The long wait is finally over! Scholastic has officially released the relaunch cover for Animorphs #8: The Alien! Here it is with the full summary:
The Animorphs are back in this installment narrated by their newest member.
Ax is an Andalite, an alien, stranded on a strange planet he’s sworn to defend, even though it’s not his own. Since the Animorphs rescued him, he’s fought at their side, and in that time they’ve come to consider Ax a friend.
But deep inside, Ax knows he isn’t their friend. He can’t ever be. Andalites must always hold themselves apart, even from their allies. As the Animorphs’ past actions start resulting in deaths of innocent people, however, Ax’s loyalty is called into question. Now he must decide whether to reveal the reason for his estrangement — the shameful secret of his people.
Released: September 2012 | ISBN: 978-0545424158
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That’s looks kinda awesome. Though… I like the old ones, really. c:
Comment by Katie — March 31, 2012 @ 11:21 pm
In his mid-morph here, he looks kind of like Malcom McDowell from A Clockwork Orange! XD I wonder whether his new Andalite form will be a CGI model, or a 2D drawing like in the old cover.
Comment by Noah — April 2, 2012 @ 4:25 pm
I can’t wait to see the full begin and end pictures for this animation! And just as much, I’d like to know who portrays Ax and the other four models we don’t know.
Comment by Jordan — April 3, 2012 @ 7:33 pm
Speaking of which, you promised us to see books 2 – 6’s covers in action, they are out!
Comment by spencer — April 8, 2012 @ 6:24 pm
@Spencer: I said I would share them if Scholastic made their animations available. So far they haven’t done it for any of the books except #1. I can’t simply show those animations by the covers alone. The lenticular print makes it very hard to scan them. Try it yourself and you will see what I mean.
Comment by Issam — April 12, 2012 @ 7:22 pm
Do you think they’ll add the Ax model to the website?
Comment by Hierax — April 15, 2012 @ 8:07 am
Excuse me but would you please show an image of how this cover looks in ANDALITE MORPH????
I am dying to see how the ANDALITE looks. Oh, please! SHOW IT???
Comment by STEVE — April 21, 2012 @ 1:33 am
I figured out book #6’s
1: Normal
2: Eyes rave red insides
3: Neck shrinks
4: Eyes are fly’s eyes
5: Nack is further shrunken and fly body grows
6: Face is nearly transformed
7: Fly body w/ wings at full sive
8: Complete
Comment by spencer — April 21, 2012 @ 8:12 pm
Just mail Scholastic to give animations!
Comment by spencer — April 21, 2012 @ 8:13 pm
Ya what does an an andalite look like
Comment by Caden — December 19, 2012 @ 8:56 pm