Mobile Suit SD Gundam
| Mobile Suit SD Gundam | |
2011 cover to G-Collection: Mobile Suit SD Gundam DVD-Box, distributed by Bandai Visual | |
| 機動戦士SDガンダム (Kidō Senshi Esudī Gandamu) | |
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| Genre | Mecha, Comedy, Action, Parody |
| Created by | |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Osamu Sekita |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama |
| Music by | Norimasa Yamanaka |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | March 12, 1988 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | May 25, 1988 – October 25, 1990 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes per OVA |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Anime film | |
| Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu Tetsuro Amino |
| Written by | Tetsuro Amino |
| Music by | Osamu Totsuka |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | July 15, 1989 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Mobile Suit SD Gundam: SD Gundam Legend | |
| Directed by | Tetsuro Amino |
| Written by | Tetsuro Amino |
| Music by | Toru Okada |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | March 25, 1990 – March 21, 1991 |
| Runtime | 28 minutes per OVA |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Anime film | |
| Mobile Suit SD Gundam: Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie | |
| Directed by | Takeyuki Kanda |
| Written by | Takeyuki Kanda |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | March 16, 1991 |
| Runtime | 16 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Mobile Suit SD Gundam: Dawn of Papal, Episode 103: Suginamu's Bride | |
| Directed by | Takeyuki Kanda |
| Written by | Takeyuki Kanda |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | August 22, 1991 |
| Runtime | 16 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival | |
| Directed by | Takashi Imanishi Tetsuro Amino |
| Written by | Asahide Ookuma Tetsuro Amino |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | March 13, 1993 |
| Runtime | 81 minutes |
Mobile Suit SD Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士SDガンダム, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Esudī Gandamu) is a Japanese anthology of animated shorts produced by Sunrise between 1988 and 1993. The series was released theatrically alongside anime feature films and as original video animations (OVAs), and forms part of the broader SD Gundam franchise, which draws from Bandai's popular Gashapon capsule toys and plastic model kits.
Early installments parody the mainline Gundam franchise using super deformed (chibi-style) mecha and characters. Starting in 1989 with Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack, the series began incorporating recurring teams like Command Gundam, Knight Gundam, and Musha Gundam—characters developed through toy lines, Carddass trading cards, and manga tie-ins.