This stylish production choice by “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX,” which has been packed with homages to the “Mobile Suit Gundam” series, sent the internet into a frenzy, with fans exclaiming, “Hey, hey, hey, hey, it’s the Char’s Counterattack theme song!” “When the intro to BEYOND THE TIME started playing, I burst out laughing and then got weirdly teary-eyed,” and “Whoa! I’ve got goosebumps!”

“Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX” is the latest entry in the “Mobile Suit Gundam” series, which has been running since 1979. The story follows Amate Yuzuriha (voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa), a high school girl leading a peaceful life in a space colony, who gets drawn into the illegal mobile suit duel competition known as “Clan Battle” after meeting a mysterious girl named Nyaan (voiced by Yui Ishikawa). Co-produced by the renowned Studio Khara, known for the “Rebuild of Evangelion” series, and Sunrise, the project generated buzz with its theatrical advance screening in January this year, which became a massive hit grossing about 3.4 billion yen. It will be re-released at 368 theaters nationwide starting June 20.

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