Acquired with help via M and a contact, Mad Angler Press is pleased to finally present Gunsight to the public after years of other individuals hoarding information and not sharing their copies.

While a doujinshi, Gunsight is more akin to coterie magazines due to its focus on speculative fiction and hard SF discussions, all in an effort to support the lore, and sometimes lack thereof, within Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). Created as the 'official' Mobile Suit Gundam F.C., G.F.C. existed in a sea of many similar clubs, though stood apart due to the circle's production quality. Each page uses professional typesetting and word processing, showing the amount of funding that went into its production.

Materials in Gunsight, as well as their discussion would lead to the creation of Gundam Century, a text that canonized information and scientific data surrounding the UC era, including information in Gunsight, namely due to the efforts of Kenichi Matsuzaki and Studio Nue. Yoshiyuki Tomino personally read Gunsight and all of its imprints and found it to be the most concise fanwork made in regards to its focus on believable science fiction.

Many individuals who would become associated with Studio Nue as well as prominent animators of their era, such as Haruhiko Mikimoto (as HAL, a play on HAL-9000 FROM 2001: A Space Odyssey), who contributed several works and illustrations during the life of the circle. Other prominent contributing members include the following but are not limited to:

Kenichi Matsuzaki
Shōji Kawamori
Hiroshi Ōnogi
Yui Nagase
Hoshi Yoshimasu

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★Additionals:

★ Past auctions:

https://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auction/item/itemInfoEn.html?index=525763

Pricing for Gunsight since this historic auction is now at $2,500 for the full set of volumes.

Afterword:

"GUNSIGHT PHASE-0 STAFF

Y. ISHIGURO — Y. Ishiguro
Y. KAZAMA — Y. Kazama
M. KAYANO — M. Kayano
I. SAITO — I. Saito
H. SAITO — H. Saito
M. HANASHIMA — M. Hanashima
N. HARADA — N. Harada
Y. HOSHI — Y. Hoshi
G. MIYAKAWA — G. Miyakawa
A. YAMADA — A. Yamada
Publication information

発行所 G.F.C.
Publisher / Publishing Office: G.F.C.

発行人 星 良益
Publisher: Hoshi Yoshimasu

機動戦士ガンダム F.C.
Mobile Suit Gundam F.C.

1979年12月23日発行
Published December 23, 1979

第一版
First edition

印刷所 ㈱日栄広宣
Printing office: Nichi-ei Kōsen Co., Ltd.

A few things that are particularly interesting in that vol.0 of Gunsight was strictly foundational, deliberately so. The editors explicitly say that Phase 0 contains the “ideas/thinking that form the premise” of the G.F.C.'s activities. The other important point is the introduction of Gun Modoki. The name modoki (もどき) has a sense of “imitation,” “pseudo-,” “something resembling X,” or “X-like thing.”

The ditors explicitly describe Gun Modoki as a 別冊 (bessatsu), a separate supplement/extra publication, while saying they may eventually publish it independently on an irregular basis. As is historically noted, only one volume / issue of Gun Modoki was ever produced. That is useful evidence that the G.F.C. was already thinking beyond a single Gunsight issue and was experimenting with a small, semi-independent publication ecosystem around the fan club.

Most importantly for dating: this page gives us an unambiguous publication date of December 23, 1979, giving further historical documentation that this work was sold at the famous Winter Comiket of that same year, or Comiket 13. Comiket 13 was implicitly known as a ground 0 for one of the largest Gundam booms in both speculative fiction and yaoi, showing that these two groups coexisted.

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Internet Archive Backup:

https://archive.org/details/gunsight-phase-0-1979-mobile-suit-gundam-doujinshi

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Thanks to everyone involved in purchasing, scanning, editing, and uploading these materials. I sincerely appreciate all the time, effort, and money you’ve put into making these rare materials available to everyone.
May I ask if you plan to fully scan and share Gun Sight Phase 1–3 and Gun Modoki as well? Thank you again for your incredible work.
这可是Gundam Century的前身，传奇同人志Gun Sight啊，感谢购入、扫描、修图、上传的全体人员。

上传者介绍翻译：
在 M 和一位联系人的帮助下获得了这份资料。多年来一些人一直囤积相关信息、拒绝分享他们手中的副本，现在Mad Angler Press 很高兴终于能够将《Gun Sight》公开给大众。
虽然《Gun Sight》是一部同人志，但由于其重点在于推想小说和硬科幻讨论，旨在补充《机动战士高达》（1979）中的世界观设定及其中缺失的部分，因此它更接近于同人会刊。
G.F.C. 是作为“官方”的《机动战士高达》粉丝俱乐部（Mobile Suit Gundam F.C.）而存在的。在当时海量类似的粉丝俱乐部中，G.F.C. 虽然也身处其中，但凭借这个同人会的制作质量而脱颖而出。
每一页都采用了专业排版和文字处理，由此可以看出，为了制作这份刊物投入了相当多的资金。
《Gun Sight》中的资料及其相关讨论，后来促成了《Gundam Century》的诞生。这是一部将宇宙世纪相关信息及科学资料确立为正统设定的文本（译注：实际《Gundam Century》内容并非全为正统设定，而是有大量内容日后被吸收为正统），其中也包含了《Gun Sight》里的信息，这主要得益于松崎健一以及 Studio Nue 的努力。
富野由悠季本人曾亲自阅读《Gun Sight》及其所有刊物，并认为这是关于“可信的科幻”的同人作品中最为精炼的一部（译注：富野有阅读过并十分喜欢Gun Sight这点无疑，其他有待验证）。
许多后来与 Studio Nue 有关联的人，以及那个时代颇具代表性的动画师，例如美树本晴彦（以“HAL”为名，这是对电影《2001太空漫游》中的 HAL-9000 的戏仿），都曾在该同人会存续期间贡献过多部作品和插画。
其他重要的参与成员还包括但不限于以下人士：松崎健一、河森正治、大野木宽、永濑唯、星良益。
★补充资料：
★过往拍卖：
https://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auction/item/itemInfoEn.html?index=525763
自这场具有历史意义的拍卖之后，《Gunsight》全套各期的价格如今已经达到 2500 美元。

以下补充介绍出自近期的同人志《GQ0083 会议资料 v3.6》：
1979年《机动战士高达》播出后，在军事与SF的小众圈子里掀起了热潮。
其中出现了热衷于“设定游戏”，也就是对军事与SF设定进行考据的爱好者。以动画·SF相关企划团体“Studio Nue”成员为核心的同人社团“SF Central Art”，在其同人志《Gun Sight》中刊载了对高达本篇没有涉及的部分进行补充的战争史、世界观与SF方面的考证。曾作为脚本家参与高达本篇的松崎健一氏也属于这个团体，他与时任《月刊OUT》主编的大德哲雄氏联手，将其发展成商业志，成果便是1981年发行的《Gundam Century》。（译注：《Gun Sight》实际是以 G.F.C.（機動戦士ガンダムF.C.）的名义发行的，作为该会员制高达粉丝俱乐部的会报。）
除了更新考据内容之外，还追加了主创访谈、座谈会，以及奥尼尔球、定向能量兵器、动力装甲等条目。
米诺夫斯基物理学、E-CAP、I力场、米诺夫斯基飘浮、力场马达、不列颠作战、流体脉冲系统、AMBAC系统、扎古的衍生型号与吉翁的兵器制造商竞争等设定，均为首次出现在《Gundam Century》（译注：并非全部首次出现于《Gundam Century》，更早可追溯至《Gun Sight》），是在TV版之后才设定的内容。后来《0083星尘的回忆》中殖民卫星坠落等设定是采用自《Gundam Century》，使它拥有了与其他杂志书完全不同的地位。

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