"Kidô senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS shôtai" (1996) TV series

Directors:

Umanosuke Iida
Takeyuki Kanda

Writers:

Hiroaki Kitajima (writer) (episodes)
Akira Okeya (writer) (episodes)

Release Date:

23 July 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

During the One Year War of UC 0079, A young Earth Federation Lieutenant named Shiro Amada is sent to...

Plot Keywords:

Giant Robot | Piloted Giant Robot | Sequel | Robot | Anime

Cast

Steve Staley	...	2nd Lt. shiro Amada (voice) (as Steve Cannon)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Aina Sahalin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sharon Alsina	...	Topp (voice: English version)
Steve Areno	...	Mechanic (voice: English version)
Robert Axelrod	...	Gaw Commander (voice: English version) (as Axel Roberts)
Dave Blank	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Emily Brown	...	Aina Sahalin (English version) (voice)
Bob Buchholz	...	(voice) (as Robert Wicks)
Frank Buck	...	(voice)
Thomas Cooper	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Chris Drury	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Gary Dubin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Sally, Village Merchant (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Leigh Everest	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Melissa Fahn	...	Child Karen (voice: English version) (as Melissa Charles)
Mickey Finn	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Syd Fontana	...	MSgt. Karen Joshua (voice)
Michael Forest	...	Lt. Col. Jokima (voice) (as Alfred Thor)
Sandy Fox	...	Child (voice: English version)
Eddie Frierson	...	Cpl. Eledore Massis (voice) (as Christy Mathewson)
Felix Gerkin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Maria (voice: English version)
Michael Gregory	...	Baresto (voice: English version) (as Mike D'Gard)
Doug Hamblin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
W.T. Hatch	...	(voice)
Gene Holliday	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
R. Martin Klein	...	Capt. Jidan Nickard (voice) (as Bob Marx)
Steve Kramer	...	(voice)
Lex Lang	...	Maj. Gen. Ginias Sakhalin (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Woman (voice: English version) (as Katie Ashley)
Cody MacKenzie	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Sgt. Terry Sanders, Jr. (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jake Martin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Dan Martin)
Robert Martin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael McCarty	...	(voice) (as Devon Michaels)
Michael McConnohie	...	Norris Packard (voice)
Matthew Mercer	...	Various Characters
John Michael	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Gary Michaels	...	Arth (voice: English version)
Sage Miller	...	Female Carrier Pilot (voice: English version)
H. Murphy	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jeff Nimoy	...	(voice)
Jonathan C. Osborne	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Andrew Philpot	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Will Banett)
Guy Pinkham	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Richard Plantagenet	...	(voice)
Tony Ricci	...	(voice)
Debra Rogers	...	(voice) (as Debbie DeRosa)
Joe Romersa	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Donovan Ross	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michelle Ruff	...	Kiki Rosita (voice) (as Georgette Rose)
Lia Sargent	...	Mother (voice: English version)
Joshua Seth	...	Injured Zeon Soldier (voice: English version)
Adam Sholder	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brianne Siddall	...	Boy (voice: English version) (as Ian Hawk)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey)
Paul Stephen	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Barry Stigler	...	Bearded Zeon Soldier (voice: English version) (as Gil Starberry)
Doug Stone	...	(voice)
Mark Tabbert	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Dell (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton)
Bill Timoney	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ezra Weisz	...	(voice) (as Ethan Murray)
Aaron Weslee	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Weslee Aaron)
Buck Wilkins	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bo Williams	...	(voice)
Dan Woren	...	Rob (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels)
Hiro Yuuki	...	Petty Officer Michel Ninorich (voice: Japanese version)

Also Known As:

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

Runtime:

25 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Company:

Bandai Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Edited into Kidô senshi Gandamu: Dai 08 MS shôtai - Mirâzu ripôto (1998)

Soundtrack:

10 Years After

Gundam-Platoon style

Unlike most other Gundam series, which take up their majority of their time in space, 08th MS team is 95% ground-based. This thrilling, well-animated OAV series focuses on the 08th MS team, a group of pilots who have limited mass production Gundams for Ground use. Their goal is to search out a Zeon research base holding a powerful mobile armor. However, problems start to emerge when the team leader falls in love with the pilot of the armor. The OAV has some of the best animation in Gundam-there's a lot of movement and detail. The mecha designs by Kunio Ookawara and Hajime Katoki are great-Ookawara gives Gundams and GMs a tank-like feel, while Katoki redesigns classic Zeon mobile suits for the 90's. The story is well-done, with convincing characters and a fully realized love story(Much better than the half-hearted romances in 0083 and Wing) Overall, a great series, I suggest you check it out when it comes to video/DVD next year.