Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation (機動戦士ガンダム) is a novel written by Yoshiyuki Tomino in 1979, before the end of the anime, himself created the first novelizations of the original Gundam anime series. The novels, issued as a series of three books, allowed him to depict his story in a more sophisticated, adult, and detailed fashion. Along with this adaptation came several major changes to the story.