Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Series, 1996, Universal Century, Set in UC 0079
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team is #11 of 27 in release order and #3 of 27 in chronological order in the Gundam.
The story
Ensign Shiro Amada is transferred to Southeast Asia to take command of the 08th MS Team. In their first guerilla operation, Shiro's team is tasked with distracting the Zeon forces while Federation ground troops locate a mysterious new Zeon weapon.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team recap
During the One Year War, Federation Ensign Shiro Amada is stranded in space with a Zeon pilot, Aina Sahalin, and the two survive together and fall for each other. He is then sent to Southeast Asia to command the 08th MS Team, a small unit fighting Zeon in the jungle with ground-type Gundams. Shiro is idealistic, and his team, Karen, Terry Sanders, Eledore and Michel, slowly trust him. A local guerrilla girl, Kiki, joins them. Aina's brother Ginias Sahalin is building the Apsalus, a giant mobile armour. Shiro's contact with Aina is discovered, and he is accused of treason, while Aina begins to question Ginias.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team ending explained
Shiro fights the Apsalus to protect his team. Aina kills Ginias, and the two are presumed dead. A final scene shows them alive, living quietly in the mountains, Shiro badly injured, away from the war.
Where to watch Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team is streaming on Hulu in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 7.9/10, MyAnimeList 8.00
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, before After War Gundam X.
- Chronological order: after Mobile Suit Gundam, before Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
What to watch before Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
In release order, 7 Gundam essentials come before Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996), from Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) to Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993). Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team itself is optional in the Gundam order.
Cast
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Shiro Amada (voice)
- Mami Koyama as Karen Joshua (voice)
- Osamu Ichikawa as Norris Packard (voice)
- Kikuko Inoue as Aina Sahalin (voice)
- Keiji Fujiwara as Eledore Massis (voice)
- Hiro Yuuki as Michel Ninorich (voice)
- Tessyo Genda as Terry Sanders Jr. (voice)
- Show Hayami as Ginias Sahalin (voice)
- Chinami Nishimura as Kiki Rosita (voice)
- Yuzuru Fujimoto as Kojima (voice)
- Kyonosuke Kami as Yuri Kellarny (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai as Jidan Nickard (voice)