New Short OVA of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Announced

by dtshyk
Oct 21, 2012 11:38 PM | 23 Comments

According to the official website, a Blu-ray box set of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team was announced to be released on February 22nd 2013. A brand new short OVA will be bundled with the box set. The title is "Sajigen tono Tatakai (Battle against three dimension)" and the story is written by Ohkochi Ichiro.

Key visual of the OVA

When the 08th MS team tries to cross a land bridge in a jungle, they are attacked by Zeon corps from every quarter.

Source: 08 MS Team Blu-ray official website

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Was pretty decent.... would have been nice if they remastered the entire show like that :P

Mar 7, 2013 12:46 AM by GD1551

Yeah... I want to add it as complete :(

Mar 6, 2013 11:17 PM by TomoyoSakagami89

Still no page for this on MAL.

Feb 3, 2013 6:41 PM by tsubasalover

Setsuna200 said:

Roloko said:
Well if the box is going to have English subs maybe I should import instead of buying the American release then?

Bandai doesn't bring DVDS or blurays state side anymore because they closed their American distribution center.

It could possibly still get a limited release here at least in Blu-ray form.

Bandai Visual japan was the one that released Blu-ray version of Gundam Unicorn in the North America region(Bandai USA handled the DVD version). It's mostly due to japan & NA sharing the same blu-ray region. So it made sense to have the japanese parent company handle it. They're still releasing the newest volumes of Gundam Unicorn well after Bandai USA stopped publishing(probably just importing copies).

So if 08th MS Team's license goes back to japan, they could possibly release it on their own. Maybe like what Aniplex does, with limited number of copies for pre-order.

Oct 24, 2012 3:03 AM by tangytangerine

Hell yes! 08th Team is my favorite Gundam series of all time. I'm looking forward to this.

Oct 23, 2012 12:47 PM by HungLikeaZombie

This is good news! So looking forward to this. 8'DD

Oct 22, 2012 7:48 PM by angelmetatron

Best 11 episode OVA ever.

Oct 22, 2012 5:15 PM by McRib

Setsuna200 said:

Roloko said:
Well if the box is going to have English subs maybe I should import instead of buying the American release then?

Bandai doesn't bring DVDS or blurays state side anymore because they closed their American distribution center.

I know that, but what I was asking is if the Japanese Blu-Rays will be English subbed like with AGE, Unicorn, and Code Geass: Akito. Cause if they are not going to be subbed I'm not wasting my money on it and instead I'll just buy the American release before November or before the end of the year before the prices become too ridiculous cause its OOP.

Oct 22, 2012 4:32 PM by Roloko

That was my favorite version in the series. Woo-hoo! :D

Oct 22, 2012 2:24 PM by Retro8bit

Roloko said:
Well if the box is going to have English subs maybe I should import instead of buying the American release then?

Bandai doesn't bring DVDS or blurays state side anymore because they closed their American distribution center.

Oct 22, 2012 12:18 PM by Setsuna200

more shiro! Yes!

Oct 22, 2012 12:05 PM by bereta002

Hey. This is the only Gundam team that matters, so they better NOT fuck this up.

Oct 22, 2012 8:12 AM by SageShinigami

The Best!

Oct 22, 2012 7:47 AM by seposi

Good news :D

Oct 22, 2012 7:18 AM by uncivilized_one

gundam everywhere indeed

Oct 22, 2012 6:38 AM by Mr_Gutts

Hss said:
Considering the writer, this has the potential to be hilarious.

Considering this will simply be a short OVA about how the squad handles a Zeon ambush, I don't think that's likely to be the case. Different formats and different contexts.

Riotnoob said:
If it's going to be anything like the disappointing "final" episode of the OVA, I'll probably pass...

Doesn't really sound like it will be similar to the last episode at all, so that prejudice is a bit unnecessary.

Oct 22, 2012 6:16 AM by GolbeztheGreat

If it's going to be anything like the disappointing "final" episode of the OVA, I'll probably pass...

Oct 22, 2012 4:32 AM by riots

a1oner said:
As if the last OVA aka "Last Resort" didn't already fuck up the overall quality of this series; now this!?

Seeing as how it's already ruined anyway, I suppose it cannot get any worse than its finale/epilogue. ;p

Oct 22, 2012 4:31 AM by a1oner

wow Universal Timeline again... Universal Timeline everywhere!!!

Oct 22, 2012 3:25 AM by deg

Yay for more 08th!

Oct 22, 2012 1:30 AM by Eucliwood