Kadokawa Releases Novelization of Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island Film



 

Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa Future Publishing has released a novelization of the fast approaching Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island film.

Cover art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

The novel is published within their Kadokawa Comics Ace imprint and penned by Kiyoto Takeuchi, the writer of the novelization for the 2018 Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative film. The novelization is an adaptation of the film but is also said to include the past of the titular Cucuruz Doan and the Principality of Zeon’s Southern Cross Team, Doan’s former military unit.

The novel is B6 size, 276 pages and priced at 792 yen.

Key Visual

Announced during the 2nd Gundam Conference on September 2021, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island is a new anime film directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the character designer and chief animation director of the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam series, as well as chief director of the 2015-2018 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin series. The film will be a new perspective on the fifteenth episode of the same name from the 0079 series. The film is set to release June 3, 2022 to 185 theaters in Japan.

Last week, Bandai Namco Filmworks(Sunrise) announced a theatrical Blu-ray release for the film. The Blu-rays come in a limited edition version and a standard edition version, priced at 13,000 yen and 5,000 yen respectively, and release June 3, 2022 at all participating theaters.

Story

After enduring the battle at Jaburo, the Earth Federation Forces plan to launch a major counteroffensive to capture Odessa, a major base of Zeon’s Earth Attack forces. The White Base, with Amuro and his fellow crew aboard, head towards Belfast to receive the last resupply before the operation. White Base is then given a mission. The mission is to mop up the remaining Zeon enemies on an uninhabited island, commonly known as the “Island of No Return”. Amuro and his team embark on a search for the remaining agents, but what they see is a group of children and a Zaku that should not be there. After losing his Gundam in a battle, Amuro meets a man who calls himself Cucuruz Doan. Will he be able to uncover the secrets of the island, and will Amuro be able to find the Gundam again and escape safely……?

Cast

  • Toru Furuya as Amuro Ray
  • Ken Narita as Bright Noa
  • Satomi Arai as Mirai Yashima
  • Megumi Han as Sayla Mass
  • Toshio Furukawa as Kai Shiden
  • Hideki Nakanishi as Hayato Kobayashi
  • Misato Fukuen as Fraw Bow
  • Tomofumi Ikezoe as Sleggar Law
  • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Cucuruz Doan
  • Atsushi Miyauchi as Egba Atler
  • Yoji Ueda as Wald Ren
  • Shizuka Ito as Selma Livens
  • Koji Yusa as Yun Sanho
  • Yū Hayashi as Danan Rashica
  • Yuma Uchida as Marcos
  • Fu Hirohara as Cara
  • Shuichi Ikeda as Char Aznable

Staff

  • Planning and Production: Sunrise
  • Original Story: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • Assistant Director: Ka Hee Im
  • Screenplay: Toshizo Nemoto
  • Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Atsushi Tamura, Tsukasa Kotobuki
  • Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara, Hajime Katoki, Kimitoshi Yamane
  • Chief Animation Director: Atsushi Tamura
  • Art Director: Yuji Kaneko
  • Color Design: Nagisa Abe
  • Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama, Ryo Iijima
  • CGI Directing: Shuhei Morita
  • CGI Director: Morihito Abe
  • Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
  • Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
  • Music: Takayuki Hattori
  • Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks
  • Theme Song: “Ubugoe” by Hiroko Moriguchi

Source: Kadokawa

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