Hot on the heels of a new Gundam anime premiere, Kodansha announced they will be publishing their best-selling Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin series—the stunning manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, adapting the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime story by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate—in a new, intricately designed, premium hardcover Deluxe edition arriving in Fall 2025.
Highlighting the artistry of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga, the Deluxe edition will feature a faux leather debossed cover with a larger 7.5”x10” trim size and quality printing of the interior color and black and white pages that fans have come to know and love from Kodansha’s Deluxe editions.
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The Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Volume 1 will be available later this year, will be distributed by Penguin Random House, and will be available where the print manga is sold.
What is Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin about?
In the world of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, it is the year Universal Century 0079. In a space colony, the Earth Federation is storing and testing a newly piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon.
The experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep within the Brazilian jungles. Unfortunately, before the transporter would arrive, the Federation would come under attack from Zeon. With few resources available against the Zeon’s most mobile mechs, Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam.
Caught in the crossfire is a young teen named Amuro Ray. Not willing to see innocent people die like this, Amuro crawls into the cockpit of the closest machine around him. Whether it be a tank, jeep or jet, he was going to use it to help stop this slaughter. And what he happened to slide into was another Gundam. Having never operated a machine like this, what are the chances he can do anything to repel an experienced squad of mech-piloting invaders?
About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan’s largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world’s most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi’s Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more.
Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular MONOGATARI novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States.
Kodansha USA Publishing’s print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and its digital manga and select digital books are available through several digital comics, manga, and book vendors.
