Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island Series

The final battle is here! The epic spinoff of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN concludes in this moving, action-packed volume.

Vasily reunites with Calca and Hjal Mar for the decisive battle of A Baoa Qu, their showdown with the implacable Black Gundam playing out against a backdrop of chaos as the Zeon leadership turns against itself. Such matters of state mean little to the confused soldiers on the frontlines, however, forcing the question: What is worth fighting for? Love? Family? Comrades? The revelation of the truth behind Cucuruz Doan’s desertion provides one answer, at least, and brings much-needed solace to his former unit as the war finally comes to an end…

The epic spinoff of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN continues! This is the story of Cucuruz Doan like you’ve never seen it before.

Vasily is ready to throw away his own life to save his comrades from the threat of not one but two Gundams—but even the combined firepower of Ensign Kitz’s entire platoon isn’t enough to stop them, and the Federation’s prototype beam weapon wreaks devastation on the forces invading Jaburo. The war goes from bad to worse for Zeon, and as the front lines move into outer space, the recollections of the Y-02 unit’s former members bring us closer to the truth of Cucuruz Doan’s desertion…

The epic spinoff of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN continues! This is the story of Cucuruz Doan like you’ve never seen it before.

The Y-02 platoon is forced to make hard choices as the pragmatism of the battlefield collides with their intrinsic morality. We witness their participation in the early stages of Operation British, the disastrous consequences of which gave rise to the deaths of billions and caused the direct invasion of Jaburo currently underway. As that battle rages on, Vasily is confronted with not one but two Gundams, his Dom all that stands between them and the annihilation of Kitz and his entire unit!

The epic spinoff of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN continues! This is the story of Cucuruz Doan like you’ve never seen it before.

As Vasily, Kitz, and the rest pick up the pieces in the wake of their commander’s desertion, their recollections provide unprecedented insight into the development of the mobile suits and the outbreak of war with the Federation. Unfolding with the franchise’s classic mix of action and pathos, we see events—including the decisive battle for Jaburo—entirely from the Zeon perspective, with the Gundam itself forever looming in the background as a silent, unstoppable foe.

Based on the legendary “lost” episode from the First Gundam TV series, this is the story of Cucuruz Doan like you’ve never seen it before. 

Created as a spinoff of original character designer and animation director Yoshikawa Yasuhiko’s own manga retelling of First Gundam in Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, this 5-volume series explores the ramifications of Cucuruz Doan’s actions from the perspective of the Zeon soldiers under his command. Gundam veteran Junji Ohno brings us brand-new characters and a new view of the development of the original mobile suits, all with the imprimatur of Yasuhiko himself.