Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX has released a spoiler-filled promotion reel, revealing the appearance of an iconic character from the franchise. The movie premiered in Japan last week, while GKIDS acquired the North American rights and scheduled a February 28 premiere.
The anime is the first-ever collaboration between Studio Khara, known for the Evangelion series, and Sunrise, the studio behind the Gundam franchise. It’s directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time), with script by Yoji Enokido and Hideaki Anno. The movie is a re-edited version of the TV anime, which has not yet announced a release date.
In case you intend to watch the movie, be warned that the promotion reel below contains spoilers.
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The main voice cast for the anime includes:
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Amate Yuzuriha (MACHU)
- Yui Ishikawa as Nyaan
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Shuji Ito
The story is described:
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle. Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.
Gundam is a Japanese mix-media franchise that focuses on mecha robots, created by SUNRISE and Yoshiyuki Tomino. The franchise officially premiered on April 7, 1979, with the Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. It is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. In addition to the popular anime series and spin-offs, the franchise also has manga, novels, video games, and, of course, the popular toys.
Source: Official YouTube Channel
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