Mobile Suit Gundam: Origin New Deluxe Edition gets a big price cut on Amazon

Gundam followers can return to the unique story arc in type due to the Deluxe Editions lately launched by Vertical Comics. Cell Go well with Gundam: The Origin Deluxe 1 hit shops on August twelfth and is already on sale for an enormous low cost. Usually $55, the 880-page hardcover will be had for simply $31 on Amazon. Deluxe 1 collects the primary two volumes from the 12-volume arc that initially ran from 2001-2011. That is fairly good, as a result of the unique hardcover editions of the primary two volumes, Activation and Garma, would have value you roughly $45 mixed.

Deluxe 2 was launched on October seventh and is obtainable for $46.56 (was $55). Every Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Version compiles two volumes, so there might be a complete of six outsized covers. Vertical Comics is scheduled to publish one each two months, bringing the story to an in depth subsequent June.

Deluxe 3-6 can be found for pre-order now. With Amazon’s Pre-Order Worth Assure, you will not be charged till your ebook ships, and Amazon will routinely alter your whole if books are discounted earlier than transport.

Cell Go well with Gundam is ready within the distant future after humanity has colonized the photo voltaic system past Earth. A big proportion of people now reside in big area colonies round Earth, however diplomatic tensions between the Earth Federation authorities and the area colonies result in the rise of the fascist Principality of Zeon, which takes management of a number of area colonies and declares warfare on Earth, launching lethal assaults utilizing big humanoid mechs referred to as cellular fits.

When a squad of Zeon cellular fits assault the Earth Federation’s Aspect 7 area colony, a younger pupil, Amuro Ray, unwittingly jumps into the Federation’s new prototype cellular go well with – the enduring RX-78 Gundam – to defend the colony. He’s then recruited by the Earth Federation and learns that he’s a brand new kind – people with enhanced reactions and the flexibility to sense different new sorts. Whereas this offers him an edge in battle, Newtypes additionally expertise a deeper sense of empathy, which makes Amuro deeply conflicted about his function within the warfare. All through the sequence, Amuro additionally develops a lifelong rivalry with Zeon cellular go well with pilot Char Aznable, which is likely one of the central conflicts of the principle Gundam franchise, even extending past the unique sequence.

Cell Go well with Gundam: The Origin (Vol. 1-12)

As talked about, the entire 12-volume set is now out there in fairly stellar hardcover editions, so if you cannot wait till June to complete your set, these are stable choices. Simply know that these hardcovers are smaller (6.29 x 8.3 inches). These are extra moveable pleasant books and now have the additional advantage of that includes these aforementioned visitor essays that had been reduce from the Deluxe Editions, together with one by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno.

1. Activation — $25.25 (30 {dollars})
2. Garma — $19.79 (30 {dollars})
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4. Jaburo — $17.74 (30 {dollars})
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8. Operation Odessa — $24.25 (30 {dollars})
9. Lalah — $23.31 (30 {dollars})
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11. A Cosmic Glow — $23 (30 {dollars})
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In the event you’re considering testing the supply materials the manga is customized from, the unique Cell Go well with Gundam anime sequence is at the moment out there to stream on Crunchyroll, whereas the movie trilogy (which repackages the anime episodes into three feature-length movies) is obtainable on Netflix. There’s much more to Gundam than that, although, as the unique Cell Go well with Gundam anime was adopted by quite a few sequels and spin-offs–and not simply anime and manga, however motion pictures, novels, and extra.

Sticking with the unique sequence, you possibly can catch the most recent film Cell Go well with Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island on Blu-ray for $25.12 (was $40) on Amazon. Launched in September 2024 and directed by Yasuhiko, the animated movie recreates one of the notorious episodes of the unique anime, which is usually maligned as a result of low-quality animation and different manufacturing points. The brand new model options all-new animation, an entire story, and a brand new English voice – though followers of the unique anime’s Japanese voice might be thrilled to know that Touru Furuya might be reprising his function as Amuro Ray.

Cell Go well with Gundam: Manga Origin additionally obtained its personal OVA adaptation that spins the flashback occasions of Volumes 9-12 right into a seven-episode miniseries. The sequence follows the present’s principal antagonist, Char Aznable, within the years main as much as the One 12 months Struggle. Episodes 1-4 had been collected on the Cell Go well with Gundam Origin: Chronicle of Char and Sayla Blu-ray launch. Episodes 5-7 had been later launched on the Cell Go well with Gundam The Origin: Chronicle Of The Loum Battlefield Blu-ray. Sadly, these final two are bought out in the meanwhile.

The Cell Go well with Gundam: Origins Anime Blu-rays

Whereas there are quite a few sequels and parallel sequence set in the identical fictional universe as the unique Cell Go well with Gundam (to say nothing of the numerous alternate universe Gundam sequence), probably the most notable of those is Cell Go well with Gundam: Char’s Counterattack. The 1988 theatrical movie brings again Amuro and Char as the principle characters and offers closure to their lengthy rivalry that started within the unique anime. The Blu-ray model is obtainable for $33 on Amazon.

Char’s Counterattack is a movie adaptation of Cell Go well with Gundam creator Tomino’s novel Cell Go well with Gundam: Excessive-Streamer. Tomino additionally wrote one the second model of the novel, referred to as Youngsters of Beltorchika, which is predicated on a rejected model of the movie script and lately obtained a seven-volume manga adaptation. Whereas each Char’s Counterattack and Beltorchika’s Youngsters cowl the identical normal plot factors and occasions, Beltorchika’s Youngsters presents a extra devoted and full illustration of Tomino’s unique imaginative and prescient for this chapter of the story in comparison with Char’s Counterattack–including appearances of two of the good cellular go well with designs, Zeon-Night time of Armengale and Armengale’s Hij-Night time mobiles. sadly it was by no means seen within the movie model.

The primary three volumes of the Beltorchika’s Youngsters manga had been translated into English in 2023-2024, whereas the remainder of the sequence might be launched within the coming months. The paperback version of Quantity 1 is obtainable on Crunchyroll. Quantity 2 and Quantity 3 are additionally out there on Amazon. Volumes 4 and 5 can be found for pre-order on Amazon and might be printed subsequent 12 months.

Beltorchika Youngsters’s Manga

In the event you additionally get pleasure from constructing Gunpla mannequin kits, an artwork ebook for the pastime might be printed within the US for the primary time subsequent March. UDON Leisure’s Hidetaka Tenjin’s Artistry of Gundam is obtainable for pre-order for $46.49 (was $50) on Amazon.