anohana/Toradora creators make latest Gundam TV anime premiering on October 4

The second commercial for the newest Gundam anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans) , began airing in Japan.

Narration & Text: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans begins airing on Sunday, October 4 at 5 p.m.

Narration: The sustenance of life is on the battlefield.

The first commercial aired in Japan in August.

The show is set 300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the "Calamity War." A woman named Kudelia 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 Kudelia, 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 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



Tatsuyuki Nagai is helming the show at 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 TV anime series, as well as the anohana film, and the upcoming The Anthem of the Heart anime film.

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

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.

Thanks to Kagayaki for the embedded video.