‘Mobile Fighter G Gundam’ To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With New Story Penned By Original Series Director

Dommon Kashu (Tomokazu Seki) takes in the might of his Shining Finger in Mobile Fighter G Gundam Episode 7 "Prepare to Fight! Desperate Fugitive!" (2002), Sunrise

Dommon Kashu (Tomokazu Seki) takes in the might of his Shining Finger in Mobile Fighter G Gundam Episode 7 "Prepare to Fight! Desperate Fugitive!" (2002), Sunrise

Gundam fight! Ready? GO!

In honor of its 30th anniversary, Bandai Namco has announced that Mobile Fighter G Gundam will soon be receiving a new “side story scenario” penned by the series’ original director, Yasuhiro Imagawa.

Dommon Kashu (Tomokazu Seki) and Rain Mikamura (Yuri Amano) activate the true power of the God Gundam in Mobile Fighter G Gundam Episode 49 “God Gundam’s Great Triumph: A Hope Future; Ready, Go!” (2002), Sunrise

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News of the fan-favorite, shonen-styled Mobile Suit Gundam spin-off’s continuation was first revealed on April 22nd courtesy of the franchise’s official website.

Dommon Kashu (Tomokazu Seki) puts an end to the Tequila Gundam in Mobile Fighter G Gundam Episode 7 “Prepare to Fight! Desperate Fugitive!” (2002), Sunrise

Alongside a new commemorative key visual illustrated by Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury animator Shinpei Sawa, the image depicting the members of the New Shuffle Alliance, as well as Master Asia, Rain, Allenby, and Shwarz running into the sunset ahead of the God Gundam, Bandai Namco unveiled their plans to release (as machine translated via DeepL) “a completely new Gaiden scenario written by the general director of Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Yasuhiro Imagawa” later this summer.

As detailed by Bandai Namco, this ‘Gaiden’ outing will tell “a side story of the main TV series and subsequent stories in the form of a scenario novel.”

The Mobile Fighter G Gundam 30th Anniversary key visual, as illustrated by Shinpei Sawa for the Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project (2024), Bandai Namco

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To this end, while the studio declined to provide any concrete details as to what fans could expect from the novel, they did confirm that the “characters with a distinctive hairstyle that was revealed during the “Gundam Series 45th Anniversary Special Broadcast” on April 7th (Sunday) will also appear and play an important role in the story.”

Sporting both twin pony tails and triangular hair cones, outside of their design, little else is known about said character, especially just what their relation is to the larger Mobile Fighter G Gundam cast.

An unknown new character set to appear in the Mobile Fighter G Gundam Gaiden story, as penned by Yasuhiro Imagawa for the Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project (2024), Bandai Namco

Offering his thoughts on his upcoming return to the series, Imagawa told Bandai Namco, “The School of the Undefeated of the East is far from over.”

“Things I left unfinished, things I pretended I didn’t know… Those things have been in my head for 30 years,” he explained. “Even if I want to go wild, I don’t have a ring. I’ve gained a whole lot of weight while sleeping, and my hands… It burns bright red and finally punches through the wall to the outside world! Who and what kind of fight will start? Just a little while until the gong sounds!”

The God Gundam enters its Super mode in Mobile Fighter G Gundam Episode 23 “Destined Battle! Domon vs. Devil Gundam” (2002), Sunrise

As noted above, Imagawa’s new Mobile Fighter G Gundam scenario is set to smash its way to the top of the competition starting sometime later this summer.

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