Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Revenge, a new original anime based on Mobile Suit Gundam, will be exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix from October 17th. The Japanese cast has now been announced, and the Japanese trailer has also been released. In addition, a special advance screening with a talk event will be held on October 12th.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Revenge is a new original anime series for global distribution, consisting of 6 episodes of 30 minutes each, focusing on the European front during the One Year War, the setting of the first Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam. 11 months after the outbreak of the war, one of the bases under Zeon occupation in Eastern Europe is seized by the Federal Army, and the story follows the exploits of Solari and the Red Wolf Squad, a mobile suit platoon that has just come down from space and joins a mixed battalion heading to recapture it.
The production will use Unreal Engine 5, in collaboration with Sunrise and SAFEHOUSE. The screenplay will be written by Gavin Highnight, whose work includes the anime series Tekken: Bloodline, Transformers: Cyberverse, and Star Wars: Resistance, and the director will be Erasmus Brosdau, whose work includes the anime series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, the games Star Citizen, Rise: Son of Rome, and the Crysis series.
The Japanese cast for the eight main characters, including the protagonist Ilia Solari, from Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Revenge has been announced.
Nanako Mori will play Ilia Solari, Shoya Ishige will play Niland LeShawn, Shunichi Maki will play Reed Gelfi (Chavs), Ryunosuke Watanuki will play Kayle Zavaleta, Ryojo Hara will play Ander Heaton, Takeo Otsuka will play Oni Kasuga, Maki Kawase will play Hayley Arfun, and Hiroshi Naka will play Alfie Zydos (Gearhead). A comment from Mori has also been received.
The Japanese version of the trailer has also been released. Anticipation is building to see how each character will interact with each other.
Furthermore, a special advance screening event has been scheduled for October 12th, where episodes 1 to 3 of the series will be shown with a talk event. Mori, who plays the main character Solari, director Erasmus Brosdau, and the producers are scheduled to appear at the talk event. This will be an opportunity for even
those who are watching the Gundam series for the first time to enjoy the powerful battle scenes depicted in 3DCG and the fast-paced development of this work, as if it were an action movie. Original novelty items will also be available, so it’s definitely something to attend.
In addition, it was announced that a unique “Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN)” island for “Requiem for Vengeance” will appear in “Fortnite” in a joint production between Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Look North World, and it has now been revealed that it will be released in the fall of 2024 under the title “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance Red vs Blue”. It will be possible to enjoy a team deathmatch game themed on “Requiem for Vengeance” in the world of “Fortnite”, so let’s look forward to further information along with the main story.
The new original anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Revenge will be available worldwide exclusively on Netflix from October 17th.
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