posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
Soon after Sunrise and Khara announced their new Gundam TV series Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (pronounced “g-kwux”) on Wednesday, fans went online to debate Hideaki Anno‘s involvement in the project. Known for creating the Evangelion franchise and founding Khara, Anno is credited for co-writing the scripts with frequent collaborator Yoji Enokido, taking part in design work, and storyboarding for the new Gundam series.
Still, fans wondered if Anno was doing even more under the surface. Fortunately, Gundam GQuuuuuux and Evangelion mechanical designer Ikuto Yamashita took to X (formerly Twitter) and clarified Anno’s involvement on Thursday:
機動戦士ガンダムGQuuuuuuXは鶴巻監督の作品です。何でも鶴巻監督が決めます。庵野さんがその援護射撃に横でなんかやるかもだけどそれだけです。とはいえ庵野さんはカラーの社長なので中間成果物は見せてます。が、ちゃぶ台返されたりクチバシ突っ込まれたりしないよう結構ギリギリまで見せないよう進 pic.twitter.com/86yqym63cR
— 山下いくと@エヴァンゲリオンANIMA全5巻 (@ikuto_yamashita) December 5, 2024
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is Kazuya Tsurumaki‘s project. Tsurumaki decides everything. Anno-san might do something to cover for him, but that’s it. However, Anno-san is the president of Khara, so he’ll be shown the intermediate work [during production]. However, [Tsurumaki] will try not to show him until the very last minute, so as not to be overturned and have to start from square one.
At the time of writing Yamashita has received just over 260 comments, over 12,000 reposts, and 32,000 likes to his post. However, many of the replies appear to be spam by X/Twitter user @iamtonyk. Removing @iamtonyk’s remarks, fans appear excited about the project and appreciate Yamashita’s clarification.
Tomoyo Kurasawa, Yui Ishikawa, and Shimba Tsuchiya will voice the characters Amate Yuzuriha, Nyaan, and Shūji Itō respectively. Kazuya Tsurumaki is set to direct with Yoji Enokido supervising and co-writing the scripts. The Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX website will update with more info in the future.
Update: Yoji Enokido‘s credit corrected. Thanks, Arale Kurashiki.
Sources: Ikuto Yamashita‘s X/Twitter account via Yaraon, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX‘s website
