Japan Synopsis
機動戦士ガンダム
“Thrust into the thick of battle, a young boy and a secret weapon are earth's last hope!”
In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.
The 1980–1982 Japan Window
67 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Mobile Suit Gundam I sits at position #25.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Gundam I. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
6 sharedMobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
★ 7.4 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
★ 6.9 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
★ 7.6 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
★ 7.3 · Japan
5 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
★ 6.5 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam F91
★ 6.4 · Japan
Other Titles From SUNRISE
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mobile Suit Gundam I premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,345 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,576 of 2,532 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE |
| Runtime | 2h 19m |
| Release Date | March 14, 1981 |
| IMDb | tt0159509 |