Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: The Birth of the Red Comet" will be released on May 5! Theme song and revival screening information also arrived!

The theatrical screening and Blu-ray pre-sale of "Gundam THE ORIGIN: Birth of the Red Comet" is set for Saturday, May 5, 2018.

The anime work is based on the manga of the same title by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the character designer and animation director of the 1979 TV anime "Mobile Suit Gundam". The event screening of the "Char Seira Arc," which depicts the eve of the One Year War from the viewpoint of the popular character Char Aznable, began in February 2015. It was announced that the "Char Seira Arc" would be completed with "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: Eve of Destiny" and that the "Lum" Arc, which depicts the first battle of the One Year War, would be produced at the end of 2016 with a total of two episodes.
⇒Anime "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin", "Lum Arc" will be produced!　 The fierce battle at the beginning of the One Year War will be depicted in two episodes.

The long-awaited sequel to the "Lum Arc", "Episode 6: Birth of the Red Comet", will be screened in theaters and sold on Blu-ray in advance on May 5, 2018 (Saturday)!　It was also announced that the theme song for this film will be "Tears in the Breaking Line" sung by Masayoshi Yamazaki.

This collaboration was realized at the request of Takayuki Hattori, who has created the world of "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" through the power of music, and Mr. Yamazaki has readily accepted the offer. The lyrics will be written by Goro Matsui, who has provided lyrics for numerous anime productions.

For Mr. Yamazaki, this will be his first movie theme song since "Doraemon the Movie: The New Nobita's Birth of Japan" released in 2016, and the ROCK-inspired "Dashed Tears" is expected to further enhance the world view of "ORIGIN". The song is a ROCK tune, and is expected to further enhance the world of "ORIGIN.

＜Masayoshi Yamazaki's comment
It was unexpected that Mr. Hattori wrote a rock style song, so it was fresh.
It was also a very fulfilling time for me to carefully savor Mr. Goro Matsui's lyrics.
I am looking forward to the release of the film.

In addition, to commemorate the release of "Episode 6: Birth of the Red Comet," a revival screening of episodes 1 through 5 will be held!　This is a rare opportunity to watch the "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" series in theaters, so don't miss it!

Revival Screening Information
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin" series revival screening
Screening theaters: Shinjuku Piccadilly, Midland Square Cinema, MOVIX Kyoto
Fee: 3,500 yen

＜Ticket sales information
Tickets can be purchased through each theater's Internet page and at the box office.
Internet page of each theater: March 25th (Sun.) 0:00 - 【March 24th (Sat.) 24:00 -] Tickets will be available at the theater box office.
Theater Box Office: March 25 (Sun.) from the opening of theaters

<Screening times
■Shinjuku Piccadilly ( # )
4/7 (Sat) All-night screening
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin I: Casbal of the Blue Eyes" "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin II: Artesia of Sorrow
22:20～0:20
------------- intermission 15 minutes ---------------
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin III: The Dawn Uprising" "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: The Eve of Destiny
0:35 - 2:57
------------- intermission 13 minutes ---------------
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: The Battle of Loum
3:10-4:35

■Midland Square Cinema ( # )
4/7 (Sat) All Night Screening
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin I: Casbal of the Blue Eyes" "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin I: Artesia of Sorrow
23:30-1:30
------------- intermission 10 minutes ---------------
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin III: The Dawn Uprising" "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: The Eve of Destiny
1:40-4:02
------------- intermission 10 minutes ---------------
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: The Battle of Loum
4:12-5:37

■MOVIX Kyoto ( # )
4/8 (Sun) Daytime Screening
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin I: Casbal of the Blue Eyes" "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin II: Artesia of Sorrow
12:30-14:30
------------- intermission 15 minutes ---------------
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin III: Dawn Uprising" "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: Eve of Destiny
14:45-17:07
------------- intermission 13 minutes ---------------
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: The Battle of Loum
17:20-18:45

Theme song information
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: The Birth of the Red Comet" theme song "Tears in the Breaking Line
Sung by Masayoshi Yamazaki
Lyrics: Goro Matsui
Composed and arranged by Takayuki Hattori

<Single for limited distribution
Music distribution will begin on May 1, 2018 (tentative)


<Information on CDs containing the song
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Lum Arc" ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS
Release date: May 5, 2018 (limited theatrical edition), May 30, 2018 (standard edition)
Price: Theatrical limited edition: 4,000 yen (excluding tax), Normal edition: 3,000 yen (excluding tax)

Film Information] (*Honorifics are omitted.)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin: The Red Comet
・Date of release: May 5, 2018 (Sat) Event screening at 35 theaters nationwide (limited to 4 weeks)
・Theater information: #

＜ The synopsis of "Birth of a Red Comet".
On January 23rd, 0079, the battle to determine the winner between Zeon and the Earth Federation began at Side 5, Luum. Zeon, overwhelmingly outnumbered, launched a special assault battalion composed of humanoid "mobile suits," a secret plan, to turn the tide of the war and achieve a great victory. Among them, Char Aznable of the Zeon army is promoted to the rank of major with his red mobile suit "Zaku II," and is nicknamed the "Red Comet. After the Battle of Loum, the Earth Federation Forces plan "Operation V" to counterattack Zeon.
Behind the scenes, Amuro Ray, a young boy from Side 7, takes action on his own to find out the secret of a new weapon, the "Gundam. Meanwhile, in Antarctica, Lunatu sends a message to the world at an early peace negotiation meeting between high-ranking officials of both Zeon and Earth Federation armies...

＜Staff
Original Story: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino (from "Mobile Suit Gundam")
Original Manga: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (from KADOKAWA's "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin")
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Tsukasa Kotobuki
Original Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara
Mechanical Design: Hajime Katoki, Kimitoshi Yamane, Mika Akitaka, Junichi Akutsu
General Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Planning/Production: Sunrise

＜Cast
Char Aznable: Shuichi Ikeda
Amuro Ray: Toru Furuya
Degin Sod Zabi: Urayama Shinobu
Guillen Zabi: Manjo Ginga
Dzul Zabi：Kenta Miyake
Xillia Zabi：Akino Watanabe
Garma Zabi: Tetsuya Kakihara
Gaia: Kazuya Ichijo
Ortega: Kenichiro Matsuda
Mash: Toshihide Tsuchiya
Johan I. Reville: Hiroshi Naka
Ma Kubeh: Takumi Yamazaki
Seyla Mas: Megumi Ban
Kai Siden: Toshio Furukawa
Bright Noah: Ken Narita
Frau Bow: Misato Fukuen
Mirai Yashima: Ayumu Fujimura
Hayato Kobayashi: Hideki Nakanishi
Ryu Hosei: Mio Tanaka
Narration: Akio Otsuka