{"id":163712,"date":"2026-07-23T11:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=163712"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:48:10","slug":"the-post-apocalyptic-mobile-suit-gundam-rg-xarx-zero-is-the-next-gundam-anime-and-its-related-to-the-upcoming-rogue-orbit-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/07\/23\/the-post-apocalyptic-mobile-suit-gundam-rg-xarx-zero-is-the-next-gundam-anime-and-its-related-to-the-upcoming-rogue-orbit-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Post-Apocalyptic Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO is the Next Gundam Anime, and It&#8217;s Related to the Upcoming Rogue Orbit Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The next Mobile Suit Gundam anime, announced at San Diego Comic-Con, is <em>Mobile Suit Gundam RG:<\/em>\u00a0<em>XARX-ZERO<\/em>, a post-apocalyptic title that shares the same setting as the upcoming <em><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/a-gundam-battles-a-mechanical-dragon-in-gundam-rogue-orbit-announcement-trailer\/\">Gundam: Rogue Orbit <\/a><\/em>action game, but is set almost 100 years earlier. <strong>Kenji Kamiyama<\/strong> (<em>Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex <\/em>and<em> Eden of the East<\/em>, <em>Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045\u00a0<\/em>co-director) is directing the 2027 show at<strong> SOLA ANIMATION<\/strong> with sci-fi author <strong>EnJoe Toh (<\/strong><em>Godzilla Singular Point<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/07\/17\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-tv-anime-adds-atsushi-miyauchi-to-voice-cast\/\"><em>The Ghost in the Shell<\/em><\/a>) as the sci-fi setting supervisor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Both the anime and game are part of the multimedia RG project and take place in the After Apocalypse (A.A.) timeline \u2014 <em>Mobile Suit Gundam RG:<\/em>&nbsp;<em>XARX-ZERO&nbsp;<\/em>is set in A.A..45, while the game jumps ahead to A.A. 135. In this setting, mankind originally achieved great prosperity after receiving three &#8220;revelations&#8221; from beyond the Solar System. However, less then a decade after that, the &#8220;Object&#8221; that delivered these &#8220;revelations&#8221; runs &#8220;rampant, spawning an aggressive, self-proliferating ecosystem&#8221; that is referred to as the &#8220;Apocalypse.&#8221; Humanity is eventually forced off Earth, with the Moon and space colonies becoming its new homes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Mobile Suit Gundam RG:<\/em>&nbsp;<em>XARX-ZERO<\/em>&#8216;s protagonist is Ray Azumi (<strong>Takeo Otsuka<\/strong>), a war orphan who pilots the &#8220;state-of-the-art&#8221; Gundam Zero against the silicon-based Apocalypse. His encounter with the mobile suit &#8220;changes the destiny of human beings,&#8221; though with someone in the teaser trailer (see below) warning Ray that he will &#8220;tear the universe apart,&#8221; it might not necessarily be for the better.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO&quot; Teaser\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-OE2vLKjJZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Aside from Kamiyama (who is also the series composer) and Toh, the production credits include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Gundam designer: <strong>Eiichi Shimizu<\/strong> (<em>Ultraman<\/em> manga author, <em>Super Robot Wars V<\/em> VangRay mechanical designer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Original character designer: <strong>STATO\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Character design and supervising animation director: <strong>Miyako Takasu<\/strong> (<em>Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Music composer: <strong>Go Shiina<\/strong> (<em>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba<\/em> co-composer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Planning: <strong>Sunrise<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Production (the business type): B<strong>andai Namco Filmworks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-RG-XARX-ZERO-teaser-visual-scaled.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-RG-XARX-ZERO-teaser-visual-scaled.jpg?w=1811&amp;ssl=1 1811w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-RG-XARX-ZERO-teaser-visual-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image source: @GundamInfoNA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The previously announced <em>Gundam: Rogue Orbit<\/em> is also due in 2027. It&#8217;ll be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and Steam and features melee-focused combat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> GUNDAM CHANNEL INTL YouTube channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GundamInfoNA\/status\/2080358596877905960\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\">@GundamInfoNA<\/span><\/a>, San Diego Comic Con<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next Mobile Suit Gundam anime is Mobile Suit Gundam RG:\u00a0XARX-ZERO, a post-apocalyptic title that shares the same setting as the upcoming Gundam: Rogue Orbit\u00a0game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":163747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1053,10],"tags":[12786,12787],"class_list":["post-163712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-feature","category-anime","tag-mobile-suit-gundam-rg-xarx-zero","tag-sola-animation"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-RG-XARX-ZERO-teaser-visual-1-scaled-e1784832739465.jpg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-GAw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163712"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163800,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163712\/revisions\/163800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}