Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin MSD Cucuruz Doan’s Island Vol. 04 (Hardcover)

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin MSD Cucuruz Doan’s Island Vol. 04

Based on the legendary “lost” episode from the First Gundam TV series, this is the story of Cucuruz Doan like you’ve never seen it before.

Former Zeon mobile suit squad leader Cucuruz Doan deserted, taking up residence on a small island where he helped to raise a number of orphaned children. But what about the other members of his squad? While the original story was told from federation pilot Amuro Ray’s perspective, Ohno’s limited series goes beyond the original television episode to explore the ramifications of Doan’s actions on his own troops, bringing us a multilayered and emotionally complex view of the events from Zeon’s perspective.

Series Overview: “Cucuruz Doan’s Island” was created as a spin-off of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s “Gundam: the Origin” manga, taking up and expanding a story that Yasuhiko had left out of his original series. The story of “Cucuruz Doan’s Island” originally saw the light of day as episode 15 of the original “Gundam” television show, but due to sub-par production it was omitted from later film and manga versions, and was never imported to the US at all. The story therefore has something of a legendary status in the Gundam fan community, and here Junji Ohno has expanded the core of the story into something grander altogether, with the imprimateur of Yasuhiko himself.

Biographical Notes:

Junji Ohno debuted at 19 while still in design school, and became an assistant to the mangaka Yuriko Nishiyama. In addition to “Cucuruz Doan’s Island,” he has written a number of other Gundam series.

Hajime Yatate is best known for voice acting Bourguignon from Blue Exorcist, Gakushuu from Ikkitousen, Crepe Store Owner from Elfen Lied, Director from Oreimo.

Yoshiyuki Tomino is best known for being the author of Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is best known for being the animation director & character design & chief animation director of Mobile Suit Gundam. for being the character designer of Mobile Suit Gundam F91 and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Also known for being the character designer & chief animation director of Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow and Mobile Suit Gundam I.

Title Notes:

Direct spin-off of “Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin with Hardcover format!

Lots of solid feedback on this spin-off from the Gundam community, film has a rating of 4.7/5 stars from fans on CR.

Gundam continues to be a property that is being promoted in the Western market via Bandai Namco/Sunrise – Gundam Base Mobile USA Tour where they sell Gunpla and merch.

More media tie-ins for Gundam – recently with a CG film on Netflix and live action of Gundam Origin coming down the pipeline.