Bandai Namco Filmworks has announced that SZA’s hit song “Snooze” will serve as the opening theme for Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, the upcoming theatrical installment in the Gundam Hathaway film series.
The film opens in theaters across Japan on January 30, 2026, with a U.S. release planned but not yet dated. A new trailer featuring the track is now streaming on the official Gundam YouTube channel GUNDAM CHANNEL INTL, which you can watch below.
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Originally featured on SZA’s 2022 album SOS, “Snooze” is described as a a midtempo R&B track known for its minimal arrangement and emotive vocal delivery. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for over 70 weeks. The music video marked SZA’s directorial debut and featured a cast including Justin Bieber.
About the Film
The Sorcery of Nymph Circe continues the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway story, set in U.C. 0105. Hathaway Noa, son of Bright Noa, leads the anti-government resistance MAFTY while haunted by his past and drawn to Gigi Andalucia, a mysterious girl with unexplained abilities. As Hathaway prepares for a decisive attack on the Adelaide Conference, Earth Federation officer Kenneth Sleg initiates a defense operation while navigating political interference. Gigi, meanwhile, departs for Hong Kong to pursue her own objective.
Staff
- Original Story: Yoshiyuki Tomino / Hajime Yatate
- Director: Shukou Murase
- Script: Yasuyuki Muto
- Character Design: pablo uchida / Naoyuki Onda / Shigeki Kuhara
- Original Character Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto
- Mechanical Design: Hajime Katoki / Kimitoshi Yamane / Seiichi Nakatani / Nobuhiko Genma
- Original Mechanical Design: Yasuhiro Moriki / Kazumi Fujita
- Art Setting: Tomoaki Okada
- Art Director: Kinichi Ohkubo
- Color Setting: Takako Suzuki / Yuichi Kuboki
- Display Design: Yoshinori Sayama
- CG Director: Ryukow Masuo
- Director of Photography: Yoshihisa Ohyama
- VFX Director: Manabu Kadono
- Editing: Daisuke Imai
- Sound Supervisor: Koji Kasamatsu
- Recording Supervisor: Eriko Kimura
- Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
- Planning・Production: SUNRISE
- Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.
- Distribution: Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. and Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Main Cast
- Kensho Ono as Hathaway Noa
- Reina Ueda as Gigi Andalucia
- Junichi Suwabe as Kenneth Sleg
- Soma Saito as Lane Aim
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Gawman Nobile
- Saori Hayami as Kelia Dace
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Iram Masam
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash is planned to be a movie trilogy based on the novel series by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the Gundam franchise. The novels were originally published between 1989 and 1990, and are set in the Universal Century timeline, serving as a sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack.
Source: Press Release, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Official Website
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