The official Gundam.info portal website confirmed that screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- in Japan will have new special footage starting on Saturday, February 22. The footage teases the story after Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-.
Theaters in Japan will also give out new gifts to fans on Saturday. Animation character designer and chief character animation director Yumi Ikeda drew exclusive artwork for A5-size gift cards.
In North America, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- will receive an early IMAX screening for one-night only on February 26. Before the IMAX screenings begin, Japan Society in New York City will host a screening on February 20.
The anime’s staff includes the Evangelion franchise creator Hideaki Anno as script writer, alongside Yoji Enokido. Kazuya Tsurumaki is the anime’s director. Take is the character designer. The voice cast of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX includes Tomoya Kurosawa as Amate Yuzuriha, Yui Ishikawa as Nyaan, and Shimba Tsuchiya as Shuji Ito.
Singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu performs “Plazma,” the theme song of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-. hololive VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi performs Mō Dō Natte mo Ii ya (I don’t really care what happens anymore” and NOMELON NOLEMON performs “Midnight Reflection.”
Lastly, here’s a story synopsis via the official website:
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
