Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis Diorama - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis Diorama - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Episode 5 [Clash - Battle of Loum] in 2017 Fall & Episode 6 [Birth of the Red Comet] in 2018!

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Episode 5 [Clash - Battle of Loum] in 2017 Fall & Episode 6 [Birth of the Red Comet] in 2018!

Info via AnimeNewsNetwork

The trailer at the end of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV anime volume confirmed on Saturday that the anime's Loum Arc will start next fall with volume 5, "Gekitotsu Loum Kaisen" (Clash - The Battle of Loum). The arc will then end in 2018 with volume 6, "Tanjō Akai Suisei" (Birth of the Red Comet). The Gundam.info website posted a visual for the next arc and confirmed that the arc is two volumes long, total. Neither the trailer nor the website states how long each of the two volumes will run.

The new arc will cover the Battle of Loum, the pivotal conflict in the One Year War's early days before most of the events depicted in the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime. Char Aznable, the nemesis of the first Gundam anime's protagonist Amuro Ray, became famous as the legendary ace "Red Comet" during this war.

The Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV volume opened in 15 Japanese theaters on Saturday, November 19. The current Char/Sayla arc of the anime is ending with this fourth volume. The volume features Char's "fateful encounter" with the girl Lalah Sune, Amuro Ray, and "the legendary Dr. Minovsky" (whose physics breakthroughs eventually led to mobile suit warfare). The volume also covers the development of the MS-04 and the RX-78 Gundam mobile suits, as well as the first ever mobile suit battle in history.

The Loum Arc has one teaser trailer (first screened in May) and two different full trailers. The first full trailer, which played out like a historical film newsreel with simulated scratches and flaws, debuted in the first week of theatrical screenings for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV. The screenings will change trailers for the second and final week of screenings. Below are screenshots from the first full trailer:

(Info via AnimeNewsNetwork)

The anime project adapts Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga of the same name, which in turn is inspired by the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime's story. Yasuhiko designed the characters in the first Gundam anime, and he serves as the chief director and storyboarder for the Gundam: The Origin anime. The manga has 10 million copies in print.

Anime Consortium Japan is releasing the Gundam: The Origin series digitally worldwide through a premium rental streaming program, and Right Stuf — in collaboration with Sunrise — is releasing the series on home video.

Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2016 Japan - Finalist Entries On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara) [Part 2]

Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2016 Japan - Finalist Entries On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2016 Japan - Finalist Entries On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara) [Part 1]

Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2016 Japan - Finalist Entries On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

7-Eleven Exclusive: HG 1/144 Freedom Gundam REVIVE Gold Injection Color - Review by taka421jp

7-Eleven Exclusive: HG 1/144 Freedom Gundam REVIVE Gold Injection Color
(Release Date: Nov 18th 2016, Price: 2,160 yen)

*Sold at 7-Eleven convenient stores in Japan.

Review by taka421jp

HGBF 1/144 Amazing Strike Freedom Gundam - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HGBF 1/144 Amazing Strike Freedom Gundam 

(Release Date: Mar 2017, Price: 2,484 yen)

Gunpla Expo Exlusive: MG 1/144 V2 Gundam Ver. Ka Mechanical Clear / Gold Plated Ver. - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

Gunpla Expo Exlusive: MG 1/144 V2 Gundam Ver. Ka Mechanical Clear / Gold Plated Ver.

(Price: 5,000 yen)

RG 1/144 MBF-P01-Re2 Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

RG 1/144 MBF-P01-Re2 Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina
(Release Date: Spring 2017, Price: 2,500 yen)

HG 1/144 Gundam Bael - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HG 1/144 Gundam Bael

(Release Date: Mar 2017, Price: 1,512 yen)

HG ACCELERATE EVOLUTION Zeta Gundam - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HG ACCELERATE EVOLUTION Zeta Gundam

(Release Date: Spring 2017, Price: TBA)

Naked ZEONG - Custom Build by DIR EN GREY's Toshiya

Naked ZEONG - Custom Build by DIR EN GREY's Toshiya 

MG 1/100 Strike Gundam Owl - Customized Build

MG 1/100 Strike Gundam Owl - Customized Build

Modeled by tannu

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans 1/100 Full Mechanics Gunpla Promo Video (Images) @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans 1/100 Full Mechanics Gunpla Promo Video - Images

1/1 Scale Gundam Barbatos's Sword Mace - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

1/1 Scale Gundam Barbatos's Sword Mace - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HG 1/144 Atlas Gundam - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HG 1/144 Atlas Gundam 

(Release Date: TBA, Price: TBA)

HG 1/144 Gundam Ground Type [Gundam Thunderbolt] - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HG 1/144 Gundam Ground Type [Gundam Thunderbolt]

(Release Date: TBA, Price: TBA)

Hi-Resolution Model 1/100 Wing Gundam Zero EW - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

Hi-Resolution Model 1/100 Wing Gundam Zero EW

(Release Date: 2017, Price: TBA)

P-Bandai: MG 1/100 Prototype Gouf - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

P-Bandai: MG 1/100 Prototype Gouf

(Release Date: TBA, Price: TBA)

HGUC 1/144 Barzam - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HGUC 1/144 Barzam

(Release Date: Spring 2017, Price: TBA)

HG 1/144 Zaku III Kai [Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis] - On Display @ Gunpla Expo 2017 Winter (Akihabara)

HG 1/144 Zaku III Kai [Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis]

(Release Date: Spring 2017, Price: TBA)

Gunpla Kit from the Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis series.