Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island is a Japanese mecha animated film directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The film is based on the fifteenth episode of the television series Mobile Suit Gundam that suffered several animation issues as a result of poor outsourcing and Yasuhiko being hospitalized. Yasuhiko decided to remake the episode as a film due to his liking of the episode's original concept. The film is set in the One Year War, when Amuro Ray pilots the title Gundam mecha and is ordered alongside the White Base crew to search for Zeon stragglers on a remote island. It was released in Japan on June 3, 2022.
Theatrical release poster
Director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Tōru Furuya reprised the role of Amuro Ray
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga artist, which had been his dream since childhood. His manga have been critically acclaimed and have won numerous awards.
Yasuhiko at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival, 2015