Japanese cosplay and character apparel company Cospa, have announced they are developing the jacket worn by the “Mafty” hijackers from the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash anime film. The company only provided a sample image of the garment and a development announcement, detailing more information will be coming soon.
In the first act of the Hathaway’s Flash film, the main characters are traveling from the Moon to Earth on the luxury space shuttle Haunzen Flight 356, boarded by wealthy elites and high-ranking government officials within the Earth Federation.
The shuttle is subsequently hijacked by a group of masked, armed assailants claiming to be members of the Anti-Earth Federation terrorist organization Mafty. The “Pumpkin head” hijacker boldly asserts he’s Mafty Navue Erin himself, the mysterious, controversial leader of the organization, and holds the passengers for ransom. Heroine Gigi Andalucia sees through their out of character tactics and outs them as fakes, the group is then subdued by the skilled efforts of Hathaway Noa and Kenneth Sleg.
In the four months since its release on June 11 to Japanese theaters, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash has become a blockbuster hit, garnering 1,088,061 attendees and grossed 2,209,628,200 yen at the box office.
Bandai Namco Arts, the anime/music production and distribution subsidiary of Bandai Namco Group, announced the home video release of Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash will be November 26, 2021. The release consists of a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, limited edition Blu-ray, standard edition Blu-ray, and DVD. Anime publisher and retailer RightStuf is importing the limited edition Blu-ray priced at 94.99 USD.
Initially a limited Blu-ray set was released to theaters to coincide with the theatrical release of the film. In the film’s first week, 53,674 copies were sold at 215 theaters, including 34,222 copies for the limited edition and 19,452 copies for the regular edition. In twenty-four days, the Blu-ray had sold 90,683 copies, with 52,989 units for the limited edition and 37,694 for the regular edition.
First in a trilogy of anime films helmed by director Shukou Murase(Ergo Proxy, Genocidal Organ), Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash or Hathaway is the official sequel to the 1988 Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack movie. The project was announced in November 2018 to celebrate the Gundam 40th anniversary, adapting the Yoshiyuki Tomino-penned novel series of the same name. The novels were originally released from 1989 to 1990, as a follow-up to Tomino’s Char’s Counterattack: Beltorchika’s Children novel, published by Kadokawa’s Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint.
As of June 2021, producer Naohiro Ogata confirmed the second installment was in production, tentatively titled, Sun of Bright (also read as “Son”). Producer Ogata addressed there would be changes from the novel’s 2nd volume as Yoshiyuki Tomino previously expressed his reservations to Ogata about adapting it. The story is said expand on rival Gundam pilot Lane Aim’s role in the film series and focus more on Gigi Andalucia.
Story
The year is U.C. 0105. Twelve years have passed since the end of the second Neo Zeon War (Char’s Rebellion). The anti-Earth Federation Movement “Mafty,” has taken a stand against the corruption of the Earth Sphere. Mafty carries out fierce acts of terrorism, assassinating high officials of the Federation government one after another, but it gains a certain level of support from the populace who are growing more opposed to the Federation government. The movement is led by Hathaway Noa, under the name “Mafty Navue Erin”, the son of Bright Noa, a famous officer of the Earth Federation Forces who once participated in the One Year War. With firsthand knowledge of the ideals and ideologies of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, he has become a warrior following in their footsteps. His destiny, however, is drastically altered as he encounters the Federation Forces officer Kenneth Sleg and a mysterious young beauty named Gigi Andalucia.
Source: Cospa
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