Product Details

• Actors: Steve Staley, Kikuko Inoue, Sharon Alsina, Steve Areno, Robert Axelrod
• Directors: Takeyuki Kanda
• Writers: Akira Okeya, Hiroaki Kitajima
• Producers: Jerry Chu, Jun Yukawa, Kazuhiko Ikeguchi, Ken Iyadomi, Masato Mochizuki
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: March 19, 2002
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005Y6XE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,459 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Big Audio Dub Problems, April 5, 2002

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"ljfnord" (Garland, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie) (DVD)

The English Dub of this DVD has a serious chorusing/echo problem that makes everything sound metallic. It's potentially bad enough to make viewing difficult for some people. Bandai has not yet said whether or not they will recall the disc - IMHO, they should.

As for the movie itself, what is there to say? It's a compilation of several episodes leading up to and including the first mission after Shiro's espionage hearing. The episodes are stitched together well by new sequences involving an intelligence officer named Miller and her investigation of Shiro. However, the scene that closes the movie is very disappointing and quite obviously forced. It's arguably the worst moment out of the entire Gundam 08th MS Team series, with a cheese quotient up in the serious Velveeta range. Fortunately, the overall quality of the 08th MS Team series is so high that its worst moments are better than other series' high points. As a result, if you compare the ending to some of the cheesier anime products (who will remain nameless for now), it could be a lot worse.

Even with the sub-par ending, it's still a DVD worth buying, especially if you're collecting the Gundam series. The quality of the rest of the show makes up for the bad ending, even if it is mostly recap material. Also, "specials" like this don't get imported to the States that often, so it's nice to see some of the extra material that the Japanese audience got to see during the original run.

The casual Gundam watcher should probably investigate Gundam 0080 before buying this DVD. More serious fans should enjoy it for what it is - a special recap episode that leads into the final story arc.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report, June 21, 2002

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Gabriel M. Mcvey "alpha1212323" (Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie) (DVD)

Synopsis:
Universal Century 0079. Federation Intelligence Officer Alice Miller has been assigned to investigate Shiro Amada, Commander of the 08th MS Team. Her mission: to uncover details of his mysterious prolonged absence after the last battle and to determine whether or not he is a spy for the Zeon forces. Facing the potential end of the his military career, Shiro must finally choose between military duty and his relationship with Aina as the 08th MS Team strives once more to prove itself in battle.

Review:
This DVD contains little that advances the MS08 storyline, and is basically a "clip show", splicing together various scenes of Aina & Shiro's blooming romance with a (very) few scenes of Shiro being interrogated by Cdr. Miller. In addition to what is basically a swipe at any Anime Completist, the copy that I received had an annoying bug in the 5.1 Dolby audio, the voices of all of the characters were strangely pitched and warbled in a very annoying manner. In addition, the dialogue kept switching to Japanese whenever the DVD came to a new scene, causing me to become psychotically enraged as I rewound to the point where everything became incomprehensible...same when played in Japanese, it switched to English. Overall this would be a 4 star review, but technical problems and the lack of more Miller material, including an improbable resolution to the Miller scenario, really drive the entertainment value down.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting report?, July 23, 2003

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G White (Bedford, Bedfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam - The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (Movie) (DVD)

O8th MS Team holds the honour of being the longest running Gundam OVA. Although a mere 12 episodes, it was plagued by behind-the-scenes problems that led to it taking almost 4 years to reach it's end. To try and gain some interest into the drawn out affair, Bandai produced a movie to tie in with Gundam's 20th anniversary. Thus, Miller's Report was born.

Largely made up from OVA footage, the movie adds a plot of the Federation sending one Alice Miller to investigate Shiro, who at this point is believed to be a Zeon spy. Although initially acting as Shiro's friend, we soon learn that this is a trick to get him to talk openly about his encounters with Aina. These flashbacks are made up of re-used footage from the OVA. However, the scenes are told from Shiro's point of view so you'll miss out on some scenes from the OVA. As Shiro is confined to base, a group of Zeon pilots end up coming to Kiki's village for food. Although they intend not to bring violence, the youngest of the Zeon is an arrogant jerk who soon starts a conflict. Word reaches the 08th MS Team, who go against orders to save their friends.

Some other reviews call this a waste of time and a desperate attempt to get more money from the fans. Whilst this is partly true, I believe the DVD is worth a purchase for Gundam/08th MS Team fans. Bandai have not brought over the similar but much worse 0083 compilation movie. Miller's Report shines where that fails, showing that this is the right way to handle such a project. There's also the very good extra of all the animation footage from the game Journey to Jaburo. Whilst you might expect a trailer or two, Bandai have been generous to include all the footage from the game. The only complaint I have with this is that you can only listen to it with the English cast.

Whilst not the greatest Gundam movie, 08th MS Team:Miller's Report certainly isn't the worst.