Char Aznable Gets His Own McDonald’s Menu With McDonald’s Japan x Gundam Collaboration

 

The menu is going to be 3x Faster and Red Comet inspired at McDonald’s in Japan! 

A new collaboration between Bandai Namco and McDonald’s Japan will see Mobile Suit Gundam’s iconic Newtype ace pilot Char Aznable inspired food menus being offered at the restaurant chain in the land of the rising sun! Beginning on June 22nd and featuring the Custom Zaku-II to the Zeong, there will be a number of wrappings adorned with the images of the mobile suits Zeon’s “Red Comet” has piloted in the original Mobile Suit Gundam franchise!

Check out the commercial below!

Source: Gundam News.org

First Teaser Trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Released

The first Gundam series from Bandai Namco Entertainment since Iron-Blooded Orphans now has a teaser trailer to its name, as the first PV for “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury” has been released - showing the female protagonist and the Gundam Aerial together and also announcing a Prologue to debut this Summer.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury PV
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury will premiere as a series this October in Japan.

First concept art for live-action Gundam film released

 

IKE GUNDAM!

Sunrise is hyping up the upcoming live-action Gundam film that is going to be a joint production between them and Legendary Pictures, as the first concept art showing the infamous RX-78-2 mobile suit has been released - created by Industrial Light & Magic and looking very epic! Jordan Vogt-Roberts is set to direct and the screenplay of the film will be helmed by Brian K. Vaughan!

No other details have been released for the Gundam film, but we can only hope it comes soon!

Via Gundam News

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathway hits Netflix July 1, Will be dubbed and subbed in several languages

 

After being confirmed to stream on the digital platform last week as part of the Geeked Week showcase, Bandai, Sunrise, and Netflix have announced that Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway will start streaming on Netflix internationally starting next month (via Gundam Global Portal), July 1st! It follows the theatrical debut of the long awaited Gundam film in Japan this month - and is the first of three planned films adapting this chapter in Universal Century!

"Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway" Coming Soon exclusively on Netflix

As a direct sequel to the animated film Char's Counterattack, MSG Hathaway is an anime film adaptation of Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash novels - and it centers on the individual known as Mafty, aka Bright Noa's son Hathaway, as he leads a terrorist organization to stop the abuses of the Earth Federation. It is a continuation of the mainline Gundam series and set in the Universal Century - and all three compilation films and Char's Counterattack will be streaming this Friday on the service!

Mobile Suit Gundam Trilogy movies and Char's Counterattack come to Netflix this June

 

Looks like fans of the original Universal Century timeline are going to get a treat if they are Netflix subscribers, as Gundam News reports the original Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy of movies as well as the epic Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack are going to be added to the streaming service starting June 18! The inclusion of these seminal mecha anime shows is a welcome sight -- and compliments the upcoming Legendary Pictures, Sunrise, and Netflix live-action Gundam film that will be directed by Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts!

Gundam Live-Action Film being developed for Legendary and Netflix by Jordan Vogt-Roberts

 

One of Japan's biggest popculture and mecha franchises is getting the long awaited live-action treatment it deserves (not counting the Ready Player One cameo appearance), as Variety reports that Kong: Skull Island and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has been tasked with directing a Gundam live-action movie for Legendary and Netflix!

According to the report, famed comic book writer Brian K. Vaughan will also be joining the project as executive producer - and writing the screenplay! There's no word yet on what exact iteration of Gundam that will be adapted by the director, Legendary, and Netflix - but the safest and most popular would definitely be the original Universal Century timeline that began with the original Mobile Suit Gundam series released on April of 1979! That story debuted the titular mecha with Amuro Ray as its pilot, and chronicled his journey with the crew of the White Base as they battled Char Aznable and the Republic of Zeon during the events of the "One Year War".

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash launches on July 23 in Japan

Set exactly twelve years after the events of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, the Universal Century will finally get another continuation installment that was previously told in Novel form, as Bandai and Sunrise gear up for "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash" - which centers on Bright Noa's estranged and rebellious son Hathaway as he leads a terrorist group called "Mafty" as it seeks to stop the Earth Federation from privatizing the planet for the privileged.


Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway [Full Trailer]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash will be the first of a planned "trilogy" of films, with the first installment getting released in Japan on July 23.

WATCH: Mobile Suit Gundam "G40 Project" Special Movie released by Sunrise

Fans of the Mobile Suit Gundam series got a special treat from the folks at Sunrise, as a brand new "Mobile Suit Gundam" Special Movie called "G40 Project" was released over at the official Gundam Info YouTube channel! Made to coincide with last April's 40th Anniversary celebration of the long running Japanese Mecha franchise -  the short features newly animated scenes and highlights retelling the story of Amuro Ray and his fated role as the pilot of the Earth Federation's RX-78-2 Mobile Suit, showing his encounter with the forces of the Principality of Zeon and his eventual archnemesis, Char Aznable.


Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary "G40 Project" Special Movie
In the short movie, the RX-78-2 Gundam's design is based off the model design created by artist Ken Okuyama. Gundam mania is still in full swing despite almost reaching 41 years, with the return of the 18 Meter tall life-sized Gundam this October in Japan as reported by Gundam Kits Collection.

Sunrise debuts the first trailer to "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash" movie

Nearly thirty years after it was first published and released as a sequel of sorts to the anime film "Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack", Sunrise is officially adapting the novel series "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash" - which follows the adventures of Bright Noa's son Hathaway - who has joined a terrorist organization called "Mufti" and attacks the Earth Federation in their quest for vengeance for past transgressions. This film is the first of a planned anime trilogy adaptation, and is the second "UC NexT 0100 Project" that features tales from the original "Universal Century" Gundam timeline.

Check out the first trailer below.

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway's Flash Trailer Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash is expected to be released on Winter 2019.

ICYMI: New "Ready Player One" features several popculture franchises

If you've seen the trailers and followed the marketing religously, Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One" is shaping up to be one popculture spectacle - particularly because of the many franchises and icons that will be appearing in the film as easter eggs and avatars - like the Delorean from Back to the Future, The Iron Giant, the RX-78-2 Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam, and with this new poster that debuted on the film's Facebook page - the Swordfish II from Cowboy Bebop!

Definitely a grand poster that makes for a great Valentine's Day treat, and a movie to see and catch when it opens in theaters this March!

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans coming this October

At long last, Sunrise and Bandai have announced the next and fourteenth incarnation to their long running Gundam mecha series, and it is called "Mobile Suit Gundam:  Iron-Blooded Orphans"! The reveal was made at the official website for the project, originally called "G-Tekketsu" but now fully revealed for the world to see.


Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans will start airing in Japan on October 4!

Japan's Life-Sized RX-78-2 Gundam returns in April 19!

Mobile Suit Gundam has endured for many years since its introduction to Japan and the world with the original series in April of 1979. Since then the universe that began with Universal Century has expanded immensely, and several other spin-off titles have been created, garnering countless fans across the globe who admire the military science fiction drama and action the series possesses.

A couple of years ago, a life-sized model of the original Gundam, the RX-78-2 found in Mobile Suit Gundam and piloted by Newtype Amuro Ray, was first erected in Odaiba, Japan in July 2009. It moved to Shizuoka the following year, and some disassembled parts were donated to a charity drive following the great earthquake in Japan in 2011. Now, the large model of the original Gundam is set to return, with a grand opening on April 19 this year. Since it's already up, some time lapse videos have been released by one darwinfish105.

Here's one of the time lapse videos, showing the Gundam being constructed from scratch! For the other  clip plus more info on the life sized Gundam, check the source post at Anime News Network!