Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket poster

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989)

Action · Animation · Drama

In the final days of the One Year War, a Zeon special forces group infiltrates a colony to gather information on a new Gundam unit. Alfred Izuhara, a 10-year-old student, befriends Zeon rookie pilot Bernie Wiseman during a brief mobile suit combat. Meanwhile, Al meets up with Christina MacKenzie, his former neighbor and babysitter. Little does he know that not only is Christina a member of the Earth Federation, she's the test pilot of the new Gundam NT-4 prototype.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (1,955 votes)
Episode average: 8.6 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

8.57 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 9.1 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	How Many Miles to the Battlefield?	8.0	91
2	Reflections in a Brown Eye	8.3	89
3	And at the End of the Rainbow?	8.4	87
4	Over the River and Through the Woods	8.9	92
5	Say it Ain't So, Bernie!	8.7	87
6	War in the Pocket	9.1	118