Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan", Southern Cross Squad & MS-06GD High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) setting drawings released!

The setting drawing of the Southern Cross Squadron & MS-06GD High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) from "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan," which will be shown nationwide on June 3, 2022 (Friday), has been released.

The 15th episode "The Island of Cruculus Doan" of "Mobile Suit Gundam," the milestone of Japanese robot animation and the origin of Gundam, was broadcasted in 1979. The episode, known as a masterpiece among fans, drew fans' attention with its depiction of the melancholy of war through the interaction between the main character, Amuro Ray, and Doan, a deserter from the Zeon army, who is the antagonist.

Directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character designer and animation director of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" TV series and creator of the hit "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin," which has sold more than 10 million copies. Other famous staff members have also been assembled.

⇒ " Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan" will be released on June 3! Character setting drawings, comments from Toru Furuya, and newly drawn illustrations have arrived!
⇒Click here for the screening schedule of the anime film.

The setting drawings of the elite unit of the Duchy of Zeon's army, the Southern Cross Unit: Egba, Waldo, Selma, Sangho, and Danan, and the MS-06GD High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) for each unit member, have been released.

Southern Cross Squadron

The Southern Cross Unit is an elite unit of the Duchy of Zeon to which Doan once belonged, and is known as the "brown Southern Cross" to the soldiers of the Earth Federation Forces, to which the main character Amuro belongs.
Some members hold grudges and hatred toward Doan, an old comrade, for deserting, while others enlist because they admire Doan's strength.
Why did Doan desert from the Zeon army? In the film, Doan and the Southern Cross squadron, who have a history with each other, are given a certain mission. What fate awaits them?

The MS-06GD High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use), which is customized for high-mobility combat on land and has thrusters on its legs for propulsion, is deployed by the Southern Cross squadron.

Each character has a different armament and fighting style, and each is full of individuality, which is a highlight of the series. The mecha action that makes the most of each character's unique characteristics is outstanding, and we hope you will enjoy it in the theater.

*Image, top: from left to right
High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) Danan
Like the Sangho machine, it is equipped with a Heat Hawk and a Zaku machine gun, and uses a tricky throwing technique. It uses a tricky throwing technique, and its fighting style is full of bloodlust.

High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) Selma
Equipped with a Bazooka B2 and a heat dagger, it acts as a medium-range support for its comrades.

High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) Egba
A brown, hover-mobile, land-use Zaku deployed in the Southern Cross Corps. It carries a heat sword and prefers to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) Waldo
Equipped with an anti-ship rifle shorty and a heat hawk, it prefers sniping and can take out stalemated prey from the side.

High Mobility Type Zaku (for ground use) Sangho
Equipped with a Zaku machine gun and a heat dagger, this machine has an orthodox fighting style.

Work Information
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan
Roadshow: June 3, 2022 (Friday) throughout Japan
Distributor: Shochiku ODS Business Office

＜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

＜Cast
Amuro Ray: Toru Furuya
Cruz Doan: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Bright Noah: Ken Narita
Kai Siden: Toshio Furukawa
Seira Mas: Ban Megumi
Hayato Kobayashi: Hideki Nakanishi
Slegger Lowe: Tomofumi Ikezoe
Mirai Yashima: Satomi Arai
Frau Bow: Misato Fukuen

<Story
The Earth Federation Forces, having withstood the defensive battle at Jaburo, launched a major counterinsurgency operation to capture Odessa, the home base of the Zeon Earth Advance Force, with full momentum. 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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