A trailer for the upcoming two-episode OVA Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin – Chronicle of the Loum Battlefield has been released. The first episode titled ‘Clash at Loum’ will come into cinemas for a limited time starting tomorrow, 2 September 2017. It will be shown for four weeks in 35 cinemas all over Japan. Part two, ‘Rise of the Red Comet’ is scheduled to come in 2018.
The trailer also introduces the theme song of the movie ‘I can’t do anything – Sora yo-‘, sung by Aya. Behind the name Aya is the enka singer Aya Shimazu, who used a different alias as the theme song is a pop song and is quite different from her usual repertoire. When director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko heard her voice, he made her an offer to do the theme song and she gladly accepted. It resulted in an amazing song, a ballad of powerful vocals that works perfectly for the series. Don’t miss your chance to listen to the song!
The first season of the new year is just one month away from its finale. It was a great start with many amazing titles that made these past months worth the extra hours we put in front of our sets. Now, it is time for the cold wind to give way to the pink hues of the sakura tree and for the Winter 2018 season to give the anime baton to Spring 2018.
