Manga like Turn A Gundam

Genres: Action Mecha Sci-Fi

What is Turn A Gundam about?

Status: Finished

Several hundred years have passed since the fierce battles using Mobile Suits throughout the universe. After many wars, earthlings forgot how to make developments in their own civilization. Some humans moved to the moon. For a very, very long time, they dreamed about returning to earth. When Planet Earth regained its standard of living to that of the days of the Industrial Revolution, Diana Soler, the Queen of the Moon entered into negotiations with the head of Planet Earth so that the Moon Race could return. She also secretly dispatched a reconnaissance troop to check the environmental and living conditions on Planet Earth. Rolland Seac came to Earth as part of the troop. Almost drowned in a river, he was saved by two beautiful sisters, Kiel and Sosie. After the accident, he started working for a mine, owned by the father of these sisters. He soon gets used to living on Planet Earth.

Two years pass and the Moon Race who are becoming impatient with the slow negotiations takes action and forcefully tries to return to Earth. Flames engulf the streets. The "Turned 'A' Gundam" appears from the White Doll Ruins and Rolland finds himself riding it. He becomes the savior of Planet Earth. Rolland's struggle to avoid war between the Moon and Planet Earth begins.

Tags: Real Robot , War , Lost Civilization , Ensemble Cast , Space , Coming of Age , Politics , Space Opera , Seinen
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

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 wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders?



Tags: Space Opera , Military , Full Color , Space , War , Real Robot , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Shounen
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

Also known as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaa, a compassionate young princess, and her allies battle to heal a wounded world and its inhabitants...



Note: Won the 26th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1995).

Tags: Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , War , Philosophy , Survival , Female Protagonist , Military , Aviation , Cult , Dystopian , Politics , Anachronism , Kaiju , Religion , Magic , Tanks , Travel , Ghost
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STAR WARS: Phantom Menace

STAR WARS: Phantom Menace

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

The manga version of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

You waited in line for months to see the movie…You read the comics…You ate the fruit snacks and played with the action figures! Now make sure you don't miss the most exciting retelling of the movie of the century as Dark Horse presents Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace—Manga! Legendary manga artist Kia Asamiya (Silent Mobius and Steam Detectives) masterfully illustrates George Lucas' tale of adventure and intrigue in a book that no Star Wars fan will want to miss!

Tags: Desert , Space , Space Opera
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