During Anime NYC 2023, Bandai Namco Filmworks announced that a VR anime project titled Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom is in-development. The series will be available on all Meta Quest devices.
Gundam has had a very busy last few years. Several projects have been released and are in-development, such as Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance, Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G Urðr-Hunt, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom. Bandai Namco Filmworks will likely reveal more information on all the projects mentioned above in the coming weeks and months.
Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom Details
During a recent panel, Bandai Namco Filmworks announced that it and virtual reality (VR) production company Atlas V are co-producing a feature-length VR anime titled Gundam: Silver Phantom. Pierre Zandrowicz of Atlas V and Ken Iyadomi of Bandai Filmworks announced the project alongside showing an as-yet unreleased trailer.
The original Mobile Suit Gundam anime is available in its entirety on Crunchyroll. They describe it as follows:
Universal Century 0079. The rebel space colonies of the Principality of Zeon launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation, using humanoid fighting vehicles called mobile suits to overwhelm the Federation Forces and conquer half of Earth’s surface.
Months later, the Federation has finally developed its own prototype mobile suits at a remote space colony. But when the colony suffers a Zeon surprise attack, these new weapons fall into the hands of a motley crew of civilians and cadets. Fate places a youth named Amuro Ray at the controls of the white mobile suit Gundam…
Lastly, Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom will be available on Meta Quest devices sometime in the next year or so. Additionally, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Freedom will premiere in January 2024. While the premiere date for Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance or Silver Phantom is currently unknown, Bandai Namco Filmworks will likely reveal more details in the coming weeks.
