Japan Synopsis
機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN IV 運命の前夜
Following the success of the Dawn Rebellion, Degwin negotiates with Vice Admiral Revil to surrender all Federation assets and the complete withdrawal of Federation forces from Side 3 to prevent similar incidents from happening again. After bring reprimanded by Degwin for failure to look after Garma, Dozle sends Char – who motivated Garma into starting the rebellion – to Earth; in response, Char requests to become a mobile suit pilot when he returns. Feeling the burden of his responsibilities, Dozle proposes to cadet Zenna Mia. In the Earth city of Manaus, Char lands a job as a mobile worker pilot at a construction site. He meets a young Lalah Sune at a casino.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny. 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 III – Dawn of Rebellion
★ 7.5 · 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
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Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny holds position #218 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 IV – Eve of Destiny. 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 3459th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
18 audience reviews — more than 32% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 18th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny, 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 #1,488 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,107 of 2,532 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE |
| Runtime | 1h 8m |
| Release Date | November 19, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt6296148 |
| Official Site | www.gundam-the-origin.net |