Kenji Kamiyama is directing and writing the series composition for Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, a television anime from Bandai Namco Filmworks and SOLA ANIMATION set to launch in 2027. He is also supervising director on Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi and will attend the ANIAFF all-night retrospective in November 2026 and the Gundam-Con2027 stage in January 2027.
Kamiyama's current work is organized around Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 23, 2026. He directs and handles series composition for the television anime, which Bandai Namco Filmworks produces with SOLA ANIMATION. The series begins in A.A. (After Apocalypse) 45, a new timeline separate from the Universal Century and Common Era, and is scheduled to launch in 2027. Kamiyama said the project let him create a Gundam from scratch in a new timeline. The anime shares a world with the game Gundam Rogue Orbit, which is set 100 years later; Kamiyama said the game team proposed the enemy concept and the anime team built the war structure.
Beyond Gundam, Kamiyama is supervising director on Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi, a Production I.G production, and discussed the Star Wars catalog as working reference in an interview with Anime News Network. His back catalog is being programmed as repertory. The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival runs November 13 to 18, 2026, and devotes an all-night program to his work, including The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, with Kamiyama attending a talk event alongside guest Sanpo Sakai. The festival's second edition is the setting for that retrospective.
Two appearances follow. Kamiyama and voice actor Takuya Otsuka, who plays protagonist Azumi Rei, will appear on the RG Project stage at GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI at Makuhari Messe, held January 9 to 11, 2027.
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Anime News Network spoke with supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, series director Shunsuke Tada, and producer Hitoshi Ito about Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi. The three discussed their first encounters with Star Wars, from Kamiyama's Episode IV viewing at twelve to Ito's theatrical start with The Phantom Menace in eighth grade, and named Clone Wars and the Star Wars Outlaws game as their main preparation.
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 Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival announced its second edition, running November 13 to 18, 2026, at venues in Nagoya. The all-night program centers on a Kenji Kamiyama retrospective, including The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and selections from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, with Kamiyama attending. Honami Yano, whose Eri was selected for Cannes Directors' Fortnight, created the main visual.
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival will devote its second all-night screening to director Kenji Kamiyama. The lineup includes The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episode 12 Tachikoma's Homecoming: The Movie Director's Dream, two episodes of S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and Solid State Society. Kamiyama will speak at a talk event with guest Sanpo Sakai.
Kenji Kamiyama, directing and writing series composition for Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, said the anime and the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT share one world, with the game set 100 years later. The game team proposed the enemy concept, and the anime team built the war structure. He kept the tricolor robot and human war as essential Gundam elements. Both projects target 2027.
Anime News Network's This Week in Anime column examines director Kenji Kamiyama's filmography in light of his new Gundam series, XARX-ZERO, revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. The column traces his path from late-80s background artist on Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service to director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and projects tied to Star Wars, Ultraman, and Blade Runner.
Director Toshihisa Tada revealed that Nawam, the new villain in Star Wars: Visions: The Ninth Jedi, wields a blue lightsaber to create surprise, breaking the Sith red convention. The character's design, including a Japanese-style helmet, was developed with Naruto character designer Tetsuya Nishio, who produced seven or eight helmet designs.
Bandai Namco Filmworks announced a new Gundam television series, Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, at San Diego Comic-Con on July 23, 2026. The series is directed by Kenji Kamiyama, known for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, who also handles series composition. Animation production is by SOLA ANIMATION. The series is part of the RG Project, a multimedia initiative that also includes the action game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT. The anime is set in a new timeline separate from the Universal Century and Common Era, beginning in A.A. (After Apocalypse) 45. Humanity abandoned Earth after an alien ecosystem called the Apocalypse overran the planet. The protagonist, Ray Azumi, a war orphan, pilots the Gundam Zero. Takeo Otsuka voices Ray Azumi. The series is scheduled to launch in 2027. The anime takes place roughly 100 years before the events of the game. Kamiyama stated the project allowed him to create a Gundam from scratch in a new timeline.