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Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS Novel Gets Net Anime in June

Sunrise announced on Friday that it is producing an anime adaptation of novel. The anime will debut streaming for of the Gundam Fan Club in June. The anime's official website is streaming a promotional video for the anime (Note: The video is region-locked to Japan).

The novel's story takes place in Universal Century 0096, a few months after the events of Mobile Suit Gundam UC. Arlette Armaju (below left), a former weapons developer for the Principality of Zeon, and Danton Haireg (below right), a former test pilot for the Principality of Zeon, a research team sent to investigate the shattered Axis outside the Earth's orbit.

Key to the story will be two mobile suits, the Gundam AN-01 Tristan (left), and the Zaku III Kai (right). Bandai will offer the HGUC 1/144 Gundam AN-01 Tristan and the HGUC 1/144 Zaku III Kai (Twilight AXIS Ver.) kits in June.

Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation) is composing the music. Ark Performance is credited for story and concept design.

Ark Performance (launched the novel in Yatate Bunko — Sunrise's new light novel imprint — in November. The Yatate Bunko site published the second part of the fourth chapter on February 27.

Ark Performance launched the ongoing Arpeggio of Blue Steel manga in streamed as it aired in Japan in 2013, and two anime films.

In addition to Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Ark Performance is BEAM of Light), and Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren Ansatsu Keikaku) (Gihren Assassination Plan) manga.

Sunrise launched its Yatate Bunko imprint at the end of September.

Thanks to Dennis R for the embedded video.

[Via Otakomu]