Gundam Rogue Orbit Reveals New Info At Gundam-Con2027
Gundam-Con is the first place the RG Project's anime and game halves will share a stage, with the anime's director and lead voice actor presenting the game.
Key Facts
- Bandai Namco Filmworks will hold GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI at Makuhari Messe from January 9 to 11, 2027.
- The action game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT releases on March 5, 2027, and the anime Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO begins airing in April 2027.
- The second ticket lottery for GUNDAM-Con2027 runs from October 2 to October 12, 2026, with adult tickets at 5,000 yen and child tickets at 3,000 yen.
- Kenji Kamiyama, director of Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, and Takuya Otsuka, who plays protagonist Azumi Rei, will appear on the DAY1 stage.
- DAY2 features Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa, and Wataru Takagi at the finale stage for the Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project.
Reporting from 2 sources: Game Spark, Inside.
Bandai Namco Filmworks will host GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI at Makuhari Messe from January 9 to 11, 2027. The company confirmed stage details and opened the second ticket lottery, which runs from October 2 to October 12, 2026. Adults pay 5,000 yen and children 3,000 yen. DAY1's headline stage covers the RG Project, the Gundam series' new cross-media initiative. It will reveal the latest information on the action game Gundam Rogue Orbit, which releases March 5, 2027. Kenji Kamiyama, director of the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, and voice actor Takuya Otsuka, who plays protagonist Azumi Rei, will appear. The anime begins airing in April 2027. DAY2 hosts the finale of the Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project, with Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa, and Wataru Takagi on stage. The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO stage is also planned. A giant Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam balloon will appear in the venue.
The anime has a different name in Japanese marketing materials: "Mobile Suit Gundam RG Alex Zero," listed in Game Spark's related article links, while the event stage is billed as "Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO." The two titles share a world with Gundam Rogue Orbit.
Anison DJ DJ Caesar will host the "DJ Caesar Gundam Song Stage," performing famous songs from across the Gundam series. Two stages, Stage A and Stage B, will run across the three days alongside Gunpla, card, game, and tournament events.
The venue also holds a "GUNDAM Road to 50th" booth based on "Boy and Gundam," the prologue movie for the Gundam 50th anniversary project, plus a Digital Message Corner that feeds fan messages into the staging. A giant Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam balloon will use video and lighting staging.
The GUNDAM-Con Limited Creator Illustrations project adds two names:
- Shigeyoshi Nishimura, character designer on After War Gundam X, participates DAY2
- Hiroshi Araya, chief mechanical animator on Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, participates DAY3
Merchandise includes advance venue sales of the event-limited METAL ROBOT SPIRITS Rising Freedom Gundam Radiance Granger and METAL BUILD Strike Gundam ENGINEERING EDITION, plus the GUNDAM-Con limited Gundam Cross Gundam Magnet Coating ver. + Amuro Ray and three Gundam Base limited Gunpla products.
Admission uses a timed system with hourly slots from 9:00 to 16:00 and a common slot from 16:00 to 19:30 each day. JTB runs an official one-night, two-day tour bundling admission, stage viewing and merchandise area tickets, and limited original goods. A second message campaign collects "mecha"-themed messages through the official site form or the hashtag #GUNDAMCON_MESSAGE.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.