‘Gundam Thunderbolt’ Anime Key Visual for Its Debut Episode Goes Online

"Gundam Thunderbolt" is so ready for its premiere episode. Its official website, Gundam.info, has a treat for its fans, as they could already check in the portal the key visual for the debut episode of the anime adaptation.

Crunchyroll reports that the adaptation of "Gundam Thunderbolt" is all gear up. Its first anime visual has been posted online, teasing the fans of its first episode.

This "Gundam Thunderbolt" manga of Yasuo Ohtagaki is "set in Universal Century 0079." It comes after "the fierce battle between Federation and Zeon, namely Io Flemming and sniper Daryl Lorenz, taking place in a hazardous shoal zone composed of the debris of destroyed space colonies."

These two main characters are featured in the key visual that has been posted in the official portal of "Gundam Thunderbolt." As decribed by Anime News Network, the scan "features Ensign Io Fleming of the Earth Federation and Sergeant Daryl Lorentz of the Principality of Zeon, along with their respective mobile suits, the Full Armor Gundam and the red Psyco Zaku." The key visual also came out with a tagline that says ""The two are fated to kill each other."

Since the manga "Gundam Thunderbolt" is published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior, fans would get the chance to get a copy of "the mechanical design of the full armor Gundam." ANN reports that the design will be published in the magazine's 23rd issue.

Of course, it is not only the Gundam full armor's mechanical design that will be published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior, but also the "character designs of Io Fleming, Daryl Lorentz, the Federation's Claudia, the Zeons' Carla, and Living Dead Division of the Zeon's."

ANN recalled that Yasuo Ohtagaki first launched his "Gundam Thunderbolt" manga sometime March 2012 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior. Then on October, the magazine has published the 6th compiled book volume of "Thunderbolt. This manga is not the only creation of Ohtagaki, he is also known for the famous "Moonlight Mile" manga, which also been adapted in TV anime series.

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