AX Cinema Nights Adds Mobile Siut Gundam Movies to This Season’s Anime Theatrical Lineup Throughout North America

Los Angeles, CA – Iconic Events Releasing, a company specializing in distributing limited
engagement theatrical events to movie theatres, has partnered with Bandai/Namco to
announce the addition of several new titles to its previously announced 2024/2025 AX Cinema
Nights lineup including Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, Mobile
Suite Gundam III: Encounters in Space, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack. These
immersive, experiential community screenings commence in October and will continue into
April of 2025. The Mobile Suit Gundam films will be presented with English subtitles and original
Japanese dialogue tracks.

The latest AX Cinema Nights series will be shown in more than 500 theatres across North
America.

Tickets, participating theatres, and more information are available at:
https://www.ax-cinemanights.com/

Film descriptions, screening dates and info follows below:

Mobile Suit Gundam (TOHO)
Screens Oct. 2nd (sub), Oct. 6th (encore screening)
In Universal Century year 0078, the space colony Side 3 declares itself the Principality of Zeon
and launches a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Eight months have passed
since the war entered a deadlock. Learning of a secret plot by the Federation Forces, the Zeon
Forces launch reconnaissance followed by an attack against Side 7. A young boy by the name of
Amuro gets wrapped up in the war, and by coincidence ends up piloting the mobile suit
Gundam and defeating the enemy. The Federation’s White Base, having lost its proper crew in
the battle, escapes from Side 7 with forces still in training and civilians both.

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (TOHO)
Screens Oct. 16th (sub), Oct. 20th (encore screening)
With evacuees from Side 7 onboard, the White Base crosses the Pacific Ocean and heads west
towards the continent of Eurasia. Amidst that journey filled with battle, Amuro has a fight with
Bright and runs away, suffering from the deaths of Matilda, who he had feelings for, and Ryu, who was like a big brother to him. The White Base lands at the Belfast base in Ireland. It’s then
that Char appears, having stepped back from the front lines. With that, Amuro and Char end up
clashing in the battle surrounding the Earth Federation Headquarters of Jaburo.

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (TOHO)
Screens Oct. 23rd (sub), Oct. 27th (encore screening)
Having officially been inducted into the Federation Forces as the 13th Independent Unit, the
White Base enters the neutral colony Side 6 to serve as a decoy. There Amuro reunites with his
father Tem, and meets a mysterious girl named Lalah Sune. Lalah turns out to be a pilot for the
Zeon Forces’ Newtype unit under Char’s command. The chance encounter between Amuro and
Lalah leads the pair to tragedy. As for the war, the battle moves from Zeon’s key strategic
position of Solomon to the space fortress A
Baoa Qu for the final battle.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (TOHO)
Screens March 12th (sub), March 16 th (encore screening)
Universal Century 0093. The previously missing Char Aznable has revived Neo Zeon and
declared war against the Earth Federation government. The Londo Bell unit commanded by
Bright Noa is forced to fight alone and unaided against the Neo Zeon forces, which have begun
dropping asteroids onto the Earth. Among the Londo Bell members is Amuro Ray, Char’s
longtime rival. But their valiant efforts are in vain as 5th Luna falls onto the planet.

Sensing a further threat behind Char’s movements, Amuro heads for the Moon to collect the
Nu Gundam, a mobile suit equipped with a psycho-frame. Waiting for him there is its lead
developer, Chan Agi. Meanwhile, Bright’s son Hathaway Noa meets a girl named Quess Paraya
on his way into space and is instantly attracted to her.

Previously announced 2024/2025 AX Cinema Nights films:

Ninja Scroll 30 th Anniversary (HIDIVE)
Screens Sept. 11th (sub), Sept. 12th (dub) Sept. 15th (encore of choice)
When Jubei saves a young ninja woman from the unthinkable, he assumes that’s the end of it.
To his surprise, it’s only just the beginning. Together, the two investigate the mysterious deaths
of an entire village which uncovers a conspiracy of demonic proportions! Getting closer to the
truth, the demonic forces will stop at nothing to silence Jubei and his companion for good!

Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis 2001 (Sony Pictures)
Screens Nov. 4th (sub), Nov. 7th (dub), Nov. 10th (encore of choice)
In the late 1940s, long before Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion established Osamu Tezuka as
one of the most influential animators of all time, the legendary illustrator created the classic
manga Metropolis. Set in the future, Metropolis is a grand city-state populated by humans and
robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. Detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick
Ken-ichi search for a rebel scientist, to arrest him and seize his latest creation, Tima, a beautiful
young girl. But when they locate him, Shunsaku quickly realizes that the eccentric genius is protected by a powerful man and beyond their reach. A retro-futuristic cautionary tale,
Metropolis is spectacularly rendered, combining the best in Japanese cel animation with the
latest in digital technology.

BABYMETAL Legend 43 – The Movie (Live Viewing Japan)
Screens Dec. 11th & Dec. 15th
BABYMETAL held their largest scale world tour “BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2023 – 2024” from
2023 to 2024. The headline tour, excluding festivals and guest acts, drew a cumulative audience
of more than 280,000 people for a total of 98 performances. The final chapter of the world
tour, the first Okinawa performance “TOUR FINAL IN JAPAN LEGEND – 43”, has been fully
filmed. The film is BABYMETAL’s first live film that allows viewers to experience all the diverse
music, unique worldview, production that only a tour final can offer, and the overwhelming
performance of BABYMETAL, which has evolved even further during their world tour.

Paprika 4K 15 th Anniversary (Sony Pictures Classics)
Screens Jan. 8th (sub), Jan. 9th (dub), Jan. 12th (encore of choice)
Anime Expo Cinema Nights presents the final film by visionary director Satoshi Kon with his
mind-bending thriller, Paprika, which has been restored in 4K for the first time. When a
machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose.
Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Sony Pictures)
Screens Feb. 5th (sub), Feb. 6th (dub), Feb. 9th (encore of choice)
Caught up in a world of dreams, lost in the cruelty of reality. What should have been an easy
bounty turns into biological war after a terrorist gets hold of a deadly virus. Drawn in by the
pretty price on the mastermind’s head, Spike and the Bebop crew are ready to collect a much-
needed reward. Unfortunately, the gang’s about to find themselves in more trouble than
money when the terrorist threatens to unleash the virus on Halloween –effectively killing
everyone on Mars. With little time and leads that seem more dreamy than helpful, they’ll have
to use their own bag of tricks to stop a dangerous plot.

About Anime Expo
Anime Expo brings together fans and industry from Japan, the U.S and all over the world for the
largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America. Taking place every year since
1992, the Anime Expo convention features the best in Japanese animation, popular art,
entertainment, music, fashion, and video games. The Society for the Promotion of Japanese
Animation (SPJA) is the parent company that presents Anime Expo and is now presenting the
theatrical series, “AX Cinema Nights.”

For more information, visit www.anime-expo.org;
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