Using the thrill of this week’s premiere of the Cellular Swimsuit Gundam GQuuuuuuX anime sequence, Kodansha has introduced plans to launch a deluxe version of Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: The Origin, the best-selling manga sequence primarily based on 1979 anime traditional.
Arriving this Fall, Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Edition will characteristic a pretend leather-based debossed cowl with bigger 7.5″x10″ trim dimension that highlights the artistry of the unique manga. The writer additionally guarantees “high quality printing of the inside shade and black and white pages that followers have come to know and love from Kodansha’s Deluxe editions.”
Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: The Origin is a retelling of the 1979 Cellular Swimsuit Gundam anime story by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate. The manga was written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the unique character designer for the anime sequence. Kodansha describes the story:
On the planet of Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: THE ORIGIN: It’s the 12 months Common Century 0079, in an area colony the Earth Federation is storing and testing a brand new piloted robotic to be used within the battle in opposition to the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX-78 Gundam cellular swimsuit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep inside the Brazilian jungles. Sadly, earlier than the transporter would arrive, the Federation would come below assault from Zeon. With few sources accessible in opposition to the Zeon’s most cellular mechs, Federation forces strike again utilizing their new weapon, the cellular swimsuit Gundam.
Caught within the crossfire is a younger teen named Amuro Ray. Not keen to see harmless folks die like this, Amuro crawls into the cockpit of the closest machine round him. Whether or not it’s a tank, jeep or jet, he was going to make use of it to assist cease this slaughter. And what he occurred to slip into was one other Gundam. Having by no means operated a machine like this, what are the probabilities he can do something to repel an skilled squad of mech-piloting invaders?
Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Edition will hit retailer cabinets this Fall 2025. The complete chapter 1 preview may be discovered on the Kodansha website.
Take a look at Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: THE ORIGIN—the gorgeous manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, adapting the 1979 Cellular Swimsuit Gundam anime story by Yoshiyuki Tomino & Hajime Yatate—with preview pages from first chapter beneath or learn the complete ch. 1 free right here: pic.twitter.com/gfWKRHOFEk
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The announcement of Cellular Swimsuit Gundam: The Origin Deluxe Edition comes as followers put together for the debut of Cellular Swimsuit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, a brand new anime sequence collectively produced by Dawn and Studio Khara. The sequence is about in an alternate timeline from the unique Cellular Swimsuit Gundam sequence, with a synopsis that teases:
Amate Yuzuriha, a highschool lady who lives a peaceable life in an area colony floating in area, meets Nyaan, a battle refugee lady, and will get caught up within the unlawful cellular swimsuit dueling competitors ‘Clan Battle.’ Utilizing the entry title ‘MACHU’ Amate pilots a GQuuuuuuX and throws herself into fierce battles day by day. On the similar time, an unidentified Cellular Swimsuit ‘Gundam,’ pursued by each the area military and the police, and its pilot, a boy named Shuuji, seems earlier than her. And the world is about to enter a brand new period.
Cellular Swimsuit Gundam GQuuuuuuX premiers on Tuesday, April eighth. It’s going to stream on Prime Video with English subbed and dubbed variations accessible.
