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NEWS: Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island Film's Trailer Reveals More Cast, Previews Theme Song

You also keep erroneously including the Cucuruz Doan's spinoff manga next to this movie when neither it nor the Origin has anything to do with it. Yas has specifically stated in interviews that it's a remake of the original series episode and has distanced himself from branding it as such (Ogata, the producer concurs).

Deacon Blues wrote:

You also keep erroneously including the Cucuruz Doan's spinoff manga next to this movie when neither it nor the Origin has anything to do with it. Yas has specifically stated in interviews that it's a remake of the original series episode and has distanced himself from branding it as such (Ogata, the producer concurs).

I'm trying to figure out what the purpose of this movie really is. I'm intrigued, don't get me wrong, but it seems like an alternate universe stand-alone episode of established UC canon. If it's really a remake of the original TV series episode, to right its shortcomings, it has seemingly made a number of changes with characters and I think uniforms and tech that would not fit within the continuity of the 1979 TV series. Stretching tech is one thing (it's been done in a lot of UC side stories), but having Bright with the blue uniform and having Sleggar Law there really makes it awkward as a TV series-based remake.

Even if you were to lump it in the Origin, that still doesn't work on account of a bunch of other changes made.

Deacon Blues wrote:

Even if you were to lump it in the Origin, that still doesn't work on account of a bunch of other changes made.

It's been a while since I read THE ORIGIN, but what about this doesn't fit with that continuity?

EDIT: In fact, reading the interview that you translated, it certainly seems like Yas believes it could be folded into ORIGIN's version of events if one was so inclined - that it's not necessary to have read THE ORIGIN to watch it, but that if it's part of any continuity, that'd be the one.

Well, that's the problem: everyone keeps trying to shoehorn every single Gundam work/production into some homogenous cohesion instead of just taking works for what they are: entertainment. Sure, things don't match up based on aesthetics, but creators say what they say for a reason. Then again, that doesn't stop the fandom from doing their own thing. If you check my site, you can see interviews from Yas and Ogata on the movie. I've been trying to stay ahead of the curve with them.

Even if you were to lump it in the Origin, that still doesn't work on account of a bunch of other changes made.

Yas has wanted to make up for that atrocious episode, and he has in his own way. Maybe he got trapped in "Yas World" when making it and no one bothered stopping him and assumed it'd be stuck under the banner of the Origin?