Gundam Meets Evangelion in Khara Co-produced Series ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’

During the Bandai Namco Group’s “Winter Gundam 2024 Conference,” Bandai Namco Filmworks announced the long-awaited newest entry in the Gundam series.

Touted as the” khara x SUNRISE, a crossing of dreams,” the curiously titled Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is the first major collaboration between Gundam studio Sunrise and Neon Genesis Evangelion studio khara. The studios provided a trailer, teaser visual, and information on the staff, main cast, and the titular mobile suit, the GQuuuuuuX. In addition to being co-produced by khara, the series is directed by Evangelion assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki. Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is credited in the series for the script, design work, and storyboarding, while Evangelion designer Ikuto Yamashita serves as the series’ mechanical designer.

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:

– Planning/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

– Detail Works: Toshiaki Ihara, Tatsuya Tanaka, Mahiro Maeda

– Animation Checker: Yasuhito Murata

– Digital Animation Checker: Mayuko Kanosue(studio EIGHTCOLORS), Ayaka Miura, Emi Nakano

– Color Designer: Akiko Inoue(Wish)

– Color Setting/Check: Saeko Kushima(Wish), Hiromi Okamoto(Wish)

– Special Effect: Shin Inoie

– Art Director: Hiroshi Kato(TOTONYAN)

– Assistant Art Director: Chihiro Goto(TOTONYAN)

– CGI Director: Takashi Suzuki

– CGI Animation Director: Masanori Iwasato, Shiguma Morimoto

– CGI Modelling Director: Shintaro Wakatsuki, Ryosuke Kusudo

– CGI Technical Director: Shunsuke Kumagai

– CGI Art Director: Hiroyasu Kobayashi

– Graphic Design Director: Kayoko Zama

– Visual Development Director: Yohsuke Chiai

– Composition Director: Tomoyuki Shiokawa(T2 studio)

– Composition Advisor: Susumu Fukushi(T2 studio)

– VFX Director: Hiroaki Yabe

– Look Development: Nanae Hirabayashi, Yoko Miki

– Editor: Emi Tsujita

– Music: Yoshimasa Terui, Masayuki Hasuo

– Sound Director: Haru Yamada(Sound Team Don Juan)

– Sound Design: Naoto Yamaya(sound box)

– Main Producer: Yuki Sugitani

– Executive Producer: Naohiro Ogata

– Producer: Keisuke Kasai

– Production Desk/Setting Production: Hayato Tanaka

– Digital Production Desk: Kohei Fujiwara

– 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

Prior to the airing of TV series, theatrical version using re-edited episodes… Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is coming to theaters in Japan, January 17.

Source: Official website