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The Mobile Suit Gundam series is not my preferred mecha franchise, and its density often turns me off from ever getting to know it. But I would never outright dismiss the franchise to the curious as there are a number of creations within it that I’ve enjoyed and can recommend. Today’s recommendation happens to be one of those shows, and despite its approximately 20+ year old age, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team earns its stripes.

Removing the often political-heavy-handedness and space battles that a lot of the other Gundam series before and after it are known for, 08th MS Team focuses more on the ‘grunts’ of the Zeon & Earth Federation forces. The soldiers rarely leave the planet, and often showcase guerrilla tactics to accomplish missions, with the Gundam frames being less prominent and more fragile. Worry not, mecha fans, there are plenty of traditional Gundam and Zeku frames battling it out in this OVA series, just do not get excited for the typical space theatrics Gundam’s known for. Grounded is literally and figuratively at work with 08th MS Team’s presentations. In most Gundam battles, the hero and villain frames will retreat and often be ready for battle days or even hours later; but in this Vietnam-esque, land war excursion, frames are a commodity that aren’t simply replaced and repaired with zero consequence.

War is never fun and we’ve all played enough games, read and studied enough history, or seen enough shows or movies to understand this fact. 08th MS Team and its directors Takeyuki Kanda Umanosuke Iida also understand this and help present a look at a small subset of the One Year War raging in the early timeline of Gundam’s Universal Century. Given the small structure of the production, Kanda and Iida never bog down viewers with too many characters to get to know, thus completely wasting time and preventing a progressive story. There are only a few names and faces to remember, with the remaining riff-raff making up the familiar war faces of vets, fresh recruits, and villainous evildoers. It feels like a very-‘80s movies layout and plot, with a ‘90s sheen. Shiro Amada is the new Commander stationed in the Southeastern Asia district to lead his ragtag group to victory over the Zeon threat. Meanwhile, the Zeon forces have Aina and Ginias Sahalin working to bring down Shiro’s team and the Earth Federation’s plans.

Shiro and Aina will ultimately be the main focus of the overall story with 08th MS Team, but the remaining cast gets to shine in the sun throughout the 12-episode run. The cowardly veteran Eledore and new recruit Michel each have their character growth early in the series, while others on both sides of the war are given their depth in the remaining episodes, culminating by the end in a cohesive, startlingly lifelike series. By modern standards, the love story feels a bit hackneyed when compared to a lot of other shows or films of today’s time, but for a Gundam story, and more importantly its time, it’s passable. Shiro and Aina are both respectable and plausible characters in an already well-presented war zone. As I’ve previously teased, the Gundam frames often play second to the characters, and tend to play more as last resorts, than insta-death killing machines.

Even better, the frames are often rarely suited or their surroundings and can create more danger than help for the pilots. Sand and mud can easily trap the mechs, immediately stopping their assault; mere physics can almost destroy a Gundam’s epic stature and reduce it to cannon fodder in mere moments. 08th MS Team really hammers in the focus on tactics, while touching on the all-too-familiar moral dilemma Shiro and Aina deal with. Do you allow your personal morals to win out, but potentially allow harm to come to your teammates? Is loyalty to your teammates and the missions you undergo more vital than your morals? Why fight for the politician light years away to defend their morals and stances when they don’t sync up with yours? Are you really fighting the ‘good’ fight? 08th MS Team likes to ponder these hypothetical ideas throughout its run. Albeit, these plot devices have practically been done to death by this point in time, but as long as a viewer understands the time frame of a release of a series, as well proceeding with an open mind, old can be new or refreshing more often than not. The modern mindset of most war-devoted media is in the same vein as 08th MS Team: war is bad and it’s never black and white. War films and diatribes are no longer being promoted as propaganda, as most of populace has learned that it’s often a grotesque creation of man, and exasperated viewers of this ideal should just look elsewhere.

The finer points of the anime: the music, voice acting, and animation are all worth note too, as Kohei Tanaka’s soundtrack evokes a John Williams-Star Wars vibe. Minor scenes are often littered with a musical accompaniment that could potentially seem out of place, or distracting, but help create a better sense, and then his creations for big battles truly exemplify the struggle of war. Meanwhile the voice acting is quality considering the time period of its US release. As I’ve hammered to death, the early aughts was never really known for consistently producing exemplary voice acting; unless you were working with Funimation, or working on other Gundam properties, a lot of English dubs from this era hardly hold up. Admittedly, I do choose to watch 08th MS Team dubbed, since I’d already watched it many years ago subbed, I wished to be a bit more lazy on my re-watch. Surprisingly, I was treated to a voice I hadn’t expected: Daran Norris. While the name may not ring a bell, his works might: Fairly Odd Parents, Samurai Jack, and even Team America. His distinctive, gruff voice work is instantly recognizable, but it was still jarring upon first hearing it. The rest of the cast do passable jobs too, but none really stood out as strictly memorable.

Lastly, the animation with 08TH MS Team is immediate in its opening, and continues throughout every episode. Unlike a traditional weekly-released anime, OVAs benefit from an oft-broader release schedule. 08th MS Team’s release in particular was done over three years, so its budget was able to be spread out attributed better. The advantage of this budgeting is apparent in big and minor ways: The frames are gorgeous, both Zeon’s and the Earth Federation’s. Minor details are illustrated to a degree usually reserved for movies or opening animation. While I am not an animation snob, I do welcome small touches that are every so often aesthetically pleasing but not necessary. In the interim on the larger scale side, battles are a visual treat as bullets fly and frames dodge and attack. The standout battle comes later in the series, and the animators have a field day devoting so much attention to the detail, it’s marvelous. Debris flutters as shots ricochet of off shields and sparks streak across screen in sword-clashing stand-offs. Umanosuke Iida’s direction within these scenes is some of the best of the entire franchise, all 30 years of Gundam fights.

If you’re up for a slow-paced 12 episode series part of a greater universe that’s begging to be explored further, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team is great series to look into. Again, I am no Gundam expert, and I’d love to devote an entire year to devouring everything the franchise has to offer and be able to personally discern the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ the series is known for, but alas, that isn’t likely to happen. Thankfully there are a number of terrific, standout Gundam series I think worthy of mention: the previously showcased G Gundam, the Gundam Build series, and what I could call 08th MS Team’s spiritual successor: Gundam Thunderbolt. But those are simply a couple of my preferential options in the Gundam universe(s). And you can bet I will touch on the aforementioned series soon enough. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team has some problems, mainly for me, it’s final episode feeling tacked on and mostly unnecessary save for the closing 3 minutes, but it’s certainly a show in the Gundam franchise that’s worth watching. It’s a great standalone series in case you just want something to watch without having to comprehend several other stories, and it’s a great jumping in point in case you do wish to explore more of the Gundam universe. You may find the complete series online at Hulu subbed and dubbed, and I think, despite its age and old themes by modern standards, 08th MS Team still stands strong among lesser mecha series in the genre.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 第08MS小隊Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Dai Zerohachi Emu Esu Shōtai) is an original video animation (OVA) anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to July 25, 1999, the 12-episode series details the exploits of an Earth Federation ground unit during the One Year War - specifically a month after the beginning of original 1979 Gundam series and into the final weeks of the war.

• 2Characters
• 3Featured Mobile Suits
• 6Episodes

Plot[edit]

The series is set in Universal Century 0079 in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon are fighting a brutal guerrilla war for control of the area and its resources. Zeon’s best hope for victory in the region rests with an experimental mobile armor and its pilot, Aina Sahalin. Meanwhile, the Earth Federation Army receive reinforcements in the form of Ensign Shiro Amada, newly named commander of the 08th MS Team. Aina and Shiro know each other from a mutual rescue in space, but when Shiro discovers that Aina is in fact the pilot of the Zeon mobile armor he is arrested for treason. The Federation offers Shiro one chance at redemption: He must take the 08th MS Team deep into Zeon held territory to find Zeon’s hidden base. With the Zeon backed into a corner, and the Federation dependent on Shiro and his team for victory, the star crossed lovers must decide where their true allegiances lie: with each other, or with their respective sides.

Characters[edit]

Main characters[edit]

Ensign Shiro Amada

Shiro is the new commander of the Earth Federation's 08th Mobile Suit Team stationed in Southeast Asia. Before he assumes this position, however, he befriends a Zeon pilot named Aina Sahalin up in space and unbeknownst to both of them their fates become intertwined. Shiro Amada is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama in Japanese and Steve Cannon in English.

Aina Sahalin

A member of a noble family back in the Zeon homeland, Aina is the senior test pilot of a new mobile armor program led by her brother Ginias. While piloting her prototype Zaku amidst a debris field in space, she meets Shiro Amada and forms a bond with him even if they are on opposite sides of the war. Circumstances result in the two of them meeting again later in the series. Aina Sahalin is voiced by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese and Emilie Brown in English.

Supporting characters[edit]

PO3 Eledore Massis

Massis is a veteran member of the 08th MS Team and drives the team's support hovertruck. He's not very brave and openly admits he's not cut out to be a soldier, but puts himself in danger when he has to, especially when Karen is involved. Eledore Massis is voiced by Keiji Fujiwara in Japanese and Eddie Frierson in English.

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Ginias Sahalin

Aina Sahalin's elder brother, Ginias is a Zeon officer assigned by the Zeon leadership to build a mobile weapon powerful enough to destroy the Earth Federation Forces military headquarters of Jaburo. Although Ginias is quite brilliant and a kind military superior, he also suffers from an unknown illness. Ginias Sahalin is voiced by Sho Hayami in Japanese and Lex Lang in English.

MCPO Karen Joshua

The team's longest-serving mobile suit pilot, Karen is initially underwhelmed when Shiro takes over the team with her as second-in-command. As a former medical student and the widow of a military doctor, Karen can double as a field medic in cases of emergency. Karen Joshua is voiced by Mami Koyama in Japanese and Debra Jean Rogers in English.

Kiki Rosita

Kiki is the daughter of an anti-Zeon guerrilla resistance leader. She encounters Shiro just before he is taken captive by the guerrillas and is infatuated with him. When Shiro finally convinces them to assist the 08th MS Team, Kiki follows him, coordinating support and providing communication between the MS unit and the resistance. Kiki Rosita is voiced by Chinami Nishimura in Japanese and Michelle Ruff in English.

Cpl. Michel Ninorich

Joining the 08th MS Team at the same time as Shiro, Michel is Eledore's partner in the support hovertruck, serving as navigator and gunner. Between battles, he writes letters to his girlfriend BB, who still lives in the space colonies. Michel Ninorich is voiced by Hiro Yuuki in Japanese and Tony Ricci in English.

Col. Norris Packard

An ace pilot assigned to Zeon forces in Southeast Asia as an observer, Norris is later stationed at Ginias Sahalin's secret base and sees Aina Sahalin work on the Apsalus mobile armor program. He dies in Episode 10 fighting Federation troops laying siege to the base after suffering a fatal blow from Shiro Amada. Norris Packard is voiced by Osamu Ichikawa in Japanese and Michael McConnohie in English.

CPO Terry Sanders Jr.

The other veteran member of the 08th MS Team at the start of the series, Sanders has had a mean streak of bad luck: every team he would be assigned to is destroyed during their third mission together. Since he is the sole survivor, this earns him the unfortunate nickname of 'Shinigami Sanders', 'Sanders the Reaper' in the English version. Terry Sanders Jr. is voiced by Tesshō Genda in Japanese and Steve Kramer in English.

Real Adm. Yuri Kellarny

A family friend of the Sahalins, Kellarny leads a Zeon military division in Europe. Although he acts gruff and ill-mannered around the Sahalins, he is depicted as an honorable soldier who always looks after his men. After the Odessa base falls to the Federation, Yuri leads the survivors of his division towards Ginias' base, hoping to find any launch vehicles. Ginias kills him as he tries to get in. Yuri Kellarny is voiced by Kyonosuke Kami in Japanese and Daran Norris in English.

Kojima

The commander of the 08th MS Team's parent unit, the Kojima Battalion, Kojima is a typical by-the-book officer who does whatever he is told by his superiors. Towards the end, however, he is visibly shaken by the brutal tactics of Captain Isan Ryer and defies him, thinking that enough good people have already died. Yuri Kojima is voiced by Yuzuru Fujimoto in Japanese and Alfred Thor in English.

Featured Mobile Suits[edit]

Earth Federation[edit]

1. RX-75 Mass Production Guntank (量産型ガンタンク) (Type: Soldier)
2. RB-79K Ball K (先行量産型ボール) (Type: Soldier)
3. RX-79G Ground Gundam (陸戦型ガンダム) (Type: Soldier)
4. RX-79GEZ8 Gundam EZ8 (ガンダムEZ8) (Type: Commander)
5. RGM-79E Prototype GM (初期型ジム) (Type: Soldier)
6. RGM-79G Ground GM (陸戦型ジム) (Type: Soldier)
7. RGM-79G GM Sniper (ジム・スナイパー) (Type: Soldier)

Zeon[edit]

1. MSM-04 Acguy (アッガイ) (Type: Soldier)
2. MS-05 Zaku I (ザクI) (Type: Soldier)
3. MS-05 Topp's Zaku (トップ専用ザク) (Type: Commander)
4. MS-06 Zaku II (ザクII) (Type: Soldier)
5. MS-06J Dell's Zaku (デル専用ザク) (Type: Commander)
6. MS-06J Ash's Zaku (アス専用ザク) (Type: Commander)
7. MS-06JC Ground Zaku II (陸戦型ザクII) (Type: Soldier)
8. MS-06K Zaku Cannon (ザクキャノン) (Type: Soldier)
9. MS-06V Zaku Tank (ザクタンク) (Type: Soldier)
10. MS-06RD-4 Prototype Zaku II (宇宙用高機動試験型ザク) (Type: Soldier)
11. MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom (グフカスタム) (Type: Commander)
12. MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type (グフフライトタイプ) (Type: Soldier)
13. MS-09 Dom (ドム) (Type: Soldier)

Production and development[edit]

The series first took shape in 1995 with the first episode released on January 25, 1996.^{[citation needed]} Production went well until director Takeyuki Kanda died in July 1996. GONZO's Umanosuke Iida took over production for the rest of the series.

Theme music[edit]

Opening:

• Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite (嵐の中で輝いて, lit. Shine in the Storm) by Chihiro Yonekura

Endings:

• 10 Years After by Chihiro Yonekura
• Mirai no Futari ni (未来の二人に, lit. The Future for Both of Us) by Chihiro Yonekura (episode 11)
• Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite (嵐の中で輝いて, lit. Shine in the Storm) by Chihiro Yonekura (episode 12)
• Eien no Tobira (永遠の扉, lit. Gateway to Eternity) by Chihiro Yonekura (Miller's Report ending theme)

Episodes[edit]

Miller's Report[edit]

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Miller's Report is a compilation movie. Released in 1998, the movie largely focuses on Shiro Amada's court martial over his concern towards the enemy. The movie mixes footage from the first eight episodes along with new footage. It also introduces the titular character, Alice Miller, an Earth Federation investigator assigned to gather additional evidence against Shiro.

The movie explains the plot connection between episodes eight and nine by showing Eledore's return from leave and the team's issuance of new orders.

Release[edit]

Miller's Report was not fully shown on TV in America, although the new scenes were all spliced into the eighth episode for the Toonami broadcast. Miller's Report was released on DVD in America separately from the main series, but is included as a fifth disc with all 12 episodes (4 discs) in the Collector's Edition Box Set. Bandai Visual released the movie on Blu-ray in 2011.

References[edit]

1. ^Solomon, Charles (July 7, 2001). 'A Temporary Toon Town Opens Up in Long Beach'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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External links[edit]

• Official Website: Anime
• 08th MS Team English official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team at Internet Movie Database
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia