The VR Movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom Has Been Nominated for the 81st Venice International Film Festival! We Have a Comment from Director Kenichi Suzuki!

I am truly grateful to have been nominated for the Immersive category at the Venice International Film Festival. And I am very happy to have had the opportunity to participate in this challenging project, the VR film Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom.
For someone such as myself, who specializes in directing 2D animation, this project was a very stimulating and challenging experience to tackle as the directing and production methods were different from 2D animation. Many of the staff members, myself included, were working on VR for the first time and the production process was extremely difficult. But with the cooperation of Atlas V and Studio ALBYON, we were able to solve many problems like stacking building blocks one by one, such as how to summarize the characteristics of Gundam works, the directing techniques unique to VR, and the technical regulations of CG. I am now convinced that we have completed an innovative film.

Gundam is deeply rooted in Japanese culture, and I believe that this VR movie, which allows everyone to experience the Universal Century, is very exciting content. I wish I could tell my childhood self, “One day, you’ll be able to experience the world of the Universal Century as a main character.” The Bandai Namco Group already has a life-sized Gundam statue, but I think that VR is innovative in that it allows you to experience the world view, characters, and story.
I will refrain from explaining the specific content, but I would like everyone to actually watch it in VR and feel it to share in the excitement.
I believe that VR movies like this will be established as a new format in the future.
Lastly, the other staff members and I would like to express our gratitude for being invited to participate in this wonderful opportunity.
Thank you very much.

■Profile: Kenichi Suzuki
An animation director born in Chiba prefecture in 1968.
After working as an office worker, in a game company, and at Sunrise, he went independent.
His representative works include GUNDAM EVOLVE../8 GAT-X105 STRIKE GUNDAM, SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors, Cells at Work! (Season 1), DRIFTERS, and Fairy Gone.
He served as general director for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

[Series Title]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom

[Main Staff]
Planning: Sunrise
Distribution: Astrea
Original Series: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino from Mobile Suit Gundam
Director: Kenichi Suzuki
Screenplay: Ryoji Sekinishi
Character Design: Tsukasa Kotobuki
Mechanical Design: Mika Akitaka
Music: Yoshiya Ikeda
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Interactive Designer: Ferdinand Dervieux
Technical Artist Director: Gaël Chaize
CG Animation Director: Naoki Yamamoto
Production: Atlas V, Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.

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