This was given a North American television airing on Toonami's lineup starting July 6, 2019. As part of the Gundam franchise's 40th anniversary, the OVA series was recut into a television series entitled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet, similar to how Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn was recut into Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - Re:0096. As part of a deal between Sunrise and Right Stuf, it was given an American release by the latter with an English dub recorded by NYAV Post. It is a prequel covering the manga's flashbacks to Char and Sayla's childhood and the rise of Zeon. The manga itself was adapted into a series for theatrical release. But, of course, things aren't as simple as they appear to be.

Amuro ends up Falling into the Cockpit in order to save the colony, and from there is pulled into the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. While doing final tests on the Gundam in a remote space colony, they are attacked by a small Zeon force led by Char Aznable. While fighting a losing battle on Earth, the Federation stepped up its R&D program to develop its own mobile suits, resulting in the Super Prototype 'Gundam'. Though the Earth Federation has (or, rather, had) superior numbers and resources, the Zeon military has annihilated much of the Federation's population with chemical weapons, decimated their fleet with their new mobile suit technology, nearly ended the war in a stroke with a Colony Drop, and follow up by invading Earth. The series follows Ordinary High-School Student Amuro Ray, opening in the midst of a stalemate in the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. The plot is the same as the original series and is as follows: The series is the third of its kind and follows many of its plot elements while expanding on those elements and adding unique elements of its own. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin is a manga adaptation of the original Mobile Suit Gundam, written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character designer and animation director of the original series as well as character designer for Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (which he also illustrated the first three volumes of original novels).

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