Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (AKA Gundam NT) News & Discussion Thread

[River26]

Posted on Twitter. Gundam FC has confirmed that on April 20, 2018, that a new Gundam series will be announced soon. Google has an accurate translation of the announcement.

"Gundam series new work release" 4/20 (Friday) 18 o'clock ~ Live distribution decision!

We will broadcast live "Gundam series new work release" at Gundam Fan Club from 4/20 (Friday) this weekend!

【Schedule】

Friday, April 20, 2018 18 o'clock -

【Appearance】

Namikawa Daisuke ("Mobile warrior Gundam 0080 war in the pocket" role of Al etc.)

Hamaguchi Yu (Yoko)

Harukoshi Fukui ("Mobile Suit Gundam UC" Story)

Minoru Hirohiro ("Gundam" series producer)

Yasuo Miyakawa (President, Sunrise Co., Ltd.)

We will hold a project presentation to announce the latest work of "Gundam" series which continues from "Mobile Suit Gundam" in series, and we will deliver the pattern live.

At the recital, Daisuke Namikawa, a voice actor who has appeared in numerous Gundam works, has been fascinated by "Mobile Suit Gundam" around the time of elementary school students, since "Gundam Famous Entertainer" Yo Iko ' Mr. Yu Hamaguchi etc. will be on stage.

Please see the latest work release of the long-awaited "Gundam series".

New Gundam Series Announcement

 

[TheVileOne]

Will this have anything to do with the new Gundam 00 project?

 

[River26]

Not really. The article didn't mention 00. It was only on a "new series" in of itself.

 

[TheVileOne]

Is this going to be a new AU story like Iron Blooded Orphans, or something in UC timeline like Unicorn?

 

[River26]

Well, it's set in the timeframe of the original Mobile Suit Gundam. Here's a PV of the new anime. Which will have it's screening on November.

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

 

[GWOtaku]

Some facts about Narrative so far, based on Gundam-nt.net info + things from the livestream:

• This is kicking off an ongoing "UC Next 100" project that will presumably do what it sounds like, telling stories that lead into and take place in the second Universal Century. A chart they apparently weren't supposed to show indicated that Hathaway's Flash is another project they're developing for animation.
  
• Narrative is due this November in Japan. No news about distribution elsewhere yet. It's not a TV series, it'll be a movie or maybe a short series like Unicorn or Thunderbolt.
  
• Narrative is 1 year after the ending of Unicorn. The Sleeves are basically beaten, the Federation's been doing its best to cover up the "Laplace incident" and carry on. Typical decadent Federation leadership, dealing with problems by overlooking them.
  
• The plot kicks off when a third Gundam Unicorn unit turns up - a gold one called Fenex, which may or may not be localized to Phoenix. It's built from psycho frame tech that was the subject of a test gone wrong in 0095 when the other Unicorn units were being developed. What could possibly go wrong?
  
• The Gundam's existence is a problem for the Federation, so they put together a task force to hunt it down. The protagonist and his Narrative Gundam are deployed to be part of it. Narrative was a test unit for Amuro Ray's Nu Gundam (see Char's Counterattack) and can apparently be outfitted with different equipment.
  
• The hero and his friends were there when Zeon's infamous colony drop destroyed Australia.
  
• The Zeon MS was the precursor to Full Frontal's Sinanju. Prototypes vs an upgrade seems to be the theme here with the new MS.

Character & MS group pics from the livestream:

 

[Anyone00]

Of course there's going to be the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative Return.

 

[TheVileOne]

Seems like it has an interesting premise at least. I like the new mobile suit designs.