Product Details

• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: Bandai Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: December 7, 1999
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00002NDLK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,186 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 0080, March 14, 2001

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"ssjvigeta4" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gundam 0080 - War in the Pocket Boxed Set (Vols. 1-3) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Gundam 0080 is one of the best gundam sagas. It is a side story based on the One Year War (OYW),when the Earh Federation batteled the Duchy of Zeon. I takes place during Christmas,at the end of the OYW. In this saga a youngy boy named Al lives on the neturel zone of Side 6 Lybot. He lives with his mother. His father works in space for the war,he comes back every now and then to vistit. Sinc when he gose to visit his father he is abile to see some of the Fedeys mobil suits. He likes mobile suits so much he even draws them during school and gets in trobel for it. An anoying girl in his class always tells on him. Meanwhile on earth a Zeon mobil suit team atteked an Antartic base where the new gundam is begging stored. The team is trying to distroy or steal the gundam but it is put on a ship heading for Lybot. That same team (minuse the ones killed)were sent on a misson to side 6 to get rid of the gundam. A young man named Bernie is also sent with them. On side 6,after a few events,Al meets Bernie and the two become good freinds. Also Al's nextdoor neibor,Chris,also becomes a freind of Bernie. But Chris is also the piolet of the new gundam! After an attek on the Fedey base that has the gundam in it,all of the men on Bernie's team are killed in the fight. But Bernie learns that a Zeon fleet will bomb Side 6 with nuculer missials on Chrismas day! Al's father is also coming on Christmas day for good! So Al and Berbie fix up the Zaku,so that Bernie can fight the gundam because the Zeons will not nuc Side 6 if the gundam is distroyed. But Chris is the piolet of the new gundam but they do not even know it! The two must now fight and only one person will live. Who will win!? This saga is only 6 episodes long,but the writers are very good fit alot of info. A great box set! If you like gundam or any action anime you will !LOVE! this box set!!!!!!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see for Gundam fans of all ages (and only 3 volumes!), January 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Gundam 0080 - War in the Pocket Boxed Set (Vols. 1-3) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video with engaging characters (a funny kid, serious soldiers, and a strong female character in one of the lead roles) and a sometimes funny (but very serious) story. Al, the little boy, and the viewer learn that war is not as simple as good guys vs. bad guys and that war is not anything like a video game. Like all of the Gundam stories there is some violence and bad language, so I would rate it for ages 10 and up (screen it first, then watch it with your kids!) This series is unrelated to Gundam Wing, but falls into the same timeline as 0083 and the others dealing with the Zeon-Earth war.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Out of the World, July 19, 2000

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Lim Chang Lyon (Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gundam 0080 - War in the Pocket Boxed Set (Vols. 1-3) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although produced over 10 years ago, this amazing series still ranks as one of my all time favourite animes. Even if you have never watched a Gundam anime before, this is highly recommended since it does not assume a high degree of familiarity with the Gundam universe. Watch it for its complex character development and egrossing story-line, but make sure you set aside an entire afternoon because once you start, you won't want to stop till you finish the entire series.