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Aina Saharin
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Aina Saharin

Aina Saharin is one of the main characters in the anime OVA Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, next to Shiro Amada // A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime ) is the Japanese contraction and pronunciation of the English word animation, most popularly referring (but not limited) to the medium of animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background aesthetics that visually set it apart from other forms of animation (e. ... A human ovum An ovum (loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ... The newly-assigned commander of the Kojima Battalions 08th MS Team. ...

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Overview

Aina Saharin (left) with Norris Packard
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Aina Saharin (left) with Norris Packard

Aina is Ginias' sister and a daughter of the Zeonic noble family Saharin. She is an ace pilot, but she shows concern for her soldiers' lives. Colonel Norris Packard acts as a surrogate father for the young Aina. Although she's technically only a test pilot for most of the series, only Ginias outranks her at the Zeon base. Kikuko Inoue is Aina's seiyuu while Emily Brown is her English voice. Norris Packard is a fictional character in MS Gundam: The 08th MS Team, which takes place during the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Duchy of Zeon. ... Norris Packard is a fictional character in MS Gundam: The 08th MS Team, which takes place during the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Duchy of Zeon. ... // Kikuko Inoue Kikuko Inoue ) (her maiden name is 井之上 喜久子, pronounced the same) is a popular seiyū and singer born on September 25, 1964 (though she frequently says I am 17 years old) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...


Story

Shiro Amada rescues Aina during their show down in a destroyed Magellan-class Federation battleship after her prototype Zaku II was destroyed. During their coordinated attempt to return to their respective sides, Aina and Shiro form a bond, which is shown by Aina giving Shiro her personal pocketwatch, which he keeps for the duration of the series. The newly-assigned commander of the Kojima Battalions 08th MS Team. ... In the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam universe, the Magellan-Class Battleship was a battleship type that was commissioned in UC 0070 as part of the Federations 70s Armament Reinforcement Plan. ... The MS-06 Zaku II is a mobile suit from the sci-fi anime Mobile Suit Gundam. ...


After returning to her brother's base on Earth, Aina begins test piloting the massive Apsalus Mobile Armor, her brother's greatest creation. After a few run-in's with the 08th MS Team, she and Shiro eventually end up crashing in a snowy canyon after a battle in the desert. During this battle, Shiro boarded the Apsalus with his Gundam, which resulted in both going way off course and crashing. During their time spent in this canyon, both begin to feel very attracted to the other, which is shown in a scene where both go into a hot spring wearing only their underwear (in US versions anyway). This article deals with weapons from the Gundam anime series. ... The anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, is an eleven-episode Gundam OVA series that takes place during the One-Year War, and depicts the point of view of the common soldier rather than that of the Newtype aces. ...


During the final Federation assault on the Zeon base at the end of the series, Aina takes off in the Apsalus with her brother in a failed attempt to cover a Zeon transport's escape. She then tries to surrender, but her brother shoots her and then starts trying to kill everyone else. She has no choice but to kill him and destroy the Apsalus with Shiro. After helping Shiro destroy Apsalus, she and Shiro escape to the mountains and start a life together. When Kiki and Michel find them in Episode 12, Aina is pregnant with Shiro's child. The Apsalus Project was a series of projects by Principality of Zeon scientists to create a powerful Mobile Armour in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. ... The Apsalus Project was a series of projects by Principality of Zeon scientists to create a powerful Mobile Armour in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. ...

Trivia

  • Aina's surname, along with Ginias, was mentioned by various sources as Sakhalin. According to the American Gundam website, Aina and Ginias' surname was also referred to as Saharin, possibly a translation from Japanese.

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Earth Federation/Anaheim Electronics/AEUG:
Matilda Ajan - Shiro Amada - Judau Ashta - Henken Bekkener - Kamille Bidan - Frau Bow - South Burning - Paolo Cassius - Karen Joshua - Yu Kajima - Hayato Kobayashi - Sleggar Law - Reccoa Londe - Christina MacKenzie - Sayla Mass - Eledore Massis - Michel Ninorich - Bright Noa - Adenaur Paraya - Nina Purpleton - Amuro Ray - General Revil - Johnny Ridden - Terry Sanders Jr. - Kai Shiden - Admiral Tianem - Kou Uraki - Admiral Watkins

Principality of Zeon/Delaz Fleet/Titans/Neo Zeon:
Char Aznable - Black Tri-Stars - Crowley Hamon - Zeon Zum Deikun - Aiguille Delaz - Cima Garahau - Anavel Gato - Von Helsing - Haman Karn - Colonel Killing- Thomas Krutz - Shin Matsunaga - Norris Packard - Quess Paraya - M'Quve - Ramba Ral - Aina Saharin - Ginias Saharin - Steiner Hardy - Lalah Sune - Bernard Wiseman - Degwin Sodo Zabi - Dozle Zabi - Garma Zabi - Gihren Zabi - Kycilia Zabi - Mineva Lao Zabi

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Alfred Izuruha - Haro


 
 

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