It has been announced that the theatrical pre-release version of the latest work in the popular anime series "Gundam," "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX (Zeke Axe)," titled "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-," will be screened in the United States from February 28. It will also be screened overseas in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand.
The film will be distributed in the United States by GKIDS, a company that has distributed Studio Ghibli films as well as Japan's most iconic anime films, including "Mirai" (directed by Makoto Shinkai), and "Inu-Oh" (directed by Masaaki Yuasa). It will be screened by Medialink in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, by DEX in Thailand, and by Sugoi Co in Australia and New Zealand.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is also a hot topic as it is the first collaboration between Sunrise, which is responsible for the Gundam series, and Khara, known for the Evangelion series. Singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu will be performing the theme song, Plazma. The TV anime series was broadcast on Nippon Television, and a pre-broadcast version of some episodes was released on January 17th at 426 theaters, including IMAX screenings.
The story is about the protagonist, high school girl Amate Yuzuriha (Machu), who lives a peaceful life in a space colony floating in space, but after meeting a war refugee girl named Nyaan, she becomes embroiled in an illegal mobile suit duel competition, a clan battle... The protagonist's robot, GQuuuuuuX, is a mysterious state-of-the-art mobile suit piloted by Amate Yuzuriha, and participates in the clan battle.
Kazuya Tsurumaki will be the director, Yoji Enokido will be the series composer, and Ikuto Yamashita will be the mechanical designer. 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.
