Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991) Complete set
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory is a 13-episode Japanese OVA series produced by Sunrise. It was released in Japan from 23 May 1991 to 24 September 1992 and is set in Universal Century 0083, three years after the One Year War depicted in Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). Positioned between the original series and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (set in U.C. 0087), the OVA dramatizes the postwar "Operation Stardust" incident and functions as a connective chapter in the early UC timeline. It is the franchise's second OVA project, following 1989's Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
Set in Universal Century 0083, three years after the One Year War, the story begins at the Earth Federation's Torrington Base, where Zeon ace Anavel Gato infiltrates the facility during a nighttime raid and steals the Gundam GP02A “Physalis,” a prototype equipped with a nuclear bazooka. Test pilot Kou Uraki impulsively launches in the companion Gundam GP01 “Zephyranthes” despite his lack of combat experience, engaging Gato briefly before being outmatched. The theft of a nuclear-capable mobile suit shakes the Federation, setting into motion a galaxy-spanning pursuit.