Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet

2018 1h 24m movie Film

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet

機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN VI 誕生赤い彗星

Synopsis

機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN VI 誕生赤い彗星

The episode will focus on the young Zeon ace Char Aznable earning his "Red Comet" nom de guerre, as well as the beginnings of the Federation's "Project V" weapons project that will eventually birth the RX-78-2 Gundam.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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 VI – Rise of the Red Comet itself).

The 2017–2019 Japan Window

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet holds position #281 of 569 Japan films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet premiered alongside 194 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 194 other Japan films in 2018.

The 3750th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

22

Reviews

39th

Review-volume percentile

33rd

Popularity percentile

22 audience reviews — more than 39% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 33th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog

original video animation (ova) · 25
gundam · 20
prequel · 18
alternate history · 13
piloted robot · 9

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
based on manga · 297
mecha · 68
future · 43
space · 32

Reception Benchmarks

7.2

TMDB Rating

22

Audience Reviews

Highly Rated

Critical Tier

Ranked #1,841 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #772 of 1,714 (top 45%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	SUNRISE
Runtime	1h 24m
Release Date	May 5, 2018
IMDb	tt8742774
Official Site	www.gundam-the-origin.net

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