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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin: Advent of the Red Comet (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kidō Senshi Gundam: The Origin Zenya - Akai Suisei (Japanese)
機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN 前夜 赤い彗星 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: U.C. 0068 - Zeon Zum Deikun suddenly dies while giving his speech to declare the Autonomous Republic of Munzo's independence from the Earth Federation. As Munzo falls in turmoil while the House of Zabi rises to power, Deikun's children Casval and Artesia flee the colony to Earth. In the years to come, Casval and Artesia live in secret while the Principality of Zeon develops its military power before finally declaring war in January U.C. 0079.
User Ratings: 41 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:3, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Very good: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:5, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
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 Good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Decent: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
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 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 65 users, rank: #6015 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.805 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5015, rank: #1034 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.780 (Very good−), rank: #971 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.78)
Bayesian estimate: 7.704 (Very good−), rank: #866 (of 7289)
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2019-04-29 to 2019-08-12
Opening Theme:
#1: "Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~" (宇宙の詩 〜Higher and Higher〜; Space Song ~Higher and Higher~) by LUNA SEA (eps 1-4)
#2: "Hisōbi" (悲壮美; Tragic Beauty) by LUNA SEA (eps 5-8)
#3: "BEYOND THE TIME ~Möbius no Sora wo Koete~" (BEYOND THE TIME ~メビウスの宇宙を越えて~; Beyond the Time ~Beyond the Möbius Universe~) by LUNA SEA (eps 9-13)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Meguriai" (めぐりあい; Encounter) by SUGIZO feat. GLIM SPANKY (eps 1-4)
#2: "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" (水の星へ愛をこめて; From the Aqueous Star with Love) by SUGIZO feat. Komai (eps 5-8)
#3: "A Red Ray" by SUGIZO feat. miwa (eps 9-13)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Director: Takashi Imanishi
Screenplay: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Original story: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Nishimura
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Cgi Director: Kiichiro Inoue
Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama
Executive producer: Hideyuki Tomioka
Producer: Osamu Taniguchi

3D Background Modeling: Megumi Endō (eps 1-6)
Background Art:
Megumi Endō (Studio Easter; ep 10)
Takumu Sasaki (Bamboo; eps 4, 7)
Color design: Nagisa Abe
Display Design: Yoshinori Sayama
Editing: Masato Yoshitake
Ending Staff: Teru Saitou (ep 13)
Grading: Teru Saitou (ED1)
In-Between Animation: Hiromi Masuko (Origin Studio Animation Room; eps 4, 7)
Key Animation: Takeshi Baba (ep 1)
Mechanical Chief Animation Director: Takuya Suzuki
Military Uniform And Equipment Design: Takuhito Kusanagi
Music producer:
Junji Fujita
Tomoko Yamada
OP/ED Music Producer: Sugizo
Original Mobile Suit Design: Kunio Okawara
Photography: Yoshiyuki Anzai (Asahi Production; ep 3)
Planning Producer: Shin Sasaki
Science Fiction Setting Consultant:
Tsukasa Shikano
Yūya Takashima
Science Fiction Setting Cooperation: Atsushi Noda
Special Effects Director: Teru Saitou (eps 9-13)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Luna Sea (OP's)
Sugizo (ED1-3)
Theme Song Composition:
Daisuke Inoue (ED1)
Luna Sea (OP 1 and OP 2)
Neil Sedaka (ED2)
Sugizo (ED3)
Tetsuya Komuro (OP3)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Luna Sea (OP 1 and OP 2)
Masao Urino (ED1-2)
Mitsuko Komuro (OP3)
miwa (ED3)
Rin Iogi (ED1)
Theme Song Performance:
GLIM SPANKY (ED 1)
KOM_I (ED 2)
Luna Sea (OP)
miwa (ED 3)
Sugizo (ED)
Title Design: Daisuke Unno
Mayumi Tanaka as Casval Rem Deikun (young)
Megumi Han as Artesia Som Deikun/Sayla Mass
Shūichi Ikeda as
Casval Rem Deikun/Édouard Mass
Char Aznable

Ai Kayano as Zenna Mia
Akeno Watanabe as Kycilia Zabi
Ayumi Tsunematsu as Astraia Tor Deikun
Banjō Ginga as Gihren Zabi
Chafūrin as Jimba Ral
Eizō Tsuda as Zeon Zum Deikun
Hironori Kondō as Clamp
Hiroshi Naka as Johann Ibrahim Revil
Jin Urayama as Degwin Sodo Zabi
Kazuya Ichijō as Gaia
Kenichirō Matsuda as Ortega
Kenta Miyake as Dozle Zabi
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Tem Ray
Kouichi Makishima as Don Teabolo Mass
Misato Fukuen as Fraw Bow
Miyuki Sawashiro as Crowley Hamon
Saori Hayami as Lalah Sune
Shigeo Kiyama as Ramba Ral
Tetsuya Kakihara as Garma Zabi
Tōru Furuya as Amuro Ray
Toshihiko Seki as Char Aznable (real)

Akio Ōtsuka as Narrator
Asami Seto as Fang Li
Ayumi Fujimura as Mirai Yashima
Jin Yamanoi as Gungen
Kenshō Ono as Yuki
Mitsuru Ogata as Donovan Matgloss
Miyuki Ichijou as Roselucia Deikun
Naomi Kusumi as Gopp
Riki Kitazawa as Tachi Ohara
Shinshū Fuji as Sasro Zabi
Shintarō Ōhata as Denim
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Slender
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Sunrise
Backgrounds:
Atelier Musa (eps 1-4)
Kusanagi (eps 3-4, 8, 12)
Team Till Dawn (ep 8)
Broadcaster: NHK
Ending Animation:
Asahi Production (ED3)
Studio Easter (ED3)
Music Production: Sunrise Music Publishing (as Sunrise Music)
Opening Animation: Asahi Production (OP3)
Planning: Sunrise
Production: Sunrise
English cast
English staff
Translation: David Fleming
ADR Script: Stephanie Sheh
Producer:
Eri Suzuki (Sunrise)
Mark Simmons (Sunrise)
Michael Sinterniklaas (NYAV Post)
Nobuo Masuda (Sunrise)
Stephanie Sheh (NYAV Post)

Audio Mixing: Oscar Garcia
Casting: Stephanie Sheh
Production Supervision: Clark Cheng
Video Editing: Derek Kan
Voice Direction: Stephanie Sheh
Karen Strassman as Casval Rem Deikun (young)
Keith Silverstein as
Casval Rem Deikun/Édouard Mass
Char Aznable
Maggie O'Connor as Artesia Som Deikun/Sayla Mass

Amanda Schuckman as Crowley Harmon
B.J. Oakie as
Clamp
Tem Ray
Bob Johnson as Dozle Zabi
Braeden Fox as Sasro Zabi
Chris Niosi as Garma Zabi
David Vincent as Gaia
Doug Erholtz as Ortega
Doug Stone as Jimba Ral
Edward Bosco as Tachi Ohara
Jason Simon as Johann Ibrahim Revil
Kirk Thornton as Ramba Ral
Liam O'Brien as Gihren Zabi
Lipica Shah as Lalah Sune
Lucien Dodge as Amuro Ray
Marc Diraison as Zeon Zum Deikun
Marc Thompson as Degwin Sodo Zabi
Mike Pollock as Teabolo Mass
Tom Wayland as Mash
Veronica Taylor as Astraia Tor Deikun
Wendee Lee as Kycilla Zabi

B.J. Oakie as Wakkein
Braeden Fox as Denim
Bryce Papenbrook as
Marker
Ryu Jose
Chris Hackney as Yuki
Chris Niosi as Kal
Christopher Bevins as William Kemp
Christopher Smith as Bright Noa
Danny Katiana as Shu Yashima
Erin Fitzgerald as Zenna Mia
Ethan Murray as M'Quve
Fryda Wolff as
Amuro Ray (young)
Katz
Mirai Yashima
Grant George as Oscar
Jason Simon as
Gambler
Gopp
Jesse Corti as Agha
Kevin T. Collins as Kai Shiden
Kirk Thornton as Narration
Kyle McCarley as
Dren
Hayato Kobayashi
Laura Post as Fang Li
Liam O'Brien as Howard
Lisa Ortiz as Michelle Aznable
Marc Thompson as
Cozun Graham
Erdush
Roger Aznable
Paul St. Peter as Tianem
Pete Sepenuk as Bergmann
Robbie Daymond as Lino Fernandez
Sonja S. Fox as Roselucia Deikun
Stephanie Sheh as Haro
Steve Kramer as Paolo Cassius
Tom Wayland as
Donovan Matgloss
Maximillian
William Frederick Knight as Trenov Y. Minovsky
English companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network (Adult Swim/Toonami)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment
Production: Sunrise
Recording Studio: NYAV Post (LA & NY Studios)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Jun'Ichi Takeda

Translation Review: Kevin Stocker
(none)
French companies
(none)

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