach the Sky) by Megumi Shiina

Ending:

• Tooi Kioku (Distant Memory) by Megumi Shiina

[edit] See also

Followed by (In time line): Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory

[edit] External links

• Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia