Gundam.Info web site streams Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt over the coming month

Its theatrical edit, December Sky, was a much-discussed part of last year's UK Anime Network Awards, which should give you a hint as to the high regard in which Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt is held by ourselves.

The good news is that the coming month is giving you an opportunity to watch the initial OVA presentation of this series with English subtitles for free, with the Gundam.Info web site announcing that they'll be streaming episodes of the series week on week over the coming month via their YouTube channel.

Episode one is available now, with a new episode switched in each week on the following schedule:

Episode 1: 13th February 9:00PM - 20th February 9:00PM
Episode 2: 20th. February 9:00PM - 27th February 9:00PM (JST)
Episode 3: 27th. February 9:00PM - 6th. March 9:00PM (JST)
Episode 4: 6th March 9:00PM - 13th March 9:00PM

Here's the synopsis, from Gundam.Info itself:

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.

As mentioned, episode one is available for the next week - we've even embedded it into this news story below, so there's no excuse not to check it out!