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Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN volume 1: Activation [Hardcover]

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko , Yoshiyuki Tomino , hAJIME Yatate
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Mar 26 2013 Gundam (Book 1)
It is the year Universal Century 0079, in a space colony the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep within the Brazilian jungles. Unfortunatley, before the transporter would arrive, the Federation would come under attack from Zeon. With few resources available against the Zeon's most mobile mechs, Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam.

Caught in the crossfire is a young teen named Amuro Ray. Not willing to see innocent people die like this, Amuro crawls into the cockpit of the closest machine around him. Whether it be a tank, jeep or jet, he was going to use it to help stop this slaughter. And what he happened to slide into was another Gundam. Having never operated a machine like this, what are the chances he can do anything to repel an experienced squad of mech-piloting invaders?

Volume 1 includes an essay from Hideaki Anno, director of the hit anime Neon Genesis Evengelion.

Color pages from Yas.

And an essay from Kadokawa Publishing Executive Shinichiro Inoue.

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Hokkaido native Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (1947-) is a Japanese animator and manga artist. His career as a character designer has spanned over four decades, creating famed characters for such anime as Super Atragon, Brace Raideen, and the widely known Mobile Suit Gundam. Considered a pivotal player in mecha and sci-fi anime, Yasuhiko's characters, stories and illustrations are unmistakable in their style and serve as timeless examples as pioneers of manga and animation in Japan. 

Yasuhiko began his career as an animator in Osama Tezuka's Mushi Productions, and later on decided to go freelance to work for a number of animation productions for both film and television. In the late 70's, Yasuhiko would turn his attention to the world of comics, as he has since penned nearly two dozen titles since.

In 1981 he was awarded the Nebula Award by the Japanese Sci-Fi Association.
In 1990 his work Namuji won the Japan Comic Artist Association Grand Prize
And in 2000 he took the Japan Media Arts Award for Best Comic with his title A Revolutionary Dog.
 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely start to reprint April 17 2013
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The book is printed on super high quality paper. The cover is hardback and overall design is good. I expect myself ordering the rest of the series once they get printed!
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Great storyline. (The perfect way to discover the original Gundam story)
Great artwork. (On glossy paper no less!)
Great binding.
Nice hardcover.
2 volumes in one.

I could go on in on, but you get it.

If you are a manga or anime fan interested in sci-fi or in good stories overall, you don't want to miss on that one.
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Anime is long past its peak in North America. It's been slowly dying for so long it hurts. I probably contributed to that by no buying a single product in over half a decade but that was because none of them really seemed to be worth my money. They just didn't measure up to what I could import from Japan directly.

After abandoning the North American market for so long I was skeptical when a publisher I never heard of picked up Origin but as more news emerged it seemed like this could be interesting.
Now that I finaly have the book in my hands I'm glad I bothered with this.

It's truely a fantastic release. High quality hardcover double volume for only slightly more than a regular volume of manga? This is a godsend. It is a flawless adaptation of the Japanese aizoban release including the fully translated essays at the back. So often in the past the localizers cut corners, but not here. This was definitely worth my money.
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