A video titled "Mobile Suit Gundam : Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash: Hathaway's Flash(directed by Murase Shukou) from the popular Gundam anime series, has been released on the official Gundam YouTube channel, "Gundam Channel."
The video begins with the final scene of Hathaway walking on the deck of the Mufty's support ship, the Valiant, and then rewinds his memories, depicting the hijacking of Haunzen Flight 356 by an individual calling himself "Mufty," his meetings with Gigi and Kenneth, the deepening bond between Hathaway, Gigi, and Kenneth, and the changes in the relationships surrounding Hathaway. It also includes Hathaway's iconic line, "So tell me how to destroy the depths of this system," a scene vividly highlighting Hathaway's anguish and conflict, and the clash between the XI Gundam and Penelope.
It was also announced that the second chapter, "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash and the Witch of Circe," will be screened for the first time in the world at 16 theaters in seven cities across Japan, including Shinjuku Piccadilly (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), from midnight on January 30th.
As part of the Gundam series crossover project "Call of Hathaway" to commemorate the release of "Circe's Witch," special promotional videos featuring a crossover between all eight works in the series and "Circe's Witch" will be released daily starting January 21st. The first promotional video released is a crossover with "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (Geaku Axe)."
"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. The anime has been announced to 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.
