Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
| Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | |
Theatrical poster of the compilation film | |
| 機動戦士ガンダム0083 STARDUST MEMORY (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburuōeitīsurī Sutādasuto Memorī) | |
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| Genre | Mecha, military science fiction |
| Created by | |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Mitsuko Kase (eps. 1-7) Takashi Imanishi (eps. 8-13) |
| Written by | Fuyunori Gobu (eps. 1-4) Akinori Endo (eps. 5-7) Ryōsuke Takahashi (eps. 8-10) Asahide Ookuma (eps. 11-13) |
| Music by | Mitsuo Hagita |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | May 23, 1991 – September 24, 1992 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Anime film | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow of Zeon | |
| Directed by | Takashi Imanishi |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | August 29, 1992 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Rebellion | |
| Written by | Takashi Imanishi |
| Illustrated by | Masato Natsumoto |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Gundam Ace |
| Original run | June 26, 2013 – May 26, 2023 |
| Volumes | 18 |
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム0083 STARDUST MEMORY, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburuōeitīsuri Sutādasuto Memorī) is a 13-episode Japanese OVA series produced by Sunrise. It was released in Japan from 23 May 1991 to 24 September 1992 and is set in Universal Century 0083, three years after the One Year War depicted in Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). Positioned between the original series and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (set in U.C. 0087), the OVA dramatizes the postwar "Operation Stardust" incident and functions as a connective chapter in the early UC timeline. It is the franchise's second OVA project, following 1989's Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
The series was directed by Mitsuko Kase (episodes 1–7) and Takashi Imanishi (episodes 8–13), with character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto and mechanical styling/design by Shoji Kawamori and Hajime Katoki. A compilation film, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow of Zeon (also known as The Last Blitz of Zeon), opened theatrically in Japan on 29 August 1992. Known for its high production values and detailed mecha action, the project helped define the franchise's early-1990s UC aesthetic.