MDS Vol.10 "How Was 'Mobile Suit Gundam' Born!?"

How was the immortal masterpiece 'Mobile Suit Gundam' born!? The original production team talks about the production site at the time and the secret story of its birth

Performance

Kunio Okawara (Mechanical Designer)

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Manga Artist & Animation Director)

Kenichi Matsuzaki (Screenwriter)　

Contents

The anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam" boasts immense popularity worldwide. It remains a hugely popular series with new works still being produced. The first installment, "Mobile Suit Gundam," began airing in 1979. With a robust story that is not simply good versus evil, dramas woven by compelling characters, and mobile suit designs based on the story's world view, it challenged the robot anime genre, which at the time targeted elementary school viewers. It was an ambitious work as the third original production by Sunrise, an animation studio that had just been established.
In Vol.10, we welcomed Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who was responsible for character design and animation direction in 'Mobile Suit Gundam'; Kenichi Matsuzaki, who set the foundational worldview and also wrote the script for depicting war in space; and Kunio Okawara, who designed the “mobile suits” that later became the cornerstone of the real robot genre. They shared how this timeless masterpiece was created, including behind-the-scenes stories from the production at that time.

• MDS Vol.10 Archive Video(External Link)