'Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans' US Streaming Confirmed, Bandai To Release New Gunpla Kits!
It has been confirmed that upcoming anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" US streaming will be available via Hulu, Gundam.info, Crunchyroll, and Funimation in addition to the Daisuki streaming service, Anime News Network wrote.
"Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron -Blooded Orphans" US streaming will premiere on Oct. four at 6:30 AM EDT on Hulu and the official Gundam.info website. Meanwhile Crunchyroll and Funimation scheduled the premiere on their websites on Oct. 11 at 4:30 AM EDT. While these schedules will be available only in US, the Gundam Global Facebook page added to release information for other territories soon.
The Daisuki stream will be available in 242 countries and 13 languages on Oct. 4 at 6:30 AM EDT.
Prior to the "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" US streaming announcement, the upcoming show was first teased by Sunrise through a new teaser site, with a countdown to reveal the new main Mobile Suit on July 15, 2015. The company only referred the new robot as G-Tekketsu, and the full details have been revealed at Sunrise and Bandai's press conference. Sunrise also plans to release merchandise for the series which include Gunpla kits and video game tie-ins as reported by Yaraon.
Supervising the production is headed by Tatsuyuki Nagai while Mari Okada is handling series composition. Character designs were made by Yu Ito who also designed the characters for "Shut Hell" and "Imperial Guards," while Michinori Chiba did the character designs for animation. The mecha design team is composed by Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ippei Gyōbu, Kenji Teraoka, and Tamotsu Shinohara. Kusanagi is leading the art design and Masaru Yokoyama is set to compose the music for the series.
J-rock band MAN WITH A MISSION will perform the opening theme song for the series, while notable singer-songwriter Misia is set to perform the ending theme song. The opening theme, titled "Raise your flag," is set to release on October 14 as reported by Tokyohive.
The anime series will premiere on October 4 on 28 channels in Japan. Meanwhile, fans can check out schedules for "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" US streaming on the websites mentioned in this article.