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Bandai Namco Holdings released on Thursday its financial report for fiscal year 2024 (ending March 31) and reported that the Mobile Suit Gun franchise earned a total of 145.7 billion yen (about 934,000 yen). 78 million) for the year, setting an all-time highest revenue record for the franchise. Bandai Namco Holdings forecasts that the franchise will earn 145.0 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March 2025.
In 2022, the franchise hits the 100 billion yen mark, earning 101.7 billion yen (about 652.48 million USD in current conversion) ) in revenue and reaching 131.3 billion yen (about 842,000 yen) in revenue. 39 million USD) in 2023.
Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch From Mercury (Kidō SenshiGundam: Suisei no Majo), the first new sword The seven-year anime television series, premiered in Japan in October 2022. The anime's second season aired in April 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan and also aired an English dub.
show is the first major anime television series to feature a female protagonist. The anime inspired a novel adaptation, which debuted in Kadokawa's gundam Ace magazine in November 2022, and a spin-off manga titled Kidō Senshi Gunma: Suisei no Majo Vanadis Heart, which also debuted in magazine in March 2023.
Mobile Suit GTA Seed FREEDOM anime sequel premiered in Japan on January 26. The film is currently the highest-grossing film in the anime franchise at the Japanese box office, surpassing Mobile Suit Gunma III: Encounters in Space 1982 anime film's 2.3 billion yen (US$14.75 million in current conversion). The film has now earned a cumulative total of 4,599,907,360 yen (about US$29.51 million) as of May 5. The film is scheduled to have its final episode in Japanese theaters on May 5. May 23.
The film opened in Japan on May 23. The United States and Canada on May 7–8, with an English dub screening in the United States on May 8. Bandai Namco Filmworks hosted the film's premiere in the United States with English subtitles in Los Angeles and New York City on March 31. The Japan Society also held a screening of the English dubbed version on April 1.
The film project is part of the Mobile Suit Seed Project launch initiative,” announced in 2021. The initiative celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original Mobile Suit GTA Seed animated series in 2022 and has several parts. The initiative also includes a new Mobile Suit Guns Seed game and spin-off manga Mobile Suit Guns Seed Eclipse.
Source: Bandai Namco Holdings via @180223
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