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Gundam RG XARX-ZERO Anime 'Launches' in N. America, Japan in April 2027

The official website for the Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO anime revealed on Monday that the anime will "launch" in North America and Japan in April 2027. The anime's Japanese website uses the term "hōsō" (broadcast) that is often used for airing on television.

Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Star Wars: Visions' "The Ninth Jedi", Eden of the East) is directing the anime at Sola Animation. Toh Enjoe (The Ghost in the Shell 2026, Godzilla Singular Point, The Empire of Corpses) is collaborating on the world-building in the anime's science fiction setting.

The Gundam RG XARX-ZERO anime is part of the larger RG Project, "a next-generation Gundam initiative that expands the franchise into a new universe." The previously announced Gundam Rogue Orbit game is also headlining the project, although the game's story is set 90 years after the Gundam RG XARX-ZERO anime. (The "RG Project" is not to be confused with "Real Grade," an advanced level of model kits that Bandai sells for the overall Gundam franchise.) Kamiyama teased at San Diego Comic-Con that there are elements in the project besides the anime and the game. The Gundam Rogue Orbit game will debut in March 2027.

Takeo Ōtsuka voices Ray Azumi, "the permanently assigned pilot of the Gundam Zero and war orphan who lost his parents in an Apocalypse attack."

Eiichi Shimizu (Linebarrels of Iron), who created the 2011 Ultraman manga (which Kamiyama adapted into several anime), is designing the Gundam units. STATO drafted the original character designs, and Miyako Takasu is adapting those designs for the animation's character designs and is serving as chief animation director. Gō Shiina (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, God Eater, Tales of Zestiria game) is composing the music. Joseph Chou and Yasufumi Kobashi producing.

Sources: Gundam RG XARX-ZERO anime's English website and Japanese website, Comic Natalie