With the theatrical release of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, a re-edit of episodes from the newest Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, fast approaching, a main trailer has been released.
The trailer reveals the movie’s theme song “Plazma,” performed by Kenshi Yoneza, best known for performing “Peace Sign” from My Hero Academia and “KICK BACK” from Chainsaw Man. With the trailer release, it has also been announced the movie will be screened to 52 IMAX theaters and a total of 426 theaters across Japan. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- will release to Japanese theaters January 17.
GQuuuuuuX was announced in December during the Bandai Namco Group’s Winter Gundam 2024 Conference. Touted as the” khara x SUNRISE, a crossing of dreams,” series is the first major collaboration between Gundam studio Sunrise and Neon Genesis Evangelion studio khara.
The series is directed by FLCL director Kazuya Tsurumaki, scripted by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno and Yoji Enokido, with character designs by take, and mechanical designs by EVA designer Ikuto Yamashita.
Story
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.
Mecha
GQuuuuuuX
A mysterious state-of-the-art mobile suit piloted by Machu. It participates in Clan Battle as part of the Pomeranians.
Characters
Amate Yuzuriha (MACHU)
CV: Tomoyo Kurosawa
A high-school student whose real name is Amate Yuzuriha. Machu has always felt that her daily life in a peaceful colony was somehow false. After meeting Nyaan, she becomes the pilot of the GQuuuuuuX and begins participating in Clan Battle.
Nyaan
CV: Yui Ishikawa
A courier who smuggles illegal goods. When Nyaan’s homeland was turned into a battlefield and she became a refugee, she escaped her colony alone in a petit mobile suit, with no time to even check on the safety of her family. Luckily, she was picked up by a ship and brought to a colony that Machu lives. Her highest priority is her own survival.
Shuji Itō
CV: Shimba Tsuchiya
A mysterious boy who appears before Machu and Nyaan. Shuji is wanted by the military police for painting graffiti all over the outer walls of the colony. He participates in Clan Battle in order to earn money for a certain purpose, and becomes Machu’s Mav.
Staff
| Production | studio khara SUNRISE |
|---|---|
| Original Story | Hajime Yatate Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| Director | Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Series Composition | Yoji Enokido |
| Script | Yoji Enokido Hideaki Anno |
| Character Design | take |
| Mechanical Design | Ikuto Yamashita |
| Animation Character Design Supervising Character Animation Director | Yumi Ikeda Shie Kobori |
| Animation Mechanical Design Supervising Mechanical Animation Director | Sejoon Kim |
| Design Works | Toshiaki Ihara Mahiro Maeda Shingo Abe Hidenori Matsubara Takuya Io Shuichi Iseki Takeshi Takakura EwokakuPETER Ami mebae Wataru Inata Shinya Mizuno Yusuke Omura Yutaka Izubuchi Tomoko Masuda Lin Junbun Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Concept Art | Hajime Ueda |
| Storyboard | Kazuya Tsurumaki Hideaki Anno Mahiro Maeda Toko Yatabe |
| Direction | Kazuya Tsurumaki Daizen Komatsuda Toko Yatabe |
| Character Animation Director | Hidenori Matsubara Mayumi Nakamura Shuichi Iseki |
| Mechanical Animation Director | Shingo Abe Gen Asano |
| Distribution by | TOHO CO., LTD. Bandai Namco Filmworks |
|---|---|
| Advertising | Bandai Namco Filmworks Shochiku Co.,Ltd. studio khara Nippon Television Network Corporation TOHO CO., LTD. |
| Produced by | Bandai Namco Filmworks |
Source: Gundam Info
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