Gundam
Japanese media franchise
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Find the Way
Hiroko Moriguchi plans to cover the song 'Find the Way' on her album 'Gundam Song Covers –Orchestra–'.
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Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete
An orchestral remix of 'Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete' is included on the Gundam Song Covers –Orchestra– album.
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| 2025 |
Eternal Wind
An orchestral version of 'Eternal Wind' is included on the Gundam Song Covers –Orchestra– album.
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| 2025 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
Continued illumination of the statue in blue, red, and yellow colors to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
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| March 31 2025 | Deadline reported that actress Sydney Sweeney is in talks for a role in the Gundam live-action film. |
| 2025 |
Gunpla
Bandai launched the 30 Minutes Preference line, which focuses on licensed anime not owned by Bandai, with the first releases featuring characters from the anime Bocchi the Rock!
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| 2025 |
Gunpla
Release of standard plastic version of Zakupla-kun, following the previous event-exclusive version that used plastic made from green tea leaves.
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| March 2025 |
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
The Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga was announced to be on hiatus until 13 June 2025.
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| 2024 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
The statue was illuminated in blue, red, and yellow lights to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
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| 2024 |
Gunpla
Bandai introduced the 30 Minutes Fantasy line, featuring medieval and knight-themed figures within the 30 Minutes Label series.
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| 2024 | Credited with the creation of the anime Metallic Rouge, collaborating with Bones' president Masahiko Minami to develop a new fictional world and historical background as an original intellectual property. |
| 2024 |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED characters
Nanako Mori begins voicing Cagalli in the Japanese version, replacing Naomi Shindō.
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| 2024 | Motorcycles 'Gold Wing' and 'Hawk 11' displayed at the Honda booth during the 2024 Motorcycle Show, with director Mitsuo Fukuda personally involved in designing motorcycle scenes. |
| 2024 | Film grosses over US$36 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Gundam franchise. |
| 2024 | Promotional collaboration with Dune: Part Two, creating an alternate movie poster featuring Lacus and Kira instead of Chani and Paul Atreides. |
| December 2024 | Announcement of another spinoff manga to be serialized in Comic Newtype starting in spring 2025. |
| December 25 2024 | DVD and Blu-ray of the movie released |
| November 2024 | Sunrise announces a prequel to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom. Director Mitsuo Fukuda reveals the scenario was originally written 20 years ago, with storyboards already half complete. The project was initially planned as an original video animation but was uncertain about its presentation. |
| November 2024 | The first teaser for the upcoming prequel was revealed in the same month as the project's announcement. |
| November 1 2024 | Second special edition of the film with over 500 cuts of updated footage and different epilogue played in Japanese theaters from November 1 to 14 |
| October 2024 | Jim Mickle was announced as the new director and writer for the Gundam live-action film, with Netflix no longer involved in the project. |
| October 2024 |
Gunpla
For the 45th Anniversary of Gundam, a modern remake of the original RX-78-2 kit was released as the BMC Revival version, featuring modern Gunpla techniques like color separation and snap-fit parts while maintaining limited articulation.
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| October 1 2024 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
First volume of the spinoff manga is released by Vertical in North America.
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| September 20 2024 | First special edition of the film with over 500 cuts of updated footage and different epilogue played in Japanese theaters from September 20 to October 3 |
| August 2024 |
Gunpla
For the 45th Anniversary of Gundam, the RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.2.0 was announced, marking a significant milestone by abandoning the MS Joint technology and focusing on realistic inner frame detailing and high articulation.
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| July 10 2024 | Film screened at the Odex Film Festival in the Philippines from July 10 to July 16 |
| May 7 2024 | Film screening in North America and Canada on May 7-8 |
| March 2024 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
Kodansha USA announces licensing of the spinoff manga for North American release.
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| March 23 2024 | Initial two-day film release in the United Kingdom, which was later extended until April 3rd |
| February 16 2024 | Azteca 7 aired the series dubbed in Spanish, becoming one of the few broadcasters worldwide to air the series. |
| January 2024 | Witch from Mercury's final Blu-ray volume is released, including an interview with series director Hiroshi Kobayashi confirming Suletta and Miorine are married in the story's final scene, reigniting the #SuleMioMarriage hashtag trend in Japan. |
| January 26 2024 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom is officially released in theaters, marking the completion of a long-awaited project in the Gundam franchise. |
| January 24 2024 | Single release of the main music theme 'Freedom' by Nishikawa and Tetsuya Komuro for the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom film. |
| 2023 | A 1/100 scale Full Mechanics Gundam Aerial kit was released by Bandai Spirits. |
| 2023 | High Grade Gundam Calibarn became the best-selling Gunpla kit of the year. |
| 2023 |
Statue of Unicorn Gundam
The statue was highlighted in the book 'Super Cheap Japan', with the author describing it as 'immensely awesome!'
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| 2023 |
Gunpla
Master Grade SD Gundam kit line is introduced, offering more detailed and articulated Super Deformed designs.
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| 2023 |
Gunpla
Launch of Gunpla-Kun line as part of the Fun to Build GUNPLA campaign. These models can be assembled as a figure or displayed on a faux runner, and notably demonstrate the use of Limestone-based LIMEX plastic.
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| 2023 | Created character design for 'Shin Kamen Rider'. |
| 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
The soundtrack album ranked number 8 on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales chart.
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| 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
The album achieved number 11 on the Billboard Japan Top Download Albums chart.
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| 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
The soundtrack album peaked at No. 15 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and No. 7 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart.
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| 2023 |
Cultural impact of Gundam
Japanese robotics company Tsubame Industries unveiled Archax, a 15-foot tall quadrupedal mecha weighing 3.5 tons and inspired by the Gundam franchise, capable of being piloted from the inside by a human.
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| August 9 2023 | Animage and Animedia magazines publish interpretations of the final scene, with voice actors Mamiko Noto and Lynn discussing Ericht's behavior as an in-law. |
| July 2023 | The anime series concluded its broadcast, completing its run that began in October 2022. |
| July 30 2023 | Kadokawa releases a statement claiming the marriage reference was a 'proofreading mistake' and 'editorial speculation', causing controversy among fans who point out the marriage was objectively confirmed in the anime's final scene. |
| July 26 2023 | Interview in Gundam Ace magazine includes Kana Ichinose's quote referencing Suletta and Miorine's marriage, with the official Gundam Twitter account also directly referring to Miorine as Suletta's wife on the day of the finale. |
| July 26 2023 |
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Sunrise Music Label released the soundtrack album for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, featuring orchestral scores by Takashi Ohmama and TV-size versions of opening and ending themes. The album was released in three editions: a regular four-CD version, a limited edition four-CD version with LP-sized packaging, and a two-disc LP version.
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| July 2 2023 | First season of the series concluded its broadcast. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Statue of Unicorn Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (soundtrack), List of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED characters, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Eternal Wind, Cultural impact of Gundam, Gundam, Find the Way, Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete, Gunpla, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt & Yutaka Izubuchi, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.