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Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom VR Anime Reveals New Visual, Trailer, Fall Debut

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Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed at Anime Expo on Friday a new key visual and trailer for it and virtual reality (VR) production company Atlas V's Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom feature-length VR anime for Meta Quest. The anime will release this fall.

Japanese Version

English Version

Kenichi Suzuki (SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors, Gundam Evolve) is directing the anime, and Ryōji Sekinishi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC setting production) is writing the script. Tsukasa Kotobuki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) is designing the characters and Mika Akitaka (Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow of Zeon) is in charge of mechanical design. Yoshiya Ikeda is composing the music, and Sadayoshi Fujino (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) is the sound director. Atlas V and Bandai Namco Filmworks are producing the VR anime.

Other staff members include:

• Interactive Designer: Ferdinand Dervieux
• Technical Artist Director: Gaël Chaize
• CG Animation Director: Naoki Yamamoto

Pierre Zandrowicz of Atlas V and Ken Iyadomi of Bandai Namco Filmworks first revealed the interactive, "immersive adventure" project at Anime NYC on November 18. Zandrowicz said regarding the project, "This is not a game, nor is it just a narrative experience—it's an immersive adventure that leverages the best of both worlds." This is the first time Sunrise is working with a French company, Atlas V.

The story is set in the Universal Century 0096.

Another recently announced Gundam project from Bandai Namco Filmworks include the Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance project, which consists of six 30-minute episodes that will stream worldwide on Netflix this fall. The staff at Sunrise and Safe House are producing the animation entirely with Epic Games ' Unreal Engine 5.

Sunrise Beyond released the three-episode anime Gundam Build Metaverse, its 10th anniversary anime for the Gundam Build franchise, on October 6. The project promotes Bandai Namco Entertainment's "Gundam Metaverse" project.

Source: Gundam panel at Anime Expo (Egan Loo)