The first chapter of "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" ranked first in screen average for the first two days of its first week!　The box-office revenue was No. 7 in only 13 theaters.

The OVA "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin I: Casbal of the Blue Eyes," which began screening on February 28, got off to a strong start with a screen average of 5.67 million yen in its first two days.

This is the first anime chapter of "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin," a manga work by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the character designer and animation director of the first Gundam, which began broadcasting in 1979, and has sold a total of 10 million copies. Mr. Yasuhiko is back in the animation industry after a 25-year absence, and is in charge of general direction, character design, and storyboarding. The film depicts the story from the past of Char and Seira, to the beginning of the Zeon War of Independence, to which he is most attached. The film is directed by Takashi Imanishi ("Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 STARDUST MEMORY"), with mechanical design by Hajime Katoki ("Mobile Suit Gundam UC") and chief animation director Hiroyuki Nishimura ("Danboard Senki"). The film also features a splendid cast, including Mayumi Tanaka as the young Char, Megumi Ban as the young Seira, Akino Watanabe as Xilia Zabi, Miyuki Sawashiro as Claure Hamon, Chafu Rin as Zimba Ral, and Akio Otsuka as the narrator.

The film was screened at 13 theaters nationwide, and over the two days of the first weekend, it recorded a favorable average of 5,671,246 yen per theater per screen. It was by far the best film screened during the same weekend. Despite its small screening size of 13 theaters nationwide, the film grossed approximately 74 million yen and was attended by 56,000 people, ranking 7th in the weekend box-office revenue ranking.

The film will be screened for two weeks only, until March 13.