A good while back, Sunrise teased a new Gundam design in the same style as the Gundam Barbatos from Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. Well, now we know this is for a new spin-off cross-media mobile app that will mix anime and game elements.
Called Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr-Hunt, the spin-off will be set around the Radonitsa Colony orbiting Venus and occur during the same time period as the original Iron-Blooded Orphans TV series.
The new Gundam design is the Gundam Hajiroboshi and shares elements from the Barbatos and other Gundam frames but also sports some retracting wings at the rear. This gives it an interesting edge, similar in some ways to the mecha from Metal Armor Dragonar.
Piloted by Wistario Afam, he seemingly protects the colony from invaders in the spin off’s trailer (shown below).
The choice for a mobile app is an interesting one and is an extension of many companion apps that modern anime series get in Japan.
While most people in Japan still watch anime on TV, the mobile market has been making inroads to streaming services such as Netflix.
However, it’s worth understanding that this is still early days when it comes to streaming in Japan and Sunrise is a bit ahead of the curve on this one, especially in having the app combine anime and gaming elements.
That said, Sunrise has had a history of taking risks when it comes to its approach to anime distribution. With series like The Wings of Rean being one of the first anime to be released online back in 2005.
If I am honest, I had hoped that this new project would have turned out to be a movie but this new spin-off definitely looks and sounds interesting.
Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr-Hunt will be released for Android and iOS devices in Japan at some point in the future, though there is no specific release date as yet. Whether this app will come Westward is unclear at present.
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