Patience paid off for those willing to wait as Bandai Visual previously brought out a new Japanese edition of Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket on Blu-ray back in the summer of 2017. The OVA series received a 4k scan and high definition remaster in a set that came with a 100p booklet, a new audio commentary, the commercial collection, and the music clip collection. Now, Bandai Visual has announced a lower-priced version that also includes the English and Chinese subtitles to it with a planned February 27th, 2020 debut. It’ll be priced at 8,000 yen, which is a lot cheaper than the 15,000 yen of the original set whose packaging you can see below. The set looks to come with the same extras but without the 100-page book.
Nozomi Entertainment released the series on DVD in North America previously and you can read our review of it.
Plot concept: Universal Century 0079. When the Principality of Zeon learns of a new Gundam being built, the veteran spec-ops Cyclops Team is dispatched to the civilian colony of Libot to investigate. Their newest member, Bernard “Bernie” Wiseman, gets shot down in action and meets young Alfred “Al” Izuruha, who dreams of mobile suits and space battles. Al thinks of Bernie as a friend, and even goes to great lengths to track him down while on his mission. He doesn’t realize the potential danger he’s in. And Al’s next door neighbor Christina “Chris” Mackenzie returns home with a new “government job.” She’s really the test pilot of the top-secret Gundam Alex – the objective of Bernie’s mission! As the story unfolds, three lives will be changed forever by this one small part of the war.
[Source: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]
