Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
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The anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 - A War in the Pocket (機動戦士ガンダム0080 ポケットの中の戦争, Kidō Senshi Gandamu 0080 Poketto no Naka no Sensō?), was the first Gundam OVA series. It was also the first time anyone other than creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was given a chance to direct a Gundam story. Released in 1989, it served to commemorate Gundam's ten-year anniversary. As suggested by its subtitle, "War in the Pocket," it is a small, personal story; a side story focusing on the experiences of a ten-year-old boy during the One-Year War.
Gundam 0080 also began an enduring tradition of retroactive redesigns. Yutaka Izubuchi updated the original Mobile Suit Gundam's dated mechanical designs and costumes, and since then every new creative team has offered its own take on the classic Gundam props.
Not being penned by Tomino, Gundam 0080 also marked a significant departure from the constant background theme of Newtypes featured in the Universal Century Gundam universe, since the original Mobile Suit Gundam up until Char's Counterattack. The absence of this theme would continue in many following Gundam stories allowing more stories to be told about ordinary soldiers and people in these conflicts.
Story
December, Universal Century 0079. Zeon intelligence has identified a prototype Federation Gundam under development in a Federation base in the Artic. Elite Zeon MS commandos are dispatched to destroy the prototype, but before they can accomplish their mission the Gundam is launched into space. When the Gundam turns up in a Federation R&D base inside the neutral space colony Side 6 the Principality launches a covert operation to destroy the Gundam. When the raid fails the Zeon prepare to launch a nuclear strike against the colony as punishment for siding with the Federation unless the last remaining commando can eliminate the Gundam.
Episodes
How Many Miles to the Battlefield?
Reflections in a Brown Eye
And at the End of the Rainbow?
Over the River and Through the Woods
Say it Ain't So, Bernie!
War in the Pocket
