The 30th anniversary video "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Wing -Operation 30th-" of the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, " which began airing on April 7, 1995, was released on July 25th, and has become a hot topic. It was unveiled at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) event being held in San Diego, USA, and the video is also available on YouTube. We will explain the latest information on the "Gundam" series, including "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing," which was announced on the same day.
◇Is it different from "Frozen Teardrop"?
"Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" was broadcast from 1995 to 1996 as the second installment of the "Alternative Series." It was also the first Gundam work to be broadcast in the United States. As the work is deeply popular overseas, the 30th anniversary video was probably released at an event in the United States, rather than in Japan.
The video was directed by Toru Iwasawa, who has worked on "Black Clover" and "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End". Characters and mobile suits that have not appeared in the anime series yet, such as the new cloaked Wing Gundam Zero Cloaked Custom, Heero Yuy's foster father who taught him how to live, and Zhang Wufei's wife Meiran, appeared.
The new MS include the Wing Gundam Zero Cloaked Custom, Gundam Deathscythe Hell Cloaked Custom, Gundam Heavyarms Kai Cloaked Custom, Gundam Sandrock Kai Cloaked Custom, and Altron Gundam Cloaked Custom, all of which wear capes.
Some fans have wondered if the Wing Gundam Zero Cloaked Custom is an MS that appears in the novel "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Frozen Teardrop," but according to the program "SDCC Highlight Gunchan Report" that was streamed on YouTube on July 26, it is a different MS. There are many mysteries surrounding it, and every time you watch it, you will discover something new.
A new key visual based on the eye-catcher from when the anime was broadcast was also released, and it was also announced that the movie version of "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz", "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Special Edition", will be screened in Dolby Cinema for two weeks only from September 5th to 18th. With it being the 30th anniversary, we can expect even more excitement.
◇A special edition of "Uruzu Hunt" will be screened in theaters
At the event, it was also announced that as part of the 10th anniversary project for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, a special edited version of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urdr-Hunt, entitled Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urdr-Hunt - The Trail of the Little Challenger -, will be produced and released in theaters from October 31st. All 12 episodes have been re-edited and new scenes have been added. The main staff of Urdr-Hunt, including Director Tatsuyuki Nagai, and the main cast including Rina Ikoma will be reuniting.
"Urudr Hunt" is an anime distributed on the "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G" smartphone app for "Iron-Blooded Orphans". Following the end of the service for the app in January 2024, the series came to an end with the second part of episode 12, "Shiden no Sora", but it was announced that it would be developed as an "animated video work". "Urudr Hunt" also announced new Gunpla products such as Gundam Zagun, so we can look forward to future developments.
"Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX," Sunrise's first collaboration with khara, known for "Evangelion" and other works, was also a hot topic, but there are sure to be many developments in store for the "Gundam" series leading up to its 50th anniversary in 2029.
The second part of "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash," "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash Witch of Circe," will be released this winter, and the production of "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom ZERO" and a Hollywood live-action version has also been announced, so future announcements will be of interest.
