uc 0079 and the one year war be almost at an end . a neutral colony of side 6 have be target by cyclops and a zeon task force . their target and a new gundam be build exclusively for newtypes ( supposedly build for amuro ray from the original gundam saga ) inside . when little boy al izuruha and a fan of zeon m and encounter a zaku after battle break out in the colony and he befriend newbie m pilot benard bernie wiseman . the two become good friend and al be treat a an honorary member of the cyclops team . through the show and bernie act a a father figure to al ( whose real father be always work ) and seem to be take with federation pilot christina mckenzie and but eventually they must meet . in battle . al soon learn that war be not child play and bernie must choose to make the ultimate sacrifice to complete his mission . for only 6 episode and gundam 0080 be a well do show . the mobile suit be extremely well design and and the animation may look dated but really show emotion in the character . if you like 0083 then check this one out and or if you be new to the gundam world and this be a good show to start with . if you look to a show for drama and character development and this be the one for you and it focus more on that then mobile suit battle . i would rate it more of a drama than action . mobile suit gundam 0080 and war in the pocket . sometimes you have to lose to win .