The official website for Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance, an upcoming 3DCG anime spin-off series to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, released a second trailer and main visual today. The site also confirmed that the six-episode series will start streaming worldwide on Netflix starting October 17, 2024.The clip introduces the familiar mobile suits in the Universal Century world that appear in the story, including the Zaku II, Gundam, Gouf, Zaku Tank, GM and Guntank.
Main Visual
The main staff includes:
Director: Erasmus Brosdau
Executive producers: Makoto Asanuma, Naohiro Ogata, Taiki Sakurai, Gavin Hignight
Animation Producer/Sound Director: Hiroaki Yura
Producer: Ken Iyadomi
Writer: Gavin Hignight
Character design: Manuel Augusto Dischinger Moura
Mechanical design: Kimitoshi Yamane
Director of Photography: Junpei Kasaoka
Music: Wilbert Roget,II
The sole voice cast member confirmed for the series at the moment is Celia Massingham for an unspecified role. The story begins 11 months after the outbreak of the One Year War in the UC (Universal Century) 0079. GundamInfo describes the story:
In the year Universal Century 0079, a state of war began when the Principality of Zeon declared its independence from the Earth Federation government. In the war’s opening stages, the Zeon forces maintained an advantage thanks to the effectiveness of their new weapon, the mobile suit. However, they lacked the fighting strength to fully conquer Earth, and the war became a stalemate.Eleven months after the outbreak of war, a base in Zeon-occupied Eastern Europe is captured by the Federation Forces. A Zeon composite battalion is sent to recapture the base, and among its members are Solari and her Red Wolf Squadron, a mobile suit team that has only just arrived from space…
Sources: “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance” official website / X (formerly Twitter), GundamInfo official YouTube channel ©SOTSU・SUNRISE
