Mobile Suit SD Gundam (original) (raw)

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Original video animation

Mobile Suit SD Gundam
2011 cover to G-Collection: Mobile Suit SD Gundam DVD-Box, distributed by Bandai Visual
機動戦士SDガンダム(Kidō Senshi Esudī Gandamu)
Genre Mecha, Comedy, Action, Parody
Anime film
Directed by Osamu Sekita
Written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Music by Norimasa Yamanaka
Studio Sunrise
Released March 12, 1988
Runtime 20 minutes
Original video animation
Studio Sunrise
Released May 25, 1988 – October 25, 1990
Runtime 30 minutes per OVA
Episodes 5
Anime film
Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack
Directed by Shinji TakamatsuTetsuro Amino
Written by Tetsuro Amino
Music by Osamu Totsuka
Studio Sunrise
Released July 15, 1989
Runtime 24 minutes
Original video animation
Mobile Suit SD Gundam: SD Gundam Legend
Directed by Tetsuro Amino
Written by Tetsuro Amino
Music by Toru Okada
Studio Sunrise
Released March 25, 1990 – March 21, 1991
Runtime 28 minutes per OVA
Episodes 4
Anime film
Mobile Suit SD Gundam: Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie
Directed by Takeyuki Kanda
Written by Takeyuki Kanda
Studio Sunrise
Released March 16, 1991
Runtime 16 minutes
Anime film
Mobile Suit SD Gundam: Dawn of Papal, Episode 103: Suginamu's Bride
Directed by Takeyuki Kanda
Written by Takeyuki Kanda
Studio Sunrise
Released August 22, 1991
Runtime 16 minutes
Anime film
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival
Directed by Takashi ImanishiTetsuro Amino
Written by Asahide OokumaTetsuro Amino
Studio Sunrise
Released March 13, 1993
Runtime 81 minutes

Mobile Suit SD Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士SDガンダム, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi SD Gundam) is a series of animated shorts released in theaters and as original video animation between 1988 and 1993 by Sunrise. Part of the SD Gundam media franchise, the anime was based on the popular Gashapon capsule toys and model kits being released by Bandai at the time.

The shorts initially parody stories and characters from the Gundam franchise with super deformed forms of Gundam characters and mecha. Starting with 1989's Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack, the series began featuring a regularly appearing set of SD Gundam characters based on existing SD Gundam toys, Carddass trading cards and manga series, notably from the Command Gundam, Knight Gundam, and Musha Gundam sub-franchises.

Mobile Suit SD Gundam was released as a series of shorts accompanying feature films by Sunrise, or in OVA form. Eventually a feature film and a TV series were also made.[1] The complete list of works are as follows:[2]

Released with Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. Contains the following shorts:

The video release includes the two shorts from the theatrical release above, in addition to a new episode:

Includes the following shorts:

Released with Patlabor: The Movie. First animated appearance of the SD Sengokuden sub-series, which is based on the Musha Gundam toy line. Includes the following shorts:

Includes the following shorts:

Includes the following shorts:

Includes the following shorts:

A series of four OVAs adapted from the manga series, SD Gundam Gaiden Sieg Zion Hen, featuring Knight Gundam:

Released with Mobile Suit Gundam F91. Features the first ever team-up of Command Gundam, Knight Gundam, Musha Gundam, who work together with a young girl named Riplin to fight evil. Video release contains SD Gundam Scramble along with two new segments:

A feature-length movie divided into multiple parts as follows:

An 8-episode TV series, Do Your Best! The SD Gundam March (ガンバレ!SDガンダム大行進, Ganbare! SD Gundam Dai Kōshin), was aired on TV Tokyo from February to March 1993, compiling the various Mobile Suit SD Gundam shorts as well as some variety segments. The show achieved a TV rating of 8.06% in the Kanto region.

All of the animated shorts, with the exception of SD Gundam SD Wacky Races, were later re-released in a DVD-BOX in Japan on July 22, 2007.

  1. ^ "作品紹介". 機動戦士ＳＤガンダムWeb. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  2. ^ "作品詳細 機動戦士ＳＤガンダム コレクションボックス". バンダイビジュアルのアニメ情報サイト. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-11-01.