Crunchyroll bringing Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island to theaters this September
Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island will find its way to movie theaters outside of Asia this month thanks to Crunchyroll.
Announced yesterday, the film will hit up the United Kingdom on September 21 and 22, the United States on September 27 and 28, Canada on September 29 and October 1, and Australia for a one-week engagement during the week of September 29. The film will be available in both subbed and dubbed formats.
Tickets for North American screenings are on sale right now. Tickets for U.K. screenings will go live on September 16 while tickets for Australia’s week-long run will arrive starting on September 14. Tickets for all screenings can be purchased here.
Released in Japan back in June, Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island is a film adaptation of the 15th episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. A trailer can be seen below.
A synopsis for the movie reads:
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.