Mobile Suit Gundam revealed a teaser trailer for its new anime project titled ALC ENCOUNTER, which premieres today, November 24, in Japan. It will be showing at the LaLaport Fukuoka shopping mall as a wall projection, with screenings taking place every day at 19:00/20:30.
LaLaport Fukuoka is home to the life-sized statue of the Nu Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, which has been an attraction for Gundam fans since April 2022.
You can check out the teaser below (X/Twitter link below if the YouTube link is region locked.
Studio SUNRISE is in charge of the animation, with Yoshiyuki Kaneko as the director. You can also see the key visual for the project below.
The animation’s theme is described as “a Gundam no one has seen before.” It will feature a rhythmic song titled “HOT” by the duo illiomote, with a focus on dance scenes. The story:
A voice draws two destined individuals together for a showdown, awakening 1/12-scale statues of the Nu Gundam and Sazabi, leading to a fierce battle inside the mall.
Mobile Suit Gundam ALC ENCOUNTER Staff:
- Director: Yoshiyuki Kaneko
- Character Design: Hidekazu Shimamura
- Animation Supervisor: Takayoshi Watanabe
- Color Design: Aiko Mizuno
- Art Director: Satoru Kuwahara
- CG Director: Mitsuhiro Sato
- Monitor Graphics: Jiro Kageyama
- Director of Photography: Noriyuki Ueda
- Editor: Kazuhiro Nii
- Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
- Music: illiomote (“HOT”)
- Title Logo Design: Masashi Ichifuru (TGB design)
- Planning & Production: Sunrise
- Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks
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.
The latest addition to the franchise was the Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance animated project. It was a a joint collaboration between SUNRISE and SAFEHOUSE, Inc, and it premiered on Netflix on October 17. There is also the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: SEED FREEDOM ZERO anime, which is set between the SEED FREEDOM movie and after the SEED DESTINY anime.
Source: Official X
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