A TV spot for the second chapter of the popular anime series "Gundam" - "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash - The Witch of Circe" - "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash " (directed by Murase Shukou) - has been released on YouTube, and the video has become a hot topic due to the appearance of the Nu Gundam, which is also familiar from "Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack" released in 1988. The Nu Gundam is shown attacking with its head vulcans, just like the special preview for "Char's Counterattack".
In fact, the scene in the teaser trailer for "Char's Counterattack" where the head vulcan attacks does not appear in the main story of the film. For this reason, it is also called a "phantom" scene. "Hathaway's Flash" is set in the year 0105 of the Universal Century, 12 years after "Char's Counterattack," but will the Nu Gundam appear in the main story of Chapter 2, "Circe's Witch"? The intention behind the homage to the teaser trailer for "Char's Counterattack" is also of interest.
"Hathaway's Flash" is based on a novel published in 1989-90 by director Yoshiyuki Tomino, known as the creator of the "Gundam" series. Set in the year 0105 of the Universal Century, Hathaway, the son of Bright Noa, who experienced a bitter separation during the Second Neo Zeon War, pilots a new mobile suit, the XI Gundam, and rises up in rebellion against the Earth Federation government.
It has been announced that the anime will be made up of three chapters, with the first chapter, released in June 2021, being a hit, grossing approximately 2.23 billion yen at the box office. The second chapter, "Circe's Witch," will be directed by Murase Shukou, who has also directed "Genocidal Organ," and will feature voice actors such as Kensho Ono as Hathaway, Reina Ueda as Gigi Andalusia, Junichi Suwabe as Kenneth Sleg, and Soma Saito as Lane Aim. It will be released in 426 theaters, including IMAX, on January 30th.
