Gundam: The Origin, Volume 10 (Gundam (Viz) (Graphic Novels)) (Paperback)

by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Illustrator)

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While enroute to Jaburo, the White Base faces Ranba Ral and his deadly forces. Ranba Ral himself sets out in his Mobile Suit, the Gouf, to battle the White Base and the Gundam. Have Amuro and the Gundam finally met their match? One of the Gundam's legs is blown off at the knee joint. Disturbed by all that he is forced to go through, Amuro leaves the White Base with the Gundam.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (April 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591161940
• ISBN-13: 978-1591161943
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,045,666 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome beginning to an awesome variation on the OYW, September 29, 2003

By	"evildeadman0" (Bismarck, ND USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gundam the Origin (Paperback)

For those who've seen the original Gundam 0079 TV series, the character personalities, mecha designs and plot synopses differ from it, even if it's just a little bit. Each issue of the manga probably translates into about 1 episode or so of the show, so expect to see about 40-50 issues at the rate Japan's Gundam Ace Magazine is covering it, along with Viz's great translation to English. Once you get the right-to-left reading down, you'll have no trouble understanding it. This issue especially differs from the first episode for a few key reasons, but I'll leave them up to you to notice so as not to spoil anything. I recommend this to anyone looking to get into Gundam manga, the UC timeline, or Gundam in general.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A hard story given a modern edge..., October 14, 2002

By	Christine F. Stewart (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Gundam the Origin (Paperback)

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's mecha and artistic skills work very, very well for this re-telling of the first Gundam story. The Origin is a version of the events that's been tweaked a bit, expanded in some really cool ways (we get to see a fight between a Gundam prototype piloted by an expert, among other things) and thoroughly modernized. The mecha and people still have that 70s Disco-Afro Glow, but the artistic style of the book is much more realistic, with a lot of moody shadows, more detail on the mecha and a weight of credibility slathered over all of the mechanical elements. If you've read the story before, then you won't find much that is new, but Yas' complex, rich illustrations and the modernized mecha designs are worth the cost of the book.