Kenji Kamiyama is directing the new Gundam television series Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, scheduled for 2027, and also handling series composition. The series is part of the RG Project, a multimedia initiative with the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT.
Kenji Kamiyama's career has moved between major global franchises, and his latest appointment places him at the helm of a new Gundam series. Announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 23, 2026, Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO is directed by Kamiyama, who also handles series composition. The series is part of the RG Project, a multimedia initiative that also includes the action game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT. Animation production is by SOLA ANIMATION. The anime is set in a new timeline, beginning in A.A. (After Apocalypse) 45, roughly 100 years before the events of the game. Humanity abandoned Earth after an alien ecosystem called the Apocalypse overran the planet. The protagonist, Ray Azumi, a war orphan, pilots the Gundam Zero, voiced by Takeo Otsuka. The series is scheduled to launch in 2027.
Kamiyama's filmography, traced in an Anime News Network column, spans from late-80s background artist on Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service to director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, as well as projects tied to Star Wars, Ultraman, and Blade Runner. The column reads his appointment as the natural endpoint of a career spent moving between major global franchises, positioning his Ghost in the Shell pedigree as the lens through which his Gundam work will be judged. Kamiyama stated the project allowed him to create a Gundam from scratch in a new timeline.
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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.
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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.