Level 5 to help create Gundam age Anime this fall (updated)

Shogakukan Corocoro Comic Magazine July announced Wednesday that the developer of video games level 5 (Inazuma eleven, Danboru Senki) is working on all aspects of the new Gundam major anime release this fall. In particular, the level 5 President Akihiro Hino is in charge of the story. There will also be a Gundam age manga running in the magazine.

The new series will have three generations of "father, son and descendant" as the main characters. The main characters pilot Gundam unit to fight against an attacking enemy unknown (EU) and save the Earth in a "a hundred year war", an obvious homage to the war in a year of the first series.

The first main character is Furitto Asuno, who developed the mobile suit of Gundam age-1 (mobile humanoid weapon) equipped with the system of age (an auto-adaptive equipment). The second main character is Asemu Asuno, son of Furitto. The third main character is Kio Asuno, descendant of Furitto that inherits the Gundam. As the Gundam age-1 Titus, for more power, or as the Sparrow of age-1 Gundam for more speed can increase the age of Mobile Suit Gundam-1.

Other characters include Emily, friend of Furitto when he was 7. Guruudekku is a commander of the Earth Federation forces and the captain of the battleship Diva. Mireesu is a Lieutenant (junior category) in the forces of the Federation on Board of the Diva.

Tied in the anime will be "four final projects" in the works: manga, hobby (model kits and figures), games and cards.

[Via 0taku.com]

Image © 2011 Sunrise

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New revealed Kadokawa Manga Mag, new Z Gundam Manga

The June issue of the magazine monthly Gundam Ace Kadokawa Shoten is announcing Tuesday that Gundam Ace and another Kadokawa, monthly Newtype, magazine are working this summer in a new manga magazine. Magazine not will feature manga tie-in for franchises in other media and photographs of announcement of forthcoming features sacred seven anime television series from Sunrise and next bones Towa no anime Quon series. More details in the next edition of the monthly Gundam Ace.

The June issue of monthly Gundam Ace also announces that the creator Hiroyuki Kitazume is to draw a new adaptation of manga by Yoshiyuki Tomino and anime series the robots of dawn Mobile Suit Gundam z in the next edition in May. Kitazume had worked as a designer of animation in the series of Z Gundam television, and then designed the characters of the Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ and Mobile Suit Gundam: sequels to counterattack from Char. Kenichi Matsuzaki, the screenwriter who was responsible for the first Gundam series sequences of commands, configuration, and research of science fiction, is acting as a new supervisor of the manga.

Matsuzaki is credited with the version of Gundam of space colonies (based on original concepts of the physicist Gerard K.) O'Neill), Minovsky particles and weapons of the Solar System. Kitazume had previously drawn the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char Affair removed ~ manga portrait of young Comet in Gundam Ace inaugural issue of the magazine in 2001 to 2009. The character of the first series, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, designer has also been drawing his Mobile Suit Gundam: the origin re-imagining of the first story of Gundam from the inaugural edition of Gundam Ace. The magazine becomes celebrates its 10th anniversary in June.

[Via Manga news, Char Senyo news, Knights of the Temple]
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