Mobile Suit Gundam Eight Manga Gets Special Promo Video Directed by Tomoki Kyoda
The promo video signals Kadokawa is investing in a visual push for a Gundam spinoff that has been in development since 2021 and just released its second volume.
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The August issue of Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine revealed that Hajime Kamoshida and Shuei Takagi's Mobile Suit Gundam Eight manga will receive a special promotional video. Tomoki Kyoda will direct the video at Raging Bull. The manga is set in a new setting called the Constant Calendar, where survivors fight Kaiju using the last Gundam.
Tomoki Kyoda, known for directing Eureka Seven and EUREKA SEVEN AO, will helm the special promotional video for Mobile Suit Gundam Eight at studio Raging Bull. The manga, written by Hajime Kamoshida and Shuei Takagi, launched in Gundam Ace in April 2025 after being announced in September 2021 as part of the magazine's 20th anniversary project. The story takes place in a new timeline called the Constant Calendar, where Earth is devastated by biological machines called Kaiju and 258 survivors fight back using the last Gundam, Zirius. Kadokawa published the manga's second compiled volume on June 26.
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