Divided into two parts--the main story reading back to front (p. [1]-444) and 'Bonus Essays' reading front to back (p. [iii]-xi)--each with a separate title page. The second part is bound in reverse with a separate pagination. In keeping with the original Japanese format, this books reads from back to front and from right to left.
"Originally published in Japanese as Kidou Senshi Gundam THE ORIGIN volumes 1 and 2 in 2002 and re-issued in hardcover as Aizouban Kidou Senshi Gundam THE ORIGIN I -Shidou- in 2005, by Kadokawa Shoten, Co., Ltd. Kidou Senshi Gundam THE ORIGIN first serialized in Gundam Ace, Kadokawa Shoten, Co., Ltd., 2001-2011."--Colophon.
Translated from the Japanese.
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