Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin of Gundam: The Red Comet" started off as a blockbuster hit, grossing 94.7 million yen over the weekend and ranking first on the screen average!

The animated film "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: The Birth of the Red Comet," now in theaters, has gotten off to a blockbuster start with 94,764,100 yen in box office revenue and the No. 1 screen average over the two days of screenings.

The film is based on the manga of the same title by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the character designer and animation director of the 1979 TV animation "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. The "Char Seira Arc" was completed with "Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: Eve of Destiny," and at the end of 2016, it was decided to produce the "Lum" Arc, which depicts the first battle of the One Year War, in two episodes. The "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" anime project will be completed with the release of episode 6, "Birth of the Red Comet," in March 2018.
⇒Animation "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" and "The Lum Arc" will be produced! The fierce battle at the beginning of the One Year War depicted in 2 episodes.
⇒Screening schedule of the animation movie

Despite the number of theaters screening the film, the two-day screening (May 5-6) drew an audience of 52,483 (the second highest first-day attendance), grossed 94,764,100 yen, and achieved a screen average of 2,707,546 yen (No. 1 in box-office ranking). It also ranked first in the Pia Movie Life First Day Satisfaction Ranking, making it the biggest hit in the "THE ORIGIN" series.

The film will be screened at 35 theaters nationwide for a limited four-week period until June 1 (Fri.), so be sure to come early if you want to see the last of "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" in theaters!

Film Information] (*Honorifics omitted)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin: The Red Comet
Release date: May 5, 2018 (Sat) at 35 theaters nationwide (limited to 4 weeks)
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Synopsis of "Birth of the Red Comet
On January 23, 0079, the battle to determine the winner between Zeon and the Earth Federation began in Side 5, Luum. Zeon, which had been 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

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