VIZ Media has announced that their new
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga series will be released next week, November 15th. The new series by Yasuo Ohtagaki is set in the distant future where the forces of the Earth Federation fight to quell an uprising by the rebellious Principality of Zeon. Mobile Suits, massive robots piloted by humans, serve as the preeminent weapons in the struggle. Volume 1 is rated "T+" for older teens and will retail for $14.99 U.S. / $19.99 CAN and can be pre-ordered
HERE. Future volumes will be published quarterly.
"MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT" is an exciting addition to the world of
Mobile Suit Gundam, which has been thrillin glegions of fans for almost 40 years," said Michael Montesa, Editor. "The new series delivers a tense storyline filled with vivid battle scenes featuring pleanty of imaginatively designed mobile suits, making this a fitting addition to one of science fiction's most legendary action properties."
Synopsis:
Into this maelstrom of destruction go two veteran Mobile Suit pilots: the deadly Zeon sniper Daryl Lorenz, and Federation ace Io Fleming. It’s the beginning of a rivalry that can end only when one of them is destroyed. The lightning-streaked debris fields are about to become the stage for an epic duel where death is the only true winner.