Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan" will be released on June 3! Character drawings, comments from Toru Furuya, and newly drawn illustrations have arrived!

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan" is scheduled to be shown nationwide on June 3, 2022 (Friday). The cast comments, character setting drawings, and illustrations have arrived.

⇒ Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan" will be released in early summer of 2022! The story of Gundam and Amuro will be revived!

⇒Click here for the screening schedule of the animation film.

The familiar Gundam fans, the friends of the White Base and mobile suits appear in the movie. The story of RX-78-02 Gundam and Amuro, revived on a grand scale, will return to the screen with the latest animation depicting a powerful mobile suit battle!

Directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character designer and animation director of the TV series "Mobile Suit Gundam" and creator of the hit "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin," which has sold over 10 million copies. Other renowned staff members have also gathered for the project.

The film, which is currently in production, will be shown nationwide on June 3, 2022 (Friday)!

New comments from Toru Furuya, who plays the main character Amuro Rey, and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the director of the film, have been released, as well as character set-ups of the White Base members and illustrations newly drawn by Atsushi Tamura, the chief animation director and character designer.

Comment from Toru Furuya as Amuro Ray
I never thought that the island of Cruz Doan would become a movie.
It is a great honor for a voice actor to be able to play the role of the 15-year-old Amuro fighting in the Gundam again in the movie version after 43 years have passed.
During the post recording, I spent a lot of time at home carefully rehearsing.
When I finished watching the footage of the last scene, I unexpectedly burst into tears.
The realistic behavior of the mobile suits and the characters with rich expressions are truly fascinating, as only Director Yasuhiko could have created.

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko / Director's Comment
Mobile Suit Gundam" is a story of nameless "little people" who help each other to fight against a huge enemy and live through a cruel fate. There was once an episode in the TV series that best illustrated this tone. However, for various reasons, that story was left out of the overall flow of the series and has been removed. Now, the staff who love the original spirit of Gundam shed light on it and retell the story.　Please watch. The Island of Cruz Doan.

*Original text.

Illustration
To commemorate the decision of the release date, a newly-drawn illustration has arrived from Atsushi Tamura, who is the chief animation director and character designer of this work!
The illustration depicts the RX-78-02 Gundam and Amuro.

<Profile> Atsushi Tamura
Atsushi Tamura
After working as an exclusive animator for Studio Ghibli, he is now freelance. He participated in Sunrise's "Gundam G Reconguista" ('14-) and "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" series. He also participated in other high-profile works such as "Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island" ('18) and "The Deer King: Yuna and the Journey of Promise" ('22), and worked as a character designer and animation director on "Weather Child" ('19).
He also worked as a character designer and animation director for "Weather Child" ('19).

Character drawing

Kai Siden
(CV: Toshio Furukawa)
He is a pilot of a GUN CANNON in the White Base squadron. He is a nihilist, but a compassionate person. He is the first to discover the island's children during an operation.

Hayato Kobayashi
(CV. Hideki Nakanishi)
A boy who gets caught in the middle of the war and boards the White Base. He boards the Gun Perry and Gun Cannon and searches for the missing Amuro.

Seira Mas
(CV. Ban Megumi)
A talented woman in charge of communications at White Base.
She is actually Char's younger sister, the daughter of Zion, the founder of the enemy nation.
She is also the pilot of the core booster.

Amuro Ray (CV. Toru Furuya)
A boy who became a full-time pilot when he accidentally got caught up in a Zaku attack and boarded the RX-78-02 Gundam designed by his father, Temu. He grows up to be a warrior who awakens his Newtype ability through many fierce battles after being separated from his father, who went missing on Side 7, and his mother, Kamaria, whom he reunited with in North America.
With the production of the Jim, the Gundam, although a prototype, was deployed in actual combat, and he was assigned to a reconnaissance mission as part of the White Base squadron's strength. He loses the Gundam in a battle on the island against the Zaku of former Zeon deserter Cruz Doan, and his feelings change when he lives with the children Doan is raising.

Frau Bow
(CV. Misato Fukuen)
A young girl who was taking care of Amuro in Side 7. After losing her family in the war, she joins White Base, where she is in charge of hygiene and general chores.

Mirai Yashima
(CV. Satomi Arai)
She is the daughter of the Yashima Company, the helmsman of the White Base. She was commissioned as an adjutant at Jaburo. She and Bright work well together.

Bright Noah
(CV: Ken Narita)
A young captain of the White Base who has fought through many fierce battles.
He is a young captain of the White Base.
He is ordered to clean up the remaining enemies on an uninhabited island before a major counterinsurgency operation.

Slegger Lowe
(CV: Tomofumi Ikezoe)
He was recruits to the White Base after the Jaburo defense. He is a lieutenant. He is a Jim pilot.

Work Information
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan
Road show on June 3, 2022 (Friday) throughout Japan.
Distributor: Shochiku ODS Division

＜Main Staff
Planning/Production: Sunrise
Original Story: YATATE Hajime TOMINO Yoshiyuki
Director : Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Assistant Director : Im Ga-hee
Screenplay : Toshizo Nemoto
Character Design : Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Atsushi Tamura, Tsukasa Kotobuki
Mechanical Design : Kunio Okawara Katoki-Hajime Kimitoshi Yamane
Chief Animation Director : Atsushi Tamura
Art Director : Yuji Kaneko
Color Designer : Nagisa Abe
Director of Photography : Takeshi Kuzuyama, Ryo Iijima
CGI Director : Shuhei Morita
CGI Director : Yasuhito Abe
Editing: Kazuhiro Arai
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Music: Takayuki Hattori

＜Story
The Earth Federation Forces, having successfully survived the defensive battle at Jaburo, launched a major counterattack to capture Odessa, the home base of Zeon's Earth Advance Forces. Amuro and his White Base sailed to Belfast to receive the last supply of supplies before the operation. Amidst this situation, the White Base is handed a mission. It is a mission to sweep up the remaining enemies on an uninhabited island, commonly known as the "Island of No Return. Amuro and his men embark on a search for the remaining agents, but what they see there are children who should not be there and a single Zaku. Amuro, who lost his Gundam in the battle, meets a man who calls himself Cruz Doan. Can Amuro uncover the secret of the island, find the Gundam again, and escape safely...?

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