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Gundam: Hathaway Producer: Anime Will Have 'Renewal' of Main Cast, Designs




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Somer-_-



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:35 am Reply with quote
It can't be helped since the franchise is 40 years old and some of the cast has passed but still...
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Kicksville



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:29 am Reply with quote
This may all seem somewhat obvious, but the big controversy here is the implication Nozomu Sasaki is no longer playing Hathaway - he's voiced him since Char's Counterattack, and his Hathaway's Flash version in video games and such since SD Gundam G Generation F in 2000.

I guess they're bracing people ahead of the cast reveal at the event next week. Nozomu Sasaki himself put out a joking tweet (near as I can tell) about not playing him in the anime after this.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:14 am Reply with quote
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The novel series deals with the aftermath of Char's Counterattack's climatic finale.


Well, it deals with the aftermath of the Char's Counterattack novelization, which ended in a different way for Hathaway. It will be interesting to see how they deal with all that...
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AkaRed



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:16 am Reply with quote
I'm not sure how to feel about this. Hope the change is for the better Confused
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:29 pm Reply with quote
The cast change is understandable, but I do not understand why they need to update MS designs.
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