It has been revealed that a new short film, "Intermission Wedge," will be produced for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. It will be screened alongside a special edited version of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urdr Hunt, titled Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urdr Hunt - The Trail of a Little Challenger. A special 10th anniversary trailer featuring Mikazuki Augus, Orga Itsuka, Gundam Barbatos, and more has also been released on YouTube.
The new short story tells the story of how, after completing their mission to protect Kudelia and rising to fame during the battle for the Arbrau representative nomination election, Tekkadan's name became known throughout the outer sphere, and when Mikazuki and the other members of Tekkadan see Orga struggling with the unfamiliar work of his new role as leader, they come up with an idea... As with the TV anime, Tatsuyuki Nagai in charge of the script.
The special edition will be released in theaters from October 31st as part of the Iron-Blooded Orphans 10th anniversary project. All 12 episodes of Urdr Hunt have been re-edited, with new scenes added. Director Nagai and other main staff from Urdr Hunt, as well as Rina Ikoma and other main cast members, will reunite.
The main visual for the special edition has also been released. It features the protagonist, the Venusian boy Wisterio Afam, the Urzu Hunt's guide Cornal Kosa, the girl Katua Inosy whom Wisterio and his friends meet, and Gundam Hajime Shiraboshi. In addition to the main characters and mobile suits featured in the special edition, the 10th anniversary trailer also features the mysterious Gundam frame Gundam Marchosias.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary, Ikoma, who plays Wisterio Afam, and Kengo Kawanishi, who plays Mikazuki Augus, have provided comments.
Ikoma commented, "Congratulations on the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans! I am grateful to have been able to be involved in this work through Wisterio. I was overwhelmed by the grandeur of the worldview while acting, but I was able to do my best thanks to the growth of Wisterio. I hope you will enjoy Urdr Hunt as well."
Kawanishi said, "This year marks the 10th anniversary of the broadcast of Iron-Blooded Orphans, and Tekkadan will be returning to everyone in the form of 'Intermission Wedge.' When I heard this, I was filled with disbelief and joy. I am very happy to be able to meet all of you who have continued to follow us once again as Tekkadan. To mark the 10th anniversary milestone, we will first have a new story in the theater called 'Intermission Wedge,' but I have heard that there is still much more to come, so I am just as excited as everyone else. So, I hope you will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Iron-Blooded Orphans in style and have fun and get excited together with us!"
"Urudr Hunt" is an anime distributed on the smartphone app "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G," based on "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans." In response to the app's end of service in January 2024, the series concluded with the second half of episode 12, "Shiden no Sora," but it was announced that it would be developed as an "animated video work."
"Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" is set approximately 300 years after the end of the great war known as the Calamity War, and depicts the battles of Mikazuki, Augus, and other members of Tekkadan. The first season aired from October 2015 to March 2016, and the second season from October 2016 to April 2017.
*Staff of "Maku-kan Kusabi" (titles omitted)
Planning and production: Sunrise ▽ Original work: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino ▽ Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai Nagai ▽ Screenplay: Mari Okada ▽ Original character design: Yu Ito ▽ Character design: Michinori Chiba ▽ Mechanical design: Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa ▽ Prop design: Kenji Teraoka ▽ Chief mechanical animator: Hiroshi Arisawa ▽ Art design: Nobuto Sue ▽ Art directors: Ayu Kiyoki, Eiji Wakamatsu ▽ Color design: Kazuko Kikuchi ▽ 3D director: Yoshimasa Yamazaki ▽ Director of photography: Haruhi Goto ▽ Editor: Ayako Tan ▽ Sound director: Jin Aketagawa ▽ Music: Masaru Yokoyama ▽ Produced and distributed by: Bandai Namco Filmworks
*Cast of "Intermission" (titles omitted)
Mikazuki Augus: Kengo Kawanishi ▽ Orga Itsuka: Yoshimasa Hosoya
