The Hololive Vtuber Hoshimachi Suisei's song that appeared in the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- movie will also become the ending theme of the regular TV show. Sunrise and Khara announced the confirmation on the anime title's Japanese official social media .

The song's title in Japanese is "Mou dou nattemo iiya," and its official English title is "I don't care." The same song originally appeared as an insert song in the middle of the Beginning movie edition. Cover has since published the short movie version of the song on YouTube and music streaming platforms including Spotify.

As an official ending theme song, the Hoshimachi Suisei song will complement Kenshi Yonezu's "Plazma," which has become the opening theme song for the regular TV run of Gundam GQuuuuuuX. However, those two are not the only pop songs that have been featured in the anime show. The movie also featured Nomelon Nolemon's "Midnight Reflection" as another insert song, but it remains to be seen whether the latter will also appear in the regular TV run or not.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX will launch on Japanese television channels on April 9, 2025, past midnight JST. Prime Video will exclusively the earliest streams of the episodes soon after the Japanese premiere. The episodes will also appear on other streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ two days later.

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Sunrise and Khara revealed that the new anime Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX will be available on more streaming platforms, including Netflix and Disney+. However, these platforms will only get the anime episodes two days after Amazon Prime Video.

A new tweet from the anime show's official social media revealed a comprehensive list of streaming platforms that will host all of its episodes in Japan. Amazon Prime Video will get exclusive rights to publish new anime episodes at the earliest, which will be just half an hour after they premiered on Japanese television channels past midnight on Wednesdays. Other platforms like Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu will get the episodes two day later on Fridays. The same tweet also revealed that the show will be available on ad-ed free versions of Abema and Lemino in Japan every Sunday.

People residing outside Japan should, however, note that this announcement pertains specifically to Japan. Even though Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu are also available worldwide, the appearances of Gundam GQuuuuuuX episodes on those platforms in other areas are not guaranteed yet until an official confirmation has appeared on the official for each respective region.

The official announcement tweet is also available to view right below:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX will air first on thirty Nippon TV channels across Japan on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 12:29 AM JST. Prime Video will be the earliest streaming platform to publish the first episode on the same day half an hour later at 1 AM JST. The same anime show will be available on other paid platforms like Netflix and Disney+ two days later on Friday, April 11, 2025, at 10 PM JST.

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Pixelity announced that it has started working on new XR (Extended Reality) games based on Neon Genesis Evangelion. The company added that it has signed a contract with the Evangelion franchise owner Khara, which gave it a license to create games based on the classic anime title.

The company also specified that it will base the games on the 26-episode anime show that aired on television in 1995, rather than the Rebuild of Evangelion movies that ran from 2007 to 2021. It will also split the project into three episodic parts—in a similar fashion to Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake project. The first entry is slated for release in 2026.

Pixelity will produce the Neon Genesis Evangelion XR games with Action Adventure as the genre. The player will enter the anime's world as a new original character, and they will also be able to interact with the series' existing characters like Shinji and Rei. The games will have players undergo missions while witnessing immersive battles between the Evangelion units and the Angels.

The first of the three episodic Extended Reality games based on Neon Genesis Evangelion is planned for release in 2026. Pixelity will publish more details about the game, including its full title and platform list, at a later time.

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Studio Khara shared a message from its founder and Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX co-writer Hideaki Anno about the Gundam GQuuuuuux – Beginning – prequel movie. With this new series, the animator and filmmaker wants to depict a new type of tale within the Gundam IP.

Anno said that the beginning of Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- might surprise viewers because of how faithful of a representation it is and the exceptionally high energy and ion of the staff working on it. However, Anno believes Gundam GQuuuuuuX is one more piece in the vast grounds of the Mobile Suit Gundam series.

Anno continued by saying that, as they continue to be involved in the large contents of the Gundam IP, they should aim to revitalize and expand the franchise with works that take a different approach from pre-existing stories and that can be enjoyed by a wider audience. With that idea in mind, Anno approached Gundam GQuuuuuux Director Kazuya Tsurumaki to make sure the prequel portion of the anime received a certain amount of time.

You can check out the original post by Studio Khara’s founder Hideaki Anno here:

The Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning – prequel film is out now in Japan and will make its way to North American theaters on February 28, 2025.

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NHK has revealed that it will air a radio show focusing on Hideaki Anno and two of his anime series. The show, titled "Today is a Whole-Day Focus on 'Hideaki Anno's World,'" will go live on February 11, 2025.

The radio show will have a particular focus on two of Hideaki Anno's anime, both of which will celebrate major anniversary milestones in 2025. The Neon Genesis Evangelion anime show is having its 30th anniversary since it premiered in 1995. The other title will be Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, the 1990 anime show that has its 35th anniversary in 2025. As a side note, while the Evangelion franchise has been more frequently featured in the Super Robot Wars crossover games, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water made its debut in the 2018 entry Super Robot Wars X.

Despite featuring Hideaki Anno, the man himself will not appear at all in this radio show. The announcer Azusa Miyazaki will host the show, with the anime and tokusatsu researcher Ryusuke Hikawa providing explanations. The radio show will also feature Teresa Ikeda, Nagi Inoue, and Haruka Kaki—three from Nogizaka 46 who are also known as avid Evangelion fans—as guests.

The NHK radio show "Today is a Whole-Day Focus on 'Hideaki Anno's World'" will be aired on the NHK FM channel on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, from 12:15 PM until 6:50 PM JST.

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Sunrise and Khara announced that Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- has grossed over $3.8 million in the first three days after the movie launched in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2025. The exact amount of revenue in Japanese yen is ¥598,832,300 with 352,522 tickets sold at 426 theaters in the country.

Sunrise has also published a new Promotion Reel video for Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- on the Japanese official Gundam Channel on YouTube. It shows how the Mobile Suit-based clan battles take place in a parallel version of the Universal Century timeline, with Zeon officers overseeing the matches. The closing segment of this video also teases the appearance of Char Aznable in his One Year War-era attire.

The above video also features Kenshi Yonezu's "Plazma" as the movie's opening theme song. The actual movie has two more songs that appear as insert songs, which are Hoshimachi Suisei's "Mou dou nattemo iiya" and Nomelon Nolemon's "Midnight Reflection."

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is readily available to watch in Japanese theaters. However, Sunrise and Khara are also working with distributors around the world so that the movie experience for the TV anime series is not limited to just Japan. In addition to North America via GKids, the Japanese press release also confirmed cooperations with DEX for Thailand, Sugoi Co for Australia and New Zealand, and Medialink for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Sunrise and Khara have revealed that Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning- has an insert song performed by the Hololive Vtuber Hoshimachi Suisei. The song is titled "Mou dou nattemo iiya," which could be roughly translated to "I don't care anymore whatever happens."

We have previously learned that Kenshi Yonezu's song "Plazma" would appear as the opening theme song that plays at the beginning of the Gundam GQuuuuuux theatrical edit. Hoshimachi Suisei's song is designated as an insert song, which means it will play in the middle of the show.

Hoshimachi Suisei is not the only one to provide an insert song in Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning-. Sunrise and Khara also simultaneously revealed that the Japanese music unit Nomelon Nolemon performed another insert song titled "Midnight Reflection."

The official Japanese X for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux has a new tweet containing comments from both Hoshimachi Suisei and Nomelon Nolemon:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning- has just launched in Japanese theaters. Sunrise and Khara will later air the new Gundam anime show with multiple episodes on Japanese television channels and global streaming platforms. Bandai Namco will also open a temporary merchandise shop at its Cross Store in Atre Akihabara from February 2, 2025, until April 10, 2025.

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The official store for the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning – early theatrical release of the anime series will appear in Japan at the Bandai Namco Cross Store Atre Akihabara. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

The Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning – store will appear on February 2 and will remain open until April 10, 2025. A second edition will also appear between April 11 and May 18, 2025. Other Japanese locations for the store are planned, including Osaka between May 25 and June 22, 2025, and the Hakata Ward in Fukuoka from June 28 to July 21, 2025.

Additionally, some of the merchandise goods sold at the store will be on sale from the Namco Parks online store. More items are planned to be added at a later date, and some of the characters in the goods haven’t been revealed to avoid spoilers.

Here's the list of items available in the new Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning – store:

• Square Pin Badge (11 available) – 660 yen (~$4.25)
• Character Name Keychain (7 available) – 1,100 yen (~$7.09)
• Acrylic Sticker (7 available) – 880 yen (~$5.67)
• Glittering Acrylic Stand (6 available) – 1,980 yen (~$12.75)
• Acrylic Sheet (20 available) – 700 yen (~$4.51)

And here’s a look at the goods that have been shown so far:

Furthermore, some exclusive goods will also be available via the no-loss online lottery system in the Bandai Namco online store.

• S Prize: Acrylic Pannel (5 available)
• A Prize: Pin Badge (11 available)
• B Prize: Mini Illustration Card (13 available)

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is currently in production. The Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning – re-edit of the first few episodes of the anime will appear in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2025. More information on international releases will come out in the future.

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Sunrise and Khara have published a new trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- on the franchise's Japanese YouTube channel. The new trailer also revealed that the early movie adaptation of the new Gundam show will have "Plazma" by Kenshi Yonezu as its theme song.

This revelation also marks the first time Kenshi Yonezu performs a theme song in the Gundam metaseries. The Japanese musician's fame has been rising sharply in the 2020s. His opening theme song for Chainsaw Man, "Kick Back," managed to reach not only the #1 spot on the weekly charts of Japan's Oricon in November 2022 but also 47th place on Spotify's daily top 50 and 13th in Billboard's weekly Global 200 rankings in October 2022. Kenshi Yonezu was also the singer behind "Tsuki Wo Miteita - Moongazing," the theme song for Square Enix's game Final Fantasy XVI.

The new Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- trailer that includes the theme song "Plazma" by Kenshi Yonezu is available to watch via the Japanese Gundam Channel on YouTube:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- will launch in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2025. The new Gundam anime show will also appear later as an episodic anime series on Japanese television channels and global streaming platforms.

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The Japanese McDonald’s is teasing an collaboration with Evangelion. More information on it will appear in the future.

There’s absolutely no information on what this promotion might entail. McDonald’s only posted a picture that has the characters for “Preview” against a black background. Khara and Project Eva also appear in the bottom left corner, making it clear that this McDonald’s promotion will be with Evangelion. Currently, it’s unknown if this promotion will focus on Happy Meal toys or if it’s for new limited menu items.

In the past, McDonald’s Japan’s collaborations with anime usually resulted in a limited food item. For example, it released two special burgers for a Gundam promotion in 2022. Meanwhile, in 2023, it had a limited menu for its One Piece promotion. For a more recent collaboration, McDonald’s teamed up with Sakura Miko of hololive. However, this is to promote the graroco burger, which is a seasonal burger that comes back every winter season in Japan.

Evangelion is a popular and influential mecha series that debuted on TV in 1995. Recent collaborations and merchandise of the show focus on the Rebuild of Evangelion film series, which retells the story and adds a new ending. These films came out between 2007 and 2021. Despite how old the show is, companies still release merchandise of the characters or collaborate with the franchise due to its enduring popularity.

More information on the Evangelion McDonald’s Japan collaboration will appear at a later date.

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Sunrise and Khara have shared more details about Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The studios revealed the key visual for the theatrical release of Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-. The illustration showcases the eponymous mobile suit with the three main characters: Amate "Machu" Yuzuriha, Nyaan, and Shuji Ito.

In addition, Sunrise announced that GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- will be the first ever Gundam movie to be available via IMAX. Prior movies in the metaseries—including the 2024 entry Gundam SEED Freedom—had not used the larger screen platform. It is yet to be known whether the prequel Gundam SEED Freedom Zero will also IMAX or not.

The full key visual poster for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is available via the tweet from the new anime show's official Japanese X :

Sunrise has also published a new trailer for Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-. However, it mostly contained the exact same scenes from the initial reveal in early December 2024. The only new reveal in this trailer is the MoviTicke Card featuring a monochromatic image of the titular mobile suit GQuuuuuuX, which is immediately available for purchase in Japan at 1,500 yen (~$9.75).

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- will launch in theaters across Japan on January 17, 2025. Sunrise will afterward air the main show on Japanese television channels and global streaming platforms.

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Khara and Sunrise announced Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, which will be an all-new Gundam anime series. Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame is one of the people working on the storyboard for the new Gundam show.

You can watch the trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX here:

The trailer starts with protagonist Amate Yuzuriha describing and showing life in a colony. She then learns from war refugee Nyaan what Clan Battles are. They’re illegal duels in which pilots face off against each other in their Gundams. She participates in these Clan Battles under the name of “Machu” until one day, she meets a mysterious pilot named Shuji. Shuji is being pursued by the authorities. Like The Witch From Mercury, this new Gundam show will star a female protagonist.

Here’s the cast of the main characters:

• Amate Yuzuriha: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Sothis in Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
• Nyaan: Yui Ishikawa (2B in NieR Automata)
• Shuji Ito: Shimba Tsuchiya (Toshio in The Grudge 3)

As mentioned earlier, Hideaki Anno is working on this Gundam storyboard. Other major staff include director Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL), script supervisor Yoji Enokido (Bungo Stray Dogs), and mechanical designer Ikuto Yamashita (Neon Genesis Evangelion). Illustrator Take, who previously designed for Pokemon Sun & Moon, Fate/Grand Order, and Katanagatari is the character designer.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is in production. A re-edited version of the first few episodes will appear in Japanese theaters under the title Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Beginning - on January 17, 2025. More information on international releases will come out in the future.

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Hideaki Anno and his studio Khara will produce a new anime show based on the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato series. The renowned Japanese animator best known for the Evangelion franchise made the announcement by himself when he hosted the Space Battleship Yamato 50th anniversary screening event. [Thanks, AV Watch!]

Khara's press release revealed that the studio has earned consent and privilege to produce the new anime from the Space Battleship Yamato rights holders Voyager Holdings and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. Khara is working on the project's plans as of this announcement, and it aims to begin the show's production in 2025.

The press release added that the new Star Blazers anime show by Hideaki Anno and Studio Khara will take a different path from the ongoing remakes. Xebec's successor Studio Mother released the first episode of Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 in Japanese theaters in July 2024. This title will consist of seven films, and the studio will release the second episode on November 22, 2024.

Space Battleship Yamato originally appeared as a TV anime series by Leiji Matsumoto that first aired in Japan in October 1974. The franchise is also known in the US by its localized title Star Blazers. Xebec gradually released remakes of the classic anime series, starting with Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 in 2013. Bandai Namco included the latter in the 2017 crossover game Super Robot Wars V, which is available in Japan and Asia on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Studio Khara will start producing its own Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato anime show in 2025.

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The Evangelion Crossing Expo will appear in Tokyo from September 13 to October 22, 2024. It’ll cost 2000 JPY ($14.10) for a ticket and you can check it out at the Roppongi Museum. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

The exhibition started in Tokyo but Khara didn't return to the city for about two years. The Crossing Expo exhibition contains over 4000 pieces of Evangelion merchandise from past projects, displays, and more. There will also be little description placards for each one, which will focus on the history and charm of the franchise. Items range from figures of characters and replicas of weapons all the way to pachinko machines.

Outside of checking out the items on display, you can also buy merchandise or use the Evangelion Unit-01 AR view. This will display a Unit-01 looking down from the roof of the museum. The machine will stand at over 25 meters tall, so you can pretend that a giant robot really showed up.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a highly popular and influential anime that came out in 1995. Since then, Rebuild of Evangelion came out to rewrite certain plot endings, as well as provide a new ending. The promotional art for Evangelion Crossing Expo includes Mari, meaning that it’s in the Rebuild universe. But considering how long the original Evangelion’s been around, it’s highly likely that some of the items in the exhibition are from the pre-Rebuild era.

The Evangelion Crossing Expo exhibition will be in Tokyo from September 13 - October 22, 2024.

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Sega has revealed a new version of the figure modeled after Rei Ayanami from the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. The company will release this figure in Winter 2024 in Japan.

The company originally released the tentative Rei Ayanami figure in February 2022. The new figure set will have the "30th Anniversary Version" moniker to distinguish it from the previous release. The new title will also match the franchise's anniversary milestone. While the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime started airing in October 1995, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's manga adaptation appeared first in late December 1994.

In the Japanese tweet, Sega mentioned that the new version will have a different base. People can see how the newer version will have a rocky base instead of a plain circle with the following comparison images:

This is not the only Rei Ayanami figure Sega is working on. The company has also revealed another figure featuring the long-haired Rei that will appear under its S-FIRE brand. Pre-orders for the latter figure are still available until October 7, 2024. Sega will release the long-haired Rei Ayanami figure in July 2025.

The Rebuild of Evangelion Rei Ayanami ~30th Anniversary Version~ Luminasta Vignettium figure will be available as crane game prizes in Japan in the 2024 Winter window, which generally runs from December 2024 to February 2025.

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