Bringing a Special Screening, Creator Talk Show and Music Performance to Anime Expo 2025
LOS ANGELES, May 12, 2025 -- Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. announced today that the latest installment in the Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX — a first-ever collaboration between studio khara and Sunrise — will participate in Anime Expo 2025, North America's largest anime convention.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, a theatrical film composed of re-edited episodes of the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX series that premiered in February of this year, became the highest-grossing Gundam title in U.S. box office history, earning $1.03 million and attracting more than 76,000 viewers to theaters. Now, the breakout film lands in Los Angeles for a special event taking place at the Peacock Theater during Anime Expo 2025 on Thursday, July 3. The event will feature a screening of the theatrical Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- film followed by a talk session with key creative staff. Scheduled panelists include Kazuya Tsurumaki (Director), Yoji Enokido (Series Supervision and Screenplay) and Tomoyo Kurosawa, voice actor of Amate Yuzuriha (MACHU) and Naohiro Ogata (Gundam Executive Producer from Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.). To conclude the event, there will be a live music performance.
Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. will also attend Japan Expo 2025, Europe's largest celebration of Japanese culture, held at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center from Thursday, July 3 to Sunday, July 6. The event will feature a special movie screening of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- with Kazuya Tsurumaki (Director), Yoji Enokido (Series Supervision and Screenplay), and Mahiro Maeda (Design Works and Storyboard) taking the stage to share behind-the-scenes insights into the making of the series and explore the evolving world of Gundam.
Full details on both events are as follows:
Event Logistics
Anime Expo
Gundam Rising in Los Angeles - Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Special Event
When: Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM (PT)
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Screening Segment
- 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM Talk & Performance Segment
Where: Peacock Theater
Guests:
Kazuya Tsurumaki (Director), Yoji Enokido (Series Supervision and Screenplay), Tomoyo Kurosawa (voice of Amate Yuzuriha (MACHU), Naohiro Ogata (Gundam Executive Producer), and more
What:
Movie screening, Talk Show, Live Music Performance, Free Giveaways
*Please note that an Anime Expo badge is required for entry to this event.
*All information in this press release is current as of the time of announcement and may be subject to change without notice.
Anime Expo 2025 takes place July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. Visit the official website at https://www.anime-expo.org/ for more information and to purchase a badge.
Japan Expo
"Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX" Panel in Paris
When: Sunday, July 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM (CET)
- 10:00 AM - 11:25 AM Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Screening Segment
- 11:25 AM - 12:15 AM Talk Segment
Where: Yuzu Stage
Guests：
Kazuya Tsurumaki (Director), Yoji Enokido (Series Supervision and Screenplay), Mahiro Maeda (Design Works and Storyboard)
*Please note that a Japan Expo ticket is required for entry to this panel.
*All information in this press release is current as of the time of announcement and may be subject to change without notice.
Japan Expo 2025 is set for July 3-6 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in Paris, France. For more information and ticket purchasing, visit https://www.japan-expo-france.jp/.
About Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is a brand new series directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and is the first-ever major collaboration between EVANGELION series creator studio khara, and Sunrise, the historic home to the Mobile Suit Gundam works. The anime series is currently streaming exclusively on Prime Video with new episodes coming out every Tuesday at 9:00 AM PT.
The series follows Amate Yuzuriha, a high school girl living peacefully in a space colony, who is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling competition known as "Clan Battle" after encountering a mysterious girl named Nyan. Taking the entry name "Machu," Amate dives headfirst into the intense world of mobile suit dueling.
Around the same time, a mysterious Gundam mobile suit and its pilot, a boy named Shuji, who are being hunted by both the space military and the police, appear before her.
The world is now on the brink of a new era.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Streaming Information & Socials
Streaming Platform:
Only on Prime Video
https://amazon.com/dp/B0CY9Q3TVR
Socials:
Official Website: https://en.gundam.info/about-gundam/series-pages/gquuuuuux/
Official X (Japanese Only): @G_GQuuuuuuX
Hashtags: #ジークアクス #GQuuuuuuX
About Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.
We at Bandai Namco Filmworks develop and produce film video titles. We not only distribute them through various media such as television, movie theaters and Internet streaming but also bring them to fans throughout the world by licensing and managing their copyrights, developing and marketing film video-related merchandise and other services. As a comprehensive entertainment enterprise handling the A to Z of film & video business, we continue to create "Awesome works" and make them readily available to everyone.
Official Website: https://www.bnfw.co.jp/en/
Staff of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Series Supervision: Yoji Enokido
Character Design: Take
Mechanical Design: Ikuto Yamashita
Animation Character Design / Chief Animation Director (Characters): Yumi Ikeda / Fumie Kobori
Animation Mechanical Design / Chief Animation Director (Mecha): Kim Sejun
Original Work: Yoshiyuki Tomino / Hajime Yatate
Screenplay: Yoji Enokido / Hideaki Anno
Design Works: Toshiaki Iwahara / Mahiro Maeda / Shingo Abe / Hidehito Matsubara / Takuya Lio / Shuichi Iseki / Takeshi Takakura /絵を描く PETER / Ami / mebae (PONCOTAN) / Wataru Inada / Shinya Mizuno / Yusuke Omura / Yutaka Izubuchi / Tomoko Masuda / Ayano Hayashi / Hideaki Anno / Kazuya Tsurumaki
Art Setting: Hiroshi Kato (Totonyan) Concept Art: Hajime Ueda
Storyboard: Kazuya Tsurumaki / Hideaki Anno / Mahiro Maeda / Toko Yatabe / Tetsuro Araki
Direction: Kazuya Tsurumaki / Daiten Komatsuda / Toko Yatabe / Tetsuro Araki
Character Animation Director: Hidehito Matsubara / Mayumi Nakamura / Shuichi Iseki
Mechanical Animation Director: Shingo Abe / Gen Asano
Detail Works: Toshiaki Iwahara / Tatsuya Tanaka
Animation Check: Yasuto Murata
Digital Animation Check: Mayuko Karesue (Studio Eight Colors) / Ayaka Miura / Emi Nakano
Color Design: Akiko Inoue (Wish)
Color Spec & Check: Saeko Kujima (Wish), Hiromi Okamoto (Wish)
Special Effects: Shin Inoie Art Director: Hiroshi Kato (Totonyan)
Assistant Art Director: Chihiro Goto (Totonyan)
CGI Director: Takashi Suzuki
CGI Animation Director: Masanori Iwari / Sigma Morimoto
CGI Modeling Director: Shintaro Wakatsuki / Ryosuke Kusudo CGI Technical Director: Harusuke Kumagai
CGI Art Director: Hiroyasu Kobayashi
Graphic Design Director: Kayoko Zama Visual Development Director: Yosuke Chigo
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