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Sunrise

Sunrise is in the middle of a multi-year 50th anniversary slate under Bandai Namco Filmworks while its long-running Gundam merchandise machine keeps producing store goods, streaming tiers, and re-releases. Its most recent new production revealed is the Sunrise and Shaft collaboration Fool Night, set to stream worldwide on Netflix starting November 26.

Synthesized from 20 Yomimono stories · updated 1d ago

Sunrise's current identity in these stories is two things at once: a catalog studio and a production house. The 50th anniversary project, announced for 2026 to 2028, collects 50 works in a key visual, funds six original 3DCG shorts under the Mirai e no Koro banner with outside studios, and carries the Armored Trooper Votoms film The Grey Witch, directed by Mamoru Oshii and set for a November 20 nationwide release with a full cast now public. Coverage of the anniversary has been steady and shop-facing, with framed After War Gundam X art prints, a Sunrise World deformed robot fair, and MS IGLOO Gunpla reservations all tied to anniversary audiences.

The larger Gundam business runs on a parallel track. STRICT-G and STRICT-G.ARMS keep releasing apparel and tumblers tied to the 1979 series, a Gundam x Hololive collaboration reached 12 talents with pilot suits and mobile suits, and Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX joined the Gashapon Machibouke line at 400 yen per figure. For theatrical catalog, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie returns in a 4K remaster supervised by Shinichiro Watanabe starting October 30, and Hathaway's Flash: The Witch of Kirke moved to Amazon Prime streaming on August 31 after a January 2026 premiere that grossed over 2.7 billion yen.

Distribution is changing shape across the same period. The Sunrise official YouTube channel added a paid membership tier on September 1 with full Armored Trooper Votoms and Future GPX Cyber Formula streams, a separate free slate added Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and Cross Ange, and BS12 TwellV aired Z Gundam: A New Translation II Lovers on September 13. The newest production is Fool Night, the first joint project between Sunrise and Shaft, directed by Atsuyuki Yukawa with all episodes streaming on Netflix from November 26.

Key facts

Sunrise 50th anniversary project window
Runs from 2026 to 2028, marking 50 years since the first Sunrise-branded work, Muteki Chojin Zambot 3, in 2027. ↗
Anniversary short film project
Mirai e no Koro will produce six original 3DCG shorts in collaboration with other studios; the first two are Dice with Demon and Metafear. ↗
The Grey Witch release
Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch, directed by Mamoru Oshii, opens nationwide November 20, 2026. ↗
Fool Night production
Produced by Sunrise and Shaft, the first collaboration between the two studios, directed by Atsuyuki Yukawa. ↗
Fool Night streaming date
All episodes stream worldwide on Netflix starting November 26. ↗
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 4K remaster
Returns to Japanese theaters in a 4K remaster starting October 30, 2026, supervised by director Shinichiro Watanabe. ↗
Hathaway's Flash sequel box office
Premiered in Japan in January 2026 and grossed over 2.7 billion yen, above the first film's 2.23 billion yen. ↗
Sunrise Channel paid tier
Paid membership launched September 1, with full series streams of Armored Trooper Votoms and Future GPX Cyber Formula including OVAs and films. ↗
GQuuuuuuX Gashapon figures
Machibouke series figures at 400 yen each, with orders from June 25 to July 5, 2026 and delivery around late September 2026. ↗
Gundam 50th anniversary short
A Boy with Gundam is a nearly six-minute animated short directed, storyboarded, and CG-directed by Tsukuro Hayakawa. ↗

Timeline

Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.

Facts

Announced
launch vehicle changed from ULA's Vulcan Centaur to SpaceX's Falcon Heavy · 2026-08-09
Announced
first-ever joint anime project with SHAFT (via new official X account on June 18, 2026) · 2026-06-18

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Claim activity

When a claim about Sunrise was confirmed, debunked, or disputed against open-web sources. The record stays even after a claim drops off the facts list.

  • Confirmed Sunrise produces Mobile New Century Gundam X Record Complete Collection A.W. 30th Chronicle Oct 14 · source
  • Confirmed sunrise produces a boy with gundam May 28 · source

All coverage

1d ago

Votoms: The Grey Witch Theme Song Set For Mika Nakashima And Toshihiko Takamizawa

Sunrise unveiled the main visual, advance trailer, and theme song trailer for Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch on October 23. The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, 2026, as a Sunrise 50th anniversary project. The theme song is "Like a Nameless Poet," performed by Mika Nakashima with music, lyrics, and arrangement by Toshihiko Takamizawa of THE ALFEE. The CD single releases November 25 at 1,450 yen, with streaming starting November 20. The advance trailer opens with Maki looking up at ATs in a maintenance factory and shows her investigating Ash, the soldier called the witch of the punishment unit who always survives. The enemy Balarant army's AT Fatty appears for the first time. A stage greeting is set for opening day at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku, with director Mamoru Oshii and cast members Miyuki Sawashiro, Asami Ando, Shinichiro Miki, and Yuki Kaji scheduled to appear.

1d ago

Sunrise Channel Adds Chouja Raideen, Sentimental Journey, Sacred Seven

Bandai Namco Filmworks has announced the 24th batch of titles for the Sunrise Channel, its free official YouTube channel for Sunrise-produced anime. Three titles will stream from episode one for the first time on the channel: Chouja Raideen on Thursday, November 5, Sentimental Journey on Wednesday, November 4, and Sacred Seven on Wednesday, December 16. Four other shows resume or continue from intermediate episodes: Chou Mashin Eiyuden Wataru on Mondays from November 2, Saikyo Robo Daioja on Tuesdays from November 3, Brave Police J-Decker on Fridays from November 6, and Space Runaway Ideon on Saturdays from November 7 through its final episode. Regular streaming is suspended on December 31 and January 1. The channel lists 552,000 subscribers as of October 2026, and the press release contents are dated as of April 2026 and subject to change.

1d ago

STRICT-G Adds ALPHA INDUSTRIES Amuro Ray Leather Flight Jacket

STRICT-G, Bandai's Gundam apparel shop, announced a flight jacket collaboration between ALPHA INDUSTRIES and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. The "LEATHER MA-1 HERITAGE FIT FLIGHT JACKET Amuro Ray" uses sheep leather and places Amuro Ray's personal mark and the Earth Federation Space Force mark as same-color patches, priced at 132,000 yen including tax. Sizes run S to 2XL. A companion T-shirt with a newly drawn design of Amuro Ray wearing the jacket costs 8,580 yen. Both items launch at STRICT-G stores on Saturday, November 21, 2026. Premium Bandai pre-orders were scheduled from 13:00 on Friday, October 23, 2026, but the site was under maintenance at 10:00 that day, and the sales time will be announced on social media. The jacket uses ALPHA details such as a storm flap inside the zipper and a sleeve utility pocket, with sizing adjusted for Japanese buyers. Buyers receive an acrylic stand of Amuro Ray drawn from an original illustration, one per jacket, roughly 47mm by 132mm.

Oct 14

Gundam X 30th Anniversary Framed Art Prints Open For Pre-Order

Premium Bandai's Sunrise Store is taking pre-orders until January 11, 2027 for three framed reproduction artworks tied to the After War Gundam X Record Collection A.W. 30th Chronicle. The prints use newly drawn illustrations by Junya Ishigaki, Kunio Okawara, and Nobuyoshi Nishimura. Each is 33,000 yen with tax, published by Bandai Namco Filmworks, and scheduled to ship in March 2027.

Oct 6

STRICT-G Adds Gundam And Char's Custom Zaku II Bean Tumblers

STRICT-G will release two BEAN Tumblers themed after the Gundam and Char's Custom Zaku II from Mobile Suit Gundam. Pre-orders open on Premium Bandai at 13:00 on September 29, 2026, and general sales begin October 10 at four STRICT-G stores. Each tumbler costs 5,500 yen, holds 350ml, and ships in October.

Oct 5

Sunrise World Deformed Robot Fair VOL.3 Opens October 9

Bandai Namco Filmworks will hold "SUNRISE WORLD ~Deformed Robot Fair~ VOL.3" at 6 Sunrise World stores starting October 9. The fair features deformed robots from six works, including Space Runaway Ideon, Fang of the Sun Dougram, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Brave of the Sun Fighbird, Future GPX Cyber Formula, and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Original items use newly drawn illustrations by Koji Yokoi, alongside new products from Bukubu Okawa's web manga IP Police Tsuzuki-chan.

Sep 13

STRICT-G.ARMS Adds A Gundam Liner Jacket In Federation And Zeon Versions

STRICT-G.ARMS is taking pre-orders on Premium Bandai for a Mobile Suit Gundam liner jacket in two versions: Earth Federation Space Force in olive and Principality of Zeon Army in black, both with embroidery and patches. The jacket uses Thinsulate padding, opens with buttons, and costs 11,000 yen in sizes M through XXL. Pre-orders run from September 11 to September 27, 2026, with general sales at STRICT-G stores from September 19.

Sep 12

BS12 Airs Z Gundam: A New Translation II Lovers Tonight

BS12 TwellV airs "Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A New Translation II Lovers" on its Sunday Anime Theater slot on September 13 from 7 PM. The 2005 theatrical film is the second entry in the New Translation "Z" trilogy. It follows Kamille Bidan's encounter on Earth with Four Murasame, an enhanced human of the Titans, before he returns to space and the Z Gundam.

Sep 8

MS IGLOO Gunpla Sets Return With March 2027 Premium Bandai Orders

Premium Bandai opens reservations September 8 at 11:00 for three Gunpla kits tied to the MS IGLOO OVAs, all shipping in March 2027. The Zaku Ground Combat Set and Ground Combat Gundam Ground Combat Set, both from MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front, cost 3,080 yen each. The EX Model Hildolfr from MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War returns at 8,580 yen.

Sep 4

Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch Casts Miki, Kaji, Nakamura, Sugita

Sunrise's 50th anniversary Armored Trooper Votoms film The Grey Witch, directed by Mamoru Oshii, revealed its full main cast. Shinichiro Miki, Yuki Kaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Tomokazu Sugita, Takahiro Sakurai, and Sumire Uesaka join previously announced Miyuki Sawashiro and Mafumi Ando. Set at the end of the Hundred Years War, the film opens nationwide November 20, 2026, and a 30-second trailer was shown.

Sep 1

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Gets 4K Remaster for 25th Anniversary

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, the 2001 feature set between episodes 22 and 23 of the Cowboy Bebop TV series, is returning to Japanese theaters in a 4K remastered version starting October 30, 2026. The remaster was created under the full supervision of director Shinichiro Watanabe, who said he hopes audiences will experience "the crystallization of the passion and soul we poured into this work, in the darkness of a movie theater." The announcement came with a new 25th anniversary visual drawn by Toshihiro Kawamoto, the film's character designer and animation director, with background art by Atsushi Morikawa and main title design by Toshiaki Uesugi of Mach 55. The film follows Spike Spiegel and the Bebop crew as they chase a 300 million woolong bounty tied to a bioterror incident on Mars, a case that leads them to a man who was supposed to have died in a past war.

Aug 29

Gundam x Hololive Collab Unveils 2nd Wave Pilot Suits and Mobile Suits

The Gundam x Hololive collaboration revealed its second wave of pilot suit designs, mobile suits, and chibi figures for six talents: Oozora Subaru, Usada Pekora, Tsunomaki Watame, Mori Calliope, IRyS, and Todoroki Hajime. The new additions bring the total displayed to 12. A special booth at TOKYO Toy Show 2026 will show the latest project information and products.

Aug 21

Fool Night Anime Sets November 26 Netflix Debut, Adds Cast

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced at Anime NYC 2026 that the Fool Night anime will stream worldwide on Netflix starting November 26, with all episodes released at once. The series is the first collaboration between Sunrise and Shaft, directed by Atsuyuki Yukawa, who previously worked as a unit director on Suzume. The second teaser trailer and new cast were revealed alongside the date. Junya Enoki voices Akira Yatsuki, deputy head of the personnel department at the Fourth Tenka Institute; Aya Endo voices Saeko Kano, a former soldier and Akira's bodyguard; and Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi voices Jin Hiragishi, head of the 'Nashi Division' who hires protagonist Toshiro Kamiya. Previously announced cast includes Kouki Uchiyama as Toshiro Kamiya and Minako Kotobuki as Yomiko Horai. The staff includes series composer Jin Tanaka of Oshi no Ko, character designer Robert Sato, sound director Yota Tsuruoka, and music composer Tatsuya Kato of Dr. Stone. The manga by Kasumi Yasuda has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior since November 2020, with 13 volumes released.

Aug 20

Sunrise Channel Adds Paid Membership With Full Votoms and Cyber Formula Streams

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced a paid membership tier for the Sunrise official YouTube channel, launching September 1. The first offerings are full series streams of Armored Trooper Votoms and Future GPX Cyber Formula, including OVAs and films. Members get badges and stamps, plus a making-of video for the new Votoms film.

Aug 6

Sunrise Channel Adds Horizon and Cross Ange to Free YouTube Streaming

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on July 24 that the 23rd installment of free streaming on the official Sunrise YouTube channel will add 'Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere' and 'Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon' for the first time. Both series will release episodes 1 through 6, starting August 7 and September 18 respectively.

Jun 25

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Characters and Mobile Suits Join Gashapon 'Machibouke' Series

Bandai will release a set of Gashapon figures from the 'Machibouke' series featuring characters and mobile suits from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The lineup includes four types: Amate Yuzuriha (also known as Machu), Nyaan, Shuji Ito, and the GQuuuuuuX mobile suit itself. The figures are made of PVC, with characters standing approximately 3 cm tall and mobile suits about 3.5 cm. Each figure costs 400 yen (tax included). Orders will be accepted on the Gashapon Online store from June 25, 2026 at 11:00 JST through July 5, 2026 at 23:59 JST. Delivery is scheduled for around late September 2026. Bandai notes that the figures may also appear in capsule vending machines nationwide before the delivery date. Orders will close once the planned quantity is reached. The announcement was made on June 24, 2026 via Dengeki Hobby Web. The series is produced by Bandai and is licensed under Sotsu and Sunrise.

Jun 23

Sunrise and Shaft's Fool Night Anime Debuts on Netflix in 2026

The manga Fool Night by Kasumi Yasuda will receive a television anime adaptation produced by Sunrise and Shaft, the first collaboration between the two studios, Netflix announced on June 23 during its Anime Studio Focus panel at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The series will stream worldwide on Netflix in 2026. Director Atsuyuki Yukawa, who worked as a unit director on Suzume, will helm the project, with Jin Tanaka handling series composition, Tatsuya Kato composing the music, and Yota Tsuruoka directing sound. The cast includes Koki Uchiyama as protagonist Toshiro Kamiya and Minako Kotobuki as Yomiko Horai. A teaser trailer and visual were also released. Yasuda's manga, which launched in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior in November 2020, has 12 compiled volumes and a cumulative print run of approximately 600,000 copies across 17 countries. It ranked 12th in the male reader list of Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2023.

Jun 18

Sunrise and SHAFT Announce First-Ever Joint Anime Project

Sunrise and SHAFT have launched a new anime project together, marking the first collaboration between the two studios. The announcement came on Thursday via a newly created official X account, which began a countdown to a full reveal scheduled for June 23 at 24:30 JST (effectively June 24 at 12:30 a.m.). The account posted a teaser video featuring color script artwork, offering a glimpse into the project's visual direction. Bandai Namco Filmworks, Sunrise's parent company, confirmed the project is an original animation. Sunrise is known for franchises including Mobile Suit Gundam, Love Live!, and Code Geass, while SHAFT is recognized for its distinct visual style in works like Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the Monogatari series. The project's title, format, story, and production staff are expected to be announced when the countdown concludes next week.

Jun 17

Bandai Namco Filmworks Launches Sunrise 50th Anniversary Project With 6 Short Films

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced the Sunrise 50th Anniversary project, running from 2026 to 2028, to mark 50 years since the first Sunrise-branded work, Muteki Chōjin Zambot 3, in 2027. The project includes a key visual of 50 selected works and the Mirai e no Kōro short film project, which will produce six original 3DCG animated shorts in collaboration with other studios. The first two shorts, Dice with Demon and Metafear, were revealed, and the previously announced Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe is also part of the initiative.

May 16

Sunrise Releases Gundam 50th Anniversary Prologue Short A Boy With Gundam

Bandai Namco and Sunrise released a nearly six-minute animated short on Thursday as the opening piece of the Gundam 50th Anniversary Project. The video, titled A Boy with Gundam, debuted during the Conference Spring 2026 presentation and is available on the official English and Japanese Gundam channels. It is set in the real world and follows a grandfather who, while visiting a life-size moving Gundam statue with his family, recalls how the original Mobile Suit Gundam shaped his life from childhood onward. Amuro Ray and other pilots appear in flashback sequences, and the short closes with a montage of franchise references. The song Kinjito by the group PEOPLE 1 plays over the footage, and the English upload carries subtitles for the lyrics. Tsukuro Hayakawa directed, storyboarded, and handled CG direction. Shinya Watada served as unit director. Juri Toida designed the animation characters, and Bandai Namco Studios' Yasuto Morioka provided the original character designs. The actual 50th anniversary arrives in 2029, and Bandai Namco is assembling a slate of projects under the Road to 50 banner ahead of that date.