Anime Limited offer import edition of Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky

We've recently seen Anime Limited work to bring over import copies of the first three volumes of Gundam the Origin, making full use of the English subtitles available on the main feature to give fans a simple way to pick up these Japanese releases without having to worry about jumping through hoops and navigating the terrifying world of customs charges.

Unsurprisingly given the success of that scheme, the UK distributor has chosen to continue in a similar vein with the forthcoming release of Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky, which compiles that particular four-part OVA into a single theatrical film, complete with some additional scenes.

Thus, the Blu-ray Collector's Edition release of the film, which contains not only English subtitles but also an English dub for its main feature (although sadly all additional physical and on-disc content remains untranslated), will be winging its way to the UK in limited edition import form sometime this July, with Anime Limited now opening up pre-orders to snag a copy of the film between now and the pre-order closing date of Sunday 22nd May.

For a little more about Thunderbolt, here's a synopsis for the film:

It is Universal Century 0079, at the end of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon.

The space colonies of Side 4, or Moore, were previously destroyed by a Zeon attack, and many colonists lost their lives. Side 4 became a shoal zone filled with the wreckage of destroyed colonies and warships, lit by constant flashes of lightning due to collisions between electrified debris. It soon came to be known as the “Thunderbolt Sector.”

The Moore Brotherhood, an Earth Federation Forces unit made up of surviving citizens from Moore, set out to exterminate the Zeon forces in the Thunderbolt Sector in order to reclaim their homeland. To halt the Federation advance, the Zeon forces deployed their own Living Dead Division, which was established to collect combat data on soldiers with prosthetic limbs.

Io Fleming, though part of the Moore Brotherhood, hates being tied down by his homeland and family history. Daryl Lorenz, having lost his legs in earlier battles, is now an ace sniper of the Living Dead Division. When they confront each other on the battlefield, they will reach a mutual realization. These two are destined to kill each other.

You can find this export edition of December Sky available for pre-order at a price of £74.99 on the All The Anime Shop.