Mobile Suit Gundam École du Ciel

Mobile Suit Gundam École du Ciel (機動戦士ガンダム エコール·デュ·シエル, Kidō Senshi Gandamu Ekōru dyu Shieru, "Sky School") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruhiko Mikimoto. Officially part of Sunrise's long running Gundam franchise, the manga was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Gundam Ace from 2001 to 2011 and was compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes. It was licensed in North America by Tokyopop,[1] who released nine volumes, and in France the manga is licensed and published by Pika Édition.[2] The manga is the first work in the franchise to feature a main female lead.

Mobile Suit Gundam École du Ciel
First tankōbon volume cover
機動戦士ガンダム エコール·デュ·シエル
(Kidō Senshi Gandamu Ekōru dyu Shieru)
GenreMecha, Military science fiction
Manga
Written byHaruhiko Mikimoto
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineGundam Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 18, 2001February 26, 2011
Volumes12 (List of volumes)

Plot summary

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Beginning in Universal Century 0085, Asuna Elmarit is a student from École du Ciel, a military school for training future MS pilots. Unexpected events occur, exposing Asuna and her classmates to the reality that is war. Along the way, the school council's real intentions are revealed.

Manga

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Kadokawa Shoten published the first tankōbon volume of the manga on November 22, 2002.[3] Tokyopop published the first tankōbon volume of the manga on September 13, 2005,[4] they released nine in total. Pika Édition released the first tankōbon volume of the manga in France on March 15, 2005.[5]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 22, 2002[3]978-4-04-713520-8September 13, 2005[4]978-1-59532-851-9
2 July 29, 2003[6]978-4-04-713564-2January 10, 2006[7]978-1-59532-852-6
3 March 24, 2004[8]978-4-04-713612-0May 9, 2006[9]978-1-59532-853-3
4 July 23, 2004[10]978-4-04-713641-0September 12, 2006[11]978-1-59532-854-0
5 December 13, 2004 (limited edition)[12]
December 21, 2004 (regular edition)[13]
978-4-04-713687-8March 13, 2007[14]978-1-59816-209-7
6 May 24, 2005[15]978-4-04-713723-3July 3, 2007[16]978-1-59816-858-7
7 October 21, 2005[17]978-4-04-713752-3December 4, 2007[18]978-1-42780-154-8
8 March 23, 2006[19]978-4-04-713802-5April 1, 2008[20]978-1-42780-155-5
9 October 24, 2006[21]978-4-04-713854-4March 30, 2010[22]978-1-42780-918-6
10 August 23, 2007[23]978-4-04-713936-7
11 June 24, 2008[24]978-4-04-715076-8
12 March 24, 2011[25]978-4-04-715666-1

References

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  1. ^ "New Manga Licenses". Anime News Network. 2005-04-04. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  2. ^ "Mobile Suit Gundam - Ecole du Ciel (l')" (in French). manga-news.com. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  3. ^ a b 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(1) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Mikimoto, Haruhiko (13 September 2005). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 1. TokyoPop. ISBN 1595328513.
  5. ^ "Mobile Suit Gundam - Ecole du Ciel (l') Vol.1" (in French). Pika Édition. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  6. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(2) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  7. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (10 January 2006). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 2. TokyoPop. ISBN 1595328521.
  8. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(3) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  9. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (9 May 2006). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 3. TokyoPop. ISBN 159532853X.
  10. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(4) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  11. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (12 September 2006). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 4. TokyoPop. ISBN 1595328548.
  12. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(5) フィギュア付き初回完全限定版 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  13. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(5) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  14. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (13 March 2007). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 5. ISBN 978-1598162097.
  15. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(6) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  16. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (13 July 2007). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 6. TokyoPop. ISBN 978-1598168587.
  17. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(7) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  18. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (4 December 2007). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 7. TokyoPop. ISBN 978-1427801548.
  19. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル(8) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  20. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (April 2008). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 8. TokyoPop. ISBN 978-1427801555.
  21. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル (9) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  22. ^ Mikimoto, Haruhiko (30 March 2010). Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel Volume 9. TokyoPop. ISBN 978-1427809186.
  23. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル (10) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  24. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル (11) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  25. ^ 機動戦士ガンダム エコール・デュ・シエル (12) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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