Tag: Mobile Suit Gundam

After War Gundam X Collection 1 Blu-Ray Release Details

Michael Lederhos

Following the announcement back in September 2019, Nozomi Entertainment has solicited for release After War Gundam X Collection 1 Blu-Ray for North America. The 1996 anime series was previously released on DVD only by Nozomi back in 2016 in two collection volumes of 19 episodes each. This DVD release was prior to the Japanese remaster and Blu-Ray release in 2018. The new Blu-Ray release from Nozomi will be based upon the 2018 remaster of the series. After War Gundam X Collection 1 Blu-Ray: Release Date: April 7, 2020 List Price: $74.99 USD Episodes: 1-19 Run Time: 475 Minutes…

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Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Teaser Trailer Released

Michael Lederhos

Last year, during the Japanese Theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam NT, Gundam fans were treated to a short teaser for the next Universal Century movie, Hathaway’s Flash. After the North American screenings, the teaser was released online with the release date of Winter 2020. Flash forward several months (and a NA Char’s Counterattack screening), we finally have a full trailer for the film. https://youtu.be/GjPigquaRcE From the new teaser trailer we can gather quite a bit of previously unknown information about the film: The English title of the film is now “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway”…

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Gundam X & Gundam Narrative NA Blu-Rays Announced

Michael Lederhos

Today at Crunchyroll Expo 2019, Nozomi Entertainment announced two more Blu-Rays from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise that will be releasing in North America next year. These releases join the previous announced Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Ultra Edition and the teased Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Ultra Edition for 2020.   Mobile Suit Gundam NT/Narrative Just announced at Crunchyroll Expo, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative is coming to Blu-ray in 2020! pic.twitter.com/VmPrsHHbOt — Nozomi Entertainment (@NozomiEnt) September 1, 2019 The 2018 film, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative was the first release announced. While this announcement should not come as…

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Nozomi Entertainment Anime Expo 2019 Panel – Gundam 0080 & Gundam SEED Announcements

Michael Lederhos

At this year’s Anime Expo 2019 during the RightStufAnime panel, two new updates were given for upcoming Nozomi Entertainment releases from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. With one new announcement and an update on a previously announced set; the panel was light for Gundam fans, but there were plenty of anime goodness for other genres. Today, we are following the Gundam announcements specifically.   Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Blu-Ray Announced   The six episode 1989 OVA series, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, was originally released in North America by Bandai Entertainment in 2001. Nozomi Entertainment released…

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SD Gundam World: Sangoku Soketsuden Premiere Date, Cast & Opening Revealed

Michael Lederhos

Following an announcement at the Sunrise Gundam 40th panel at Anime Expo, we have the full details for the premiere of SD Gundam World: Sangoku Soketsudan. The series, announced late last year, is finally premiering on July 26th, 2019. The series is based upon the Chinese novel series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and as such features three rival kingdoms. Characters are a fusion of the characters from the original novels and well-known Gundam/ Mobile Suit designs. A new promotional video was released to announce the premiere date of the series. In addition, the video revealed that…

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Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary PV & Build Divers Re:Rise Announced

Michael Lederhos

Sunrise has released a new promotional video for the Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary. The video features previews of upcoming projects as well as a retrospective of past Gundam series going all the way back to the beginning. While we already knew of the current Gundam 40th projects, we recently learned a few new details from the video.   First, viewers get to see familiar footage from the Gundam Live-Action Movie Announcement and Gundam Factory Yokohama. Next there is artwork from the Gundam x Ken Okuyama collaboration; the collaboration features Industrial Designer Ken Okuyama redesigning classic Mobile Suits…

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Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare Announced

Michael Lederhos

Japan receives multiple Mobile Suit Gundam video games a year, but very few seem to make it over to the West, especially mobile games. This lead to quite the surprise when it was revealed that Bandai Namco’s upcoming mobile game, Gundam Breaker Mobile, will be released in North America as Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare. This new mobile game is based on the Gundam Breaker video game series which is very popular in Japan. However, the Gundam Breaker Series hit a wall with the release of New Gundam Breaker in 2018 which ended up being a critical, and commercial…

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Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin MSD: Cucuruz Doan’s Island Manga Ends

Michael Mucha

The July issue of Kadokawa’s Gundam Ace Magazine recently published the final chapter of Junji Ōno’s Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin MSD: Cucuruz Doan’s Island. The manga is a spin-off of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga, a series that re-imagines the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. However, Ōno’s spin-off directly focuses on retelling the story of Cucuruz Doan, a character from the fifteenth episode of the original anime series.   Now, not all western fans may be aware of the character as the fifteenth episode was…

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