Netflix has revealed the first trailer for the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance series. The anime, developed entirely in Unreal Engine 5, will air on Netflix at some point in 2024.
Requiem for Vengeance was initially announced in July 2023. It’s announcement comes in the wake of Gundam: The Witch from Mercury‘s success. Released in 2022, the anime is one of the most successful Gundam projects of the last few years. Additionally, a new VR project titled Gundam: Silver Phantom will also be releasing soon. Requiem for Vengeance is set to be a departure from what Witch from Mercury has established, however.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance Releases First Trailer, Premiere Window Revealed
During AnimeJapan 2024, Netflix revealed the first full trailer for the upcoming Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance anime. The series will be developed entirely in Unreal Engine 5. Further, the Japanese-subtitled version of the trailer reveals that the series will air in Fall 2024, while the English version simply says 2024. Check out the English-dubbed trailer below:
Netflix’s description of the trailer states the following:
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance is an all-new original animation composed of six 30-minute episodes focusing on the European front of the One Year War, which was the setting of the first Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam. Produced in collaboration with SAFEHOUSE using Unreal Engine 5, the series is written by Gavin Hignight, who wrote the animated series Tekken: Bloodline and Transformers: Cyberverse, as well as the video game Marvel’s Spider-Man, and is directed by Erasmus Brosdau, who has also worked on the animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness and the video games Star Citizen, Ryse: Son of Rome and the Crysis series.
Lastly, Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance will air on Netflix at some point in 2024. The anime’s staff will likely reveal more details in the coming months.
