Kunio Ogawara’s and Kimitoshi Yamane’s “08th MS Team Blu-ray Memorial Box” pinup jackets are here:
Sample Images & Full Info
Each disc in the Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team Blu-ray Memorial Box, scheduled for release on February 22nd, 2013, will feature a brand-new pinup jacket by artists related to the show.
We’ve got special sneak previews of Kunio Ogawara’s disc 1 and Kimitoshi Yamane’s disc 2 illustrations.
Disc 1’s illustration by Kunio Ogawara shows the 08th MS Team on the march through a jungle.
[as seen in the first image, above ▲]
Disc 2’s illustration depicts a desert battle. This was illustrated by Kimitoshi Yamane.
These and more will be included in the Blu-ray box as pinup jackets.
Disc 3’s will be by Toshihiro Kawamoto, and the staff of the new short film will handle Disc 4’s.
All twelve episodes, from “War for Two” to “The Shuddering Mountain, Part II” along with the epilogue special “Last Resort”, are included on the Blu-ray. A ten-minute short film “Sanjigen to no Tatakai”, written by Ichirou Ookouchi, rounds out the set.
The limited release, only available for a year, will cost ¥26,250. The deadline to preorder is January 15th, 2013.