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September 14, 2026View edition →

Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO SOLA ANIMATION

Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO sets an April 2027 television-anime launch for Japan and North America

The official Gundam site announced on September 14 that Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO will launch in Japan and North America in April 2027 and identified the project as a television animation. Japan's MANTANWEB also reports an April television start. Director and series composer Kenji Kamiyama returns in a newly released interview, while SOLA ANIMATION produces and Takeo Otsuka voices protagonist Ray Azumi. No exact date, broadcaster, episode count or platform has been named, and the official notice says information for other regions will follow.

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September 11, 2026View edition →

Gundam ZZ 40th-anniversary figures

Tamashii opens Gundam ZZ anniversary preorders for Enhanced ZZ Gundam and Geymalk

Enhanced ZZ Gundam costs ¥26,400, transforms and is planned for April 2027; Geymalk costs ¥17,600 and is planned for February. They are separate Japanese products with regional availability unknown.

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September 8, 2026View edition →

After War Gundam X 30th-anniversary campaign Bandai Namco Filmworks

After War Gundam X sends scenes from all 39 episodes to anniversary displays across Japan from September 14

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on September 7 that the Gundam X wa Itsumo Soko ni Aru campaign will place a scene from each of the anime's 39 episodes at locations across Japan beginning September 14. A separate fan-photo campaign runs through September 30 and awards one of three A5 poster designs to 30 residents of Japan. The page also sets January 26, 2027 for the A.W. 30th Chronicle record book and March 26 for a limited reissue of the 2018 memorial Blu-ray box; it does not announce new animation or an overseas activation.

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September 5, 2026View edition →

After War Gundam X 30th-anniversary screening Bandai Namco Filmworks

After War Gundam X reunites its director and designers for two Tokyo anniversary screenings on September 27

TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro in Tokyo, Japan, will host 3:00 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. screenings on September 27. Episodes 1, 14, 29 and 39 plus the short Boy and Gundam will screen, with director Shinji Takamatsu, character designer Seiho Nishimura and mechanical designer Junya Ishigaki joining talks moderated by Garrod voice actor Wataru Takagi. Tickets cost 3,800 yen; lottery entry runs through September 17.

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September 4, 2026View edition →

Gundam Rogue Orbit Bandai Namco

Gundam Rogue Orbit sets March 5, 2027 and adds weapons, Tactical Skills and modular mobile suits

State of Play dated the game for March 5, 2027. Producer Yuya Tomiyama showed new weapon types and Tactical Skills, explained that changing mobile-suit parts alters movement and combat, and confirmed color editing plus MOD Skins such as the RX-78-2 look. The official recap does not yet define the complete launch roster or final content scope.

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August 31, 2026View edition →

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Bandai Namco Filmworks Prime Video

The second Gundam Hathaway film joins Prime Video's subscription tier in Japan

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe became available August 31 through Prime Video's subscription tier in Japan, following domestic digital rental and purchase access that began August 17. The official production notice describes the subscription window as a Japan-exclusive Prime Video release and does not establish availability abroad or a physical-media date.

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August 30, 2026View edition →

Life-size Unicorn Gundam statue in Odaiba

Odaiba's life-size Unicorn Gundam holds its final ceremony before the Tokyo display ends August 31

Fans gathered in the rain on August 29 for the installation's final ceremony at DiverCity's Festival Plaza. Composer Hiroyuki Sawano and singer SennaRin performed, and the statue joined a special WALL-G projection presentation; the official schedule still ends the public exhibition on August 31 after eight years and eleven months, with no removal timetable or replacement announced.

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August 29, 2026View edition →

GUNDAM-Con 2027 Side Makuhari Bandai Namco

GUNDAM-Con 2027 opens its first ticket lottery and publishes three days of Makuhari stage programming

Round-one applications are open through September 6 at 11:59 p.m. JST, with results on September 15, for entry to Makuhari Messe Halls 1-3 in Chiba, Japan. Adult tickets cost 5,000 yen and child tickets 3,000 yen under timed entry; the January 9-11 program now includes Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO stages, game and card events, model-kit programming, attendee benefits, creator-illustration sales linked to autographs and a JTB tour package, while separate numbered-stage-ticket rules remain pending.

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August 26, 2026View edition →

BS12 Gundam film season BS12

BS12 will air five Gundam films free across Japan from August 30 to September 27

Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island receives its free-broadcast premiere August 30. The three Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation films follow September 6, 13 and 20, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack closes the weekly run September 27; the schedule does not create international or streaming access.

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After War Gundam X FLASH Kadokawa

After War Gundam X FLASH is now serializing alongside three Gundam X anniversary interviews

The manga began in the October issue of Monthly Gundam Ace released August 26, confirming the launch FanBriefer previewed on August 20. MANTANWEB also documented that the issue's anniversary feature includes interviews with Wataru Takagi, voice of Garrod Ran, Mika Kanai, voice of Tiffa Adill, and manga creator Koichi Tokita.

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Yoshiyuki Tomino's Origins: From Odawara to Space Odawara City

Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino gets a two-venue Odawara exhibition in November

Yoshiyuki Tomino's Origins: From Odawara to Space runs November 6-December 6, 2026, at Odawara Castle in Odawara, Japan; a second section at Sannomaru Hall runs November 23-December 6. Planned materials cover Tomino's local years and animation work, with themes including technology, justice and G-Reco; paid-ticket details remain unannounced.

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August 20, 2026View edition →

After War Gundam X FLASH

After War Gundam X FLASH begins a sequel manga in Gundam Ace on August 26

After War Gundam X FLASH will begin in the October issue of Gundam Ace, released in Japan on August 26, with Koichi Tokita drawing the sequel story. Preview pages were published, but the serialization length, collected-edition plan and any anime continuation remain unknown.

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August 17, 2026View edition →

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe

The second Gundam Hathaway film reaches Japanese digital rental and purchase

The film becomes available August 17 for rental and purchase through Prime Video in Japan, followed by domestic subscription streaming on August 31. The report does not establish availability in other countries or on other services.

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