Episode
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: Battle Line in the Burning Sand
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1996-12-18
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Battle Line in the Burning Sand is Episode 6 in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. It aired on 1996-12-18. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 5: 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.
Episode 7: 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.
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Episode 4: 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.
Episode 8: Duty and Ideals
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Episode 3: 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.
Episode 9: 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.
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Episode 10: The Shuddering Mountain (1)
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Episode 1: 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.
Episode 11: 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.
Episode 12: Last Resort
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