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Region：Japan
Type：OVA
English name：Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shoutai / Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Official name：機動戦士ガンダム第08MS小隊
Chinese name：机动战士高达第08MS小队
Other names：机动战士高达08MS小队 / 机动战士钢弹第 08 MS 小队
Premiered：January 25, 1996
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Science fiction / Robot war / Combat / Source original
Original author：矢立肇 / 富野由悠季
Director：神田武幸 / 飯田馬之介
Scenario：桶谷顕 / 北嶋博明
Storyboard：渡邊哲哉 / 神田武幸 / 西森章 / 芦沢剛史 / 飯田馬之介
Co-director：西森章 / 加瀬充子 / 山田弘和 / 飯田馬之介 / 日高政光
Studios：SUNRISE
Producers：バンダイビジュアル
Family：Mobile Suit Gundam
Rating：12+

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shoutai

October U.C. 0079 - January U.C. 0080

Federation Ensign Shirou Amada is transferred from the Space Unit to the Ground Unit, where he ends up leading the 08th MS Team, a troubled group consisting of a bunch of misfits and rogues.

The Zeon Secret Weapon Development Unit has a base close to where the 08th MS Team is stationed.

A female pilot, Aina Saharin, is the test pilot of this threatening secret. She and Shirou have met before, when they were both adrift alone in space.

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Jan 25, 1996

EP1 - War for Two

En route to his new assignment on Earth, Federation officer Shiro Amada comes across an ally battling a Zeon Zaku. Attempting a brave rescue in a Ball, he has a fateful encounter with the enemy pilot, Aina Sakhalin.
Jan 25, 1996

EP2 - Gundams in the Jungle

Shiro arrives at a jungle base in Southeast Asia to take command of the 08th MS Team. Ordered to sortie right away, he leads his team into battle, but struggles with combat in Earth's unfamiliar gravity and in the dark of night.
Mar 25, 1996

EP3 - The Time Limit on Trust

In its second mission, the 08th MS Team is ordered to sweep the Zeon forces from a hilly area. However, the team's advance is stalled by enemy fortifications. Shiro attempts to flank the enemy via a river frequented by guerrillas.
Oct 25, 1996

EP4 - The Demon Overhead

Every team that Sanders has ever belonged to has been wiped out on its third mission, and now it's the turn of the 08th MS Team. The worried Sanders asks Shiro to transfer him, but then Zeon's new mobile armor Apsalus appears.
Nov 25, 1996

EP5 - The Broken Order to Stand By

The musician Eledore learns that he will be making his major-label debut. In high spirits, he drags Michel along to a nearby village to celebrate. But when they reach the bar, the pair find gun-toting Zeon soldiers waiting for them.
Dec 18, 1996

EP6 - Battle Line in the Burning Sand

Having discovered the Apsalus's testing ground, the 08th MS Team lie in wait for an ambush, preparing for the encounter with combat simulations. The team members' frustrations mount as the Apsalus fails to appear, until they finally come to blows.
Oct 25, 1997

EP7 - Reunion

The Apsalus makes its escape, with Shiro's Gundam clinging to its hull. When the malfunctioning mobile armor crashes in the snowy mountains, Shiro and Aina are reunited. They cooperate to survive in the frozen wasteland, but then rescuers arrive.
Dec 18, 1997

EP8 - Duty and Ideals

Shiro has returned safely from the mountains, but is now suspected of being a spy, and is confined to his quarters until a verdict is decided. Then Kiki's village comes under Zeon attack, and Shiro must violate his orders to go to the rescue.
Feb 25, 1998

EP9 - Front Line

The Federation Forces, having learned that the Apsalus was created to destroy Jaburo, begin searching for the development base. Shiro and the 08th MS Team descend into enemy territory to aid the search, only to encounter retreating Zeons.
Jul 25, 1998

EP10 - The Shuddering Mountain (1)

The Federation Forces begin their assault on the Apsalus development base. The 08th MS Team is assigned to escort a Guntank team into firing position, but Norris's Gouf Custom swiftly dispatches two of the Guntanks. Can the team save the last one?
Apr 25, 1999

EP11 - The Shuddering Mountain (2)

The Apsalus cuts loose with its devastating mega particle cannon. As the Federation's Colonel Ryer and Zeon's Ginius Sakhalin escalate the fighting, Shiro and Aina transcend the division between the two sides to face their final challenge.