Japan Synopsis
機動戦士ガンダム 0080 ポケットの中の戦争
In the final days of the One Year War, a Zeon special forces group infiltrates a colony to gather information on a new Gundam unit. Alfred Izuruha, a 10-year-old student, befriends Zeon rookie pilot Bernie Wiseman during a brief mobile suit combat. Meanwhile, Al meets up with Christina MacKenzie, his former neighbor and babysitter. Little does he know that not only is Christina a member of the Earth Federation, she's the test pilot of the new Gundam NT-4 prototype.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 7.4 · Japan
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★ 6.2 · Japan
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★ 6.3 · Japan
2 sharedMobile Suit Gundam I
★ 6.9 · Japan
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★ 7.4 · South Korea
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Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket itself).
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket holds position #28 of 110 Japan films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other Japan films in 1989.
The 774th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- child · 5
- soldier · 29
- military · 23
- mecha · 68
- space · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,315 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #573 of 1,714 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE, Bandai Visual |
| Runtime | 3h 0m |
| Release Date | March 25, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0097661 |