Synopsis
機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN III 暁の蜂起
Universal Century 0074. Since leaving Texas Colony, Édouard Mass has camouflaged his identity and enrolled in the Autonomous Republic of Zeon's Space Defense Military Academy under the name of Char Aznable. He develops a friendship with his classmate Garma, a scion of the Zabi family. Gradually the two become admired by the other students. Then, in Universal Century 0077, the young at last rise up in arms and begin the fight for independence against the Earth Federation's security forces. This rebellion, however, also marks the beginning of Char’s spectacular scenario of revenge… Now, the gears of history are turning!
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
9 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I – Blue-Eyed Casval
★ 6.5 · Japan
9 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
★ 7.2 · Japan
9 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny
★ 7.4 · Japan
8 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
★ 7.4 · Japan
8 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II – Artesia's Sorrow
★ 7.2 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
★ 7.5 · Japan
Other Titles From SUNRISE
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: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion itself).
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion holds position #185 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3344th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
23 audience reviews — more than 41% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 22th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- original video animation (ova) · 25
- gundam · 20
- prequel · 18
- alternate history · 13
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- mecha · 68
- future · 43
- space · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,281 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #564 of 1,714 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE |
| Runtime | 1h 8m |
| Release Date | May 21, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5871184 |
| Official Site | www.gundam-the-origin.net |



















