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Bandai Namco Filmworks has provided SciFi Japan with press notes and pics from the highly-anticipated new anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Kidō Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX). The show will air on Japanese television later this year, with a US release TBA.

On January 17th, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- (機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, Kidō Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-) -- a feature film comprised of select episodes of the series -- opened in Japanese theaters. GKIDS has acquired North American rights to the movie and will release it in American theaters on February 28th.

The following text is courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks...

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- movie art. Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE

khara x SUNRISE, a crossing of dreams

studio khara and SUNRISE team up for the first time to bring you GQuuuuuX.

The new Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX is here!

カラー×サンライズ 夢が、交わる。
スタジオカラー×サンライズの初タッグでお届けする ジークアクス
新たなガンダムシリーズ『機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX 』 始動!

 

studio khara, ceator of the “Evangelion” series, and SUNRISE, which produces the “Gundam” series, present a new Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX.

The series is scheduled to be broadcast on the Nippon Television Network, and is directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, the director of EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME (シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版𝄇, Shin Evangerion Gekijōban, 2021) and the other "Rebuild of Evangelion" (シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版, Evangerion Shin Gekijōban, 2007-21) films, with series composition and scriptwriting by Yoji Enokido (REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA, FLCL) and mechanical design by Ikuto Yamashita (EVANGELION), among other talented staff members.

Ahead of the broadcast, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-, which has been reconstructed for theatrical screening, is currently a huge hit.

We hope you will take note of these works that will breathe new life into the series.

 

「エヴァンゲリオン」シリーズを手掛けるスタジオカラーと、ガンダムシリーズを手掛けるサンライ ズでお届けする新たなガンダムシリーズ「機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX』。

日本テレビ系列にてTVシリーズ放送を予定しており、2021年公開の『シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場 版』をはじめとする『ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版』シリーズにて監督を務めた鶴巻和哉が本作の監督を 務め、シリーズ構成・脚本 榎戸洋司、メカニカルデザイン 山下いくと をはじめとする豪華スタッフ陣 でお届けします。

放送に先駆け、一部話数を劇場上映用に再構築した『機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-』が大ヒット上映中。

シリーズに新たな息吹をもたらす本作に、是非ご注目ください。

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■STORY

Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space.

When she meets a girl 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.

Now their world is about to enter a new era.

 

宇宙に浮かぶスペース・ コロニーで平穏に暮らしていた女子高生アマテ・ユズリハは、少女ニャアンと出会ったことで、非合法なモビルスーツ決闘競技《クランバト ル》 に巻き込まれる。

エントリーネーム《マチュ》を名乗るアマテは、GQuuuuuuXを駆り、 苛烈なバトルの日々に身を投じていく。

同じ頃、 宇宙軍と警察の双方から追われていた正体不明のモビルスーツ《ガンダム》と、 そのパイロットの少年シュウジが彼女の前に姿を現す。

そして、 世界は新たな時代を迎えようとしていた。

 

■CHARACTER & CAST

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Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE

Main Character: Amate Yuzuriha (MACHU)

Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student who is known as "Machu." She 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.

 

主人公 アマテ・ユズリハ(マチュ)

本名、アマテ・ユズリハ。女子高生。平穏なコロニー暮らしの日常を、どこか偽物のように感じていた。ニャアンと出会ったことをきっかけに,《GQuuuuuuX》のパイロットとなり《クランバトル》に参加する。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Character Voice: Tomoyo Kurosawa

This is Tomoyo Kurosawa. I’m very pleased to play the role of Machu. During the recording session, I had a bona-fide contact with the DNA of “Gundam” and was overwhelmed by its dynamism and level of passion, but I did my best. This anime is really intense. Director Tsurumaki’s ideology overflows from the screen. I’m earnestly looking forward to its release.

 

CV.黒沢ともよ

マチュを演じさせていただきました。黒沢ともよです。 制作現場で改めて”ガンダム“という遺伝子に触れ、その力強さ、そして熱量 に打ちひしがれながらも、必死につとめさせていただきました。 鶴巻監督イズムが画面中から溢れるハイカロリーな本作、いまは只々公開を 楽しみにしています。

 

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Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE

Nyaan

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 the colony where Machu lives. Her number one priority is to survive.

 

CV: Yui Ishikawa

Nyaan used to be a refugee and is not very good at communicating with others, but she has the strength to live her life on her own. When she becomes friends with someone for virtually the first time in her life, then how would she get involved with them? Even we, actors, were unable to predict the ending at all until the very end! Please look forward to the “Mobile Suit Gundam” that studio khara created!

 

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Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE

Shuji Itō

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.

 

CV: Shimba Tsuchiya

When I heard I had passed the audition for this project, that was a real bolt out of the blue. At a glance, Shuji is so elusive he even seems to have some mysterious personality, but the words he weaves together are something factual to him and very natural within himself. He is nothing but an ordinary youth, and I worked on his dialogue by respecting such feeling. I would ask you to reflect on it from various angles.

 

■MECHA

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Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE

GQuuuuuuX

A mysterious state-of-the-art mobile suit piloted by Machu. It participates in Clan Battle as part of the Pomeranians.

 

主人公機
GQuuuuuuX
マチュが操縦する謎の最新鋭モビルスーツ。ポメラニアンズの所属機としてクランバトルに参加する。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

■STAFF

Kazuya Tsurumaki

Animation Director/Animator

Tsurumaki was born in Niigata Prefecture in 1966. He works for khara Co., Ltd. After debuting as an animator at Studio Giants, he moved to Gainax. He participated as a key animator on the TV series NADIA: THE SECRET OF BLUE WATER (ふしぎの海のナディア, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia, 1990-91) and directed the LD-BOX bonus video NADIA BONUS THEATER (ナディア・おまけ劇場, Nadia Omake Gekijō). After that, he directed the LD-BOX bonus video NEW AIM FOR THE TOP SCIENCE LESSON (新トップをねらえ! 科学講 座, Shin Toppu o Nerae! Kagakukōza) for the OVA GUNBUSTER aka AIM FOR THE TOP! (ト ップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!, 1988-89).

He contributed to the TV series NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Shinseiki Evangerion, 1995-96) as an assistant director and was also involved in the design and setting. His first full-scale original works, the OVA FLCL (フリクリ, Furikuri, 2000-01) and DIEBUSTER aka AIM FOR THE TOP 2! (トップを ねらえ2!, Toppu o Nerae 2!, 2004-06), were supported by many fans for their unique characters and worldview.

He participated in the web-based anime series JAPAN ANIMATOR EXPO (日本アニメ(ーター)見本市, Nihon Animētā Mihon'ichi, 2014-15) (studio khara, Dwango) as director, storyboard artist, and character designer, and also directed THE DRAGON DENTIST (龍の歯医 者, Ryū no Haisha) which aired on NHK BS Premium in February 2017.

For the "Rebuild of Evangelion" series, including EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME released in 2021, he worked as a director as well as a storyboard artist and design artist.

監督　鶴巻和哉

アニメーション監督・アニメーター

1966年、新潟県生まれ。株式会社カラー所属。 スタジオジャイアンツでアニメーターとしてデビュー後、ガイナック スに移籍。 TVシリーズ『ふしぎの海のナディア』に原画として参加し、LD-BOX 特典映像『ナディア・おまけ劇場』で演出を担当。その後、OVA『ト ップをねらえ!』のLD-BOX特典映像『新トップをねらえ! 科学講 座』で初監督を務める。

TVシリーズ『新世紀エヴァンゲリオン』では副監督としてシリーズに 貢献し、デザインや設定にも関わった。 初の本格的なオリジナル作品であるOVA『フリクリ』や、『トップを ねらえ2!』では、独特のキャラクターと世界観が多くのファンに支 持された。

WEB配信アニメシリーズ『日本アニメ(ーター)見本市』(スタジオカ ラー・ドワンゴ)では、監督、画コンテ、キャラクター原案として参 加し、また2017年2月にNHK BSプレミアムで放送された『龍の歯医 者』でも監督を務めた。

2021年公開の『シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版』をはじめとする『ヱ ヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版』シリーズでは、監督を務めながら、画コン テやデザインワークスでも活躍。

 

■CREDITS

Original Story: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Series Composition: Yoji Enokido
Screenplay: Yoji Enokido, Hideaki Anno
Character Design: take
Mechanical Design: Ikuto Yamashita
Animation Character Design and Supervising Character Animation Directors: Yumi Ikeda, Shie Kobori
Animation Mechanical Design and Supervising Mechanical Animation Director: Sejoon Kim

Production: studio khara, SUNRISE
Distribution (Japan): TOHO CO., LTD., Bandai Namco Filmworks
Advertising: Bandai Namco Filmworks, Shochiku Co., Ltd., khara, inc., Nippon Television Network Corporation, TOHO CO., LTD.
Produced by: Bandai Namco Filmworks

 

原作:矢立肇/富野由悠季
監督:鶴巻和哉
シリーズ構成:榎戸洋司
脚本:榎戸洋司/庵野秀明
キャラクターデザイン:竹
メカニカルデザイン:山下いくと
アニメーションキャラクターデザイン・キャラクター総作画監督:池田由美/小堀史絵
アニメーションメカニカルデザイン・メカニカル総作画監督:金 世俊

制作:スタジオカラー/サンライズ
配給:東宝/バンダイナムコフィルムワークス
宣伝:バンダイナムコフィルムワークス/松竹/スタジオカラー/日本テレビ放送網/東宝
製作:バンダイナムコフィルムワークス

 

©SOTSU・SUNRISE

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