Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, the latest series in the Gundam franchise, has found a home on Amazon Prime. The series will hit the service worldwide April 8. It’ll be available in both subbed and dubbed form.
The series, which is pronounced “gee quacks” centers around a high schooler named Amate who lives on a space colony and gets involved in an illegal mobile suit sport called Clan Battle. It features scripts co-written by Hideaki Anno and Yoji Enokido (Bungo Stray Dogs), and is directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL).
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning, a theatrical version of the first few episode of the series, has made nearly 3 billion yen at the Japanese box office. It was released in the US by Gkids on February 28.
The series stars:
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Amate Yuzuriha
Yui Ishikawa as Nyaan
Shimba Tsuchiya as Shūji Itō
Character designs are credited to take (Pokemon conceptual character artist), while mechanical designs are by Ikuto Yamashita (Evangelion).
Here’s the official plot description from Gkids:
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.
Now their world is about to enter a new era.
The first-ever major collaboration between studio khara, the studio behind the EVANGELION Series, and SUNRISE, the historic home to the Mobile Suit Gundam animated works, brings together an all-star creative team for a groundbreaking new entry to the Gundam universe. Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL), with a screenplay co-written by legendary screenwriter Yoji Enokido (Revolutionary Girl Utena) and acclaimed filmmaker Hideaki Anno (EVANGELION Series), Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is a stunning visual feast that will captivate fans, both old and new.
Source: Patz