Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin 7: Battle Of Loum

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MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM has become one of sci-fi's biggest brand names, leading to TV series, games, action figures and more. In a brutal civil war, half of humanity has been wiped out, while Zeon's army of Zaku mobile suits is the ultimate decisive weapon. With the Federation's first Gundam out of action, teen Amuro Ray miraculously stumbles on a second unit - the awesome RX-78 Gubdan. Now, in control of a machine with unparalleled destructive power, will Amuro's actions save the colony's survivors or destroy them?

Hokkaido native Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (1947-) is a Japanese animator and manga artist. His career as a character designer has spannedover fourdecades, creating famed characters for such anime as Super Atragon, Brace Raideen, and the widely known Mobile Suit Gundam. Considered a pivotal player in mecha and sci-fi anime, Yasuhiko's characters, stories and illustrations are unmistakable in their style and serve as timeless examples as pioneers of manga and animation in Japan. Yasuhiko began his career as an animator in Osama Tezuka's Mushi Productions, and later on decided to go freelance to work for a number of animation productions for both film and television. In the late 70's, Yasuhiko would turn his attention to the world of comics, as he has since penned nearly two dozen titles since. In 1981he wasawarded the Nebula Awardby the Japanese Sci-Fi Association. In1990 his work Namuji won the JapanComic Artist Association Grand Prize And in 2000 he took the Japan Media Arts Award for Best Comicwith his title A Revolutionary Dog.

"It's a good book. Very good, actually. Very good war comics, requiring no prior experience with anime or mecha or "Gundam" - just a well-made, old-fashioned war comic, full of thrills and spills and lucky breaks and narrow escapes and preening villains you'll love to hate and pigheaded heroes you may hate to love, and expert drawings by a master craftsman, and hard, sturdy "violence"." - Joe McCulloch, "The Comics Journal" "It's not often that I bother taking up space just to discuss the presentation of a book, but this is certainly one of Vertical's finest releases. Both the graphic and actual material design of the cover is special, and the interior is of a much higher quality than your average manga. This especially holds true throughout the healthy handful of color sections, which look absolutely gorgeous on the glossy paper stock...The whole package is an absolute must for fans of "Gundam", but I'd say there's plenty to enjoy in this nearly 450-page monster for anyone remotely interested in mech action and sci-fi storytelling." - "Otaku USA" "This is the root of all the tropes and themes of "Gundam" but with a loving layer of refinement that cleans up a lot of the rough edges of the original...It many ways this is the clearest vision of the original story and a great place to start as well as revisit." - "Reverse Thieves" "From the painted opening prologue, the storytelling is of an incredibly high standard, with Yasuhiko's touch servicing action scenes especially well. Visual highlights abound... It's a dazzling, action packed ride, and I'd recommend it highly." - "Anime UK News"