Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans – Announcement Video [English Sub]

The English subtitled release of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) announcement video has been released online. This new trailer introduces to fans the new characters, world and Gundams of the new upcoming anime series. The video also showcases the first new visual of the anime and the members of the production staff. The main cast of the anime have not yet been revealed.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans will be airing from October 4th on 28 channels in Japan, during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season.

The first members of the series’ production staff were also revealed:

• Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai, Toradora!)
• Series Composer: Mari Okada (Toradora!, Aquarion Evol)
• Anime Character Designer: Michinori Chiba (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE)
• Mecha Designers: Naohiro Washio (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Kakumeiki Valvrave), Kanetake Ebikawa (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE), Ippei Gyoubu (Gundam Reconguista in G), Kenji Teraoka (Code Geass, Gundam Build Fighters), and Tamotsu Shonohara (Rean no Tsubasa)
• Art Designer: Kusanagi (Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito, High School of the Dead )
• Music Composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo)
• Animation Studio: Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam, Love Live! School Idol Project)

Here is the anime’s main visual:

The synopsis of the series has been revealed:

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; a mobile suit that steals weapons, armor, and parts from enemies to become stronger.

You can visit the new project’s site now: http://g-tekketsu.com/
And follow the series on Twitter: @g_tekketsu