Gundam: Cucuruz Doan Island film earns 1,08 billion yen
Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed that the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Cucuruz Doan no Shima) sold 550.000 tickets for 1,08 billion yen (about $ 7,79 million).
The film will be shipped on DVD and Blu-ray Disc to regular retail outlets in Japan on November 25th. (Participating theaters have already been selling a special limited-edition Blu-ray Disc of the film since June.)
The film was released in Japan on June 3 and sold around 200.000 tickets for 400 million yen (about $ 3,02 million) in the first three days.
The original film announcement described the film as a reimagining of the 15th episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam television anime. The episode itself was omitted from the English versions of the series.
The story is set after the Federation defense of Jaburo, with the Federation planning to renew offensives on the Zeon invasion headquarters in Odessa. Amuro and the White Base head to Belfast to refuel, but the White Base receives new orders: to head to the "Isle of No Return" to search for and destroy any lagging Zeons. Amuro sets out on the island in search of Zeon spies, but finds a group of children and a Zaku mobile suit on the supposedly uninhabited island. With the Gundam left behind, Amuro meets a man who calls himself Cucuruz Doan. After discovering the secret of the island, Amuro attempts to return to the Gundam to escape.
Manga creator and animator Yoshikazu Yasuhiko directed the film and was also credited with character design alongside Atsushi Tamura (Weathering With You) and Tsukasa Kotobuki (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Saber Marionette J).
