After a massive run in Japanese theaters, the TV anime version of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX will premiere on Japanese TV on April 8. The official Gundam website announced the premiere date today and revealed that the theme song for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-, “Plazma” by Kenshi Yonezu, will continue to be the theme song for the TV anime.
Yesterday, a new spoiler-filled promotion reel for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-, the theatrical advance screening of the TV anime, was released to celebrate its success on movie screens. Earlier this week, the feature was confirmed to have passed 2.5 billion yen (US$16.71 million) at the box office in just a month, making it the second highest-grossing theatrical release in the Gundam franchise.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning- Promotional Reel 2
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX is also set to be the main feature of the Gundam stage at AnimeJapan 2025. The stage will be held on the RED Stage at 4:15 pm JST on March 23. The cast from the series is set to appear at the event.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is co-produced at studio khara, which handled the Evangelion movie series, and Bandai Namcon Filmworks sub-brand Sunrise, which has worked on the Gundam series since the first TV anime series in 1979. Kazuya Tsurumaki, who co-directed the Rebuild of Evangelion film series including the final installment Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, serves as director, alongside series composition writer Yoji Enokido and Hideaki Anno (Evangelion), character designer Take (Pokémon) and mechanical designer Ikuto Yamashita (Evangelion). The TV anime is set to premiere on NTV in Japan on April 8.GKIDS will release Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- in North America starting February 28, 2025. Sugoi Co will release the feature in Australia and New Zealand starting February 27. GKIDS describes the anime as such:
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji. Now their world is about to enter a new era.
Source: Gundam official website
