The Gundam.Info website began streaming an English promotional video on Saturday for the newest Gundam anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans). The video previews the anime's story and introduces the main characters and cast.

Sunrise's official website for the anime is streaming the Japanese version of the video, as well as the anime's first Japanese promotional video. The website also added more staff, cast, and character information on Saturday.

The anime's main cast includes:

Kengo Kawanishi as Mikazuki Augus



Yoshimasa Hosoya as Orga Itsuka



Natsuki Hanae as Biscuit Griffon



Yuichiro Umehara as Eugene Seven Stark



Yasuaki Takumi as Akihiro Artland



Taishi Murata as Norba Shino



Kōhei Amasaki as Takaki Uno



Sōma Saito as Yamagi Gilmerton



Mutsumi Tamura as Ride Mass



Yuka Terasaki as Kudelia Aina Bernstein



Hisako Kanemoto as Atra Mixta



Takahiro Sakurai as McGillis Fareed



Masaya Matsukaze as Gaelio Bauduin



Other characters include:

Chad Chadan



Dante Mogro



The official website also revealed new visuals for mobile suits appearing in the show:

Gundam Barbatos



Graze Standard Type



Graze Commander Type



CGS Mobile Worker



Schwalbe Graze



Gaelio's Schwalbe Graze



Graze alternate version



The rock band Man With a Mission will perform the opening theme song, and Misia will perform the ending theme song.

The show is set 300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the "Calamity War." A woman named Cordelia sets out on a journey to Earth to speak for the independence of the Martian city of Chryse, which is under the control of the Earth government. Escorting her is the private security company CGS, which protagonists Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka are members of. When a group named Gjallarhorn attacks CGS and Cordelia, Orga sees this as a chance to rebel against CGS and launch a coup. Mikazuki and Orga are thrust into a new conflict. To fend off Gjallarhorn, Mikazuki rides an old mobile suit from the Calamity War, powered by a nuclear reactor, the Gundam Barbatos.

The Barbatos is described as a mobile suit that steals weapons, armor, and parts from enemies to become stronger.

Tatsuyuki Nagai is helming the show in Sunrise, with Mari Okada handling series composition. Yu Ito ( Shut Hell , Imperial Guards ) drew the original character designs, while Michinori Chiba designed the characters for animation ( Mobile Suit Gundam 00 , Mobile Suit Gundam AGE ). Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ippei Gyōbu, Kenji Teraoka, and Tamotsu Shinohara are designing the mechas for the show. Kusanagi is in charge of art design, and Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music.

Nagai and Okada have worked together previously on the Toradora! and anohana ( Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. ) TV anime series, as well as the anohana film, and the upcoming The Anthem of the Heart anime film.

The show will premiere on October 4 on 28 channels in Japan, and will also be streamed online. The official website will provide more details on the broadcast and streaming schedule of the show in the future.

Sunrise first began teasing the series in the teaser website for the series on July 4, and gradually revealed the new Gundam Barbatos.

Update: Gaelio's image corrected. Thanks, Somer-_-

[Via Yaraon!]