To commemorate the Japanese release of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-the studio khara YouTube channel has uploaded two 2015 Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition shorts that feature creatives who are also on the production of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX.
I can Friday by day!, which sports human-like mechs piloted by small aliens, has Kazuya Tsurumaki (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX director et al.) as its storyboard artist and director and take (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX) as character designer. Sushio (New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) was in charge of the animation character designs, while Toshi Ihara (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX design works) is the mechanical designer. Hajime Ueda (FLCL mangaka) is credited with the drafts and script.
Meanwhile, the mechanical animation-heavy Iconic Field (Guuzou Senjou) was directed by Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX mechanical designer Ikuto Yamashita, who also handled the drafts, scripts, and image boards.
Also part of the staff lineup are Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Spy x Family Season 1 director, Season 2 co-director) as animation director, Sejoon Kim (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX animation mechanical designer and chief mechanical animation director) as mechanical animation director, and Iwao Teraoka (Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These co-character designer) as character animation director.
These two productions were part of the “2nd Season” lineup of the Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition. The initiative had a focus on young animators and has Evangelion director Hideaki Anno credited as its creator.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is an early preview of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV anime, with several episodes edited together for a theatrical release. It premiered in Japan on January 17 JST and was the top-ranking movie at the weekend box office chart for two weeks in a row.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- will begin screening in North America on February 28, and is set to come to Southeast Asia at an unannounced date.
The premise of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is described as:
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.
Source: khara inc. official YouTube channel