--- product_id: 4249393 title: "Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation" price: "2108 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/4249393-mobile-suit-gundam-awakening-escalation-confrontation store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation **Price:** 2108 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation - **How much does it cost?** 2108 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/4249393-mobile-suit-gundam-awakening-escalation-confrontation) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation [Tomino, Yoshiyuki, Schodt, Frederik L., Simmons, Mark] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation Review: Fantastic novelization, so long as you realize it differs a lot from the animation. - Offers a very different (and abridged) take on the 0079 war of the Gundam. It's still a great read, and even better once they standardized the name translations, something the earlier, individual books had issues with. If you've never seen the original Mobile Suit Gundam, I wouldn't start with this, but if you have it's definitely a great follow-up take! Review: Gundam like you've never seen it before - Tomino is as ruthless as ever! You will be in for quite a shock if you sit down thinking this will be like our favorite 1979 anime; but it's a good kind of surprise, as Tomino's own take of our beloved One Year War saga is riveting, engaging, sometimes weird and so very cruel. It's really so different from the series that it's almost a crime to compare the two, I really don't wanna spoil anything but I just want to let it be known that it's a very welcome addition to the Gundam universe. Also, the foreword by Mark Simmons is very nice and well-researched. Honestly, they should make this into a tetralogy of films. It would be the greatest thing ever since sliced bread and it would blow out of the water those crappy and unnecessary Rebuild of Evangelion movies. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,274,636 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8,845 in Space Operas #15,430 in Science Fiction Adventures | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (199) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.38 x 8.5 inches | | Edition | Second | | ISBN-10 | 1611720052 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1611720051 | | Item Weight | 1.05 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 520 pages | | Publication date | April 3, 2012 | | Publisher | Stone Bridge Press | ## Images ![Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71MqF7J9NeL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic novelization, so long as you realize it differs a lot from the animation. *by J***N on January 8, 2026* Offers a very different (and abridged) take on the 0079 war of the Gundam. It's still a great read, and even better once they standardized the name translations, something the earlier, individual books had issues with. If you've never seen the original Mobile Suit Gundam, I wouldn't start with this, but if you have it's definitely a great follow-up take! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gundam like you've never seen it before *by V***O on February 8, 2014* Tomino is as ruthless as ever! You will be in for quite a shock if you sit down thinking this will be like our favorite 1979 anime; but it's a good kind of surprise, as Tomino's own take of our beloved One Year War saga is riveting, engaging, sometimes weird and so very cruel. It's really so different from the series that it's almost a crime to compare the two, I really don't wanna spoil anything but I just want to let it be known that it's a very welcome addition to the Gundam universe. Also, the foreword by Mark Simmons is very nice and well-researched. Honestly, they should make this into a tetralogy of films. It would be the greatest thing ever since sliced bread and it would blow out of the water those crappy and unnecessary Rebuild of Evangelion movies. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An unexpected serious scifi adaption of Gundam *by S***E on October 19, 2015* So, I want to preface this saying I got into Gundam as a teenager, first through the model kits, and later through the cartoons as Cartoon Network helped bring them to America. As a kid, I loved Gundam Wing and couldn't understand why adults didn't "get it" or weren't into it, I tried watching it again as an adult later and just found myself unable to watch all the anime tropes, unrealistic conflicts, etc. that I (personally) didn't find relatable any more, most especially the overwelling of teen angst. Later I found adaptions of the original cartoon and its sequel Zeta Gundam, and found them okay, but still not filling this desire to see this story told with characters I could find as real and relatable. I've watched many of the other UC setting shows and some are better than other, and even managed to find my way to the Origin comic series and found that to be really nice (and beautifulyl illustrated). However none of these stories were scratching that itch I had for something more akin to a western literature style scifi story. Eventually after talking about the series with my boss, he told me about this book trilogy, which I had never known existed. I picked it up and devoured it over the course of a weekend, already starting to re-read it. This is the version of Gundam for people who want smarter characters, smarter storytelling, a much more complete picture of the intent of Newtypes, and a strong but complex and realistic depiction of Char. I hope someday this version of the story makes it to the screen or to a visual medium other than just a few model kits. I really hope you buy this book and tell anyone who likes scifi and mecha to pick it up too. Tomino's vision shines like a bright light in the void here, and gives the audience a great and classic core story to Gundam that can be read more than once. As a note, I don't want to disparage the original series or their youth power fantasy. That's good to have and important to have. I however really enjoyed this book personally for where I am currently in life (29 years old and going). I grew up on mecha and moved to scifi and political fantasy/history like the Expanse series, the Saxon Tales, Song of Ice and Fire, etc. Please take that as a framework for this review. ------------------------------------------------ Minor spoilers below of things not in this novel that made me like it even more: -No civilian children pilots -Earth story arc skipped -Very few battles, and when they occour they make sense (obviously this couldn't happen in a TV show that needs a battle almost every episode) -Very few mobile suit chasis (no "villain of the week", more realistic R&D times) -Very consistent "scifi" tech ## Frequently Bought Together - Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin 3 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/4249393-mobile-suit-gundam-awakening-escalation-confrontation](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/4249393-mobile-suit-gundam-awakening-escalation-confrontation) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-08*