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Bandai Namco Holdings launched its monetary report for the fiscal yr 2024 (which ended March 31) on Thursday, reporting that the Cell swimsuit Gundam franchise earned a complete of 145.7 billion yen (roughly US$934.78 million) through the yr, setting the very best ever gross sales document for the franchise. Bandai Namco Holdings predicts the franchise will earn 145.0 billion yen within the fiscal yr ending March 2025.
In 2022, the franchise reached the 100 billion yen mark, incomes 101.7 billion yen (about $652.48 million at in the present day’s conversion) in gross sales, and rising to 131.3 billion yen (about $842.39 million) in 2023.
Cell Swimsuit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo), the primary new one Gundam tv anime sequence in seven years, premiered in Japan in October 2022. The second season of the anime aired in April 2023. Crispy roll has streamed the sequence because it aired in Japan, and can be streaming an English model dub.
The present is the primary main function Gundam anime tv sequence with a feminine protagonist. The anime impressed a brand new adaptation, which launched in 2011 Kadokawa‘S Gundam Ace journal in November 2022, and a aspect story manga titled Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo Vanadis Hartwhich was additionally launched within the journal in March 2023.
The Cell Swimsuit Gundam Seed FREEDOM anime sequel premiered in Japan on January 26. The movie is now the highest-grossing movie on this planet Gundam franchise on the Japanese field workplace, overtaking 1982 Cell Swimsuit Gundam III: Encounters in House anime movie’s 2.3 billion yen (US$14.75 million in accordance with present conversion). The movie has now grossed a complete of 4,599,907,360 yen (roughly US$29.51 million) as of Might 5. The movie is predicted to make its ultimate look in Japanese theaters on Might 23.
The movie was proven within the US and Canada from Might 7 to eight, with an English-language movie dub screening within the US on Might 8. Bandai Namco Filmworks hosted the movie’s U.S. premieres with English subtitles in Los Angeles and New York Metropolis on March 31. The Japan Society additionally held a screening for the English-language model on April 1.
The movie mission is a part of the Cell swimsuit Gundam Seed Mission ignited initiative, which was introduced in 2021. The initiative commemorates the 20 th anniversary of the unique Cell swimsuit Gundam Seed anime in 2022, and it consists of a number of components. The initiative additionally features a new one Cell swimsuit Gundam Seed sport and the Cell swimsuit Gundam Seed Blackout manga with a aspect story.
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