YATATE Hajime

It is the end of the Edo period, the final years of the age when a man would live and fight as a samurai, entrusting his life and beliefs to a sword. The long peaceful era of the Tokugawa Dynasty begins to be overshadowed by the arrival of Westerners. During the upheaval, when youths seek to prove themselves in a new age, a nefarious existence called Hasha no Kubi, or the Head…

* A short promotional video released in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam series. It was included on Gundam OP/ED Collection 20th and 21st Century song collection DVDs. An FF-X7 is guided into orbit with the assistance of every main protagonist Gundam for the first thirty years of the franchise's history.

The year is Universal Century 0133. Ten years have past since the armed resistance of the aristocratic fraction, the Crossbone Vanguard, was subdued. Tobia Aronnax is an exchange student onboard the spaceship Smashion to Jupiter, but during a surprised attack by a group of space pirates who call themselves the Crossbone Vanguard, he finds out that there were actually hidden…

In the Kidou Senshi Gundam-san series: Saisho no Maki Tsuki no Maki Mittsume no Maki Yottsume no Maki Itsutsume no Maki Muttsume no Maki Nanatsume no Maki Yattsume no Maki Koko no Tsume no Maki

The famous Gundam series marked top rankings in popularity for a long time. What was the secret? How was Gundam born? What’s the story behind Gundam? For the first time ever, we take a step out of the actual Gundam plotline, and we turn the perspective towards the production of Gundam; how it became a major hit surpassing its predecessor, Japanese Battleship Yamato! This story…

From Viz: Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics…