Original Mobile Suit Gundam Manga Will Be Reissued Across 6 Deluxe Edition Hardcovers

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Editions $55 | Book 1 releases August 12 Preorder at Amazon Yoshiyuki Tomino's Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most important anime series of all time, introducing audiences worldwide to the "real robot" mecha genre and kicking off the sprawling Gundam franchise that remains popular today. While the 1979 anime series and its truncated movie trilogy adaptation are still excellent watches, one of the best ways to experience the story is the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Manga series, which was written and drawn by the anime's character artist and animation director, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and ran from 2001-2011. The manga is getting a new six-volume Deluxe Edition re-release later this year, starting with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe 1 on August 12, and preorders are available now at Amazon. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Editions $55 | Book 1 releases August 12 Each Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Edition book collects two of the standard edition volumes into a larger format hardcover release with new cover art. The Deluxe Editions also retain the select color pages from the original volumes, as well as the essays from Yasuhiko--though the additional guest essays that were included in the originals have been cut for these new Deluxe versions.Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe 1 collects Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Vol. 1: Activation and Vol. 2: Garma into an 880-page tome. It launches on August 12 for $55, followed by Deluxe 2 on October 7 and Deluxe 3 on December 9. All three are available to preorder at Amazon. Volumes 4-6 will launch later in 2026.Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe PreordersDeluxe 1 (880 pages) -- $55 | Releases August 12Deluxe 2 -- $55 | Releases October 7Deluxe 3 -- $56 | Releases December 9 Preorder at Amazon Mobile Suit Gundam is set in the far future after humanity has colonized the solar system beyond Earth. A large portion of humans now live in giant space colonies around Earth, but diplomatic tensions between the Earth Federation government and the space colonies leads to the rise of the fascistic Principality of Zeon, who seize control of several space colonies and declare war on the Earth, launching deadly attacks using giant humanoid mechs known as mobile suits.When a Zeon mobile suit squad attacks the Earth Federation-aligned space colony Side 7, a young student, Amuro Ray, unwittingly jumps into the Federation's new prototype mobile suit--the iconic RX-78 Gundam--to defend the colony. He's then recruited by the Earth Federation and learns he is a Newtype--humans with heightened reactions and the ability to sense other Newtypes. While this gives him an edge in battle, Newtypes also experience a deeper sense of empathy, which makes Amuro deeply conflicted about his role in the war. Throughout the series, Amuro also develops a lifelong rivalry with Zeon's ace mobile suit pilot, Char Aznable, which is one of the central conflicts of the core Gundam franchise, even extending beyond the original series.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Apr 8, 2025 - 21:01

Original Mobile Suit Gundam Manga Will Be Reissued Across 6 Deluxe Edition Hardcovers

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Editions

Preorder at Amazon

Yoshiyuki Tomino's Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most important anime series of all time, introducing audiences worldwide to the "real robot" mecha genre and kicking off the sprawling Gundam franchise that remains popular today. While the 1979 anime series and its truncated movie trilogy adaptation are still excellent watches, one of the best ways to experience the story is the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Manga series, which was written and drawn by the anime's character artist and animation director, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and ran from 2001-2011. The manga is getting a new six-volume Deluxe Edition re-release later this year, starting with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe 1 on August 12, and preorders are available now at Amazon.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Editions

$55 | Book 1 releases August 12

Each Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Edition book collects two of the standard edition volumes into a larger format hardcover release with new cover art. The Deluxe Editions also retain the select color pages from the original volumes, as well as the essays from Yasuhiko--though the additional guest essays that were included in the originals have been cut for these new Deluxe versions.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe 1 collects Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Vol. 1: Activation and Vol. 2: Garma into an 880-page tome. It launches on August 12 for $55, followed by Deluxe 2 on October 7 and Deluxe 3 on December 9. All three are available to preorder at Amazon. Volumes 4-6 will launch later in 2026.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Preorders

Deluxe 1 (880 pages) -- $55 | Releases August 12
Deluxe 2 -- $55 | Releases October 7
Deluxe 3 -- $56 | Releases December 9

Preorder at Amazon

Mobile Suit Gundam is set in the far future after humanity has colonized the solar system beyond Earth. A large portion of humans now live in giant space colonies around Earth, but diplomatic tensions between the Earth Federation government and the space colonies leads to the rise of the fascistic Principality of Zeon, who seize control of several space colonies and declare war on the Earth, launching deadly attacks using giant humanoid mechs known as mobile suits.

When a Zeon mobile suit squad attacks the Earth Federation-aligned space colony Side 7, a young student, Amuro Ray, unwittingly jumps into the Federation's new prototype mobile suit--the iconic RX-78 Gundam--to defend the colony. He's then recruited by the Earth Federation and learns he is a Newtype--humans with heightened reactions and the ability to sense other Newtypes. While this gives him an edge in battle, Newtypes also experience a deeper sense of empathy, which makes Amuro deeply conflicted about his role in the war. Throughout the series, Amuro also develops a lifelong rivalry with Zeon's ace mobile suit pilot, Char Aznable, which is one of the central conflicts of the core Gundam franchise, even extending beyond the original series.Continue Reading at GameSpot