'Gundam Thunderbolt' Second Season Starts this March

The second season of the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (created by Yasuo Otagaki) will be released on subscription streaming sites on March 24, 2017. MANGA.TOKYO has for you the new voice cast.

Yurina Furukawa as Bianca Carlyle who is the Gun Cannon Aqua’s female pilot deployed on the Pegasus-class ship Spartan.

Bianca Carlyle | Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (c) 創通・サンライズ

Tomokazu Sugita as Vincent Pike who is the captain of Spartan.

Vincent Pike | Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (c) 創通・サンライズ

Ryota Osaka as Billie Hickham, who is the pilot of Agai.

Billie Hickham | Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (c) 創通・サンライズ

The second season will include episodes 5-8. Episode 5 will be released on March 24; Episode 6 on April 28; Episode 7 on May 31; and Episode 8 on June 30. Each episode will be released at 12 p.m. JST.

The movie version of the second season will show at movie theaters in Fall 2017. The series will also be released on Blu-ray and DVD. The PV for Episode 5 has been released on the anime’s official website, but it’s unavailable for fans who live outside Japan.

The anime’s music producer Kikuchi Akira held a live event at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO on January 20th called ‘MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT Live OPERATION 01 Rumble & Silence’. During the event, he performed many pop and jazz numbers that the characters Io and Daryl listen to.

Kikuchi Akira at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT Live OPERATION 01 “Rumble＆Silence”

Kikuchi was joined on stage by series director Ko Matsuo, Karla Mitchum’s voice actor Sayaka Ohara, and producer Naohiro Ogata. They talked about behind-the-scenes stories like how the new cast were chosen by nomination rather than auditions, and they talked about the creation of the songs. Kikuchi talked about the music of the second season, ‘It’s of much better quality than the first season’s.’ Director Matsuo said, ‘The average age of this studio (the staff of Thunderbolt) is quite high. But everyone put in their best effort to draw Gundam. I’ll do my best so that I can deliver a work that is better than the previous one. Please look forward to it.’

Anime ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt’ 2nd Season

Release Dates

Episode 5: Friday March 24, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.~
Episode 6: Friday April 28, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.~
Episode 7: Wednesday May 31, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.~
Episode 8: Friday June 30, 2017 12:00 at p.m.~

Staff

Original Creator: Hajime Yadate, Yoshiyuki Tomino (From Mobile Suit Gundam)
Manga Original Work / Design: Yasuo Otagaki
Director · Screenplay: Ko Matsuo
Animation Character Design: Hirotoshi Takaya
Mobile Suit Design: Kunio Okawara
Music: Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Production: Sunrise

Cast

Io Fleming: Yuichi Nakamura
Daryl Lorenz: Ryohei Kimura
Bianca · Carlisle: Yurina Furukawa
Billy Hickham: Ryota Osaka
Vincent · Pike: Tomokazu Sugita
Claudia · Pale: Toa Yukinari
Karla Mitchum: Sayaka Ohara

‘MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT Live OPERATION 01″ Rumble & Silence’

Musicians

Naruyoshi Kikuchi (Saxophone etc), Sugadairo (piano), Tomoki Ihe (guitar), Shiro Sasaki (trumpet), Nagami Toshihisa (base), Masatsugu Hattori (drums), noon (vocals), Nobuyoshi Nakazawa (vocals) , Horoki Horiko (vocals), ICI a.k.a. Ai Ichikawa (vocals), Yoshie Sakamoto (vocals)

Intermission Guests

Director Ko Matsuo, VA Sayaka Ohara (Karla Mitchum), Producer Naohiro Ogata

Set list

01.Thunderbolt・Main Theme
02.Sento Haichi Yo
03.Shutsugeki You
04.Toshiyori ni Nareba～I’m 60～
05.Shiroi Heya～White day in the blue～
06.Tsuki no Kakuteru～Martini on the moon～
07.Atashi no country song～Fan of the hay～
08.Sento Kaishi yo
09.Sento Tyu（Gekisen jotai） Yo
10.Tada Futari Dake～We’re the only ones here in this world～
11.Tada Naku Dake～Oh god, I’m alone～
12.Yes no Girl～Yes girl～
13.Onnanoko ni Modorutoki～The dreaming girl in me～
14.Anata no Oaite～I’m your baby～

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