Most Popular Books by Hajime Yadate

The biggest name in Japanese science fiction—Gundam—returns with one of its creators retelling its origins 25 years after the series debuted. Caught in the crossfire of a space civil war, teenager Amuro Ray accidentally finds a new mobile weapon—the RX-78 Gundam. In the eighth volume of Gundam: THE ORIGIN, readers are sent back to the war at hand. The White Base continues to be chased across the Earth by Zeon forces. The story shifts away from the jungles and deserts of the Americas, moving into much more urban settings in Europe.

"Includes special extras after the story!"--Page 4 of cover.

The novelization of the hit anime series! The year is 2307 A.D. Although fossil fuels have been depleted, humanity has obtained a new source of energy to replace them in the form of a large-scale solar power generation system based on three huge orbital elevators. However, the benefits of this system are available only to a handful of major powers and their allies. The three orbital elevators belong to three superpower blocs. These are the Union, led by the United States of America; the Human Reform League, led by China, Russia, and India; and the AEU, led by Europe. These superpower blocs continue to play a grand zero-sum game for the sake of their own prestige and prosperity. In this world of never-ending conflict, a private armed organization appears, dedicated to the elimination of war through armed force. Its name is Celestial Being, and it is in possession of "Gundam" mobile suits. With these Gundams, it begins armed intervention into all acts of war.

"The Gundams mobilize against the coup of d''etat in the Kingdom of Azadistan"--P. [4] of cover.

Fereschte, a secret organization discreetly supporting Celestial Being''s goal to end war on Earth, employs Fon Spaak, an imbalanced ex-convict, to pilot their war machine.

Brigadoon is the story of a hysterically imaginative orphan girl, Marin, who''s suddenly befriended by an alien robot protector, Melan.

Set in the year 2225 A.D., the story follows teenage cadets trying to get home while on a ship that is lost in space.

One of the biggest anime/manga properties of all time returns with the release of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. “I’ll surrender... But I’m not giving you my Gundam!” Just as Doctor J had declared, Heero chooses to blow up the Wing Gundam in order to avoid handing it over to OZ. The Romefeller Foundation, the parent organization of OZ, now controls the world, and by launching the new Taurus Mobile Suits into space, they have begun the sweep of the Alliance’s space forces. After battling Heero, Zechs has recovered the Wing Gundam and repaired it at Berkley Base near the South Pole. What will Heero do next...?

A giant robot, the Big O, is engineered by negotiator Roger Smith and together they fight for justice in a city teetering on the brink of madness.

In the future, Roger Smith is the vigilante pilot of a giant robot called The Big O, which he uses to dispense justice to the guilty whenever he feels it is necessary.

Allelujah Haptism is freed from a United Nations facility by Celetial Being, which reunites Allelujah with Human Reform League pilot Soma Peries, who has lost his memory.

WAR WITHOUT END Shinn Asuka is the ZAFT Empire’s ace pilot. And it’s not just his elite combat skills that make him such a fearsome soldier. He has a burning hatred for the Earth Alliance, the Empire’s enemy in a long and terrible war. But then Shinn meets someone who makes him question everything he believes. Stella Loussier is beautiful and innocent–and a pilot for the Earth Alliance. She also might be the victim of a horrifying military research experiment, one that shocks even the battle-hardened Shinn. Now Shinn is determined to give her a new life, away from war, destruction, and death. But as Shinn risks his life to return Stellar to her friends at the Alliance, he may be headed for heartbreak.

In Cosmic Era 71, when Outer Space is ruled by thieves and pirates, a brilliant junk-tech mechanic named Lowe Gear discovers a top-secret Mobile Suit in the middle of some space debris. Everyone has been looking for it and now everyone is looking for Lowe.