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Gundam RG XARX-ZERO To Air In April 2027 With Kenji Kamiyama Directing

The anime and game are pitched as two views of one shared history rather than a game adaptation, which makes the April 2027 broadcast the franchise's attempt to build a new timeline across two media at once.

Key Facts

  • Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO will air on television starting in April 2027 in Japan and North America.
  • Kenji Kamiyama directs and handles series composition for Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO at Sola Animation, with Toh EnJoe supervising the science fiction setting.
  • The anime is set in A.A. 45, 45 years after humanity abandoned Earth during conflict with a threat called the Apocalypse.
  • Gundam Rogue Orbit, the game sharing the anime's worldview, launches March 5, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
  • Takeo Otsuka voices protagonist Ray Azumi, the dedicated pilot of the Gundam Zero, in Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO.

Reporting from 8 sources: Anime News Network, GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, Cinema Today, and 4 more.

Gundam RG XARX-ZERO To Air In April 2027 With Kenji Kamiyama Directing

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on September 14, 2026 that Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO will air on television starting in April 2027 in Japan and North America. Kenji Kamiyama directs and handles series composition at Sola Animation, with Toh EnJoe supervising the science fiction setting and Eiichi Shimizu designing the Gundam units. Takeo Otsuka voices protagonist Ray Azumi, the dedicated pilot of the Gundam Zero and a war orphan. The anime sits in A.A. 45, 45 years after humanity abandoned Earth during conflict with an unknown threat called the Apocalypse. It forms half of the RG Project alongside the game Gundam Rogue Orbit, which launches March 5, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game's story takes place roughly 90 to 100 years after the anime, and both were announced at Summer Game Fest in June 2026. New teaser scene cuts and a Kamiyama interview conducted at San Diego Comic-Con are now posted on the official website.

New scene cuts from the teaser PV and a Kamiyama interview conducted at San Diego Comic-Con went up alongside the broadcast date. Production credits list Gō Shiina on music, STATO on original character drafts, and Miyako Takasu adapting those designs while serving as chief animation director, with Joseph Chou and Yasufumi Kobashi producing. Planning is credited to Sunrise and the original work to Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate.

The setting is drawn wider than the anime. Three gospels brought from outside the solar system, gravity control, superluminal communication, and image materialization, pushed humanity across the solar system before the object carrying them went out of control and an aggressive self-replicating system appeared. People called that ecosystem the Apocalypse, and after three months of fighting the front locked into satellite orbit. Kamiyama has said the project holds elements beyond the anime and the game.

Gundam Rogue Orbit appears at Tokyo Game Show 2026, running September 17 to 21, with a playable demo and a photo spot. A 15-second commercial narrated by Akari Kito, who voices game heroine Sophia, has also been released.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 8 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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