Based on the legendary "lost" episode from the First Gundam TV series, this is the story of Cucuruz Doan like you’ve never seen it before. Created as a spinoff of original character designer and animation director Yoshikawa Yasuhiko’s own manga retelling of First Gundam in Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, this 5-volume series explores the ramifications of Cucuruz Doan’s actions from the perspective of the Zeon soldiers under his command. Gundam veteran Junji Ohno brings us brand-new characters and a new view of the development of the original mobile suits, all with the imprimatur of Yasuhiko himself.
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I think this is such a WEIRD choice of manga to exist and also be translated/officially released in English. People have been clamoring for other Gundam manga like Crossbone and Moon to be officially released in English for so many years and . . . this is one of the ones that was picked?! A manga adaptation of a “lost” episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam that was recently animated as a full length movie in the style of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's: MSG: The Origin?! Truly a wild choice.
Anyway . . . it assumes that you have seen the OG MSG and/or the Cucuruz Doan's Island movie to understand WTF is going on. They pretty much jump you into the One Year War with very little explanation of what is happening. The best part is the Yoshikazu Yasuhiko inspired art and most much needed respect for Zeon's Gogg.
[I'm realizing that anyone who reads my regular reviews is going to be like, “WTF are you talking about Anna?!” and you know what? Get on that Mobile Suit Gundam bandwagon, my friends....]
