"Originally published in Japanese as Kidou Senshi Gundam The origin volumes 15 and 16 in 2007 and re-issued in hardcover as Aizouban Kidou Senshi Gundam The origin VIII-Odessa- in 2011, by Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd."--Colophon.

Publisher Marketing: The biggest name in Japanese science fiction-- Gundam--returns with one of its creators retelling its origins 25 years after the series debuted. Caught in the crossfire of a space civil war, teenager Amuro Ray accidentally finds a new mobile weapon--the RX-78 Gundam. In the eighth volume of Gundam: THE ORIGIN, readers are sent back to the war at hand. The White Base continues to be chased across the Earth by Zeon forces. The story shifts away from the jungles and deserts of the Americas, moving into much more urban settings in Europe.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 460 | Publication Date: 2014-12-16