It has been revealed that the latest work in the popular anime series "Gundam", "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX", will be produced. It will be produced by Sunrise and khara, known for the "Evangelion" series. This is the first time that Sunrise and khara have teamed up, with Kazuya Tsurumaki as director, Yoji Enokido as series composer, and Ikuto Yamashita in charge of mechanical design. The announcement was made at the "Gundam Conference WINTER 2024" presentation, which was streamed on YouTube on December 4th.
Staff from the "Evangelion" series also participated, and regarding the protagonist's mobile suit GQuuuuuuX (Zeke Axe) designed by Yamashita, khara's producer Sugitani Yuki explained, "What would happen if an Evangelion designer designed a Gundam? This is one answer. The waist is one example, and Gundam has many surfaces and a robotic design, but Evangelion feels like a human wearing armor. The director was particular about giving it more human-like movement with the shoulders and hips."
The protagonist of "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX" is a high school girl named Amate Yuzuriha (Machu). Amate Yuzuriha, who lives a peaceful life in a space colony floating in space, meets a war refugee girl named Nyaan and gets involved in an illegal mobile suit duel competition, a clan battle... This is the story. Amate, who goes by the entry name Machu, pilots the GQuuuuuuX and throws herself into daily battles. At the same time, an unidentified mobile suit called Gundam, which is being pursued by both the space army and the police, and its pilot, a boy named Shuuji, appear before her. The protagonist's machine, GQuuuuuuX, is a mysterious state-of-the-art mobile suit piloted by Machu, and participates in clan battles as a machine belonging to the Pomeranians.
Tomoyo Kurosawa will play Amate Yuzuriha, Yui Ishikawa will play Nyaan, a girl who works as an illegal courier, and Shimba Tsuchiya will play Shuuji Ito, a mysterious boy who appears before Machu and Nyaan.
The TV anime series will be broadcast on Nippon Television, and ahead of the broadcast, a reconstructed version of some episodes, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-, will be screened at 373 theaters nationwide from January 17, 2025.
