[b]Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket[/b] ([i]Kidō Senshi Gandamu 0080 Poketto no Naka no Sensō[/i]) is a six episode 1989 Japanese [[science fiction]] and [[mecha]] original video animation series. 

[b]It is the first OVA series in the [[Gundam]] franchise[/b] and also the [b]first main Gundam anime to feature a female Gundam pilot main protagonist[/b]. It was directed by Takayama Fumihiko, written by Yamaga Hiroyuki with character designs by [[Mikimoto Haruhiko]].

As suggested by its subtitle, [I]War in the Pocket[/I], it is a small personal "coming of age" series; a serious side story focusing on the experiences of an idealistic and naive eleven-year-old civilian boy during the last part of [[mobile_suit_gundam|the One Year War]] and his learning of the [[real life]] meanings of friendship, love, [[war]] and [[death]]. 

A crude, [[realistic]] and significant departure for the Gundam franchise at the time, Gundam 0080 has received wide acclaim from critics over time.

The realism in the series and its focus in side story regular soldier and civilian characters paved the way for other more serious Gundam works like [[Gundam 0083]] and [[Gundam 08th MS Team]].

h4.Characters
* [[Alfred Izuruha]]
* [[Christina Mackenzie]]
* [[Dorothy (gundam)|]] 
* [[Chay (gundam_0080)|]]
* [[Telcott (gundam_0080)|]]


* [[Bernard Wiseman]]
* [[Steiner Hardy]]
* [[Charlie (gundam_0080)|]]
* [[Andy Strauss]]
* [[Mikhail Kaminsky]]
* [[Gabriel Garcia]]
* [[Colonel Killing]]


h4.[[Mobile Suit]]s featured
* [[Gundam Alex]]
* [[GM Sniper II]]

* [[Kampfer (mobile_suit)|]]
* [[Zaku II Fz Kai]]
* [[Hygogg]]
* [[Z'Gok-E]]
機動戦士ガンダム0080 ポケットの中の戦争 ガンダム0080