This is the list of Mobile Suit Gundam episodes.
The series premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network between 7 April 7 1979 and 26 January 1980, spanning 43 episodes. The series was aired one episode per week.
The English adaptation premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network’s Toonami programing block between 23 July 23 2001 and 12 September 2001 as a daily episode on week days. Episode 15 was not broadcasted in English and was omited from the North American DVD at the request of Tomino. Episode 38 was skipped due to the September 11 attacks. In the aftermath of the attack, Cartoon Network began pulling war-themed content and violent programming, resulting in the cancellation of the series after Episode 39. The final episode premiered on Toonami’s “New Year’s Evil” special presentation on 31 December 2001. The unaired episodes were broadcasted in the reruns of the series in 2002.
Episode | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | English airdate |
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1 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 7 April 1979 | 23 July 2001 |
Amuro Ray was forced to pilot a prototype Earth Federation mobile suit when Principality of Zeon mobile suits attacked his home space colony Side 7 | |||||
2 |
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| Kenichi Matsuzaki | 14 April 1979 | 24 July 2001 |
In order to evacuate Side 7, Amuro Ray engaged Char Aznable in space. | |||||
3 |
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| Yoshihisa Araki | 21 April 1979 | 25 July 2001 |
The crew of White Base had to vote on whether to attack a Zeon supply ship to improve their chances of evading Char’s pursuit. | |||||
4 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Masaru Yamamoto | 28 April 1979 | 26 July 2001 |
After arriving at a Federation asteroid military base, the White Base was seized and its crew arrested for violating military protocol by allowing civilians to use top secret government property. | |||||
5 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 5 May 1979 | 27 July 2001 |
Bright Noa was ordered to take the White Base to a military base on Earth, but first they had to clear Char’s forces near the atmospheric entry point. | |||||
6 |
| Hideyoshi Ojika | Masaru Yamamoto | 12 May 1979 | 30 July 2001 |
White Base ended up in Zeon territory due to Char’s tactics. Garma Zabi decided to attack White Base to impress his sister Kycilia Zabi and his friend Char. | |||||
7 |
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| Yoshihisa Araki | 18 May 1979 | 31 July 2001 |
Amuro attempted to contact Federation forces by flying back into space with the FF-X7 Core Fighter. | |||||
8 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Kenichi Matsuzaki | 26 May 1979 | 1 August 2001 |
A cease fire was declared between Zeon and Federation forces when the refugees aboard White Base decided to jump ship”. | |||||
9 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 2 June 1979 | 2 August 2001 |
Amuro was unwilling to pilot the Gundam, while Garma planned to personally lead an attack on White Base. | |||||
10 |
| Ryoji Fujihara | Masaru Yamamoto | 9 June 1979 | 3 August 2001 |
Garma’s task force consisting of Gaws pursued White Base to the ruined city of New Yark. | |||||
11 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Yoshihisa Araki | 16 June 1979 | 6 August 2001 |
Icelina Esconbach ordered a Zeon officer to lead a special mission to destroy White Base to avenge her boyfriend Garma. | |||||
12 |
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| Kenichi Matsuzaki | 23 June 1979 | 7 August 2001 |
Gihren Zabi used the death of his brother Garma as a rallying point for the Zeon cause while a new task force led by Ramba Ral and MS-07B Gouf mobile suit pursue White Base. | |||||
13″ |
| Ryoji Fujihara | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 30 June 1979 | 8 August 2001 |
Amuro Ray was reunited with his mother Kamaria Ray when the crew of White Base decided to rest near the place where he was born. | |||||
14 |
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| Yoshiyuki Tomino | 6 July 1979 | 9 August 2001 |
Time was running out for Amuro when a small squadron of Zeon soldiers in hovering bikes planted time bombs all over the Gundam’s frame. | |||||
15 |
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| Yoshihisa Araki | 14 July 1979 | N/A |
When a distress signal was detected on a small island in the Pacific, Amuro was dispatched in the Core Fighter to investigate the source. [Note: This episode was neither broadcast nor made available on DVD in North America at to the director’s request.] | |||||
16 |
| Yoshiyuki Tomino | Masaru Yamamoto | 21 July 1979 | 10 August 2001 |
When the crew ran out of salt, Sayla Mass sortied in the Gundam without authorization to find out whether Char was her long lost brother. | |||||
17 |
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| Kenichi Matsuzaki | 28 July 1979 | 13 August 2001 |
Bright decided to relieve Amuro as pilot of the Gundam after a tactical blunder made by the latter almost resulted in defeat on the battle field. | |||||
18 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Kenichi Matsuzaki | 4 August 1979 | 14 August 2001 |
The crew of White Base searches for the Amuro and the Gundam while Amuro planned to end the war by attacking a mine believed to be the main source of iron ore for the Zeon war industry. | |||||
19 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 11 August 1979 | 15 August 2001 |
A mobile suit squadron led by Ramba Ral and his Gouf attacked White Base while Amuro and the Gundam returned just in time to help. | |||||
20 |
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| Masaru Yamamoto | 18 August 1979 | 16 August 2001 |
An all-out battle breaks out inside White Base as Ramba Ral and his soldiers infiltrated the ship to capture or destroy it. | |||||
21 |
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| Yoshihisa Araki | 25 August 1979 | 17 August 2001 |
Crowley Hamon spearheaded one last suicidal attack on White Base with what remains of the troops once led by Ramba Ral. | |||||
22 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Kenichi Matsuzaki | 1 September 1979 | 20 August 2001 |
As Operation Odessa neared, M’Quve lured the White Base into a trap while Bright was unable to captain the ship. | |||||
23 |
| Ryoji Fujihara | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 8 September 1979 | 21 August 2001 |
Matilda Ajan’s supply corps was attacked by Zeon Goufs when they attempted to deliver Gundam upgrade modules, supplyies and repair parts for White Base. | |||||
24 |
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| Masaru Yamamoto | 15 September 1979 | 22 August 2001 |
A mole inside the Federation tips off Zeon command, who then ordered the Black Tri-Stars to destroy the White Base and its prototype mobile suits. | |||||
25 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Yoshihisa Araki | 22 September 1979 | 23 August 2001 |
Amuro discovered the Zeon mole, stopped a nuclear bomb, and faced off the remaining two members of the Black Tri-Stars as the battle at Odessa continued. | |||||
26 |
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| Kenichi Matsuzaki | 29 September 1979 | 24 August 2001 |
Under the Char’s command, new Zeon amphibious mobile suits attacked White Base, docked in a Federation base at Belfast. | |||||
27 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 6 October 1979 | 27 August 2001 |
Kai Shiden developed a friendship with Miharu Ratokie, a local girl, while Char prepared a second amphibious attack on the Federation at Belfast. | |||||
28 |
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| Masaru Yamamoto | 13 October 1979 | 28 August 2001 |
Intelligence acquired by Miharu allowed Flanagan Boone and his Mad Angler squadron to ambush White Base en route to the Federation’s Jaburo headquarters in South America. | |||||
29 |
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| Yoshihisa Araki | 20 October 1979 | 29 August 2001 |
The White Base finally reaches Jaburo just when Zeon launched a massive invasion on the base led by Char and his custom MSM-07 Z’Gok. | |||||
30 |
| Ryoji Fujihara | Masaru Yamamoto | 27 October 1979 | 30 August 2001 |
Char infiltrated Jaburo with a squadron of MSM-04 Acguy mobile suits and planted time bombs on the Federation’s new mass-produced GMs, but not before being discovered by Katz, Kikka, and Letz. | |||||
31 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 3 November 1979 | 31 August 2001 |
White Base and the Gundam confronted the Zanzibar-class cruiser, commandeered by Char, and mobile armour MA-05 Bigro in low Earth orbit. | |||||
32 |
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| Kenichi Matsuzaki | 10 November 1979 | 3 September 2001 |
A task force of Musai-class cruisers and MS-09R Rick Dom units led by Dren attempted to destroy the White Base as it headed towards the neutral colony of Side 6. | |||||
33 |
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| Masaru Yamamoto | 17 November 1979 | 4 September 2001 |
In need of repairs, the White Base was attacked outside the neutral Side 6 by Captain Coskon’s fleet. | |||||
34 |
| Ryoji Fujihara | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 24 November 1979 | 5 September 2001 |
Inside Side 6, Amuro meets a beautiful girl named Lalah Sune and tensions ran high when a Zanzibar-class cruiser led by Char Aznable docked next to the White Base. | |||||
35 |
| Hiroshi Hisano | Kenichi Matsuzaki | 1 December 1979 | 6 September 2001 |
A massive Federation space fleet attacked Zeon’s fortress Solomon. | |||||
36 |
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| Kenichi Matsuzaki | 8 December 1979 | 7 September 2001 |
As the battle continued, a hulking mobile armour piloted by Dozle Zabi inflicted heavy losses on the Federation. Amuro and Sleggar came up with a plan to stop its onslaught. | |||||
37 |
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| Masaru Yamamoto | 15 December 1979 | 10 September 2001 |
Amuro’s Gundam duelled M’Quve’s YMS-15 Gyan on the abandoned colony of Texas while Char and Lalah watched from afar. | |||||
38 |
| Ryoji Fujihara | Kenichi Matsuzaki | 22 December 1979 | 9 April 2002 |
Char’s MS-14S Gelgoog engaged the Gundam while White Base entered the Texas colony and dispatched Sayla and Job John to search for Amuro. | |||||
39 |
| Osamu Sekita | Masaru Yamamoto | 29 December 1979 | 12 September 2001 |
Gihren Zabi sent a Newtype to pilot the new MAN-03 Braw Bro. Amuro’s Newtype abilities became more noticeable as he sensed the presence of Lalah. | |||||
40 |
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| Yoshihisa Araki | 5 January 1980 | 2 June 2002 |
The Gundam was upgraded and Lalah’s MAN-08 Elmeth entered combat for the first time. Amuro and Lalah crossed paths again but this time as enemies. | |||||
41 |
| Shinya Sadamitsu | Kenichi Matsuzaki | 12 January 1980 | 2 June 2002 |
Amuro and Lalah fight each other for the second time and communicated telepathically, while Gihren inspected the construction of the Solar Ray. | |||||
42 |
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| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 19 January 1980 | 2 June 2002 |
Federation forces, including White Base, assaulted the Fortress of A Baoa Qu despite losing half of their forces to Zeon’s Solar Ray. Amuro engaged Char’s MSN-02 Zeong. | |||||
43 |
| Osamu Sekita | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | 26 January 1980 | 31 December 2001 |
The Battle of A Baoa Qu reached a critical point. White Base was deep within enemy territory while Amuro and Char’s relentless duel continued. Meanwhile, Kycilia struggled in command. |